[Saturday 9/24/11 Pine 97 Miles, Flight Articles]

Tom Pipkin
Saturday, 9/24/11

Pine Mountain, 84 miles, Landing about 14 miles past Mojave

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by Pipkin_Tom » Posted Sun Sep 25, 2011 12:32 pm

Robb, you did great. You were one thermal away from going long. The real hero was Diablo running chase. Thanks again for the advice, encouragement and putting in a long day.

We all somewhat struggled getting up at launch. It was probably an hour before we all went otb. I stayed on the south side of the development through the entire flight. Brendan and I pretty much flew together from Frasier mtn on.
The cloud street from Frasier to the city of Mojave was unbelievable, kinda like swinging on the monkey bars. 10 miles past Mojave, we encountered a storm cell about 10 miles to the NW . Avoiding that, I swung wide east to a group of small cumi’s but never found the love. I landed about 14 miles past Mojave at the 84 mile mark, Brendan took the day with 91+.
Looking forward to Brendan's post.Pipkin_Tom

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by Pipkin_Tom » Posted Sun Oct 09, 2011 8:08 am

Robb,
Let's see the helmet cam video. I'll turn down the sound.

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by Pipkin_Tom » Posted Sun Nov 06, 2011 7:49 am

Your Go Pro camera really does a nice job. 10 years of flying Pine Mtn., those were some of the most organized cloud streets that I've ever seen while flying there.
Thanks for the video Ron. I'll stop whining now.