FlyBC "Site of the Day Archive" - September/2006
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Woodside Report - great kiting winds in Eagle Ranch LZ all day for the new students and Ken (who mastered his reverse techniques).
It was definitely not student conditions at launch, as I had to fly first tandem with Bruce (Sasquatch Inn Manager) for his 50th birthday present today. Got off first try in a lull, watched Gary "dirt-surf" off launch and a few other interesting launches in the high winds! We were cloud surfing at 1100 meters, maintaining about 10 kms of forward speed on the Tucan so no problem soaring for an hour before he started shaking from cold, so we flew to Harvest soaring Cemetary Hill for a while with two planes landing and buzzing the private airstrip south of the hill.  Bruce and Jim tandem climbing through 800 meters - photo by Ed Rilkoff Around 6:00 pm, I watched Rob S get off launch after a few attempts, and he climbed fast. But there was an un-named pilot flying a U-Turn glider on big-ears descending over launch? Why use ears when you need all the speed you can get today! Next thing you know, said pilot is getting blown back and gets rotored into the clearcut behind launch and is last seen with his wing folding up as he disappears!! Norm and Jack ran out to locate the pilot who was lying on his back in a pile of logging rubble, and was able to walk out. Unfortunately, someone called 911 and Search and Rescue, 2 cops and 2 ambulances showed up before anyone could get them word the pilot was okay. Tip of the Week: do not pull "big-ears" in high winds without an exit strategy. You will lose 4-5 kms of airspeed on most gliders even with some speed bar. Leave "big-ears" to cloud avoidance with lots of altitude, not down low or top-landing.
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Grouse Report - a few pilots flew Grouse for the last time this season, extended sled rides into Cleveland Park.
| Woodside Report - Martin and Mia were observed soaring the clearcuts for a few hours on their PGs.
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Woodside Report - another beautiful day in the Valley, a bit windy at times, but no fliers at Woodside.
Perhaps Grouse was the place to be as the last flights of the season are happening today and Friday. The LZ permit expires at the end of August and some pilots chose to fly and land in the middle of a soccer game last week prompting the District of North Vancouver to lodge a complaint against the GMFT.
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Bridal Report - Your pireps have been looking empty so I guess we should 'fess up...Derek & I have flown the last 3 days at Bridal. Although we launched at different times every day (4:30, 5:45 and today around 4) it's definately fall and we never got much over half an hour. That being said it's a gorgeous time of year to fly Bridal - smooth ridge soaring close to the trees with their leaves glowing red amd yellow. Klaus & Monica joined us today, with Alan driving down despite him watching both Klaus & I stay over launch for a few passes!
| It's days like these that make living in the valley so worthwhile. An evening flight really makes the work day a lot easier to bear! - Martina
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No pireps from the Valley
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Woodside Report - no pireps, but it looked good all day from Vancouver. Hope got windy around 3:00 pm, but Abbotsford was good all day so I suspect it was flyable all day at Woodside and Bridal.
|  Classic Launch Style - photo by murblanc.org Murblanc Coupe Icare 2006 photos
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Woodside Report - more stable than yesterday but still very crowded. | Ihor flew a 45 minute flight getting "back on the horse" and was cranking some good turns to stay aloft. Martin H bagged a few flights getting similar airtime. The "hangies" spent more time building their gliders than flying them due to the stable air. I launched the students 5 times, and had 3 tandems as well during the day ending at 6:00 pm for a change.
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Woodside Report - despite stable forecasted conditions the masses descended on Woodside today.
Our first flight at 9:30 am was smooth and no one else at launch so I thought we had the site to ourselves,
but by noon there were forty (40) gliders around launch getting setup (both HG and PG). | It started getting soarble by noon and Martin H bagged over an hour before sinking into Riverside. Later many gliders were soaring in a gaggle over the big clearcut, including Colleen who "skyed everyone out" before heading out to guide students into Eagle Ranch. I had two tandems to do and it took awhile to get in line but the frst one went extremely well getting above launch for sometime before a smooth landing at the Ranch, the second tandem required a forward launch and lasted only 15 minutes but we got some thermalling in before having to land. The last flight had Vickie well above launch on her Fiesta (her fifth flight) before a perfect landing at the Ranch. Bev got back in the Saddle too, with a perfect launch and landing, welcome back. Woodside Report - pretty stable with pilots getting sled rides even later in the day, no reports from Alan as he went to a new Skagit Valley site to test it out.
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Bridal Report - Alan logged 2+ hours in light lift, high clouds kept shading his thermals so he would get pretty low before climbing above launch. He overheard Alex R flying from the secret Miracle Valley site eventually landing at Deroche for a good 20 km+ flight.
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Woodside Report - the webcam showed it was clear at Woodside most of the day, but it was windy flying over Harrison Lake at 2:20 pm judging from the whitecaps which were visible from 15,000 feet. Not too bumpy despite the towering CU everywhere in the Fraser Valley.
|  Harrison Lake - photo by Nokia
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Fraser Valley Report - rain all day according to Abbotsford NOAA.
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Fraser Valley Report - quite gusty and overdeveloped when the sun came out.
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rain all day and low cloudbase.
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Woodside Report - Jack and I debated whether we would get more than one flight with the dodgy forecast,
but eventually the students got four flights and Colleen got back in the air for the first time in 2 months flying with a new SupAir airbag harness (instead of her comp harness). She ultimately flew three times helping get the new students into the LZ.
|  Colleen just off Woodside launch - photo by Neil Barnett Norm and I flew down tandem for our best glide contest with Jack on his Addict and us on the Magnum. Jack launched first and we hopped of in light winds right after him. The Magnum is faster at trim speed than the Addict on 1/4 bar! but our best efforts at a best glide were only going to get us to Eric's farm at Mill Road so we bailed to the Ranch to do some wingovers and thread the goal-post trees on final. We quit flying at 4:00 pm cause we were too tired.
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Woodside Report - you know it is going to be a good day when Martin H is at launch before noon (it paid off as he flew over 117 kms).
| Good development early and no wind on the ground until 11 am. We had 3 new students (Rob, Neil, Ken) and they kited hard on the training hill and were ready around 2:00 pm, but it was too strong for the newbies so only Wouter (1 hour) and Kelly flew (he also got about 40 minutes). Mia logged close to 2 hours on her Buzz and didn't get whacked too badly, before landing at Eagle Ranch.  Wouter's view above Woodside launch on his 25th flight - photo by Wouter J. Colleen was out kiting with the new folks and she was ready to fly but opted for a massage from "That FlyBC Girl Julie" instead. Maybe tomorrow. After 7:00 pm, all the new students flew following Gretchen as she climbed to cloudbase in the glass-off with Stefan. Unfortunately, no one else got as high but they all flew their first solos in buoyant air. Blanchard Report - Crowded skies and great flights as a huge gaggle of pilots ascended at Blanchard today. It must be fall. Logging 35 minutes, I had one of the shorter flights for a paraglider. Others stayed in the air for over 2 hours - TJ
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Vancouver Report - a great day for moving out of Coquitlam. Grouse looks good from our new house
but I didn't see any gliders flying there. Reports of rain in Abbotsford on the radio.
| Pilot Messages - Gerry LaMarsh - your new Zoom is at the Ranch. Margit Nance - your new AltiRando is at the Ranch.
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No pireps locally, but there were some sunny patches in the Valley.
| The Seattle Aero Battle is happening Sept. 16-17! If you have been in a contest before the entry fee is $300. If you haven't done competition, then the price is $350 and we will provide coaching. Single tows are $75. If you have done more than one maneuvers course, then you are invited. We will provide coaching for your runs. The contest will be judged by competitors. This is a really good time and we will have prizes for best costumes etc. The judging is all about showmanship. You could win by having a good costume, landing in the water and making everyone laugh... Let me know if you can make it. We will arrange airport pickup and help you to find lodging. Local pilots are pretty good about hosting folks.... My wife just bought a round trip ticket from Salt Lake to Seattle for $240. Most pilots agree that you learn more from an event like this than from an average maneuvers session. Please forward this note to your friends and your local news group. If your stunt is sketchy enough or your costume cool enough, you could get a free tow. Chris Santacroce Super Fly Inc. Advance, Gin Gliders and Nova Exclusive US Distributor
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Black Mtn. Report - Finally something to talk about. Delvin, Murdoch and I had nice flights
at Black today. On my 11th flight back at it, I stayed up for an hour and
twenty minutes. I may be ready for the crowded skies of Woodside . . . Scary
landing zone in today's conditions! TJ
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September 11 Report - hard to believe that five years has passed and that we actually quit flying paragliders for the airspace closures during that week. Controversy still rages on and the world is no safer?
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Woodside Gloat Report - great student day after yesterday's wind and rain (but Saturday was a great ground handling day, cause all the newbies flew solo on Sunday).
| Around noon, Colleen suggested it was too strong in the Eagle Ranch LZ for new folks so I got to fly solo for a change. Norm and I made a plan to fly to Harrison for lunch, and we were soon climbing through the gaggle (including Wouter who logged 2.5 hours on his 21st flight) and we were going for the towers.  Jim, Norm and un-identified HGer over launch - photo by Wouter I borrowed Bev's Buzz and Sonic Vario (no digital readout) so it was guess-timation as to what height I left for Agassis Mtn. but I was struggling by the time I hit the cliffs behind the prison. I figured it out later that we had north wind spilling over the peaks causing some interesting rotors (ask Andy!) but good, strong lee thermals which I climbed past Agassiz Peak. Norm wasn't far behind at the same height and we boated along towards Harrison picking up nice thermals along the way. We overheard Martin H on his cheater ship (ATOS VR) on the way to Dewdney Mtn at 4600 feet (he made it past on the way to Mt. St. Benedict and returned to the Woodside LZ to gloat). Andy and Justin had already landed on the beach an hour earlier and they radioed that the winds were light and variable so I flew over the lake and tried a few SATs and spirals before landing in front of the Harrison Hotel.  My Harrison Beach LZ far west from the Sand Castles - photo by Jim Reich After I landed I noticed Norm had crossed to Bear Mtn. and had a nice CU forming above him, so I encouraged him to keep going as the winds were unusually light. He was gone to the east in a few turns. Bev picked up the Harrison bunch in my Van (Andy, Justin, Thomm and me) and later we picked Derek K up at the Esso on the way back to Woodside. She then left to chase Norm and called from home that he was above Hope Mtn at about 9000 feet soaring nicely). Norm landed in a vacant field across from his home near Kawkawa Lake beyond Hope. He had to come back to Woodside to gloat later. Later reports had Julie, Kelly and several others up for over 2 hours! Our later student flights yielded some nice soaring and our students were above even more experienced fliers, so it was "big grins" all around! I took Justin's folks tandem and we had nice evening glass-off flights with great launches and landings and I think they are staying to get "signed-off" instead of going back to Australia?
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Woodside Report - Andy and Neil G. flew around noon soaring amongst the clouds eventually landing at Riverside.
A great kiting day for Terry and Harold, newbies from Kamloops. Unfortunately, it was too strong to get their first flight but Andy and Norm were kind enough to do the "wind dummy" chores both landing at Harvest on two separate occasions.
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Bridal Report - Al and others were flying Bridal in the windy afternoon.
Robin got highest but what would you expect from a guy who was named after a bird??
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Woodside Gloat Report - So Annelise and I blow some money and time and head over to Wooside on the
weekend to fly, and get sledders. | Tuesday, I come into the office back at the Ministry of Transportation after a year away at the Ministry of Labour and first thing I get told is that I'm travelling to the mainland for the rest of the week to deal with some stuff over here. I'm pissed, I hate travelling for work (I hate waking up in the morning and not remembering what city I'm in). I bring my wing. "Long story short", I get nearly two hours at Woodside, landing around 7. Pemby Jim Orava had been flying since around 10:30 AM top- landing every once in a while to roll a cigarette. Kevin Ault was also up for at least 2 hours. I was chasing him around figuring he was a recent FlyBC Chimp on a Buzz or Rush, determined not to let him outclimb me. No so pissed about travelling. Photos to follow..... - Bruce McG.
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Garry has been busy again! - Garry's Videos | Vancouver Report - stuck in the office til 8:00 pm :-( I am sure Tim, Derek, Alan were soaring Bridal, as conditions looked good. Martina was at work all day, wishing she was in the air.
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Woodside Report - early flights by Martina, Jack and Andy were short, depsite forecasted upper level winds.
| Bridal Report - Jack and Derek logged and hour around 6:00 pm, leaving Martina the downwind run for a later flight. Eagle Ranch Report - the new pool table was installed in the Barn today. Something to do when the rain starts falling soon.
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Woodside Report - lots of flights but not much altitude gained. Jack and Andy had a "best glide contest" off Woodside Launch flying straight out to Kilby Beach: Andy won easily on his new Boomerang Sport, with Jack launching moments after Andy but in a sinky cycle that had him starting out lower. Andy was past Kilby Store, Jack a few hundred meters east. I found them at Kilby Store enjoying a ginger beer.
| Later flights were rough and pilots flew out quickly. Woodside has proven to be the most reliable site this year (and last year too), for getting good high flights with mini-XCs for students to Harvest Market. I don't miss the days when we wasted trips to Whidbey and Blanchard when Duncan's closed the LZs in 2000, as these trips were mostly road trips as opposed to flying trips. Honduras Report - apparently the cops caught "the little turds" that stole Jeffrey's gear last month and he got his reserve back! Can Am Report (belated) - I got some photos from Jan Olsen and one caught my eye. An un-named pilot has devloped a new unique landing style, good for looking for contact lenses. worms, whatever is lost in the grass.  Note the unique style - photo by Jan Olsen
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Woodside Report - man, I am tired! Four tandems and light conditions to launch and land in. But the Magnum pulled it off every time even with a 225 lb passenger last flight.
| We had a great training day, no wind and light thermals so no down time for the students. Gretchen and Kelly flew 3-4 flights, Vicki had several tandems and her first solo flight at the end of the day. Edmond visited from Kelowna and asked why we had so many women flying? I said it was my charming personality and wit (but I think it is because of Colleen). Crikey! Steve Irwin dies at 44! By BRIAN CASSEY, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 20 minutes ago CAIRNS, Australia - Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and conservationist known as the "Crocodile Hunter," was killed Monday by a stingray while filming off the Great Barrier Reef. He was 44. Irwin was at Batt Reef, off the remote coast of northeastern Queensland state, shooting a segment for a series called "Ocean's Deadliest" when he swam too close to one of the animals, which have a poisonous barb on their tails, his friend and colleague John Stainton said. "He came on top of the stingray and the stingray's barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart," said Stainton, who was on board Irwin's boat at the time. Crew members aboard the boat, Croc One, called emergency services in the nearest city, Cairns, and administered CPR as they rushed the boat to nearby Low Isle to meet a rescue helicopter. Medical staff pronounced Irwin dead when they arrived a short time later, Stainton said. Irwin was famous for his enthusiasm for wildlife and his catchword "Crikey!" in his television program "Crocodile Hunter." First broadcast in Australia in 1992, the program was picked up by the Discovery network, catapulting Irwin to international celebrity.
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Woodside Report - new students Kelly and Gretchen came out and were a quick study with the ground handling and were soon at launch. The fact that they had 9000 sky-diving jumps between them (as well as some base jumps), helped in the air. Kelly was thermalling on his 3rd high flight and got well over launch (the only one who got high all day despite many attempts). Bridal sounded similar, with smoke, haze and a capped inversion layer at launch height. Perfect training conditions all day.
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Woodside Report - Thomm flew around 4:40 pm and got above launch several times before heading out to the Ranch. A frontal into a horseshoe over the highway proved interesting. Later Jozef flew and had some soaring too.
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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?? |
FlyBC Paragliding Past Site of the Day Reports
July 2006 Site of the Day archives - road 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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