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Date	Site	Forecast	Winds @ 3000' in kilometers	Lapse Rate °C/1000' Cloud Base in Meters	Comments
02-11-2020	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we are on our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: Sunny. High 29C. Winds SW at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of sun. High 6C.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	Coaches Corner - FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we are flying in Mexico til then. Our landing field is available again for students and customers ONLY and we have a new set of waivers to sign for all pilots. You can download the waivers below and sign & witness the waivers to be scanned to FlyBC E-Mail and also to have the hard copies dropped off with one of our staff. FlyBC waiver. WCSC waiver. HPAC waiver. New Square Online Storefront prices listed are temporary for testing and do not reflect BC PST which has to be added manually if you want to place an order.
02-10-2020	We are on our Mexican Vacation and decided to stay home today	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: A mix of clouds and sun. High 84F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. High 7C.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	Woodside Report - it was Monday but the Desperados were out at Woodside in full force. Denny claimed 51 minutes of airtime, Jacek came out later and got 20 minutes so the spring conditions are coming sooner than last season. The road is driveable to the 4 km mark and there is one icy deep cross ditch that seems to be getting everyone stuck. Maybe a few bags of gravel are in order or 3 inch rock to allow for drainage. Launch is clear of snow and the carpet we laid in 2019 is still in great shape. Martin was last seen over the South Knoll. Robert made the trip north from WA as the rest of his flying gang are down in Jocotepec. Even Bev was out braving the cold! FlyBC is an authorized distributor for Ozone , Nova Paragliders , Kangook Paramotors, SkyBean Varios, Gin , SupAir, Flytec/ Naviter, Blackhawk Paramotors , Wills Wing. Used Gear List: Updated December 29, 2019 Harnesses for Sale: Supair Access Airbag harnesses (new) - $650 without reserve (great lightweight harness) Supair Radical 3 reversible airbag harnesses - $800 without reserve Gin Yeti Xtreme 2 - hike and fly - $400 Ozone Ozium S Harness - $1400 CDN without reserve SupAir Delight 3 Medium or Large harnesses - $1700 without reserve Assorted used harnesses from $350 CDN. Speedwings for Sale: SkyCountry 15 metre Descent Speedwing - 20 short flights - $950 Ozone Rapi-Dos 13 metre - demo with no flights - $2400 AirDesign Susi3 - 16 metre mini-wing - EN-B - 2019 Models - $3100 CDN Reserves for Sale: HA Beamer 3 Reserves - 130 kgs model - $1050 CDN HA Beamer 3 Light Reserves - 130 kgs model - $1400 CDN SupAir Shine Light Round Reserves - all sizes - $850 CDN Paragliders for Sale: All our used paragliders come with a porosity report and valid Inspection Certificate. Nova DoubleSkin - EN-B - new for 2019 in 17 & 20 sizes at FlyBC - $4000 CDN - besides the 2.1 kg weight and small pack volume, a 2 year warranty/replacement plan is a key selling point - damage is covered for a full 2 years once registered with Nova Protect. Nova Prion 4 - EN-A - new for 2019 in all sizes in demo stock here at FlyBC - $3200 CDN - includes a hiking harness and radio and all taxes - a great deal to close out the season - A 2 year warranty/replacement plan is a key selling point - damage is covered for a full 2 years once registered with Nova Protect. Advance Alpha 5 23 - $1250 CDN - EN-A - 2015 model with excellent porosity report AirDesign Rise 3 Demo - XS - 60-78 kgs - Orange - one season old - $3200 CDN Ozone Atom 3 Medium - $1600 CDN - EN-A demo wing 2018 model in red/orange Ozone Geo 5 L - 95-115 kgs - low EN-B - $3000 CDN - new shape with no damage and 25 flights only Ozone Swift 4 L Ozone Swift 4 L - 95-115 kgs - EN-B - $2400 CDN - great shape with no damage and low hours red/orange Ozone Swift 5 L - 2018 Model - $3200 CDN inc taxes - 95-115 kgs - great shape no damage and under 100 hours in red/orange Ozone Swift 5 MS - 2019 Model - $4500 CDN inc taxes - still in plastic bag from the factory - owner broke his ankle hiking and can not fly for this season. red/orange Ozone Alpina2 ML - 2016 Model - $1800 - great shape with under 90 hours Ozone Magnum 2 Tandem great big boy glider or for paramotor trike flying with 80 hours - 41 metre size - $1500 CDN SupAir Taska S - Red - 30 hours - 75-95 kgs - EN-C - $3000 CDN SupAir Taska M - Blue - 80 hours - 85-105 kgs - EN-C - $3000 CDN Paramotors for sale: Kangook Lite Frame with Compact Radial MZ100 power. High hang point harness with option to add swing-arms for extra cost. $5500 CDN including taxes with only 4 hours of run time. Kangook Lite Frame with Cors-Air Black Bee (125 cc). High hang point harness with option to add swing-arms for extra cost. $7000 CDN including taxes with only 1 hours of run time. So excited to soon see the new Kangook Lite Frame with Corsair Black Bee 125 power. The factory is building it now. BlackHawk 125Lite Paramotor the new 125Lite Paramotor, 5 lbs lighter than the previous model - $7995 CDN for our Demo with 2 years warranty with Core glider of your size. BlackHawk 125 Lite Paramotor We also have two slightly used Kangook Lite Frames with HE 125 and Moster 185 engines for $4000 and $5000 CDN.
02-09-2020	FlyBC headed to San Marcos today on our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: Sunny. High 29C. Winds W at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of light rain. High 1C.	Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	San Marcos Report - Colleen, Peter and I headed to San Marcos Lower Launch to meet up with Derek and gang. Plan was for Peter and me to fly as far south as we could as we were heading back that way to go home to Manzanillo. I launched first and it was spicy as the south winds were quite strong. I went straight up and backwards at times but was soon at 2400 metres (Lower Launch is at 1600 metres). Peter had a similarily interesting launch and was soon climbing with me right above launch. I headed south across the saddle once and got flushed so I went back north to climb again. There was a CU forming over the lakebed so I headed out there and climbed all the way out and was going to then head to the south ridge to climb there missing the saddle. It all worked well until I hit the ridge and I was going down at -5 m's. I think the winds was SE there and going catabatic. The sink lasted so long that any lift I hit was ragged and not helping me gain. Peter had followed me and hit all the same sink and I was soon setting up over a field near the road that follows the lake bed. When I came into land, the strong south winds became NW and I landed downwind in a muddy field. Peter was right behind me and he got the strong south wind. We packed up as Colleen drove down to find us but we hiked back to town as the road was a mud hole from last weeks rains. As we hiked north we saw Norm climb high and he crossed over us at 3000 metres saying there was no wind up high. No one else flew as it got too crazy on launch. We loaded up the Suburban and headed to Manzanillo where I tried one short flight at Pelican Bay. Strongish on launch but either not enough wind higher up or the wrong angle so I was on the beach in two passes. No wind on the beach but I avoided "Richard's Rock" and the surf and hiked back to the truck and it was hot!
02-08-2020	FlyBC headed to Tapalpa on our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: Sunny. High 29C. Winds E at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of light rain. High 1C.	Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	Tapalpa Report - Colleen, Peter and I headed to Tapalpa to meet up with Derek and gang. Doug M, Delvin, Harry, Rainer, Dave, Nelson are all here flying with Derek & Norm on the Desperado Tour. Conditions were perfect at launch and folks were climbing out. Nelson has been soaring well on his Buzz Z5 and has added 20+ hours to his log book this month! Colleen launched first and climbed well initially but then the south winds picked up and the thermals got ratty. She was bobbing up and down as she headed north arriving over the HG LZ at 400 metres AGL. Peter launched last and I headed down to pick up Colleen as it did not look like we could top land this trip. It turned out that I was wrong as Peter was soon 700 metres over launch as the winds switched to SW and it was no longer launchable but the thermals were now coming off the plateau behind launch. Good timing on his part. The rest of the gang were waiting at the HG LZ and were headed North to San Marcos so we told Peter to head out north too but he decided to land at the HG LZ for convenience. Norm had launched much before Peter and made it to the Cross and then across the lake bed but he got flushed in the strong wind on the estern side of the valley. We headed north hoping for a San Marcos flight but it was howling on Lower Launch so Derek took the group up to Upper Launch. Derek and Rainer got off in a lull but were not geting very high as it was so windy aloft. They landed over the back by the gas station and we all headed for dinner before it got dark.
02-07-2020	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we are on our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: Sunny. High 27C. Winds S at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of light rain. High 1C.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	Colima Report - Peter and I headed to Colima to fly as Colleen had meetings to run. It is Friday so I was not sure who was flying at La Cumbre but Gilles had organized a shuttle and we were all in the truck at noon. Gilles hired a local cab/carga truck and 6 of us went up for 200 pesos. 35 pesos each or about a buck! Gilles launch, then Richard, then a few visiting pilots before I launched. I got up on my Ozone Alpina 2 ML right away despite being 4 kgs over the top of the weight range. I hung out over launch about 300 metres over while Peter launched and followed the group south into the bowl. I flew for 45 minute before seeing Gilles head SW and he did not lose any altitude, but then I saw him head downwind and he lost it all heading to the Mesqua Soccer LZ where he made one turn and landed. I had already committed to a cross wind run to Mesqua north or the cane field near the road. I had great lift across the river and then the bottom dropped out and I was not sure I could even make the Mesqua field but I had some other less clean options. I came into Mesqua LZ with a perfect approach and soft landing as it is quite damp still and not thermic like usual. No pictures or video as my GoPro died on launch. Peter made it to the sugar cane field I pointed out on the drive up and was walking back to the hotel parking while Gilles and I flagged down a local pickup for a ride to the roundabout on the highway.
02-06-2020	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we are on our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: Sun and Clouds. High 27C. Winds SW at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of rain. High 1C.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	El Toro Report - Peter G has been in town visiting for the past two rainy days and no flying so we took him up to El Toro today. Thanks to Thomm for coming up to drive the Suburban down for us. The work we did on launch last week is paying off as I launched into light cycles with no snags or sticks. It was cloudy hence the light cycles and minimal lift but I squeaked out 18 minutes. Best landing zone ever here on the Pacific Coast! Peter launched next and had a similar flight. Colleen launched last and flew out to the lagoon and bridge to see if it was possible to land there and walk home, and then flew back to Indio's.
02-05-2020	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we are on our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: Rain and Thunderstorms. High 27C. Winds E at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of light snow. High 1C.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	Manzanillo Report - one more day as the rain dries out, big thunderstorms last night out over the ocean.
02-04-2020	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we are on our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: Rain and Thunderstorms. High 27C. Winds E at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of light snow. High 1C.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	Manzanillo Report - one more day as the rain dries out, big thunderstorms last night out over the ocean.
02-03-2020	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we are on our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: Rain and Thunderstorms. High 27C. Winds E at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of light snow. High 1C.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	Manzanillo Report - we are here in Manzanillo but oddly we have rain in the forecast for a few days, and it is raining inland where Derek and Norm are living (big front).
02-02-2020	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we are on our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: A mix of clouds and sun. High 28C. Winds SW at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of heavy rains. High 10C.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	El Toro Report - Thomm, Colleen, our gardener Francisco and I went to El Toro to clean up the trails and the launch area. This is the before picture from a few days ago when we had to launch from on top of the brush. Thomm manned the weed whacker, but it was underpowered for the job. Colleen took care of the loppers and did a great job despite the handle falling off . . . a lot! Francisco had a very sharp machete and he cleaned right down to the roots. I had a chainsaw to cut the bigger trees and roots. It is not perfect but we did a pretty good job with the tools we had. Grass seed and some better blades for the weedwacker should finish it off nicely but we only have four more weeks here anyway if the road survives the rains. Woodside Report - reports flowed in on FB and Gmail about great flying at Mother Woodside today. The usual suspects were out and Degas got some nice shots he shared with us. Martin N on his new Swift 5 (yellow), with Sean (orange/red). Kevin on his Ozone Mantra M7, above everyone at 800 metres. Conditions reported as spicy spring air with collapses.
02-01-2020	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we are on our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: A mix of clouds and sun. High 28C. Winds SW at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of heavy rains. High 10C.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	El Toro Report - cloudy skies here in Manzanillo and SE winds meant we stayed on the ground. Derek and the gang flew Tapalpa with mixed results. Kent District Declares an Emergency Situation - the road up Sasquatch Mountain (formerly Hemlock Resort) washed away at 9:30 pm last night and 500 staff and public are trapped on the mountain. The only way off the mountain is by helicopter for $150 a person.br> To make troubles worse roads in Harrison Lake also washed out trapping more residents.
01-30-2020 to 01-31-2020	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we are on our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: A mix of clouds and sun. High 28C. Winds SW at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of heavy rain. High 8.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	Manzanillo Report - no fly days as we ran errands and chilled by the pool after getting a much neede oil change in the new Suburban after all the road trips.
01-29-2020	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we are on our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: A mix of clouds and sun. High 28C. Winds SW at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of rain. High +7.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	El Chante Report - Derek said they hiked El Chante again today. Derek said it was gusty and strong at San Marcos so they all got 2 hours of San Marcos soaring today.
01-29-2020	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we are on our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: A mix of clouds and sun. High 28C. Winds SW at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of blowing snow beginning this morning. High -7.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	El Chante Report - I left Joco early and headed to Puerto Vallarta Airport via the non-toll roads, while Derek and gang hiked El Chante. El Chante was a favourite morning site here in Chapala, but one of the landowners closed the road in so it is only hike & fly now. Derek said it was soarable but he took tools up and worked on launch instead of flying. My drive was uneventful and traffic light and the mountains were gorgeous. Derek said it was gusty and strong so they all got 2 hours of San Marcos soaring later today.
01-28-2020	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we are on our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: A mix of clouds and sun. High 28C. Winds SW at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of blowing snow beginning this morning. High -7.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	Road Trip Report - I travelled to San Marcos today to join up with Jay to get him his new Delight 2 harness that I got used in Colima last week. The plan was to fly with the guys there at San Marcos Lower Launch and stay overnight at Norm's casa befor eheading to Puerto Vallarta to pick Colleen up from her Winnipeg flight. One by one the pilots all launched with Mike landing after 5 minutes. Not inspiring! Jay was the last to launch and it looked promising but alas he too was headed down to the front LZs. Norm drove down to retrieve everyone and I watched Derek & Rainer make their way south but low. They did get up and headed east so I got into Derek's Dodge and followed them to Joco. Rainer and Derek landed 3 hours later in san Juan Cosala and we headed out for dinner. Norm flew later and also landed in San Juan Cosala.
01-26-2020 to 01-27-2020	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we are on our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: A mix of clouds and sun. High 28C. Winds SW at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of rain. High 8.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	Mexico Report - hanging out with no one to fly with as Colleen headed to a conference in Winnipeg.
01-25-2020	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we are on our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: A mix of clouds and sun. High 28C. Winds SW at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of rain beginning this morning. High +7.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	El Toro Report - Thomm, Wolf, Renald and a friend came up to El Toro today. We heard one pilot had flown off El Toro a week ago so we were confident we could find a launch spot clear enough to get off safely. We were wrong! We hiked down to the normal launch spot by the fence but it was overgrown. Stuff grows fast in the tropical rainforest. I laid my Ozone Alpina 2 on top of some brush and tried one inflation but the right wing tip got caught so I had to abort. Thomm helped lay out my wing and next attempt was good and I was off and climbing. Wolf was laid out next as I climbed above the antennas about 300 metres over. There was nice CU developing and we flew around under the clouds going here and there. Wolf headed a bit too far east and dropped out of the lift. I could see the winds had picked up on the ocean from the SW so I stayed out front. I flew out keeping my eyes on Wolf who was pretty far east but going forward and not losing much height. We soared the hump near the beach for some time and then I pulled "big ears" to get below Wolf so we were not landing together. I had 60 minutes on the clock when I landed vertically on the beach, winds were +25 kph. Wolf soared the hump for a few more passes and he landed with 40 minutes airtime. Thomm, Renald and pal arrived to Indio's Restaurant for a refreshment and Thomm made it down with no problems (despite the many washouts on the road).
01-24-2020	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we are on our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: A mix of clouds and sun. High 28C. Winds SW at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of blowing snow beginning this morning. High -7.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	Pelican Bay Report - Wolf was arriving in Manzanillo today after sending his wife Janna home to Whitehorse YK after a week long yoga retreat. His plan was to meet me at Pelican Bay around 5 pm. I arrived just in time to see him struggling to get forward as he kited his wing to the edge and then he got plucked and was going up and backwards! All the while he was flying he looked like he was parked and it was quite gusty on launch so I watched him fly. Even the vultures were not going into the lift bowl as it looked turbulent. Wolf came in to top land after an hour and said he was using lots of brake to sty in the lift band which explained his slow forward speeds. We went for dinner after he packed up in the sunset.
01-22-2020 to 01-23-2020	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we are on our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: A mix of clouds and sun. High 28C. Winds SW at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of heavy rain. High 7.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	No FLy Report - FlyBC stayed home a few days as it was cloudy and light winds.
01-21-2020	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we are on our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: A mix of clouds and sun. High 28C. Winds SW at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of blowing snow beginning this morning. High -7.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	Colima Report - I headed to Colima to pick up my new Delight 3 harness from Gilles (the local SupAir rep) and hoped to fly with Sasha & Ishmael, here from Saltspring Isalnd. Unfortunately Gilles got here late and I missed the shuttle truck, so I went to the Piano LZ in Piscila to setup my new harness/Beamer 3 combo while Ish & Sasha flew. The local pilots got up and headed north toward town, but Sasha headed south and was rewarded with 1:40 of airtime and he topped out at 7600 feet! After he packed up we headed to Pelican Bay but it was a bit light there, but at least Sasha got another flight. He managed a few passes but he was on the beach while the vultures heckled him.
01-18-2020	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we are on our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: A mix of clouds and sun. High 28C. Winds SW at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of blowing snow beginning this morning. High -7.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	Tapalpa Report - Thomm and I drove to Tapalpa to swap some gear and maybe fly but we arrived to rain and some hail. After 3 hours of para-waiting we headed back to Manzanillo and we saw some gliders finally launch and get a sledder . . . in the rain still around the LZ.
01-15-2020 to 01-17-2020	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we are on our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: A mix of clouds and sun. High 28C. Winds SW at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of blowing snow beginning this morning. High -7.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	Tapalpa Report - FlyBC stayed in Manzanillo as the forecast lloked like rain and Over Deveoping clouds to the east.
01-14-2020	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we are on our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: A mix of clouds and sun. High 28C. Winds SW at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of snow beginning this morning. High -7.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	Tapalpa Report - rescue mission for Dave B who lost all his gear in a Taxco robbery last week. I had the exact same kit here with me and I supplied him with an Ozone Swift 5 L, SupAir Delight 3 harness with Beamer 3 reserve so he could fly. I have an Ozone Alpina 2 ML here and I am getting a new Delight 3/Beamer from Gilles in Colima on Monday, so everyone can fly! Customer service from FlyBC even down here in Mexico! Pilots enjoyed great flights today with the SE winds. Jay is here from Squamish enjoying the sun while it is -10C and snowy back home. We have pilots from Oregon, Colorado, California, Whitehorse (Wolf) and of course BC.
01-13-2020	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we are on our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: A mix of clouds and sun. High 28C. Winds SW at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of rain beginning this morning. High 7.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	Tapalpa Report - Bev, Norm and Derek are hosting a bunch of pilots and they all flew Tapalpa. Thanks to Phil Ibis and his weather app IBIS listed on our Weather Page, which has been the most accurate forecasting tool for site selection this year. Normando made it home again and Derek drove for the gang who all got +1 hour flights.
01-12-2020	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we are on our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: A mix of clouds and sun. High 28C. Winds SW at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of rain beginning this morning. High 7.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	Mexico Report - Colleen and I had a lazy day at the pool but did get Thomm a Birthday Cake for his birthday which we presented at Indio's on the beach. Meanwhile pilots were getting to 3600 metres! at Tapalpa but no Cross Country flights as everyone stayed local. Greg reported in at Colima where he has been flying with the locals and he got a 90 minute flight and got quite high.
01-11-2020	FlyBC was flying Tapalpa today	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: A mix of clouds and sun. High 28C. Winds SW at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of snow beginning this morning. High -1.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	Tapalpa Report - Colleen and I headed to Tapalpa, a 2 hour drive inland. We arrived late but Normando was just getting ready to fly. waiting as Jay had a quick sledder down to the LZ earlier. Norm took off and hung around launch for sometime before chasing Francois (from Quebec) north to the Cross. Colleen took off and I was driving as my bronchitis is not quite healed yet and she climbed well over the Valley. Norm reported in crossing the salt flats and he made it 60 kms back to his house.
01-08-2020	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we start our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: A mix of clouds and sun. High 28C. Winds SW at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of rain beginning this morning. High 7.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	Non Flying Report - stuck in bed with bronchitis despite the 30C temps outside? Derek said San Marcos was working as he flew home after waiting for the east winds to stop.
01-07-2020	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we start our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: A mix of clouds and sun. High 28C. Winds SW at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of rain beginning this morning. High 7.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	Colima Report - I stayed home in bed while Greg went flying again in Colima. His resourceful wife flagged down a truck and he got a lift to the top so she could wait at the bottom in the shade. He got a 12 minute sledder.
01-06-2020	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we start our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: A mix of clouds and sun. High 28C. Winds SW at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of rain beginning this morning. High 7.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	Colima Report - Thomm and I headed to Colima to fly with a couple of hitchhiker - Greg & Ishmael. Ishmael launched first and was doing well with the local parapente pilots. Greg took a few tries but got off cleanly and was thermalling well with some coaching and he headed north to the alternate LZ. I was feeling dizzy as I was coming down with something so we drove down to find Ishmael in Piscila.
01-05-2020	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we start our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: A mix of clouds and sun. High 28C. Winds SW at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of rain beginning this morning. High 7.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	El Toro Report - I tried going up El Toro and gave up about 3/4 of the way up. The rain on New Years Day turned the road into a river bed. I parked the new Suburban and walked up the road a bit but it looked very eroded. Solimon came by in his Toyota pickup with 4 worked and kept going. I will try again in a week or so when I have a spotter to watch for holes.
01-04-2020	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we start our Mexican Vacation	Manzanillo, Mexico Forecast Manzanillo Forecast: A mix of clouds and sun. High 28C. Winds SW at 10 to 15 km/h. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of rain beginning this morning. High 7.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	Manzanillo Report - not flying yet as we get settled in Manzanillo. Conditions look lame on the coast but it is early.
01-01-20 to 01-03-20	FlyBC is now nicely settled in Manzanillo Mexico and the FlyBC is now closed until March 2020	Manzanillo Forecast: Sunny. High near 29 C. Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of rain beginning this morning. High 7.	Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	Manzanillo Report - we arrived on New Years Day at 5 pm and got into our new condo on the beach and were all settled when a huge thunderstorm unleashed a lot of rain all night. We were feeling some food poisoning from New Years Eve dining so not much happened the next few days as we recovered but there was no local flying except Stefan snagged a late night flight at Pelican Bay to start off the new year. He said it was too gusty before 5 pm but when it calmed he flew til sunset.
12-29-19 to 12-31-19	FlyBC and the Eagle Ranch LZ are now closed until March 2020 as we head south for our Mexican Vacation	Woodside Woodside Forecast: Cloudy. Periods of rain beginning this morning. High 7. Manzanillo Forecast: Partly cloudy. High near 31 C.	Woodside: 240° @ 15 kph Manzanillo: 250° @ 10 kph	-3.0°C (unstable) 2000 metres	Road Trip Report - I travelled south on American Airlines on Dec 29th arriving to buy the new Mexican Shuttle truck - a bright shiny 1987 Chevrolet Suburban that has been perfectly restored to Collector Status and is legalized for Mexico. And it is a 4x4! Colleen and Bev arrived in Puerto Vallarta on the 30th and Normando and Camilo drove there in Normndo's 4Runner to get them while I did the Suburban paperwork and money transfers. We headed up to San Marcos Lower Launch on December 31 for one last flight of 2019 and conditiones were a but light but everyone flew but Bev (who offered to drive retrieve). This launch was developed by us about 4 years ago and the local HG Instructor warned us that many HGers had crashed trying to use this location in the past, but we paid a local tree faller to brush it out and we did many test flights and rarely sank out as this gulley is a trigger point for the first thermals of the day due to the angle of the sun at noon. We seeded grass seed on the first year of use and the grass has grown in well choking out the snaggy bushes that normally grow here, but thanks go to Derek for bringing down his weed whacker and mowing the entire area. Our flights went well but after Camilo and Norm both clipped trees on their departure on New Years Eve Day, Derek went back and brushed out below launch with Normando's help. If you are interested in speed flying, we can get you trained up on EN-A paragliders first. HPAC does not condone training on speed wings but you can do what you want once you are a signed off P-2 pilot. MAGNETIC - SPEEDFLYING in NEW ZEALAND from Nuit de la Glisse Films on Vimeo. I cringe when I see these maneuvers so close to terrain but these guys are professionals. DO NOT DO THIS AT HOME!