Jeremy, Flying...Jeremy Zawodny's adventures flying and such...Decent Local Soaring- April 25, 2004 I planned to fly in the informal Hollister League contest today. Since I flew the novice task two weekends ago with Jonathon, I figured it was time to do it on my own. At the morning pilot's meeting, Ramy called a task of Panoche (lookout towers) to Black Mountain and then back north to the Lick Observatory atop Mt. Hamilton. Ramy had suggested that a local start (tow to Three Sisters, find lift, work down to Panoche) might work. I...http://jeremy.zawodny.com/flying/archives/001924.html A Good Day of Soaring at Seminole Lake- April 19, 2004 Since Tuesday was a bust, I headed back to the Seminole Lake Gliderport on Saturday morning with plans to get a checkout early and then take their DG-300 up for some local soaring. Area Checkout I arrived a bit after 9:30 and met my instructor shortly after. Izumi (not sure on the spelling) was to fly with me in one of their Grob 103s for some local checkout flights. After doing my pre-flight (the Grob was really showing its age...http://jeremy.zawodny.com/flying/archives/001891.html Flying Update- April 13, 2004 Okay, it's been a long time since I've updated my flying blog, so I'm going to do so in one big entry. I'm on a flight to Orlando right now, so there's not a lot else to do anyway. :-) New Toy Since I last wrote, I've done quite a bit. First off, I bought a glider. My new toy is N304GT, a standard class Glasflugel 304C ship. I bought it from a guy down in Hemet, California about a...http://jeremy.zawodny.com/flying/archives/001856.html |