|
Date |
Site Name |
Weather Conditions |
Lapse |
Notes |
| Dec 7 |
Sumas |
lt |
2.2 |
I launched first and went straight to my usual house
thermal site (to the east) but could only manage to extend
my air time slightly. Shane went next and had a perfect
take off and landing. To everyone's surprise, Brian
and Matt managed to soar in light west wind until they
both could not feel their fingers. With some effort I
forced Brian to join Shane and I for a second flight.
Another great day! Thanks Kylie for driving! tc |
| Nov 30 |
Sumas |
sy bo |
2.0 |
Too windy to fly but just right to practice our high
wind launches. Dave got over powered and draged in the
mud once, but nothing a clean brush can't fix. |
| Nov 22 |
Sumas and Bridal |
ps cat |
2.0 |
After watching Gab, Dave and Matt launch, in weak lee
side conditions, I decided that Joe and I should drive
down. The road up to Sumas was in
good shape, just a little icy in places. For our second
flights, we went to Lower Bridal. Near perfect condition
for Joeâs second high solo flight. Another great
day of flying!
Here are Joe's toughts...
SNOW!! exactly who doesn't Matt-er but he certainly
gave a new defintion to "sled ride" from sumas. Gabby
(dusted off) and Dave (and his new wing) joined him
in starting a new form to pg'ing - acro launching! Tom
and I drove down to catch the three amigos with "oh
my god" big smiles on the ground ... Gabby (another
test pilot cheque in the mail) played ground control
to major Tom off lower bridal as we all flew the smooth,
and check it out, "warm" afternoon air... entertainment
at it's best! |
| Nov 8 |
Sumas Dikes |
Windy |
? |
Advance flying conditions at Sumas forced us to practice
our high wind launches and play with our new power kites.
The girls did really well handling the new Edel
501B power kite. |
| Nov 6 |
Hawaii |
Windy |
? |
Dave reports dreamy soaring conditions and a tricky
beach landing. |
| Nov 2 |
Deimos Park |
very windy |
? |
Only one moment where the new Access 9.0 over powered
us. Matt's new wing looks great - a very fun afternoon. |
| Nov 1 |
Sumas |
smooth |
2.2 |
Pefect student conditions all day. Joe did his first
solo flight: he added a little too much break on take
off but had a great flight and landing, Dave enjoyed one
last cold flight before going to Hawaii for a week, Clay,
Brian, Ari, Matt, Pascal and I did our usual stupid acro
tricks. Welcome back Clay! |
| Oct 26 |
Burnaby Mt. |
sy |
? |
Lots of top to bottom flights - even new student Joe
got high but forgot how to turn (for a brief moment).
Fun stuff! |
| Oct 25 |
Sumas and Bridal |
lt, sy |
2.1 |
One of my favorite days: everyone did their very best
acro tricks - some were a little more entertaining. Lots
of great video clips were captured for my next movie! |
| Oct 24 |
Burnaby Mt. |
sy |
? |
We all made top to bottom flights. |
| Oct 19 |
Little Nic |
lt ps |
? |
After an interesting 1.5 hour hike, Brian and I arrive
at launch to easy take off conditions. I managed just
a 100' above launch before the wind lift was too light
to stay up. Brain's launch was a little long but a better
option than hiking down!. |
| Oct 11-13 |
Gab's Site |
++ BO lt |
? |
After rock climbing for a few hours we went to Gabâs
favorite soaring site. Conditions were blown out at the
top, but 500 feet lower the wind was more manageable;
by using a rapid combination of speed bar, bigears and
wing overs I flew until sunset. After a night of insane
wind (80Kph), we decided to climb some more with an evening
of reverse launch training. The next day everyone did
a hike up to launch, while I drove Fanny and Mir to the
top. Conditions were flyable, but when the gang arrived,
1.5 hours later, the site was leeside, so we went to our
soaring site again. Except for Pascal, we all got about
500â up in smooth lift. Later Pascal completed a
few extended sled rides. A lot of driving but it was worth
it! |
| Oct 5 |
Diefenbaker Park |
lt |
2.0 |
Joe managed a few good flights - he just needs to work
on his landing gear. One more training day should be enough
for him to do his first high flight! |
| Oct 4 |
Woodside |
sy lt |
2.0 |
Conditions were light and stable all day. Only Kevin
and one other hang gliding pilot were there all morning.
Alison, Alex and Joe, Harmony, Andy, Shane, Brian, Matt,
Amine and Dave all had easy flights and great take offs
(only Brian and Shane needed to abort one inflation. Amine
added a few more grays hairs when his two-turn-spiral
was increased to eight turns! Amine will need another
day or two with us before he gets signed off. |
| Sept 28 |
The Chief |
bo cat |
2.2 |
We waited as long as possible, but no chance of flying
(strong east conditions).
Weather office reported NW 5 km. |
| Sept 27 |
Upper Bridal |
bo nl sy cat |
2.0 |
After an one hour hike and a three hour wait we had
nice cycles and smooth flights into a new downwind LZ.
No problem with the land owner. Later, we drove up to
lower bridal, but not flyable still. |
| Sept 21 |
The Chief |
++ |
2.5 |
Brian and I managed to soar ABOVE the peak for about
15 minutes! |
| Sept 20 |
Woodside |
++ |
2.2 |
We started the day with easy sled rides into Riverside,
then on our second flights we joined in the circus: six
hang gliders and almost twice as many PG pilots were now
in the queue. Some pilots took very, very long to set-up
and launch in near perfect conditions, very frustrating
for some of us watch and wait. But around 3pm we finally
had our launch window, and took it to the top of the stack.
After an hour of riding the thermic roller coaster, my
passenger showed me that we needed to be on ãtera-much-more-furmaä
ground. Pascal and Glen added more gray hairs to us when
they decided that a 9:1 was enough to reach the LZ. After
a long lecture on glide ratios, we headed up for a third
flight. A great day at Woodside. |
| Sept 13 |
Mackenzie |
sy cat |
2.8 |
Since Pascal missed Fridayâs training session,
we had to do an extra inflation session before we could
head up to launch. Gabriel had a great day with two tandem
flights (Cheryl and Carrie), but Brian was the only pilot
to get above launch (on his second flight). Around 2 pm
the clouds came in and almost closed the site (as the
east wind arrived). I was impressed by the high quality
of launches from all pilots in these light conditions,
however Pascal forgot what ãstop meansä, Glen
had a great launch but almost over shot the LZ. Stephanâs
new truck (the mother of ãSatanâs wagonä)
lost its grill and a few other parts and stalled on the
way down! We wonât be using this truck any more
for Mackenzie rides ö too scary! |
| Sept 5 |
Burnaby Mt
(best glide comp) |
cross wind |
? |
Another great turn out for our Deimos Best Glide comp.
I guess the prizes are getting better! Gabster own the
day, but Nicole got all of the attention with trees running
in front of her ö twice! Even Fred manage to place
well enough to score a 3M jean shirt prize. If time permits,
we may have another best glide comp near the end of this
season. Thank you BlueThermal for the Jumbe and Yogi demos.
tc |
| Aug 30, Sept 1 |
Whidbey Island |
st sy nw |
? |
For one instructor, love was in the air at Whidbey (instead
of my students). There was only a five minute flying window
just before the gust front hit, then there was to much
or not enough wind. Pascal was very determine by kiting
for more than five hours every day! The high light was
watching everyone land on the beach at the same time,
as the site shut off suddenly. Although some landings
were drier than others, we all had a great time: kiting,
eating and relaxing in the Whidbey sun. |
| Aug 27 |
The Chief |
st |
? |
A last minute idea to fly the Chief worked out great.
For Ryan, Dave, Fred and Darren, it was their first time.
There were some interesting landing when some pilots forgot
to flare (while landing cross wind).Stephan and Gab had
some low last minute turns that worked out okay, and Fred
needs to practice his big ear approaches. A really fun
evening! |
| Aug 24 |
Woodside |
sy st |
? |
Windy and busy conditions at Woodside (because of the
Bridal Falls closure). Dave, Pascal, and Matt had two
flights each, but conditions were too strong for Glen
and Rich, so Gab took them on a few tandem rides (in smooth
conditions).
Rich now plans to take solo lessons!
Dave got the reward for most exciting launch and landing. |
| Aug 23 |
Blanchard and Whidbey |
sy |
2.5 |
A few quick flights from Matt, Dave and Amine. Amine
had the best chance to say up but missed the thermal and
was forced to head out to the LZ. |
| Aug 16 |
Woodside |
st ps |
2.5 |
Interesting launches from Brian and Clay, in strong
conditions, even I had to bring my wing down once before
launching, but once in the air we flew for hours. Shane
arrived a little too late and only managed a slid ride
before the strong winds arrived. |
| Aug 9 |
Bridal |
++ |
? |
Steph, Pascal, Chuck, Dave all got two flights in and
Amine (and Gab - Tandem and 2 top landings) had 3. Glen
went for a quick tandem with Gab.
Steph still has to learn to stand up before he lands
- not after!
Pascal and Amine had great flights and landings and
Dave did extemely well.
Chuck wanted to land himself on his 2nd flight, but
flew behind the trees and too far from the LZ and had
to land in an open patch well away from the LZ.
I had a great 2nd flight and caught a tiny thermal
500ft above the LZ and got back above launch and flew
for 1.5 hours before I had to come in to land to guide.
Matt. |
| Aug 4 |
Woodside and Bridal |
++ |
2.5 |
Dave Merrick, after about a four year break, join me
for a hour long tandem and a little too low Titanic into
the Reverside LZ. Shaine had about a 45 minute flight
and then sunk out. As the wind picked up, we decided to
fly Bridal. We first watched some scary launches
from Margot and Joseph and some better launches from Rob
and others. Shane and Dave then had great launches and
flew for about an hour and a half, sometimes going a little
too close to the trees. An amazing day! |
| Aug 2 |
Mackenzie |
++ |
2.5 |
It was a great day for the Deimos boys: Brian, Zak and
Gab specâd out at 9000â, Clay and Amine also
got high. Amine got his first asymmetrical, and let the
wing correct the problem. My new student Artur and I were
climbing smoothly through 4500â when he had enough.
Ex-student Jay show up so I offered him a free tandem
to almost 5000â until he also had enough. We landed
smoothly after a short cross country ride down the Valley.
Gab surprised us with ice cream for all at the LZ. |
| July 26 |
Woodside and Bridal |
++ |
2.5 |
Gab and Pascal flew for more than an hour (tandem) "looking
for their thermal bitch", and the rest of the boys had
near perfect launches. Later conditions increased and
only I could fly. We then went to Bridal to kite and do
a few more sled rides to the LZ. Chuck learned why we
need to keep running during take off (another grey hair
or two added to my collection). |
| July 19 |
Sumas and Bridal |
++ |
2.5 |
Antoine did his first high flight in super smooth air,
then needed double gravall for our flight at Bridal. Harv
soared for hours on the Aeros Vitamin and Ari did four
flights in one day and now has his Novice rating. Philippe
did his first top land (more of a soft crash). |
| July 5-6 |
Makenzie, Birkenhead |
++, bo |
2.5 |
Makenzie: Started the day with a few extended flights
then the Whislter Express shut down the site with 50kph
winds (one local pilot flew anyhow and live to tell the
story). Witnessed a intermediate pilot spin his wing to
just above the tree top ö scary!
Birkenhead: After a few wrong turns, we finally arrive
at the take off to have a great bivi under the stars.
The morning brought light cycles up the face. Gab was
the first wind dummy and flew for more than a hour,
followed by Brian and Stef. I join Brian as we both
climbed up to the clouds. Dreamy stuff!
Makenzie: After gathering the boys we headed back to
Makenzie for more extended flights, then finishing with
a quick swim at the Pemberton Lake. |
| June 28, 29 |
Bridal Falls |
++ ps |
2.5 |
We help host the BFAR Event in perfect flying conditions:
Gab and I did a few free tandems for the WCSC, Mark had
the longest flight (more than 7 hours!). Chuck added a
few more grey hairs when his radio stop working, but still
managed a good landing. Philippe had is longest flight
(more than three hours), Stef found out why we donât
fly in the lee side of the hill, and found himself hugging
a tree (no damage to his new wing or him self). Gab finished
the BFAR event with his usual acrobatics. |
| June 21 |
Evans Lake |
st ps |
3.0 |
Wedding bells were ringing for me and Julie, so no flying,
but we did manage to climb the Squamish Chief a few times. |
| June 15 |
Woodside |
sy ++ |
3.0 |
A busy day at Woodside: we started the day in nice smooth
conditions but in the afternoon the thermals increased
and only tandems and our more experienced pilots could
fly: Shane and I specâd out a few times, with
Amine, Fred, Phillipe, Ryan, Clay, Chuck and Gab not far
behind. Then after a food break we headed up for one more
obnoxious flying episode. Gab launched and soared overhead
while Amine hooked his helmet on the riser (during takeoff)
and got pulled into the trees. No damage to pilot or wing. |
| June 7 |
Sumas and Bridal |
sy st |
3.0 |
Sumas: Brian and Matt struggled with their "Airplane
approaches" in bumpy conditions, Antoine discovered that
he needed a motion sickness bracelet, Zak showed us how
to recover from a cravat at 500 feet, and I struggled
with bumpy air on landing and take off.
Bridal Falls: Matt, Brian, Clay, Gab and Ryan
flew for three or more hours, while I play ATC, SAR
and Ground School Instructor. A pedestrian approached
me with a report of a pilot in a tree, after a half
hour investigation it turn out to be nothing.
General comment: visiting pilots should know
the ridge rules before flying our sites, there were
many complaints and close calls reported. Pilots that
have the ridge on their right have the right of way;
Pilots top landing have the right of way; tandems have
the right of way. Please talk to your favorite instructor
for more details on this subject. |
| June 6 |
Burnaby Mt |
Sy |
2.5 |
A gerat turn out - lots of spectators. Conditions were
quite difficult this time with only half of the competitor
placing. See this link
for more details. |
| May 31 |
Woodside |
sy st |
2.8 |
Easy student conditions when we arrived, so everyone
flew. On the second flight the wind picked up, so only
Brian and I flew. I top landed, and demonstrated high
wind reverse launch techniques, then para-waited
to see if wind would calm down, but it did not. So I launched
and at one point demonstrated an asymmetrical collapse
just above take off (unintentional), then joined Brian
for a wonder glide to Bill Best field. We checked out
Bridal on the way home, but it was lee-side conditions. |
| May 25 |
Woodside |
sy st |
2.2 |
Lots of flights for everyone: Alex and Gab had an exciting
low take off; Brian struggled with his landings ö
twice! Amine and Harv both had nice launches but both
overshot the spot landing by a few hundred feet ö
but landed softly. I did a few tandems with Harv and Crystal. |
| May 18 |
Woodside |
sy st |
3.0 |
Managed a nice tandem flight with Dave, then went on
a little tandem cross country flight towards Bridal (made
it about ? of the way there). Too windy for the students. |
| May 17 |
Whidbey |
sy lt st ps |
3.0 |
When we arrived the wind was cross, so I decided to
plant our Aeros wind sox to help indicate the wind direction
ö immediately the locals insisted that the sox must
be removed (to encourage the wind to change). At first
I thought that they were joking, but then a few minutes
another local pilot said the same thing ö a very
superstitious group. We manage many nice flights, throughout
the day (without the aid of a wind sox). Amine did his
first top downwind landing. |
| May 11 |
The Chief |
sy, ++ |
3.0 |
Super windy all day (+40kph), but after a day of climbing
and tennis, I soloed up for a smooth take off, flight,
and landing. |
| May 10 |
Sumas and Bridal |
sy, ++ |
2.5 |
Pefect conditions at Sumas. Zak launched first and soared
for almost two hours, then Matt and Ari joined in, followed
by Amine, Harv and Alex. John and I had a terrible launch
but still managed to soar for a while (slight lee-side
conditions by then). While landing, Alex discovered what
happens when you don't listen to your instructor and was
grounded for the day.
After a short lunch break and debriefing, we headed to
Bridal Falls. Clay and pretty much everyone else was already
above launch. After a few tries, Ari managed a difficult
reverse launch and the joined the flock. Dave and I, on
tandem, took two steps and got powered up for a 2:20 hour
flight - We join Lucas at the peak for a few minutes and
went into the clouds, then headed back to lower take off.
Brian arrived then, so we when up again for an evening
sled rides. |
| May 8 |
Bridal Falls |
Sy |
3.0 |
When I arrive from work, Gab and Ari had already finished
a few flights and about 15 others were all soaring above
launch- I still managed to get to cloud base launching
after 6pm. Harv and I finished with a great tandem flight.
Thanks for driving Brian. |
| May 5 |
Bridal Falls |
Sy |
2.6 |
We arrived a little late, but still managed two flights.
Gab and I finshed with a full Acro show - including and
few new tricks from Gab! Flip landing! |
| May 2 |
Burnaby Mt |
Sy |
? |
A great training day - good improvement from all the
new pilots. |
| April 30 |
Bridal |
sy st |
2.9 |
Mark and Alan were already spec'd out when we arrived.
Gab, Ryan and Brian had great flights; and Harv enjoyed
his first Titanic maneuver. Brian finished his final maneuvers
and just needs to update his log book for his novice rating!
Congrats Brian! |
| April 27 |
Diefenbaker |
sy |
2.5 |
Another great training day. Pascal started his reverse
launches - looking good! |
| April 26 |
Woodside |
sy bo |
2.5 |
After a great day of high wind kiting we headed up to
launch. Zak managed a great flight with a "tricky landing". |
| April 20 |
Pine Mt
Savona |
st, sy, ra |
? |
Smith Rock was Hot ö shorts no shirt hot. Managed
many days of hard rock climbing (no big falls) and a half
hour soaring flight at Pine Mt.
Meanwhile in Savona, Gab and the boys were soaring high
at the dumps and having great XC at three other new sites. |
| April 18 |
Silos Washington |
st, sy |
? |
The wind was too strong to fly, but later that day we
went to the silos and we were all able to have unlimited
flights ö even Brian managed a few good top landings.
Four flights each and we had to leave, which was hard
since it was still flyable! |
| April 6 |
Diefenbaker Park |
lt sy |
2.8? |
Alex, Amine and I had a great time in the sun at Diefenbaker
park. Amine won the best frontal award and Alex had the
best glide award. These boys are ready to fly high. I
managed to kite my wing to the picnic tables for the best
Ninja award. |
| April 5 |
Woodside |
st ps bo snow |
2.5 |
We arrived at Woodside in strong conditions. Gabriel
was elected wind tester and launched first, followed by
Jim and Norm. After half an hour they were all in the
white room at about 1000 feet over take off and getting
cold. 45 minutes later Gab radioed that he was going to
land (his hands were frozen). Just then a gust front arrived
with blowing snow and forced us to wait another half an
hour for smoother conditions. Darren, Matt and Chuck and
I all launched in light conditions. After a short lunch
break we headed back up for second flights. |
| March 29 |
Sumas |
ps ra lt |
2.0 |
Brian and I managed a quick flight then headed back
up to the install the new Sumas wind sock. After more
than two hours in the rain, it was strapped into place,
however we will need a second trip to trim some of the
branches away and secure it a little better. Hopefully
this sock will persuade more pilots not to fly in lee-side
conditions. |
| March 21 |
Makenzie |
sy bo st |
2.5? |
After a 15 minute hike we arrived at the Makenzie take
off to reconfirm the strong conditions that we saw from
the LZ. After about an hour of power kiting, conditions
smoothed out so I took to the sky, followed by Brian and
Fred. Stephane demonstrated the importance of more practice
and holding your heading, and did not fly. Fred sank out,
but at 500 feet he locked into the magic lift to join
Brian and I at 5000â. As it got dark we were still
going up. Big-ears and patience returned us all
back to tera-firma. Gab final flew last and gave us a
nice show on his new Edel Live. Thanks to Alex for driving
down. |
| March 16 |
Diefenbaker Park |
sy |
2.9 |
Pascal and I were doing mini flights from the south
launch, then raced back for the HAGAR clinic - fun stuff! |
| March 8 |
Burnaby Mt. |
ps |
uk |
We started ground school training at Burnaby Mt., then
moved to the Clark hill for better conditions and flights.
Alex and Chuck are almost ready for their first high flights!
We just need the rain and wind to stop. |
| March 1 |
Bridal |
sy lt |
2.3 |
Spring has arrived! We started our day at Burnaby Mt.
then headed out to the valley. After squishing tightly
into two trucks, we headed up to the Bridal launch. My
truck tires were still in summer mode and could not make
the last 500 feet of the road. Alex and I flew tandem
for about 50 minutes, then headed out to the LZ for a
little Titanic action. The next tandem flight was a little
shorter, but Chuck also got to experience a baby Titanic.
Ken managed his longest flight ever. Ian put on a cool
PPG show to finish the day. What a great day: sunny, great
weather and great friends! |
| Feb 23 |
Mt Baker |
sy lt |
2.3 |
Amine, Brian and I hiked and boarded in perfect knee-deep
power. Then after a short rest, we hiked up again and
flew from the same spot. This was Brianâs first
snow launch! Amine was more interested in another snow
board run and did not fly. |
| Feb 22 |
Whidbey Island |
sy lt |
Standard |
Perfect training conditions for Chuck and Shane., wind
speed was perfect but the direction was 10 degree too
north (no high flights). |
| Feb 9 |
Bridal Falls and Mackenzie |
sy lt |
Standard |
Gabriel, Ryan, Clay and Tara hiked up to lower Bridal
and had extended sled rides, meanwhile in Pemberton, Ken,
Rob, Amine, Andre, Matt, my brother Peter and I enjoyed
light thermal flights off Makenzie Mt. A great day for
all! |
| Feb 8 |
Rupert Hill and Blackcomb |
sy lt |
Standard |
Gabriel trained our new students (Ryan, Chuck and Alex)
the fine art of the forward launch, at the Rupert Hill,
meanwhile up at Whistler Village Matt flew off the top
of Blackcomb for the first time. I lost my tandem passenger
(visiting brother Peter) while skiing to the last lift,
and had to ski out with all my tandem gear. I think Peter
had one too many beers at lunch or something! |
| Feb 2 |
Burnaby Mt., Bridal Falls |
ra |
Standard |
Started at Burnaby, drove out to the valley to be greeted
by heavy rain, so after some talk about weather and landings,
we returned to Burnaby Mt. for more fun. |
| Feb 1 |
Blanchard, Whidbey & Mt. Baker |
ps |
Standard |
Blanchard and Whidbey was too cross, but Baker was perfect
- worth the extra drive time. Matt and I got to test our
the our new Edel snowboard suits! |
| Jan 26 |
Mt Harvey |
bo st |
unknown |
Matt and I after 3+ hours arrived at the take-off in
super strong conditions (hard to stand or talk because
of the high wind). The trail up is in good condition.
tc |
| Jan 18 |
Sumas |
sy cat |
inverted |
We arrive at the take off with plans of doing a tandem,
but this was not the case, due to slight down wind conditions.
Gab kick off the show, followed by "the Vitamin saved
my life" - Clay, Rob, "it's never to late to abort a flight"
-Matt, and my self. I finally got to test fly the new
Aeros Style.
After doing a few easy maneuvers I quickly determined
that this wing is pretty hot (not recommend for pilot
with less than 50 flights). The others had no choice but
to drive down. tc |
| Dec 31 |
Marshall - CA |
sy lt |
2.2 |
Great to be in the air again. Soared around then missed
the spot landing by only 12" - not bad for taking a month
off. It's good to be back in rainy Vancouver. tc |
| Dec 8 |
Bridal Falls |
nl lt ps |
inverted |
We were happy to experience very stable conditions at
launch. After one aborted take off, I was able to have
a smooth flight with Dave, and entertained everyone with
a little Titanic action. Philippe tested out the new Aeros
Style;
Gabgy tested his new landing approach and Fred tested
his no landing gear landing. After fixing a flat tire,
we started our end of year celebration (at Fogg n' Sudds)
with two Towers of Power! What a great year!
Many thanks to everyone! |
| Dec 1 |
Sumas Dikes |
st sy bo |
inverted |
Too windy to fly the students, so practiced more ground
handling. A pilot from another school tested the Sumas
air but but was forced to hug a tree instead. No serious
damage to pilot or wing. |
| Nov 23 |
Sumas Dikes |
st sy bo |
inverted |
We practiced our ground handling and reserve launches
in strong conditions. Our new student Dave, discoverd
why we where gloves and a helmet! Only the HGer's flew.
On Sunday, Matt got to show off his new attack wing (the
Live
from Edel). |
| Nov 17 |
Blanchard |
bo ra ps |
-1.5 |
Arrived to see 3-4 or for PG'rs in the air and about
10 HGer's ready to go.
By the time it was our turn the PG'rs were all parked,
and some had landed.
Time for plan B: play with Matt's Power buggy - crazy
stuff!
Whidbey Island was blown out and wind direction was too
south. |
| Nov 2 |
Sumas and Lower Bridal |
sy nl lt |
uk |
Arrived at the Sumas take off after a short hike; winds
were light but almost straight up ö perfect. But
first we needed do some general maintenance. I sent Brian
up to replace the remains of our last wind sock, but without
proper ropes and harnesses, it was too difficult. Meanwhile
Shane, Gab and I trimmed back some of the bushes out in
front. The air was very smooth with just small thermals
on the far left of the ridge. Text book take offâs
and landings.
Second flights were from lower Bridal in almost no wind
conditions. Stable flying conditions, great for our new
students. |
| Oct 26 |
Bridal / Woodside Mt. |
lt sy cat |
2.1 |
We started the day at lower Bridal, but it was not student
conditions (lt. cat) so we went to Woodside - the reports
were 10K straight up. Gab did a test flight anyhow.
It was one of the best days of flying at Woodside Mt.
this year: Fred soared with us for the first time since
the Eagle Bluff incident. Although his landing gear is
still retracted, it was great to fly with him again. The
rest of the boys all soared for over an hour until their
hands almost froze off. I discovered the hard way on what
happens when you go too big on wing overs. Our latest
student, Shane, had to leave early and missed out on these
amazing conditions. Gabby and I were very proud of all
of our old and new students to say the least! It was a
beautiful sight: the sky was filled with Vitamins, Accents
(Aeros) and Live (Edel) wings. tc |
| Oct 20 |
English Bay |
lt |
2.0 |
We all joined Gabby and Lesley for a wonderful sail
on their new tri-cat the ãPacific Cloudä.
Very relaxing and we did not even have to scrub any decks! |
| Oct 19 |
Burnaby Mt and Bridal Falls |
cat lt ra |
2.0 |
We started the day with Shane doing a few training flights
at Burnaby Mt. then went out to Bridal Falls with pockets
full of hope that the weather would improve. It did. I
managed to fly with Robin (who has been waiting for two
weeks to fly tandem), and the other boys managed two flights
except Shane ö the winds were too cross for new students.
It looks like Matt and Gabby are in love with the same
girl ö the new Edel
Live. This wing is amazing: flat turns, smooth recoveries
and beautiful. |
| Oct 14 |
Saddle Mt. |
sy lt. |
2.0 |
Played with the Aeros power kit 7.0 for a few hours
then did very pleasant sled rides to the sand dunes below.
Not enough thermals to stay up. Considered going to Tiger
Mt. but we were too relaxed to move to a new site. tc |
| Oct 13 |
The Silos |
sy lt |
2.0 |
After climbing at Frenchman's for a few hours we went
to the Silos. Arrive in perfect student conditions. I
managed to get about 70 feet about the ridge, but the
others just has extended flights with a few interesting
landings. Great fun! tc |
| Oct 12 |
Blanchard & Whidbey Island |
sy lt |
2.0 |
Spent Friday night camping at the Blanchard launch -
very damp and cold. The next day we woke to light thermals
but not enough to stay up. Drove to Whidbey - just to
see how it was. Every took turns crashing the power kite,
except kite guru Matt (who never crashes). Not enough
wind to fly. tc |
| Oct 6 |
Woodside |
foggy lt |
uk |
Perfect soaring conditions but you would need radar
to see. I took the wing out a demonstrated a few reverse
launches; but since the visability was about 100 feet,
all I could do is float around two feet from the ground
(on the edge of full stall).
It was too risky for any of the students to join me. tc |
| Sept 1-30 |
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Transfered web site to suberp.net - flight records for
this month information was lost. Sorry. The best flight
of the month was Gabby's dream flight with his dad.
He waited two years for this day. Perfect take off and
landing. tc |
| Aug 25 |
Woodside |
overcast morning clearing up by 1:30 |
Uk |
Bridal was fully lee side today we headed to Woodside
in the morning to give a hand with the new launch The
sky opened up to produce nice thermal amidst an already
well establish lift band ... Man! that Lz gets funky some
time ... |
| Aug 24 |
Upper & lower Bridal |
Very stable w/some wind |
Uk |
Hike up to Upper launch got there in one hour small
cycle coming straight up find very little lift and ended
up soaring lower Bridal |
| Aug 18 |
Woodside & bridal |
Bit windy but nice blue sky |
uk / Lt |
The day started at Woodside with a couple of flights
,it got a bit rowdy for the student so we moved on to
Bridal and all got 1+ hour long flight In ridge assisted
thermal . |
| Aug 17 |
Grouse Mtn |
Our bright star was unshadow all day |
UK fairly stable |
Very nice day for a fly-in , Congrats to Philipe he's
the only one who got 3 flights in . Thanks
to the organisers the day was truly a blast ... |
| Aug 15 |
Bridal |
Sunny |
uk |
Ryan ,Brian and I Met up w/Clay at 6:30 on L/Z
big smile on his face He had cut off work earlier than
us and had just landed from a 1:30 hour flight we made
it in time for a nice evening sleigh ride were I did my
first tandem B-Line stall |
| Aug11-12 |
Bridal |
nice and hot
(specialy my passager ) |
uk |
Thumb up to every body that was there this week-end
Lots of good T/O lots of good landing Brian and Glen both
spent more than 1 hour on their 4th flight , Thanks Lesley
for a awesom ride on my new Tucan ( Tandem ) sorry if
I made you a dizzy ...
and congrat. to Clay he had a 3 hour flight for flight
# 30 Now get your butt at my place and right that exam
... |
| Aug 2-5 |
Burnaby Mtn & Bridal & Sumas |
Rain and Blown out
except on Saturday |
uk |
We did our regular training session at burnaby mtn on
friday to fly Sumas and Bridal on Saturday Every body
got 3 flight in Tom And Gab did some cool simul-Acro .
Thank to Blake and Chris for a awesome week and have a
safe and good flying career |
| July 27-28 |
Pemberton & Burnaby mtn |
mostly sunny and blown out |
UK |
This week-end Pemberton was cursed with east wind no
flight were to be done we did however have good wind to
practice reverse .After a entertaining night of camping
on launch, sunday didn't look promising so we went for
a good training session a Burnaby mtn |
| July 21 |
Bridal |
sy/hot and easterly |
uk |
Bridal was on today, light north east made flying interesting
switching eventually west at 4:00 there was some very
interesting T/O Congratulations to Ian for his first evening
flight |
| July 20 |
Squamish |
sunny and hot |
UK |
no flying today Tom Steph And Gab went climbing on the
cheif , a much needed day off |
| July 15 |
Whitbey ( the fort) |
A bit of every thing |
uk |
Woke up after a good night at fort Casey in light S
wind @ 3:00 it switch light NW to finally turn on
at 6:00 and then it got very strong Tom and I played low
to the ground 10 to 50' above the ridge ... good fun |
July 14 |
Whitbey ( the fort) |
all over the map |
uk |
Very light NW wind when we got there , so it give
us a chance to brush up on our kiting and para-waiting
skill . A short window open got 5 min flight b4 blow-out |
| July 7 |
Bridal |
nl /ra |
2.0 |
Gabby surprised Clay's friend with an early, post birthday
tandem flight in smooth conditions. Clay managed another
perfect take off and spot landing. |
| July 6 |
Sumas |
++ / nt / sy |
2.0 |
We just received our Style prototypes so it was time
for a full ACRO show: SAT, Spins, full stall, spirals,
asymmetricals... |
| July 6 |
Bridal |
++ / lt / |
2.3 |
Gabby set a new low record of 200 meters, using
the new Style and still managed to top land. Tom flew
the old profile for more than a hour (<6.5 glide ratio).. |
