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- Tue Dec 24, 2019 11:30 am
- Forum: Flight Discussion
- Topic: More discussion would be nice
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7540
Re: More discussion would be nice
I had a sled ride last Saturday. How's that for discussion?
- Fri Oct 11, 2019 11:53 am
- Forum: TFR's and NOTAMS
- Topic: TFR is in effect from 10/11/2019 to 12/11/2019 west of Kagel mountain
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7749
Re: TFR is in effect from 10/11/2019 to 12/11/2019 west of Kagel mountain
It looks like they expanded the TFR to include the LZ.
- Tue Mar 19, 2019 4:47 pm
- Forum: Flight Discussion
- Topic: More discussion would be nice
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7540
Re: More discussion would be nice
Sunday had a great looking forecast with light winds. It blew in pretty strong in the early afternoon, but then backed way off with most people launching in nil wind. I got a good climb with JD over launch and headed East. I hooked up with Chippy over Lukens and we climbed out to 10,500 ft. Chippy h...
- Fri Mar 08, 2019 9:28 am
- Forum: Weather
- Topic: Kendall's Call
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8002
Kendall's Call
Just for anyone who's not stuck at work, I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's not blowing down today (Friday 3/8/19). It might be kind of West, but not down.
- Mon Dec 31, 2018 4:33 pm
- Forum: Flying Related
- Topic: Some Launches from Sunday
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5492
- Thu Oct 11, 2018 5:29 pm
- Forum: Non-Flying related
- Topic: The terror of the white room
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8151
- Wed Oct 10, 2018 5:49 pm
- Forum: Comp Discussion
- Topic: 2018 Dahlsten Cup
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7042
- Tue Jul 17, 2018 6:20 pm
- Forum: Flight Discussion
- Topic: High Day in July
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5775
High Day in July
Really high days in July are pretty rare at Kagel. I can think of two. The second one was Friday 7/6/18. The heat (and presumably employment) kept everyone away and there were only three flights. I had looked at the forecast and decided to extend my vacation by one day. I had just returned from the ...
- Tue Jul 10, 2018 5:03 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: New and Improved Winds of a Hurricane
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8977
- Tue Apr 17, 2018 5:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who ?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1965
- Mon Apr 16, 2018 5:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who ?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1965
That was me. The XC Skies forecast (or my interpretation of it) said it could be a 7,000-ft day, but the haze made me very skeptical. Despite the haze, I got to 8k at Lukens and couldn’t let that go to waste. I got to 7,800 again at Harvard. That, and another climb over the powerlines, got me across...
- Fri Mar 24, 2017 9:27 pm
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: Mid-Feb Hook-In Failure
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11834
- Fri Feb 17, 2017 8:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Oroville could top spillway by 13'
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2288
- Sun Jan 22, 2017 6:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Update on Ron
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3146
I just had a good visit with Ron at his home. It blew me away when he greeted me at the door and said my name. We had a long conversation, mostly about all of his hang gliding friends. He already knew about OP. He still gets confused at times, but he remembers a lot. I told him that I flew yesterday...
- Sat Oct 08, 2016 10:04 pm
- Forum: Comp Discussion
- Topic: 2016 Dahlsten Cup
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9361
- Mon Oct 03, 2016 6:57 am
- Forum: Comp Discussion
- Topic: 2016 Dahlsten Cup
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9361
- Fri Sep 30, 2016 7:10 am
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: hook in faliure (almost)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 22841
It’s been mentioned that my hook-in verification technique is to establish a line that cannot be crossed without checking everything. It’s also been mentioned that it’s doing repeated checks on launch. Actually, it’s both of those things, plus hooking in at the setup location. The idea is ma...
- Sun Jul 31, 2016 8:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fire on the Mountain (time lapse) Grateful Dead
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4125
- Tue Apr 05, 2016 9:25 pm
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: Blown Launch at Kagel
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9603
- Tue Apr 05, 2016 7:24 am
- Forum: Safety and Incidents in flight
- Topic: Blown Launch at Kagel
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9603
Blown Launch at Kagel
My name is Greg and I’m a launch blower. That’s twice now. The first time was 25 years ago on the training hill. The second time was Saturday at Kagel. I attempted to launch from the paraglider launch in moderately gusty afternoon conditions. I waited a while until the wind was straight in and a...