Sylmar Hang Gliding Association

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Cold turkey is Ok. But I like Fried Turkey better.

Wilson and halfway back. Thurs 10/3/07 A less than stellar post Santa Ana day with regard to altitude. Still a fun day. We pushed straight east given our late start. It was Ron Wiener, Andy Price check , Rob Burgis, and Vrezh Tumanyan and myself. We weren't getting over 5600ft until Lukens. The air ...

Well folks, these are some mighty interesting days. I have several reports with the highest altitude of 8300ft on Friday. One very detailed report supplies the how/why for that altitude. Before you read the following report and forecast WARNING. We are on the edge of a "Black Sunday" event...

Well folks, these are some mighty interesting days. I have several reports with the highest altitude of 8300ft. One very detailed report supplies the how/why for that altitude. Before you read the following report and forecast WARNING. We are on the edge of a "Black Sunday" event. Think Ic...

Well folks, these are some mighty interesting days. I have several reports with the highest altitude of 8300ft. One very detailed report supplies the how/why for that altitude. Before you read the following report and forecast WARNING. We are on the edge of a "Black Sunday" event. Think Ic...

Wilson and Back Take 6-Shooting Fish in a Barrel 1/25/07 Max altitude 8100ft. Todal distance 40miles. Duration: 2 hours. Before launching Phil said Let's try to go to Ojai. I said it's not a high enough day to do that. I want to got to Wilson. Ron wanted to run a comp route, "Kagel 3". In ...

Wilson and Back-Take 5 “Almost Wilson and sort of low too.� Launched Towers and immediately got to 6700ft. Headed east to Big T. Climbed back to 6300ft at Midlle T and went straight to the towers at Lukens. It still before 2pm. Now all I’ve got to do is get over 7K. It took a little fishing ar...

I hear there's a word limit on this forum...? Sorry boys and girls. Here's the rest. I heave ho and the glider comes around too far. Now I'm heading back to the wash. I correct again and now I'm going so slowly, I pull in and from a 40° bank angle. I'm about to slip right into the ground in a high ...

Date: 7/23/06 Max Altitude 10,400ft. Duration 1 HR. 52min Distance: 40+miles Launched with no radio again. Kendall is down low below the volcano Rob has skied out and is gone. I'm starting to get low. Ok there it is at the 2nd bowl. I get to 4600ft. I head to Trash. Not much there I can see Seabass ...

The procedure went smoothly and the next day he thought it looked 90% better. He said to come back in 2 days for another look. That night I thought I saw different light flashes, so I called the on call doctor thinking this was an emergency and found that my doctor(#8) actually still on call. I woke...

This was Tuesday and by Thursday, during class I saw a strange kind of floater. Instead of being hairlike, these were just black spots and only a couple of them. In fact at first I thought they were flies and I actually swiped at the air around me. I immediately realized this was in my eye. I called...

After cataract surgery where they have removed your natural lens, they put in a fake one that only has one focal distance. They customize for your eye so that you will have good distance vision but your intermediate and close up vision is useless. Hence bifocals, reading glasses etc. Anyway my lovel...

Hi Is there a word limit in this system?? I'll post in parts. Sorry for suspense. No doubt everyone's heard that I have had a retinal detachment and am currently grounded. Like can't leave the house-grounded. Can't fly either. In the interest of not have to tell the backstory over and over when I se...

Hi No doubt everyone's heard that I have had a retinal detachment and am currently grounded. Like can't leave the house-grounded. Can't fly either. In the interest of not have to tell the backstory over and over when I see you guys again Here's the history in full technicolor, gory detail. For the A...

Wilson and Back Take 4 10/14/05 This time I took along some friends. Getting to 8500ft at Kagel. Flying to Lukens. Whatever. This is getting kind of mundane. At Lukens the air feels way better than yesterday. The lift is strong. Hey, it feels like real thermals. And we're immediately getting over 65...

9/29/05 Altitude: 7850ft Task: Out and Return to Mt. Wilson Mileage 40miles Duration 3Hrs 59min I could see that it would be a 10,000ft day. It might even turn around at Kagel but maybe a 20% chance that it wouldn't. Ron, Phil Rob and I were on for Ojai. Ron called at 7:15am. The winds are seeming l...