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8/31/06
Woodside or Bridal
Clearing today. High 23.
300° at 5 knots
-2.5°
(unstable)

1200 m
Bridal Report - a sweet day for Alan and Derek as Alan flew the Elk to Ludwig route several times. Derek was there later and enjoyed smooth lift.

Mara Report - Andy flew from Mara Launch halfway to Vernon and back to Enderby School, really strong lift and nice cloudstreets. Muller SIV featuring Chris Santacroce is on too! Apparently, the Willow Shores Manager called the RCMP in case anyone lands there on the private beach??

8/30/06
Stay Home
A few showers ending late in the day then cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. Windy. High 18.
290° at 14 knots
-2.6°
(unstable)

1200 m
Fraser Valley Report - Norm went fishing and caught two sockeyes! - Bev

FlyBC Towing Update - I finally picked up the new winch in Calgary and it looks beautiful. 5000' of line, 6 hp gas rewind, under 200 lbs so it is easy to change from boat to truck, hydraulic dump valve for lock-out release. We have also received the new Ozone tow-bridles for testing with the new rig. Now all we need is a jet boat.

8/29/06
Stay Home
Cloudy with sunny periods. 40 percent chance of showers. Becoming windy near noon. High 19. UV index 4 or moderate.
250° at 6 knots
-2.6°
(unstable)

1800 m
Fraser Valley Report - a good day for fishing, still windy around 6:00 pm.

8/28/06
Woodside earlier, Bridal in the PM
Sunny with cloudy periods. High 28. UV index 6 or high.
280° at 12 knots
-2.5°
(unstable)

2700 m
Fraser Valley Report - Derek K called to say the Valley was blown out most of the day.

Sun Valley Report - Nicole, Jeremy H, Rob S, Will G, Keith McC, Ryan L and a few ex-pats (Pat H and Danny C) are in the US PG Nats. First day was pretty good with 40+ pilots in goal!

8/27/06
Woodside earlier, Bridal in the PM
Sunny. High 28. UV index 6 or high.
290° at 5 knots
-2.4°
(unstable)

2700 m
Woodside Report - great student day all day, but to break tradition we headed to Bridal for a flight at 4:00 pm. I had to do a tandem there for a local Rosedale fellow for his birthday, so we did it at 5:00 pm. Wouter had his first Bridal flight and soared for an hour before we headed back to the Ranch. Nice soaring conditions on the knob, Derek and Norm climbed past Upper Launch before Derek chased Alan to the Butterfly. 3 tandems for me on my birthday.

8/26/06
Woodside earlier, Bridal in the PM
Sunny. Becoming windy this afternoon. High 29. UV index 6 or high.
290° at 8 knots
-2.5°
(unstable)

2700 m
Woodside Report - we flew many flights in the morning with students, and then they went kiting at Eagle Ranch until it mellowed around 6:00 pm. Our last flight at 6:30 pm, was amazing. Great glass-off started and lasted until past dark. Andy and I flew past 8:00 pm, trying to top-land but it was too lifty and thermic for a safe approach so we flew to the Ranch. Garry H showed us how to SAT from 800 meters over the Ranch with 15 rotations! Too bad nobody caught it on video.

Can Am Report - Derek and Martina caught the action at Black Mountain, only 6 Canucks today.

8/25/06
Bridal
Sunny. High 28.
300° at 10 knots
-2.5°
(unstable)

2700 m
Woodside Report - from 5:00 pm when we arrived at the Ranch, it was very windy. Windy enough it seemed to be able to blow a small Chevy Tracker off the road at times! Later around 7:00 pm, it mellowed but no one stayed out.

US Nationals Report - Hi, it's the week before the US nationals, here in Sun Valley, and the flying has been pretty interesting. Thin air and strong winds have put all the competitors on guard. No big xc flights for me yet, but just getting off the hill at 9010' is fairly exciting. Yersterday I broke my personal hight record with 11,500', on two seperate flights. Thankfully my new oxygen system is working well, because last week everyone was getting right up to 18,000'. Wish Rob S and me luck, go Canada! - Jeremy


Jeremy's view of the world - photo by Jeremy Hanen

8/24/06
Bridal
Cloudy with sunny periods. High 25.
light and variable
-2.5°
(unstable)

1100 m
Bridal Report - after landing at Abbotsford, I was sure no one would be flying Bridal because it was very windy. But about five gliders were flying despite low cloudbase and the wind). Must have been students from the Island!


Klaus's cartoon swallows (they are all flying alone now!) - photo by Kelly, cartoon by Klaus Waldhor

8/23/06
Bridal
Cloudy with sunny periods and 30 percent chance of showers. High 23.
light and variable
-2.5°
(unstable)

1800 m
Woodside Report - Derek P flew after hiking up after work and said it was quite rough and windy.

8/22/06
Bridal
Becoming cloudy early this morning. Clearing this afternoon. Becoming windy this afternoon. High 25. UV index 5 or moderate.
300° at 8 knots
-2.6°
(unstable)

1800 m
Fraser Valley Report - calls came in from the Valley, noting the high winds today. No pireps, but the weather looks like it will improve this weekend for the Can-Am south of the border at Black Mountain, call Delvin at 360-305-9953 to get details.

Vernon Report - Norm came home, as the weather went stable. He logged a 7 minute flight off Vernon Mountain yesterday!

8/21/06
Bridal
Sunny. High 30. UV index 6 or high.
290° at 13 knots
-2.4°
(stable)

2200 m
Mara Report #2 - from Derek Peters: Thanks for ruining my life, I had more fun doing SAT's than I've ever had skiing! That wasn't suppose to happen. suddenly all those crazy's in the "Never Ending Thermal" aren't looking so crazy!


Rob Rae in a perfect full stall (I thought Skywalk wouldn't stall???) - photo by Terry Butcher

8/20/06
Mara Lake
Sunny. High 30.
light and variable
-2.5°
(unstable)

2900 m
Mara Report - more fun over the lake. The first flights were a review of the spins, spirals and stall recoveries before moving on to the SAT. Carl was entertaining us with SATs all day Saturday, so the SIV students wanted to try them too.

First up for the SAT was Derek P on his new Vulcan, and he pulled off the first one flawlessly with a perfect exit, next was Jeffrey on his Zoom and again a perfect entry and stable SAT. All the SIVers did the SAT perfectly, including Gary (Mr. SAT) Hachey! Again, two more flights, lots of radical helicopters, stalls and spins and SATs, and no one got wet. The wildest recoveries this day was on a SOL DHV I glider, and again the forward surges were huge, but no frontals or snagged lines! Oh, and Ian: don't grab your risers with the brakes locked in. Apparently, that makes a wild helicopter instead of a spin recovery!!

Last flight, we decided to go soaring, so the boat could be sent home with Derek K. Thanks to Derek and Martina and Kelly for all the help!
Beautiful Mara Lake (topless beach to the left!) - photo by JPR

Lumby Report - Derek, Martina, Kelly and Kamloops Derek headed to Cooperd ofr a few early morning flights, good conditions with Derek K getting an hour, but not able to top-land.

8/19/06
Mara Lake for SIV fun!
Sunny. High 31.
light and variable
-2.5°
(unstable)

2900 m
Mara Report - Colleen was good enough to take the guys to Skyline Launch so they could start the maneuvers after an intensive briefing session. Everybody was nervous, but they all had fabulous launches. We had 10 pilots flying SIV and another 6-7 free-fliers so the air was very busy over Mara.

We started out slowly on the first flights; asymmetrics, B-stalls, exploring speeds and wing-overs. But then the fun started; incipient spins, helicopters, full stalls all beautifully executed by all. Oddly, the worst recoveries came from a Skywalk Mescal (DHV I) - in fact the glider dove so far in front in most recoveries that the pilot was seeing the horizon above the trailing edge!

Perfect winds all day, light north in landing. Mid-day flights were a bit rowdy close to the mountain (reported by Klaus and Andy), but the SIV students flew out through the crap and came out over the lake at launch altitude. When it got too windy to launch around 4:00 pm, we had lunch and waited for the evening flight. Three flights in total for the SIV folks, and no one ended up in the lake.

Andy and Norm made an out and return flight to Sicamous before landing at the local LZ.

8/18/06
Mara Lake
Sunny. High 29.
light and variable
-2.5°
(stable)

2900 m
Mara Report - when we arrived the sky was choked with smoke due to a WA state forest fire and southerly winds. Flying wasn't great due to the smoke flitering the sun. But we had to prepare for the SIV clinic and get camp set up.

8/17/06
Bridal
Sunny. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Windy near Hope this afternoon. High 25. UV index 6 or high.
300° at 11 knots
-2.0°
(stable)

2500 m
Woodside Report - we left for Mara at 11:00 am, and no one was flying before then. Andy and Norm were up country already.

8/16/06
Bridal
Sunny. High 24.
290° at 19!! knots
-2.4°
(stable)

2500 m
Woodside Report - Jack & I went up Woodside at 10 this morning. Cycles were light & slightly cross from the west and we figured it would be a quick 6 minute flight down to Riverside. We managed to find some bumps above the clearcuts to the east of launch to stay up for about 20 minutes! Each beep was rewarding as you couldn't quite 360 or you'd fall out of the lift (always when pointed at the mountain, of course!) We landed at Riverside when we saw the wind lines picking up on the water, and by the time we drove back to Agassiz it was already quite windy by Harvest - Martina

Mara Report - Norm has been flying around Lumby and Mara and had a great flight from Mara Launch to King Eddie LZ (60+ kms), apparently it only took about 1:45! The day before he flew from Lumby to Lavington and had to fly back to Lumby because he lost communications with Bev, another great flight out and return.

8/15/06
Woodside or Bridal
Becoming cloudy early this morning. Clearing this afternoon. High 22. UV index 5 or moderate.
300° at 8 knots
-2.1°
(stable)

2500 m
Bridal Report - apparently the Fraser Valley was blown out all day. We left by 10:00 am and it was still okay then, but within an hour it was howling! All Day!!

8/14/06
Woodside or Bridal for students
Sunny. High 28.
280° at 5 knots
-2.5°
(unstable)

1300 m
Bridal Report - reports were coming in of windy, bumpy conditions as I headed to Bridal for a few tandems. Woodside was blown out, but when we arrived at launch at 6:30 pm, it was hardly launchable. Everyone took 3 tries to get off, and I finally had to resort to a forward launch to get us off the hill. We were able to soar just at launch height for 40 minutes or so before landing in fairly strong south wind at the Swamp. Others who flew earlier made it over Elk and Upper Launch.

Vernon Report - Norm and I arrived in Vernon, and met up with the group from the States, lots of ladies to fly with. I made Norm test fly my buzz, (I wanted to see her in action with a pro on her) He did a lot of complaining but did fly my Buzz. He got her up high while everyone else sunk out. Although it became quite windy and no one other than one of the girls made it to the lz ( That's a high 5 for us woman) Anyway Norm couldn't penetrate my wing over the lz, since the wind picked up. Guess it was hindsight for me not flying? naw just chicken feathers. Anyway I am flying tomorrow since the old feeling of excitement came back today. Anyway can't wait to see you all up here, if you need a driver for the maneuvers I can drive for you - Bev

Chelan Flats Report - apparently the ATOS V flies pretty well . . . Martin is submitting a claim for a 200 km triangle that looked geometrically correct! Congratulations!

8/13/06
Woodside or Bridal for students, Grouse Mountain for the big pilots
Sunny. High 28.
290° at 7 knots
-2.5°
(unstable)

1300 m
Woodside Report - busier than ever with a new group and some advanced students. James logged another 2+ hours over Woodside. New students Robert and Charlyn from Victoria flew several great flights. It got too windy for students for a couple of hours but it glassed off nicely around 4:30 pm. Four flights for most today, good altitude on the way to the Ranch (in fact looking for sink to get them in to land for the next flights).

Bridal Report - quite a few good flights with Alan, Rob and Derek top-landing to retrieve. No mention of how high they got, but I am sure Upper Launch was achievable.

8/12/06
Woodside or Bridal for students, Grouse Mountain for the big pilots
Cloudy. Clearing this morning. High 24.
290° at 12 knots
-2.9°
(unstable)

1100 m
Woodside Report - we started flying at 11:00 am after everyone was tuned up on their ground handling, and new student Robert was soaring on his first flight on the way to the Ranch, by the time we got back to the top, it was too strong for newbies so I did two tandems flying with Garry H, almost signed off student James C (Mr. 3 hours+ today), Rob S and Andy. It was very strong in the air with huge surges of lift and associated sink. We couldn't fly students again until 7:00 pm, but we flew until dark. Total studnet flights - 3.

Bridal Report - I overheard pilots at Bridal but Alan was done and packed up by 3:00 pm, so I expect it was a bad day there (too windy).

8/11/06
Blanchard WA or Head to Golden for the "Willi"
Abbotsford Forecast: Cloudy with sunny periods. High 21.
light and variable
-2.9°
(unstable)

900 m
Bridal Report - Derek launched too early before the sun heated upo the slopes, so he had a short flight.

Woodside Report - Andy was overheard soaring Woodside so Derek headed over for a flight around 6 pm.

8/10/06
Blanchard WA or Head to Golden for the "Willi"
Abbotsford Forecast: Rain. High 21.
light and variable
-2.9°
(unstable)

900 m
No pireps

8/9/06
Head to Golden for the "Willi"
Abbotsford Forecast: Increasing cloudiness. 60 percent chance of showers in the afternoon. Becoming windy in the afternoon. High 20.
260° at 5 knots
-2.1°
(stable)

1100 m
Golden Report - despite one good day, Andy (90 kms), Norm (80 kms) and Mark F all headed back to the Fraser Valley. Too much wind and rain forecasted. But the Willi had a semi-valid day according to Nicole flying to Harrogate I believe?

8/8/06
Head to Golden for the "Willi"
Abbotsford Forecast: Increasing cloudiness. 60 percent chance of showers in the afternoon. Becoming windy in the afternoon. High 20.
260° at 5 knots
-2.1°
(stable)

1100 m
Fraser Valley Report - no pireps, but it looked ugly!

8/7/06
Woodside early, then Bridal later or Head to Golden for the "Willi"
Sunny. High 29
260° at 5 knots
-2.5°
(unstable)

1900 m
Woodside Report - great weekend for a bunch of new students, lots of ground handling in higher winds, hours of kiting on the only training hill left in the Lower Mainland after Burnaby Mountain was lost to paraglider training this week (probably too many complaints from locals trying to walk and enjoy the view without instructors yelling at the top of thir lungs>). Some of the students logged 4 flights and several tandems. Apparently, they all want to come back for more fun this summer.

Karen and Rob sent some shots they took this weekend.


Karen on the FlyBC Training Hill - photo by Rob Dalsanto


Rob solo off Woodside - photo by Karen Dalsanto

Some new residents have moved into the barn, non-rent paying types too!


New baby swallows at Eagle Ranch - photo by Kelly Rand

Golden Report - so far Alan Dickie has has the longest flight with 102 kms to Invermere (flying an Ozone Mantra).

Honduras Landing Zone Hazards Report - Hola todos! We have not had a lot of good flying for a while now, seems most weekends we have been blown out and I have also been travelling lately. I got back from the states last Friday looking forward to good weather reports for the weekend.

Saturday looked good so, as usual I headed out to Yuscaran in the afternoon and was rewarded with a beautiful two hour flight landing at el Llano, our regular landing field.

In almost the same moment that I had turned to bring my wing down I noticed some movement in the bushes about 50 meters away and looked up to see 2 men wearing ski masks (its about 34 celsius) and carrying machetes and switchblades. If you've never been in this position yourself you really can't imagine what it was like, to be attached to your wing, not a soul anywhere near and two idiots slowly approaching with machetes.

Needless to say if there was an Olympic medal available for packing your equipment . . . I could have easily won gold.

The thieves made off with my reserve, including vario and gps, my wallet with a small amount of cash and my ID. I got away without harm but I am really shaken by the experience and probably won't fly until I have some serious security figured out - Happy flying, safe landing fields, Jeffrey

8/6/06
Woodside early, then Bridal later or Head to Golden for the "Willi"
Sunny. High 26
270° at 6 knots
-2.5°
(unstable)

1900 m
Woodside Report - the students flew a few flights early, as the sea breeze kicked in again around noon. Gary was having a heck of a time trying to get off launch (trying Kelly's Oasis) due to bad techniques. He finally got in the air in super conditions, and then despite being told to stop squirming into the seat, he turned right toward the north and then caused a frontal collapse which he let spit him into the trees. No injuries, just embarassment. Ian and I hiked down with a rope and belayed Gary down from 30 feet. We had him throw his reserve down to us, then we could pass a line through the reserve for him to pull up the rope and climbing webbing. We used a biner for a pulley and had him down in a few minutes. Glider was surgically removed later by Dr D (local arborist), with only a few small holes which are now repaired on Gary's new glider.

Woodside Report - Martina said the air at Bridal was disorganized and she flew out while Derek logged an hour. Apparently, my report of Al and Kevin a few days ago were wrong, they flew to Elk and back to Cheam several times before landing (2+ hours).

8/5/06
Woodside early, then Bridal later or Head to Golden for the "Willi"
Sunny. High 26
290° at 10 knots
-2.5°
(unstable)

2252 m
Woodside Report - we had six newbies starting today, and they all got in the air by dark. After four tandems I was getting pretty tired, but the last flight we were entertained by an osprey playing with the lower windsock ribbon.


Osprey soaring Woodside - photo by Kelly Rand


Osprey Games - photo by Kelly Rand


Osprey has the ribbon - photo by Kelly Rand


Osprey happy to be above the tandem - photo by Kelly Rand

8/4/06
Bridal later or Head to Golden for the "Willi"
Sunny with cloudy periods. High 25. UV index 7 or high.
300° at 15 knots
-2.5°
(unstable)

1600 m
Woodside Report - after flying in from Calgary, Colleen and I headed to the Ranch. WestJet actually overflew CYA132 at 10,000 feet and letdown over Mission before landing on Rwy25 (maybe the word is out from the Chief Line Pilot to avoid this Alert Area (I hope).

The first of this weekend's new students arrived and we were ground-handling until 7:30 pm, then we went up for Barbara's tandem flight. We logged about an hour of soaring before starting to sink out. Derek and Martina joined us, and Colleen watched from launch wishing she was in the air.

Bridal Report - we heard Kevin and Al flying Bridal, but it looked like they were below launch heading east?

Golden Report - forecast was for thunderstorms and rain. When we flew out of Calgary it was very bumpy through to 20,000 feet, when we broke out of cloud. Golden looked socked in below, and it didn't clear up until Kelowna. The rest of the weekend looks great through to Thursday, fly smooth out there.

8/3/06
Bridal later
Sunny. High 23. UV index 4 or moderate.
light and variable
-2.5°
(unstable)

1470 m
Calgary Report - great cloud streets, but east wind all day. Then a huge hailstorm developed around 5:30 pm and lasted 2 hours ripping trees and branches apart.

8/2/06
Bridal later
Cloudy. Clearing late this afternoon. High 23. UV index 4 or moderate.
300° at 9 knots
-2.5°
(unstable)

1470 m
Calgary Report - east wind all day.

8/1/06
Bridal later
Increasing cloudiness then 30 percent chance of showers late this morning. Clearing late this afternoon. High 20. UV index 3 or moderate.
light and variable
-2.5°
(unstable)

1470 m
Grouse Report - apparently the lift was quite strong according to Nicole. No Fraser Valley reports.

7/31/06
Woodside or Bridal
Cloudy. 30 percent chance of showers this morning. High 20. UV index 3 or moderate.
310° at 9 knots
-2.5°
(unstable)

1050 m
Cochrane Report - great SW winds probably made HGing fun, but a bit gusty for PGers. We are here all week so maybe it will become flyable.

Lumby Report - Norm just called and said it was great at Lumby really nice lift, Norm and Andy did an out and return from Cooper's to Mabel Lake and back. Andy had a huge grin on his face. They had 3 hours of flying. They went to Mara but no go there because it was too North - Bev

FlyBC Paragliding Past Site of the Day Reports

July 2006 Site of the Day archives - raod trip to Lumby, then on the 8th Colleen spun in below Gloria cancelling her summer plans (but she is recuperating well).

June 2006 Site of the Day archives - the Valley dried out, and we flew most days and every weekend.

May 2006 Site of the Day archives - more rain that ever imagined in the Fraser Valley. Very few soaring flights and even less XC.

April 2006 Site of the Day archives - the Easter Bunny was "run over" on Kilby Road, plus the train wreck on April 1.

March 2006 Site of the Day archives - a new pilot was born, Chloe. We also flew a few days between showers, some long flights up to 4 hours. A few Out & Return Flights to Deroche and Bear.

February 2006 Site of the Day archives - another wet month with some soarable days (2).

January 2006 Site of the Day archives - some flying on Elk and Woodside, smart pilots headed South for great Mexican or Chilean flying.

December 2005 Site of the Day archives - some flying on Elk and Woodside, smart pilots headed South.

November 2005 Site of the Day archives - rain, snow and not much flying.

October 2005 Site of the Day archives - Women's Fly In in Chelan yielded two soarable days before the snows hit.

September 2005 Site of the Day archives - dry most of the month. Some great 4 hour flights at Woodside getting to cloudbase most days. Three crash-landings in the same clearcut by pilots scratching too low, but no injuries.

August 2005 Site of the Day archives - road trips to the Interior gave us an opportunity to rag out some gliders at FlyBC SIV 2005 (Part II). Also a great road trip to Savona.

July 2005 Site of the Day archives - good flying all month, no rain but some windy days shut us down. The Willi started in Golden with a few good days, but one tragedy as Charles Warren perished in a crash near Harrogate.

June 2005 Site of the Day archives - too much rain, but good days to fly between showers.

May 2005 Site of the Day archives - our Instructor/Tandem seminar yielded some good flying. Our May 2005 SIV Clinic had a good turnout, with many wet wings/pilots! Many nice flights at Woodside and Bridal, with some long "out & returns" at Bridal.

April 2005 Site of the Day archives - some great soaring at Woodside and Bridal. Sad news from the US Hanggliding Nationals as Chris Muller crashes at goal.

March 2005 Site of the Day archives - we had to head out of town to Savona a few weekends due to wet weather on the Coast. Wetter than normal according to Environment Canada.

February 2005 Site of the Day archives - some good soaring despite early time of year. Flights as long as 3 hours at Woodside, some good flights at Whidbey Island for first timers, too!

January 2005 Site of the Day archives road trips to Mexico, not much flying locally due to strong north winds and rain. Record rain kept Eagle Ranch quite wet for kiting.

December 2004 Site of the Day archives a dry month with some good soaring including a fantastic day on Dec. 11 where we thermalled for 2+ hours!

November 2004 Site of the Day archives more record rain. We installed a fireplace in the barn to keep pilots warm between winter flights.

October 2004 Site of the Day archives more record rain, but sweet soaring between showers. Many new students signed up and making quick progress. We missed the Women's Fly In for the first time in 9 years, and there was some interesting flying on the Sunday!

September 2004 Site of the Day archives rainiest September on record for the first 3 weeks, made flying difficult. But Alan and others logged some pretty nice flights later in the month. Lots of student tandems for both Colleen and Jim.

August 2004 Site of the Day archives Great Maneuver/SIV/ACRO course at Mara. Jack got wet! Some great soaring at Woodside. Norm made it 68 km from Mara to King Eddie, Derek made it from Lumby to Enderby the opposite direction for 67 kms. We also did our BC roadtrip from Ashcroft to New Denver, and flew everyday.

July 2004 Site of the Day archives the Willi was on at Golden. We missed the mayhem due to work and school commitments but Norm did a great job representing the West Coast.

June 2004 Site of the Day archives Canadian Nationals came off with many great rounds. Pemberton-Whistler Championships were blown out most days so we headed to Cornwall.

May 2004 Site of the Day archives great flying at Woodside and Bridal. We held a very successful SIV Course at Mara Lake, and hope to run another one in August if they keep the forests open.

April 2004 Site of the Day archives good flying in the Valley. The Fraser Valley Cross Country PG Series was successssful.

March 2004 Site of the Day archives Nicole won in Brazil, otherwise the month sucked for flying time.

February 2004 Site of the Day archives some local flights extended to an hour with vigourous scratching above the trees. Good paramotor month.



January 2004 Site of the Day archives Mexican road trip yielded 20 hours of flight and a wet Canadian January kept most local pilots on the ground.



December 2003 Site of the Day archives we flew a few times but it got really cold at the end of the month as we prepared for a gala New Year's Party for 40 of our close personal friends and neighbours.



November 2003 Site of the Day archives windy and wet with the odd good soaring day, not many pilots out these days.



October 2003 Site of the Day archives Women's Fly In was great fun, some good soaring days mid-month, most of the students are signed off.



September 2003 Site of the Day archives good conditions until the last days of the month when it got stable. Most days were flyable at Woodside or Bridal.



August 2003 Site of the Day archives Forest closures made the end of the month a non-flying period unless you headed to Blanchard. FlyBC SIV 2003 was a great success with 9 stunt pilots and no deployments or crashes.



July 2003 Site of the Day archives we flew most days early at Woodside until it got windy, then over to Bridal. Good Golden flying reports from the "Willi".



June 2003 Site of the Day archives we flew most weekdays at Bridal, Woodside worked most weekends. Bridal Air Races had one great day with only two tree landings!



May 2003 Site of the Day archives not a great weather month on the coast, especially on the weekends but a few pilots managed to get some great airtime at Bridal. The Nationals were held in Lumby and it didn't rain!



April 2003 Site of the Day archives rain for 28 of 30 April days, but we managed to get a few flights in between showers. Even the golfers were complaining!



March 2003 Site of the Day archives some high spring flights in early March, but not a great weather month. Still no HPAC Insurance!



February 2003 Site of the Day archives some nice long spring flights in late February. HPAC Insurance expired on Feb 14, so many pilots stayed home instead of getting USHGA coverage.



January 2003 Site of the Day archives lots of rain all month in BC so we bailed and headed to Tapalpa Mexico for three weeks. Norm and Lucille had a great XC flight the first day we arrived.



December 2002 Site of the Day archives lots of rain all month.



November 2002 Site of the Day archives not a great flying month, lots of rain in the beginning and then super stable and inverted for the balance of the month. Even the Savona Road Trip wasn't that great. Looking forward to Mexico!



October 2002 Site of the Day archives Still soarable some days, great fun at the Women's Fly In 2002 in Chelan. Allan logged 15 hours and only flew a few days. Most of the students are ready for signoff soon to get ready for Mexico trips!



September 2002 Site of the Day archives Still soarable most everyday! Some scary incidents at Woodside. Fun flying at Ashcroft.



August 2002 Site of the Day archives More spring-like days with super lapse rates, great fun up-country at Revelstoke and Mara, with some good XCs for all.



July 2002 Site of the Day archives Some spring-like days with super lapse rates, but still rather wet at times.



June 2002 Site of the Day archives another rainy and windy month with great lapse rates, some great flights at Bridal with some getting above Cheam Peak. The Club Cup was nearly rained out but they got one valid task in on Sunday June 30.



May 2002 Site of the Day archives an extremely rainy month with the more spring mayhem, another reserve deployment at Lil Nick and a pilot crashed at the top of Deroche Mountain, uninjured but with a ripped glider and long hike down the mountain. Colleen placed 5th place at the Canadian PG Nationals in rainy Lumby!



April 2002 Site of the Day archives a rainy month with the usual spring mayhem, one reserve deployment at Woodside and a pilot hit a parked car at Bridal LZ, fracturing his leg.



March 2002 Site of the Day archives a few great days days with lots of snow and rain mixed in.



February 2002 Site of the Day archives two epic days already (4.5 hours and 2.5 hours!).



January 2002 Site of the Day archives Mexico vacation shots, some local flying but it was wet on the coast.



December 2001 Site of the Day archives pretty stable locally, wettest December on record, some good days sprinkled thru the month.



November 2001 Site of the Day archives pretty stable locally, had some good days at Woodside +2 hours, lots of rain later in the month.



October 2001 Site of the Day archives pretty stable locally, but great flying at Chelan at the Women's Fly In.



September 2001 Site of the Day archives starting to get pretty stable, more sled rides forecast for October.



Aug 2001 Site of the Day archives Mara, Bridal, till some great flights locally



July 2001 Site of the Day archives Road Trip Month, Golden, Mara, points east!



June 2001 Site of the Day archives Great Month, 3 hours of airtime for some pilots every time they flew Bridal Lower! Some getting up to 6 hours in a single flight!



May 2001 Site of the Day archives Unstable Month, 2-3 hours of airtime for some pilots every time they flew Bridal Lower!



April 2001 Site of the Day archives Rainy Month, not as much airtime for some pilots



March 2001 Site of the Day archives Spring has Sprung!



February 2001 Site of the Day archives Spring is in the Air!



January 2001 Site of the Day archives - Mexico Flying Trip



December 2000 Site of the Day archives



November 2000 Site of the Day archives (great month for airtime!)



October 2000 Site of the Day archives



September 2000 Site of the Day archives



July - August 2000 Site of the Day archives



June 2000 Site of the Day archives



March - May 2000 Site of the Day archives



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