Sailing Hemlock Lake

Ron has been working on a sailing canoe for a couple years and finally got to the point where it was ready enough for the maiden voyage. He was reluctant at first because of a long week at work but after a little convincing he decided to go. I was safety kayak in case of mishaps but as it turned out I was unneeded. It was real light when we arrived and the boat functioned flawlessly. It was a good confidence booster for Ron in his design and the boats capability. He tacked back and forth across the lake and after a couple hours let me take it for a cruise. Right after I got in the wind picked up and I was soon dragging Ron around in the kayak. We switched boat and spent the rest of the evening cruising the lake dragging me around in the kayak. Great fun, I have to build me one of those now!!! 

Flying with the Gooney Bird

      The C-47, designated W7, was a paratrooper transport during D day. It has been completely restored and is in great flying condition. With two 1000 hp engines it has some power and makes some cool noise as it taxis by and accelerates down the runway. What a thrill to be flying around such historic aircraft.  
     The first 4 pictures are of the Gooney Bird taxiing and taking off while we were setting up. The next is of Matt just after he touched down to a premo landing and the last is of Mark coming in to land with the Remax balloon landing behind him.
    There were a few of us out, Linda, Bill V., Joe, Alex, Matt and myself. Linda caught the only thermal on a day that was predicted to be awesome. Everyone else sledded in the to smooth air mass that surrounded the field. Alex did great on his Mark IV and Matt flew his Sport 2 for the first time and did great. I had a butter smooth tow and a nice long sled ride down to a no step landing.  

Flights: 1
Airtime: 23 min
Max altitude: 4100'
Fun factor: 9

   Geneseo Airport has turned out to be a great place to fly. Although the conditions did not turn out to be soarable, Todd had the flight of the day at 39 minutes, there were lots of hang glider pilots out and a couple of other forms of aviation late in the evening. The first picture is of Mark getting ready to tow with the Remax balloon behind him, the last is of Marlin launching moments later and the second pic is of the balloon launching, Katrin landing(look closely at the sun) and a high end RC plane taxiing in after a flight.
  I got one tow to 3000' and found nothing to keep me up.

flights: 1
airtime: 17min
fun factor: 9