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Sunday Soaring in SoCal Smoke - Photolog Soaring around Crestline Ridge in the smoke downwind of the Angeles National Forest fires.  Flight Track Date(s): August 30, 2009. Album by NMERider. Photos by NMERider. 1 - 45 of 45 Total. 565 Visits.
enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 1 12:57 PM.  At Crestline launch where prospective new pilot Cydney & her BF of 29 years, John kibitzed with me. Real nice folks! enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 2 1:15 PM & Chris is suiting up. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 3 1:24 PM and ready to commit aviation. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 4 1:24 PM Just got airborne. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 5 1:24 PM and being joined by Stephen N. the acro PG pilot. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 6 1:28 PM thermalling up over launch w/ Stephen N. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 7 1:30 PM Sharing a thermal w/ a hawk (circled) enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 8 1:31 PM Chris on his Talon joins me for a trip East enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 9 1:43 PM Chris and I work our way East. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 10 1:46 PM Thermalling w/ Chris enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 11 2:15 PM working downrange w/ Stephen N. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 12 2:17 PM Circling up w/ Stephen N. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 13 2:27 PM This shows how the smoke haze typically looked. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 14 2:29 PM Working one of many good thermals I found by the high school enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 15 2:31 PM As close as I got to lake Arrowhead. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 16 2:51 PM on my way to tagging Lake Gregory. A first for me. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 17 2:54 The cool waters of Lake Gregory beckon me on. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 18 2:55 PM I think I'll just land at that little beach. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 19 2:55 PM Oak Glen fire has just broken out. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 20 3:03 PM Snack time courtesy of Bear Valley Foods Pemmican bar. Dry but good. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 21 3:14 PM Nice silhouette view. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 22 3:31 PM Coming back low from Sugarpine. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 23 3:36 PM Coring near the Pungee Sticks by Pine Flats. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 24 3:37 PM Circling up over the pungee sticks by Pine Flats enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 25 3:49 PM Looking up from my inside wing while coring a tight column by the pungee sticks enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 26 3:49 PM Smoke seems to be coming out my ears! enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 27 4:21 PM Topping out near 8,300' thanks to Stan for finding this convergence line. Oak Glen fire in background. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 28 4:25 PM Diving across the Cajon Pass into a 15 mph headwind from the West. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 29 4:29 PM Turning back from the far side of the Cajon Creek Wash. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 30 4:29 PM Heading back to Andy Jackson to drive Chris back to Crestline after Dave told him to tell me "to get his bitch ass back and drive him up his self." Shucks! enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 31 4:30 PM One last thermal before I make my final glide. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 32 4:36 PM Cruising back at 50 mph enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 33 4:40 PM doing some tight, high-G spirals to bleed off altitude. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 34 4:43 PM Finally making my base leg after several S-turns in the thermals around the training hill. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 35 4:43 PM Let's not blow another hand transition. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 36 4:44 PM Everybody raise your hands in the air! enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 37 4:44 PM Close enough for jazz, as they say. Nice ending to a 3hr 20min flight. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 38 4:46 PM Sky King Stan's excellent T2 154 enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 39 4:50 PM Our site monitor makes sure that I'm kosher. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 40 4:53 PM Pilot debriefing w/ Chris. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 41 5:03 PM Driver Dennis demonstrates his original dance steps for his gig on America's Got Talent. enlarge 0KB, 1024x731 42 Overview of flight. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 43 8/31/2009 - The fire as seen the next day from my garage roof 45 miles South. Pyrocumulus cloud. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 44 8/31/2009 - The fire as seen the next day from my garage roof 45 miles South. enlarge 0KB, 1024x768 45 8/27/09 - The back side of the Morris Fire in Azusa. See that flight here.
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