FlyBC "Site of the Day Archive" - March/2016

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Woodside looks flyable today after 10 am

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3-31-16
Woodside is forecast to have some lift to 1100 metres today later

Agassiz BC

Mainly sunny. High 21. UV index 5 or moderate.
040° @ 20
-3.0°C (unstable)

1200 metres
Woodside Report - we were at Woodside, flying at 1 pm.

Dennie launched first after we waited for an hour for a sign of any lift, not even seeing any birds.

It was very stable with no CU anywhere.

Dennie sunk all the way down to Riverside, and we thought he was setting up an approach to land when he started circling in "zeros".

He started to gain altitude slowly and soon he was at launch height which motivated Al, Bill, Kevin H and Bev to launch.

Soon 4 gliders were orbiting near the South Knoll as Bev did her speed run to the Ranch.

From Mar2016
Norm and I had cars on top, and after seeing Al fail to top-land a few times we drove down to retrieve Bev.

The four pilots stayed in the air for almost two hours and Bill did top-land to find that we had left already, so they made the best out of a lame day.

From Mar2016
Around 5 pm, after setting up Colleen's new SupAir Delight 2 harness, we went back and Norm & Bill & Colleen & I flew while Bev drove for us. Norm got to the north cliffs once at around 1000 metres while we bobbed around launch height and then found it quite windy on the way to the Ranch.

Bill headed out super low but made it so we were confident we would make it.

As the windgrams showed, all the lift was at the bottom 100 metres AGL so the landings were a bit choppy.

Ali & Pau were kiting in the Hope Airport around the same time and reported that it was quite gusty there.

From Mar2016
3-30-16
Woodside is forecast to have some outflow and stable air

Agassiz BC

Sunny. High 21. UV index 4 or moderate.
040° @ 5
-3.0°C (unstable)

1100 metres
Woodside Report - we were at Woodside and we went up with Norm, Bev, Martin N and I even took a wing as Thomm offered to drive.

We got there to see good cycles up the front, but a huge cloud shaded us in and we got some tailwind.

After the cloud moved east, I clipped in to the Rush 3 L and got ready.

After seeing good enough cycles to kite the Rush, I took off first and worked the clearcut in front and was not gaining so I headed north to the cliffs which often work, and got nothing. I arrived back in the clearcut pretty low and worked a few turns but it was either land in the clearcut, or head out to the Ranch.

There was some nice lift over the Construction Zone but it drifted me out to the highway as there was strongish SE wind aloft (leeside).

I landed in the parking lot at the Ranch as it is dry and close for storing the wing.

By now Martin & Norm had launched and they were above launch.

Martin was just above launch at the North Cliff.

From Mar2016
Norm was working in front of launch.

From Mar2016
After 20 minutes Norm flew out to the Ranch, and Martin's patience paid off as he climbed to 1100 metres over the cliffs.

At this point we we hearing from Derek & Alan as they got to Upper Bridal Launch. Alan had been in the air for a few hours struggling, but Derek timed it right and got away immediately launching around 4 pm.

Gloat Reports from Guy in Pemby on FB as he made his first XC flight to Goat & back on his Ozone Mantra M6.

3-29-16
Woodside is forecast to have strong outflow all day and stable air

Agassiz BC

Sunny. High 19. UV index 4 or moderate.
040° @ 20
-3.0°C (unstable)

1100 metres
Woodside Report - we were at Woodside, not flying due to the strong NE winds.

There was some flying in Pemberton, good enough to stay up to top land but not to go XC.

3-28-16
Woodside is forecast to have light outflow til noon, and lift to 1100 metres

Agassiz BC

Partly cloudy skies. High 14C. Winds light and variable.
240° @ 9
-3.0°C (unstable)

1100 metres
Woodside Report - we were at Woodside, flying at noon with Sean H, who has not been out since Spetember 2015 due to work commitments.

He is here for flight 19 & 20 in his continuing progress and he did very well!

We headed up at noon with a full Van as many pilots came out and extended their Easter Weekends.

Denis launched first and got to cloudbase fast and then top-landed before anyone else was ready.

Al Hammer launched next and got some great climbs too.

Several other pilots launched and they were all going up and it looked smooth despite the NE drift to the clouds higher up.

Sean stepped up and had a great launch and was trying to follow Martin N up the South Knoll but the thermals were tight and Sean was not getting the good climbs, so I suggested going out to the clearcuts on the way to the Construction Zone and he caught a much better climb out there and the rest of the pilots started "pimping off" Sean.

From Mar2016
Sean was up for over an hour when I suggested that I would drive down to the Ranch to watch him land.

He did not have to land as it was lifty everywhere, and I drove down leisurely following a logging truck, got into the LZ after talking to some folks and he was still soaring on the way out to the Ranch LZ.

He had a classic approach and good flare.

After some lunch we headed back up.

The rest of the pack had headed West along the Sasquatch Ridge and were reporting in over Norm & Bev's house in Deroche.

Near Deroche it got windy and he pilots said they were only getting 5-7 kph ground speed at Deroche. Oddly, the winds were light at the Golf Course where they were burning.

Sean launched very nicely the second time, and climbed out fast.

Rob W was here flying his new Swift 4 and he was seen getting whited out a few times, enjoying his new ride!

Sean worked the lift very nicely and was soon at 'base too and practicing "big ears" to maintain a safe separation from cloud.

From Mar2016
There were many blue holes to fly towards to maintain good visibility.

The XC guys were coming back from Deroche arriving low but had easy climbs back to 'base at Woodside.

Norm reported getting to 1500 metres at the North Cliffs at this time.

Everyone headed out to the Ranch at around 5 pm to land, and many maneuvers were required to get down.

I drove down and was blocked by the log loader as they finished the last truckload of the day. Monitor 159.660 MHZ when driving to be safe.

From Mar2016
Sean & Rob were the last to land as I got down to the Ranch.

Good day for Sean as he got 2 flights and about 3 hours of quality airtime.

3-27-16
Woodside is forecast to have rain and windy conditions

Agassiz BC

Periods of rain. Becoming windy this morning. High 8.Clearing in the morning. High 14. UV index 4 or moderate.
240° @ 25
-3.0°C (unstable)

700 metres
Woodside Monsoon Report - we were at Woodside, but not flying due to the heavy rains & wind.

3-26-16
Woodside is forecast to have clear skies and strong thermals after noon

Agassiz BC

Clearing in the morning. High 14. UV index 4 or moderate.
240° @ 5
-3.0°C (unstable)

1500 metres
Woodside Report - we were at Woodside, expecting to fly around noon but it shaded over and we waited til 1 pm to go up the hill.

We did not miss anything as we saw Martin N struggling to stay aloft on the drive up and had to land at Riverside and wait for a ride up.

Peter launched after Martin and reported in at 1200 metres right after launching.

The XC crew followed Peter east on the Agassiz Mtn. ridges.

They did relatively well crossing to Bridal and Peter/Claudia/Tom/Vladimir made it back to the Harvest Market side around 5 pm, with Al on the wrong side of the Fraser River (he must have found a big sink home over Rosedale?).

Their tracklogs up on Leonardo here.

Colleen and I did a couple of tandems on the first round, Colleen taking prospective student Brian for a thermalling session on the SORA Tandem. He was a big dude over 250 lbs but they stayed up for sometime.

My passenger, Isabella, turned up not knowing anything. What she found out was she was going paragliding after we explained the launch and landing areas. What she also did not know was that her boyfriend Jim was staying down to video her landing . . . and to roll out a banner that said: "Will you marry me?"

We had a nice flight after several launch attempts with cross NW winds, getting above launch and taking some nice video footage, After 15 minutes of soaring I headed on to the Eagle Ranch LZ to circle over the banner, which she had trouble reading so I had to spell if out for her (I could see the writing fine).

From Mar2016
She must have been overwhelmed as we had a super soft touchdown in excellent conditions, but she face-planted!

She said "YES!" and we had a huge crowd of on-lookers including the next set of passengers who did some filming for the lucky couple.

We regrouped and this time Colleen got to fly solo as I hired Denis to do the second tandem with me.

Denis took off first with Sarah and climbed over launch fast, I took off next with Jordan and we got a nice climb right away too.

We probably topped out at 1100 metres and there were a few solo pilots hanging around the launch with us.

From Mar2016
We did some formation flying on the way out to the Ranch after 25 minutes of thermalling.

I caught a nice climb over Harrison Highlands and we almost got back up to launch.

Perfect landing conditions with a NE breeze in the LZ.

We had to drive up one last time to retrieve Denis' car and Sean G got another flight in, soaring at 6 pm as it glassed off.



Elk Report - I hiked up with Daryl Sawatsky to join him for his first flight on Elk in six months and we scored big launching at about 1:00pm into light south cycles.

From Mar2016
I flew for three hours flying first down range to the eastern ridge of Mt Thurston (a first) and then flying back to Thurston and gaining enough altitude to fly almost directly to upper Bridal on staying south of the ridge.

From Mar2016
There was lots of south wind up higher but some sweet lift in odd places.

I carried on to Ludwig passing some of the valley crossers and then flew back past Elk and landed at my car at Prest for a personal best Elk flight - Cheers KVA

From Mar2016
3-25-16
Woodside is forecast to have clear skies and strong thermals after noon

Agassiz BC

A few showers ending late this morning then a mix of sun and cloud. High 11. UV index 4 or moderate.
240° @ 10
-3.0°C (unstable)

1100 metres
Woodside Report - as I figured, we were expecting to fly around noon if cloudbase lifted enough.

I was working on the greenhouse with Al and we missed two truckloads of pilots that left from the Ranch at 1130 am.

It was no big deal as by the time we loaded up my Van, and headed up the mountain it was drizzling and we had to sit inside on launch for 30 minutes anyway.

When it cleared we had very light NW wind and pilots were having issues getting launched.

It took a long time to get pilots off launch and there was about 30 pilots out on this very nice first good flying day this month.

I was setup and clipped in at the back of launch and inflated from there and took off before anyone else could get in front of me. The queue was rather disorganized.

I was flying one of the Rush 3 Ls today at the bottom of the weight range and it climbed very well . . . too well at times as it got pretty white near 'base at around 1000 metres.

I made my way thru the clouds and followed a yellow glider as they made their way across the Harrison River towards Sasquatch and as I got there still around 1000 metres, I saw a few pilots who had been trying to get up at Sasquatch setting up to land at the Golf Course Airstrip.

I turned back towards launch and all the places I found lift on the way across were now not working. I saw Hammer working around launch as he got a late start, as well as 5-6 others trying to get up there and it was slow to climb out as some parts of Woodside shaded out.

From Mar2016
I did some thermalling over the flats and worked the hump near the HG LZ for sometime before heading in to land at the Ranch, not sinking out so much as not climbing much, just maintaining at 300 metres.

From Mar2016
Super nice climbs, no jagged edges and some were reporting +8 m/s near Sasquatch Mtn.

From Mar2016
I packed up and retrieved the 6 pilots at the Golf Course and we organized another trip up to Woodside for a second try and everyone got up fast and headed east.

Tom C reported in from Hope Airport where he caught a ride with a guy from the sailplane club back to Bridal Falls.

We watched many pilots returning from their westbound XC flights and climbing out at Woodside after coming in low.

There were a few clearcut landings as pilots failed to climb out, one in particular landed near a naked man suntanning??

I drove down as the last pilot to launch was pretty much just sinking down towards Riverside. They did get back above launch but it was not guaranteed to be able to top-land so I drove down.

There are some tracklogs up on Leonardo here. Some made it to Dewdney Peak and out to Bear east before coming back to Woodside.

Alan reported in from Bridal, doing better on the flats than on the mountain, but he got a few hours in.

3-24-16
Woodside is forecast to have HEAVY RAINS and WIND

Agassiz BC

Cloudy. Rain beginning this morning. Amount 20 mm. High 9.
240° @ 15
-3.0°C (unstable)

700 metres
Vancouver Report - I had to do an airport run to YVR to pick up some gear and I picked a really bad day to travel.

Two and a half hours in to the Cargo Terminal, then spent an hour in the main terminal, out to Burnaby to pick up a radio battery and I was still not back to the Ranch til 8 hours later due to holiday traffic on Hwy 7 and rainy conditions (Hwy 1 was closed in places due to accidents).

Definitely no flying anywhere around here as Alan D said it was very windy at Bridal.

3-23-16
Woodside is forecast to have showers, and WINDY

Agassiz BC

Cloudy. 60 percent chance of showers early this morning. Rain beginning this morning. Amount 5 mm. High 9.
240° @ 15
-3.0°C (unstable)

700 metres
Woodside Report - we hung out in Harrison Mills BC as today looked wet.

No flying to report as the front comes in with lots of rain and forecast thunderstorms.

3-22-16
Woodside is forecast to have showers, but with soarable winds

Agassiz BC

Cloudy with showers. High 12C. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 50%.
240° @ 15
-3.0°C (unstable)

800 metres
Woodside Report - it was a chores day for me but it did get soarable around 2 pm. The FlyBC Lawnmower fleet is prepped for this season with new belts & blades!

Rain at Sasquatch and Cultus but clear over Woodside.

From Mar2016
No one was out flying today.



Blanchard WA Report - About twenty-five pilots converged on Mt. Blanchard to today arriving about noon to clearing skies with a light south breeze. The early launchers like me either sunk out or scunged very hard for the first half hour when the lift improved. However, it didn't improve enough to easily bench up to the Oyster Dome, particularly with up to seventeen gliders all fighting for space in the short tight Blanchard thermals.

From Mar2016
Several pilots had collapses and one pilot reported in after some kind of crash claiming to be OK and "walking out".

From Mar2016
I ended up flying for 2:43 and about halfway into the flight, I was finally able to get to cloud base which (it seemed) our Alex Raymont had been doing effortlessly from the get go. The air was much nicer up high and I had fun flying out over the water and to the west and back.

Max Altitude: 1200 meters
Max lift 4.2 m/s
Max sink 5.6 m/s

Dynamic but beautiful Blanchard - Kevin

3-21-16
Woodside is clear of rain but it is foggy and there is rain coming from the South

Agassiz BC

Cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers this morning. Showers beginning near noon. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Amount 5 mm. High 12.
240° @ 8
-3.0°C (unstable)

800 metres
Woodside Report - we were doing chores when the conditions looked favourable for a flight, so we got Megan to drive Colleen & me up to launch.

One bit of flagging tape on the way up showed strong SE winds, but we contined to launch and there were nice cycles at times from the SW.

Colleen got ready first, with a new SupAir Escape 2 harnesss as I sold her harness in Mexico. She also has a new Delight 2 harness on the way as she is going to join the pod generation!

Colleen took off in a light up-cycle and headed north over the new clearcut and started to climb.

I took off a few minutes later, testing out the Nova Factor in case it started to rain, but did not catch the lift like Colleen had.

There was lift over the clearcut but just light bubbles, as we were under cloud. It is going to work well in sun for sure as it has opened up some nice terrain to be heated up right in front of launch.

I did quite a few passes but was losing height and once I got to tree top height I had to bail out to the Valley.

Colleen managed to get above launch but was worried about the approaching virga over Chilliwack so she too flew out.

From Mar2016
There was NW outflow winds in the valley, and the usual thermals over Harrison Highlands (formerly the Construction Zone) and the Duncan's farm.

It was blowing about 15-20 kph in the Eagle Ranch LZ so I decided to land at the firepit, in the only grass triangle and it worked out well.

Colleen got parked at times over Duncan's and decided to land just east of the training hill rather than risk landing in the muddy corn fields.

We went to Chilliwack to get some tractor parts and drove thru rain on Hwy 1. But you could see the NW winds were keeping the rain away from Woodside.

3-20-16
Woodside is rainy

Agassiz BC

Raining. High 13C. Winds NE at 10 to 15 km/h.
040° @ 5
-3.0°C (unstable)

600 metres
Woodside Report - we were taking down some rotten fences before it started raining heavily, no one came out to fly.

3-19-16
Woodside is clear of rain but it is windy from the NE

Agassiz BC

Sunny. High 13C. Winds NE at 10 to 15 km/h.
040° @ 15
-3.0°C (unstable)

1300 metres
WCSC Reserve Clinic - I spent the day in North Vancouver at Lynnmour School helping out with some repacks.

Over 100 pilots came to the clinic and it was quite well organized.

From Mar2016
There was a HG Simulator and PG Simulator going at alternate sessions, due to the proximity of the hang points.

From Mar2016
I only saw one HG malfuction due to a toss over the bar, most of the PG tosses went very well.

Alex R was doing the briefings for the PGers and Pedro was managing the HGers, thanks for the coaching!

If you missed the clinic we will be running an alternate clinic here at Eagle Ranch in April, just email me when you want to come out.



Woodside Report - Martin N, Norm & Bev were on Woodside but only Martin got off for a sledder, too much tailwind for the others.

3-18-16
Woodside is clear of rain but it is windy from the NE

Agassiz BC

Sunny. High 13C. Winds NE at 10 to 15 km/h.
040° @ 15
-3.0°C (unstable)

1300 metres
Woodside Report - we were at the Ranch all day and it was howling from the NE, but Garry B came by and kited his Buzz Z4 in the LZ for an hour and didn't get dragged too badly.

3-17-16
Woodside is clear of rain but it is windy from the NE

Agassiz BC

Sunny. High 13C. Winds NE at 10 to 15 km/h.
040° @ 15
-3.0°C (unstable)

1300 metres
Woodside Report - strong NE outflow in Harrison Mills BC for a few days, and today looks like a good day to stay indoors.



From Feb2016
3-16-16
Woodside is clear of rain but cloudbase is pretty low

Agassiz BC

Mostly cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy this afternoon. High near 10C. Winds light and variable.
220° @ 14
-3.0°C (unstable)

1000 metres
Woodside Report - today looked like a good day to soar Woodside, so I got my tandem gear ready to take 4 year old Brandon tandem for his first time.

Martin N arrived and we got in the van to head up the mountain, and as we arrived at the top, Brandon decided it was nap time, so he stayed in the van while we hiked in to launch.

The snow is all melted and we saw Denis in the air with his tandem, while Nikolai got ready to fly. The snowline to the west is pretty low after the past storms.

From Mar2016
After a few inflations to get the rust out Nikolai was off and he climbed to 1100 metres and cloudbase without turning!

Martin N took off from the back despite NW winds on launch and he too was at 'base without turning.

From Mar2016
I left to drive down as Igor was sorting out the lines on his new 5 riser Skywalk wing (not sure why so many risers on an EN-C). He apparently launched an hour after Martin N.

A few more gliders appeared throughout the day as I watched Brandon sleep and no one sunk out, only landing when frozen.



This is a classic video from 1999. The tricks are a lot looser than they now perform, but they were not using specialized acro gliders like today.

3-15-16
Woodside is clear of clouds and rain but it is raining in Chilliwack area

Agassiz BC

Showers. Risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. High 10.
220° @ 5
-3.0°C (unstable)

1000 metres
Woodside Report - we went to Chilliwack for errands and drove through rain and hail until we reach Harrison Mills where it was sunny.

I didn't see him in the air, but Martin N strolled in from the Eagle Ranch LZ around 5 pm.

He had hiked up Woodside and was treated to some spring cloudsuck near the North Cliffs.

From Mar2016
After escaping the cloudsuck he came over the Ranch at 200 metres AGL and could not get down. He tried the sandbars, over the HG LZ, over the trees and finally found some sink to get in to land.

Lots of logging trucks on the Woodside Road so beware as they clear out the new clearcuts below launch.

Meanwhile . . . back in Colima Mexico, the Volcano has a new topping of snow due to some unseasonably cold weather.

From Mar2016
3-14-16
Woodside is clear of clouds and rain but it is raining in Vancouver & Abby

Agassiz BC

Showers. Risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. Amount 10 mm. Becoming windy near noon. High 8.
220° @ 15
-3.0°C (unstable)

1500 metres
Woodside Report - it was raining on and off all day but we got some tree debris picked up thanks to Megan and the kids. Definitely not flyable!

3-13-16
Woodside is clear of clouds and rain but it is raining in Vancouver & Abby

Agassiz BC

Showers changing to rain at times heavy this afternoon. Amount 5 to 10 mm. High 7.
140° @ 25
-2.6°C (unstable)

700 metres
Ashcroft Report - we drove to Ashcroft to see a play and it was forecast to be quite masty with a snow warning for Hwy 1, but when we got there it was definitely flyable on Coyote Ridge, but by the time the play was over the strong SE winds hit and it rained heavily.

We got back to Harrison Mills before dark just as the storm hit here, it was very wet and windy. Should have stayed in Mexico longer!

3-12-16
Woodside is clear of clouds and rain but we have outflow winds currently in Agassiz

Agassiz BC

Partly cloudy this morning, then becoming cloudy during the afternoon. High 13C. Winds NNE at 10 to 15 km/h.
180° @ 6
-2.6°C (unstable)

700 metres
Woodside Report - it was a good day to start picking up the cedar debris and Megan was here with the grandkids and she helped Colleen & I to do a few loads. Three trailer loads later and we barely made a dent on the job, but we are going to have a big bonfire as soon as the weather improves.

3-11-16
Woodside is clear of clouds and rain but we have outflow winds currently in Agassiz

Agassiz BC

Partly cloudy this morning, then becoming cloudy during the afternoon. High 13C. Winds NNE at 10 to 15 km/h.
180° @ 6
-2.6°C (unstable)

700 metres
Woodside Report - the day started out nice with light outflow on Harrison River, but by noon it got so strong the wind was removing glass panels from Colleen's greenhouse!

Now I have another chore to do on top of removing all the tree debris left by Scott's Tree Care in January.

3-10-16
Watching a storm bear down on Woodside, looks like rain for the next week

Agassiz BC

Mainly cloudy. High 11. Periods of rain beginning early this evening. Amount 10 to 15 mm. Windy. Low 6.
140° @ 6
-2.6°C (unstable)

1000 metres
Woodside Report - a huge rainstorm with associated winds hit us hard today. Definitely no flying.

Meanwhile back in Guadalajara, Miguelon sent videos of hail and snow in Jalisco where I just left, good timing! But today's forecast for Manzanillo looks typical. Sunny 28C and South winds.

3-9-16
Watching a storm bear down on Woodside, looks like rain for the next week

Agassiz BC

Mainly cloudy. High 11. Periods of rain beginning early this evening. Amount 10 to 15 mm. Windy. Low 6.
140° @ 6
-2.6°C (unstable)

1000 metres
Vancouver Report - I stayed in Vancouver doing errands and was able to see the front roll in, and is it ever windy!

Meanwhile . . . someone is in big trouble with his Principal!

3-6-16 3-7-16 3-8-16
Watching a storm bear down on Woodside, might be soarable if you are heavy on your glider

Agassiz BC

Scattered showers and thunderstorms. High 11C. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 60%.
250° @ 25
-2.6°C (unstable)

1000 metres
Vancouver Report - I am back in Vancouver BC for a few weeks, watching the weather as many storms are forecast this week.

I will be available for glider repairs, retrimming, reserves, harness setups as I am working at the Ranch getting things organized for spring flying.

March 8 was flyable at times, with a low base but you could see launch. Cloudstreets are forming over the new clearcuts so this year may be interesting?

This just in from CH where Wouter & Team won first prize at a video competition! Nice work!

WHITESTYLE VIDEO CONTEST: A PLAUSIBLE DREAM from wouter on Vimeo.

3-5-16
Soaring at El Toro and Pelican Bay hopefully

GDL MX

Abundant sunshine. High near 30C. SSE winds shifting to W at 15 to 25 km/h.
250° @ 10
-3.2°C (unstable)

2500 metres
Road Trip Report - I left Manzanillo today for Canada at 430 pm on Alaska Air after "chillin' on the beach" and was home before midnght, what was I thinking trying to drive a Bronco home? It was still in the bodyshop and needing many more days of work so I bailed to come and deal with some glider shipments.

From Mar2016
Looked like there was some flying happening at Woodside according to Facebook, looked like good development.

From Mar2016
3-4-16
Soaring at El Toro and Pelican Bay hopefully

GDL MX

Abundant sunshine. High near 30C. SSE winds shifting to W at 15 to 25 km/h.
250° @ 10
-3.2°C (unstable)

2500 metres
El Toro Report - we were in Manzanillo today with Juan Jorge & Elena (who is hoping for a tandem flight). Conditions looked good for El Toro so we headed up there at noon to arrive to perfect cycles and CU developing.

We got ready and Elena did a great jo of staying on her feet as I inflated the SORA tandem and we were off and soaring over the rocks, getting to antenna height but not above. We flew for 30 minutes waiting for Juan Jorge to launch and then hit a sniky cycle where I thought we would not even make it to the golf course, but on the other side of the sink was lift.

We stayed in the air for 45 minutes eventually landing on the beach at Indio's Restaurant in perfectly laminar conditions.

3-3-16
Soaring at El Toro and Pelican Bay hopefully

GDL MX

Abundant sunshine. High near 30C. SSE winds shifting to W at 15 to 25 km/h.
250° @ 10
-3.2°C (unstable)

2500 metres
Pelican Bay Report - we were in Manzanillo today with Juan Jorge & Elena (who is hoping for a tandem flight). Conditions looked good for Pelican Bay, so after Juan Jorge went kite boarding we headed there.

From Mar2016
A bit too many whitecaps but we tried anyway and we got the SORA up once but after that we just kept getting dragged, Elena is about 50 kgs so even with Juan Jorge ballasting her it was strong.

We went down to Secret Cove and explored waiting for the sunset and we saw a black Jaguar (not the car but a real jungle cat), but it sliked away before I could take a picture.

From Mar2016
3-2-16
Soaring at San Marcos later if I can get a ride

GDL MX

Sunshine to start, then a few afternoon clouds. High 26C. Winds light and variable.
230° @ 10
-3.2°C (unstable)

4200 metres
San Marcos Report - I dropped in to see Pedro Kordich today but no one was flying here so I headed back to Manzanillo via Hwy 80, a nice mountain drive and no tolls.

3-1-16
Maybe San Marcos

Manzanillo MX

Plentiful sunshine. High 31C. Winds WSW at 15 to 30 km/h.
230° @ 10
-3.2°C (unstable)

2200 metres
San Juan Cosala Report - I dropped by La Vita Bella to deliver Cokie's new Delta 2, but he was in the middle of installing glass in the new teraza at the restaurant so he could not come flying.

It looked good on the soundings for San Marcos with cloudbase at 4200 metres, getting stronger everyday.

I had a nice stay in the hotel there before heading back to Manzanillo.

2-28-16
Soaring at Pelican Bay later

Manzanillo MX

Plentiful sunshine. High 31C. Winds WSW at 15 to 30 km/h.
230° @ 10
-3.2°C (unstable)

2200 metres
Woodside Report - I was not flying here in Mexico as I was sorting out car and wing details but they flew at Woodside.

Separate reports from Denny & Claudia showed great climbs and extended soaring until one could not stand the cold!

From Feb2016


Mike M had some fun in Mexico last month on the FlyBC Tours and is now preserving it for all of you on YouTube in 5 sessions.













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Harrison Mills, BC
V0M 1L0
Cell: 604-618-5467
Skype: flybcpg
E-Mail: FlyBC E-Mail