After tallying up my flight hours and number for 2015 & 2016, it appeared 2015 outnumbered 2016 with more flight activity. Apparently, I was quite lucky to have only been skunked 3x's in 2015. And yes, by using all the sophisticated weather forecast model it does really help along with the Cascade Paragliding Club (CPC) paragliders flight reports from their google email posting. By reading their flight plans and reports, it really inspired me to get out more. I'd probably wouldn't have had many good flights without the support of the CPC paragliders. Can't say for sure if I'll be flying much in 2017, but I do hope other pilots and myself can maintain safe flights and keep the skunk reporting at a low ratio for the coming year.
2015 No of flights: 214 Hours: 276
2016 No of flights: 193 Hours: 240
Skunked report from 2015:
Nov 5 Bingen (too strong so Mark R and I didn't fly)
Nov 14 Peterson Butte (too strong and I was alone so I didn't fly)
Dec 5 Cliffside. It was flyable but I chose to be Mark R driver so he can get 5 sledders for that day.
Skunked report from 2016:
Dec 3. Wishram,Wash new site (too strong and too west)
Dec 20 Oregon coast. Had a 10 second sledder at Tierra Del Mar
Dec 24 Christmas Eve Cliffside 3K west launch (too NW)
| 2015 | Number of flights | Air Time (hours) | ||
| Jan | 13 | 2 | ||
| Feb | 11 | 10.5 | ||
| Mar | 17 | 22.5 | ||
| Apr | 24 | 26 | ||
| May | 33 | 33 | ||
| Jun | 17 | 28 | ||
| Jul | 25 | 62.5 | ||
| Aug | 16 | 41 | ||
| Sep | 23 | 24 | ||
| Oct | 16 | 11 | ||
| Nov | 10 | 6 | ||
| Dec | 9 | 9.5 | ||
| Total | 214 | 276 | ||
| 2016 | Number of flights | Air Time (hours) | ||
| Jan | 19 | 9 | ||
| Feb | 21 | 21 | ||
| Mar | 16 | 12 | ||
| Apr | 18 | 28 | ||
| May | 23 | 30.5 | ||
| Jun | 13 | 19 | ||
| Jul | 13 | 24 | ||
| Aug | 19 | 33 | ||
| Sep | 17 | 30.5 | ||
| Oct | 16 | 15.5 | ||
| Nov | 13 | 9.5 | ||
| Dec | 5 | 7.5 | ||
| Total | 193 | 239.5 |
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