Sylmar Hang Gliding Association

This one is south of Olive View and west of the Pacoima dam wash.
They say its moving up the mountain.

Doug Martens

On Friday night, Mike Hayden, Jim Heaton, Jim Mercandante, Darryl Weaver, Erwin, and myself moved every glider out of the Windsports garage and backyard and put them in the Kagel L/Z to escape the fire that again threatened the homes to the west. Mike Hayden and I then spent the night putting out wind blown embers that were hitting the roofs of the houses, the LZ, and Dino's triangle. Wind over night reached more than 50 miles per hor. We feel fairly good about the fire not returning Saturday night, but I decided to keep the gliders in the LZ until Sunday. We have dozens of gliders that will need to be identified and returned to storage on Sunday and I'll need the help of the glider owners. If you have a glider stored at Windsports, please come by on Sunday morning around 10 am and identify it and help get it back where it belongs.

Joe

i hope everyone who lives anywhere near the fires (or downwind of them) is okay! not the best place to live, as of late. my thoughts are with you all!

A big thanks to Joe for protecting our gliders from fire danger.

I hope everyone in LA/OC/SB is ok after these fires.