Ah, had a completely beautiful day of soaring today. We had a mild ridge-lift condition set up, with a 10kt breeze blowing pretty much right into the local ridgeline.
I got in a late-afternoon two hour flight, cruising the ridge with three other gliders and about six hang- and para-gliders... and a hawk that was probably pretty ticked off at all the 'competition'. :gig: It would've been crowded but for the vertical separation due to the varying capabilities of the equipment. Everyone knew what to do and did it, so we all kept out of each other's way, floating along above the ridge, waving once and a while as we flew past each other. The sun was lowering in the sky, the light was golden, and the visibility CAVU.
Snapped off a couple of low-quality shots of my ridge companions (with the cell phone in "flight" mode, for any FAA guy reading this!), after the Part-103 guys eventually fell out and left us sailplanes on the ridge by ourselves.
Just one of those great flying days, where you trim up the ship and fly her with the fingertips, kicking the turns at each end of the 'workable' part of the ridge and watching the hawk fly along below you...
I got in a late-afternoon two hour flight, cruising the ridge with three other gliders and about six hang- and para-gliders... and a hawk that was probably pretty ticked off at all the 'competition'. :gig: It would've been crowded but for the vertical separation due to the varying capabilities of the equipment. Everyone knew what to do and did it, so we all kept out of each other's way, floating along above the ridge, waving once and a while as we flew past each other. The sun was lowering in the sky, the light was golden, and the visibility CAVU.
Snapped off a couple of low-quality shots of my ridge companions (with the cell phone in "flight" mode, for any FAA guy reading this!), after the Part-103 guys eventually fell out and left us sailplanes on the ridge by ourselves.
Just one of those great flying days, where you trim up the ship and fly her with the fingertips, kicking the turns at each end of the 'workable' part of the ridge and watching the hawk fly along below you...
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