| Flight Number: | 249 |
| Location: | Dunlap |
| Date: | 2023-06-03 |
| Duration: | 02:50 |
| Launch: | TO (SW-SSW) Dunlap, CA |
| Max Distance: | 3511m |
| Max Altitude: | 1877m |
| Track Length: | 92362m |
| Wing: | BGD Epic |
| IGC File: | Download |
Comments:
Comments:
Comments:
| Flight Number: | 249 |
| Location: | Dunlap |
| Date: | 2023-06-03 |
| Duration: | 02:50 |
| Launch: | TO (SW-SSW) Dunlap, CA |
| Max Distance: | 3511m |
| Max Altitude: | 1877m |
| Track Length: | 92362m |
| Wing: | BGD Epic |
| IGC File: | Download |
This was a very interesting flight. My flight was two hours and 50 mintutes, but I never made my way across the valley.
I found it challenging to try and ensure that I had enough height to move away from the house thermals.
In the end, I made the decision as the day was pushing on, to try and head towards the granite rock, and hope I could catch a thermal up there, because I’d then be half the way to the turkey farm. Unfortunately, I did not find any meaningful lift towards the granite rock, nor over last chance, and landed in the LZ.
Things I’m interested in, I did a lot of ridge soaring to get back up to launch area. It felt perfectly safe, but definitely had less ground clearance than I’d usually like.