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I got to fly a new site today. I've heard about some of the flights at Pirates Cove, so today when Patrick called me, I gladly hiked up to launch. The view was striking and the weather very nice. We flew for an hour or so.
Here's a short video of...
CLICK ON PHOTOS FOR LARGER VERSIONMonday we finally got some post frontal fun. The system, that passed through yesterday, left behind quite a bit of snow on the Sierras and even closed the passes for 24 hours. The remaining airmass was unstable, dry,...
CTRL/Click on photos for large versionToday the crowd gathered and we decided to head over to Flynn's to have a look. The weather reports were not encouraging, but when 30 pilots gather you have to take a look.
This is what we saw from the East side...
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All photos were taken well after today's flight!I’ve been in Bishop for three days. Flying the Owens is the best anywhere, when it’s good; and a great disappointment when it’s not. Usually it’s...
Point a video camera at the sky, the horizon, hilltops, a bay; allow the world to go by in real time, but record it in 'lapse' time. It sounds simple - and it is; but it accentuates the visual vividness that we all could, simply, experience when...
