Tuesday, July 31, 2012

With a sky like that what are they waiting for?

   We have been towing at the Dansville airport while other activities keep us out of Geneseo. Sunday was a good day with intro and training flights early, soaring flights mid day and then scooter towing, more intro and training tandems when conditions wound down.
   For a warm up I took Todd's U2 for a test flight to determine if it had a problem. It towed just fine and I dropped off tow at 500' then had to find sink and force it down to give it back to Todd so he could fly. I waited for a sail plane to launch then dove it in to a premo no step landing. On my second flight Mark dropped me in a nice thermal and I took it to cloud base and the cool air of  5300' ASL, with a great view of the sail planes and other hang gliders towing up I boated around then came in for a second no step landing.
  The picture is of everyone sitting around talking about flying but no one wanting to be the first one to try after watching Bob and Ron sink out, Moritz finally went and then I went up again and when we stuck everyone piled off.

Flights: 2
Airtime: 1:02
Max Alt 4773 AGL
Fun Factor: 8