Visibility: 10+
Wind: variable
Altitudes: 6000k
Time Aloft: 2.5 hours
Max Lift: 5kts
Temperature: mid to upper 60s
Comment: beautiful spring day
Tow pilot: Jim Rickey & Brian Rouska
Julie and Darrell arrived in her Citabria to find Larry, Mark, and Jim already hard at work and Peter getting his ship ready. Larry headed up the crew to make a dump run and was back before noon… just in time for flying.
Julie launched first and released into a nice climb over the red barn and had a 2.5 hour flight with a multitude of ravens, a red tailed hawk, and a golden eagle pair who were gracious enough to mark a thermal and try to teach her a few skills about coring it.
Peter was up next in his ASW20 for a 30’ warm up flight before relighting and staying another 1.5 hours getting up to 5300’.
Both Darrell and Mark got in a flight with Larry in the back seat and appeared to be maximizing the thermals out there.
The best part of the day was seeing Jim fly a glider instead of a tow plane. Brian came out to ferry Jim in the 2-33 to Hanford and then return with the 1-26.
Soon all the aircraft will be back online and ready for the season. Don’t be a lazy dog… let’s go fly!
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