Jeremy, Flying...Jeremy Zawodny's adventures flying and such...4.5 Hours of Hollister Wave and Random Lift- November 29, 2004 Darryl called me last night to see if I still had an open seat in the DG-1000. I was planning to go in search of the wave (just like last Sunday). I had an open seat, so we agreed to meet at 10am to get going. The forecast has the highest wind speeds at roughly 1pm coming from about 350 or so. We managed to launch almost right at 11am. The scene wasn't pretty. Winds on the ground were...http://jeremy.zawodny.com/flying/archives/003136.html Wave Sunday at Hollister- November 22, 2004 This is the message I just sent to the hgcgroup mailing list. Given the brisk northerly wind, thanks to the low pressure system to the south, we got lucky. We launched just after 11am and released around 5,100 feet a bit south east of Christiansen in light lift. Miguel provided some good GPS navigation and excellent instincts. We spent the next hour or so exploring a small band of lift that took us up to 9,400 feet. The lift was...http://jeremy.zawodny.com/flying/archives/003072.html |