Flight Logbook Entry

Flight Number: 286
Location: Tollhouse
Date: 2024-07-08
Duration: 01:05:12
Launch: TO (SSW-WSW) Burrough Mt._Tollhouse, CA
Max Distance: 2520m
Max Altitude: 1477m
Track Length: 33934m
Wing: BGD Epic M
IGC File: Download

This was a bit of a sketchy end of the flight, but super interesting.

Thorin was mentioning how 4,500 is what we'd need to make it over, top of lift projected to be a touch over 5,000, and I made it for the tit at about 4,800ft.

On heading over, I notice my glide is only about a 6:1. With a more western wind, and the wind baking tollhouse rock, decided to head over there as it's worked for me in the past.

This was a big mistake. The wind felt much more Northly there, was in the lee of the Tit coming back on full bar to punch out in front of it, with a 3:1 glide ratio at times.

Was super lucky to make the LZ. Was picking small fields I could make work, and was glad that it was very lifty down low to make it back to land.