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Oceanside Open 2019
Day one 4/25 Thursday
Day one 4/25 Thursday
Had 7 hangs and more than a dozen PGs showed up at Cape Lookout today. Unfortunately, winds weren't at its best due to "Thermal Block" so only a few PGs took in sledders and none of the HGs flew.
Day 2- Cape Lookout 04/26/19 Friday
I punched off at 10:15am, my flight lasted 6 hours and 15 mins with many trips from the Cape to North Point while sharing the sky with hangs: Alfredo Moreno, Bob Horning, Carmela Moreno, Conrad, Eron Schultz , Ray Berger, Rob Stephen , Russ Gelfan , Kory McEniry, Scott M, Scott L Rauch , Shahrokh Kazem, Rick C, Greg K, Craig D, Tim from Idaho , Randy from California and more... All HGs & PGs landed around 3pm. I decided to continue flight as Kory was getting ready to launch his ATOS. The wind continued blowing strong NNW 18-20 mph with active thermals at North Point. It was at this moment when I encountered the most rowdy air ever experienced at the coast that snatched me up to 2,700ft at North Point over the bay. Afterwards I was exhausted, thirsty and cold that I've decided to pass on breaking my last year's 7 hr flight record and head for landing. Can't complain, had a wonderful timeflying with tons of PGs friends who also got in some great airtime earlier.
Day 3 Cape Lookout 4/27/19 Saturday.
Repeat of yesterday with much stronger winds (25+mph) and more hang pilots showed up. I flew twice , total of 5 hrs air times. Got higher than yesterday. Maximum altitude 3,000ft.
Carmela FB Hang Glider Page photos:
And
CPC Facebook have a lot of pics.
Day 4 Cape Lookout 4/28/19 Sunday
Turns out that today was the best day for flying especially for those who punched off early before the occurrence of another "Thermal Block" during mid afternoon. I launched around 11am (NNW 10-13mph) and flew for 3.5 hours with Ray Berger, Idaho Tim, Luis Ramos, Bob Horning and a big group of PGs. Few PGs (Brett Gorbett or Brent Taylor? and don't know the rest) were able to make it to North Point as well. It was easy to reach 2,000 - 2,500ft after 1pm. The thermals was super buoyant over the North Point. My maximum altitude at North Point was 2,800ft and 2,400ft at Cape Lookout. Ray says that today was like flying at two different sites with two different conditions, I couldn't agree more.
I got 15 hrs of air time captured in videos plus tons of photos from the last 3 days. Will share it once I get it all sorted out.
