67.75 mile flight on my Wills Wing Sport 2 155 hang glider.
Date(s): 8/27/2009. Album by NMERider. Photos by NMERider. 1 - 23 of 23 Total. 710 Visits.
enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 1 1:03 PM - Note the sign beneath my control bar.
enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 2 1:04 PM Just launched at Crestline
enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 3 1:35 PM @ 8,300' over Devil's Canyon with Dave in a thermal that carried us from 7 to 9,000'.
enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 4 1:43 PM @ 9,300' over West Fork Rec Area, passing by Lake Siverwood
enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 5 2:15 PM @ 4,500' My harness is still unzipped from just minutes ago when I was 400' AGL and ready to land in that small clearing seen just over my shoulder.
enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 6 2:16 PM @ 4,700' early in a long climb after a low save at Mormon Rocks in the Cajon Pass.
enlarge 0KB, 1024x819 7 I climbed from 4,000' to 12,000' in this thermal near Mormon Rocks.
enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 8 2:30 PM @ 9,000' on my way to 12,000'. Near Kruse Rd and HWY 138. Dave's Sport 2 & Dennis w/ my RAV4 @ 3,400' circled in pink. Click on "original" size to see.
enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 21 4:19 PM and I'm North of the Morris Fire in Azusa. My memory card just filled up after 990 photos.
enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 22 5:47 PM and 67.75 miles from launch at Willow Springs Canyon. I proudly wear the Ohio Flyers club hat that made the trip in my harness.
enlarge 0KB, 1024x769 23 Would you beleive this flight? ~!@#$%^&* vario. Real stats here