4 flights 5.5 hrs from 9/24 - 27, 2016 (Dog Rampart, Tiger)

Hang glider above two fighter jets at rampart (Snoqualmie Pass, WA)
1st part of this video : Travis encounter with two fighter Jets at Rampart
2nd part of this video:   Travis flying Tiger Mtn
3rd part of this video: Robin Briejer landing his T2C at Tiger LZ
https://youtu.be/SEjdUAOSnVQ

Hang gliding landing from 9/24 to 27 at Dog, Mtn, Rampart and Tiger Mtn 

https://youtu.be/rszriC5Hsyg

9/24/16 Saturday Dog Mt (Glenoma,Wa) 
One hour of air time
500-800ft AGL

I decided to stop by Dog on the way up to Rampart today. I arrived Dog patch around 2:00pm and headed up to launch with Travis and Chi. Another group of hangs also loading up. The winds were good at the LZ but kind of light at launch. It turned out soarable at the lower ridge. Larry and l were up for over an hour just boating around back and forth between 600 to 800 ft AGL. Most of the pilots had an extended sledders. A group if paragliders decided not to fly.

9/25/16 Sunday Rampart. 
40 minutes of air time
300-500ft above launch.

Five hangs (Aaron R, Cliff, Collin, Alfredo and myself) and two paragliders (Chi and Edwin from Vancouver BC) flew Rampart today. It was a nice sunny warm day with clear sky, however the wind was very light as the forecast predicted certainly not one of those spectacular day. A paraglider Chi got off first as the wind was cycling between 3 to 6mph . He climbed up to 300-500ft above quickly so myself and other paraglider Edwin launched right after him at around 1:45pm. The thermals were good first but it got weaker later , l could stay in the air if l worked at it. I managed about 300-500 ft over launch and sink out every time head to the North side. I flew for 40 mins. All other hang gliders launched later and everyone had a similar flight like me except for Aaron Rinn who hooked up with some good thermals got up to 6K+. Alfredo got the longest flight for today (maybe 1.5 hour). The landing condition was so calm , it was almost zero winds and no bumps ..... just smooth clean air at the Carrier Deck. Congrats to two paraglider friends Edwin and Chi getting their first flight at Rampart.

9/26/16 Monday Rampart
Extended sledder.

I got the texted from Robin ask me if I want to fly today so l decided to stay for one more day to fly Rampart with Travis and Robin. It was a 85 degree warm day with another really light wind day.  The forecast  was  accurate, it said the winds is coming SSE and it will turn light west around 3 or 4pm. There were only three hangs (no paraglider) and we punched off from the paraglider launch in pretty much 0-2mph light cycles.  Travis launched first and got a little bit above launch. l launched 2nd and there was no beep on my vario until  headed to the south end of the ridge on the left side of the hang launch. I was going back and forth, scratching and got few small bubbles. I worked really hard to gain couple hundreds feet until it started dying off. Travis and l landed in south direction and Robin landed west in no wind.

9/27/16 Tuesday Tiger Mt
3 hrs of air times
3K (800ft above launch)

It was an awesome day at Tiger.  The launch condition was a bit windy for paras but perfect for hangs. Robin, Travis and myself had the whole sky to ourselves for over 3 hrs from 12:45 to 4:30pm. We managed to cross over to the North ridge many times but the air was really sinky there.  The LZ condition were quite thermic when we landed around 4pm. The trees were singing blowing strong 50 to 100 ft above ground but the flags and windsock at the lz were hanging limp with light switchy directions between North , NE and East sometime. Fortunately, we all had a good landing to end the fun day. Tiger Forecasts continue looks good for tomorrow and Thursday. I can't fly until maybe Friday.