Sunday, February 10, 2019

1.5 hour between between 12:45 to 2:20PM.Newberg , Oregon flight Feb 10th, 2019

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 The wind condition was pretty light during my launch at 12:45 pm- after the PGs all punched off. They were soaring above launch and a few went to the LZ. The ridge lifts were narrow, so I had to scratch really close to the tree tops, which was below launch level. I'd almost given up and prepared to head towards the bail out LZ. Luckily, within 5-10 minutes later I was able to climbed above launch and my flight lasted nearly 1.5 hrs. It was easy to maintain between 200-300 ft above launch. My maximum altitude was 350ft above launch. I landed at Johnson's farm LZ at 2:30pm in almost zero wind and went back to launch around 3:30 pm to collect my things. The winds at this hour became much stronger (approx 15-20mph) with a bit of snow flurry. I'll upload video tonight. Hope others had great flights at Peterson as well. Thanks Dave B for retrieve.