Cliffside hang gliding flight report 11-30-2014

On Nov 30 2014. Three hang gliders (Jonathan , Enrique and myself) and approx 15 PGs all had a great time today at Cliffside. The condition was similar like the last time I flew (Nov 10 2014) except much cooler. My flight lasted for 2.5 hrs until my pinky fingers got numbed. I topped at 2500 ft above launch.

You can go to the link below to view more of today's flight report:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/cpcl/7bzdqhtmp_M

A scenic hang gliding flight at Dog Mtn.(Glenoma, WA)

Such a beautiful day flying over snow covered Dog mountain! I soared above the north ridge for almost two hours enjoying the stunning view.
Photos:

https://picasaweb.google.com/108202852508886012643/AScenicFlightAtDogNov292014

Bingen flight on Thanksgiving 2014 (Full Version)

Shorter Version: http://youtu.be/7JvBmOccb2w

Great flight with my PG friend Dave Blizzard this morning at Bingen. We punched off at 11am from the west launch (2000ft AGL/ another 15mins hiked from south launch). A lot of gloomy grey clouds were building up by the time we arrived to west launch (approx 10:30AM). Wind condition were still favorable .It was another awesome butter smooth extended sledder. Winds were coming straight up from west about 0-3 mph at launch and same at the LZ too. Rain never made it here. The west launch is an absolute first class luxury launch. Thanks Dave for coming out to fly with me and the help with walking my glider to the west launch. 

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Hang gliding flight at Bingen Washington (short version)

I had planned on flying Newberg today (Nov 24, 2014) but no one wanted to go so I decided to join Dave and Nick (PG pilots) to try out this awesome site. Thanks for driving my car down Dave & Nick. I'd been looking forward to flying this site for years now and finally accomplished that today. The hike wasn't too bad at all and you can actually launch right by the road if you not wanting to hike up to the higher PG launch area.

Anyways, Bingen is across from Hood River, OR on the WA side. The LZ is by the river -it kind of reminded me of the soccer field at Chalen's LZ.

Hang gliding flight at Bingen Washington (shorter version)

Hang gliding flight at Bingen Washington (Longer version)

Hang glider crossing Columbia River on top of John Day Dam

It was absolutely epic at Cliffside today. I launched at 10:15am and flew for almost 4hrs. I got above those windmills with mostly smooth and stable thermals , cross the river and went passed the aluminum plant few times. Topped 3000ft above launch. Thanks for PG pilot Jim and his wife Paris give me a ride and Steve Forslund help me at launch.

Hang Gliding 1st flight at Bremer Ridge

Date Oct 19th 2014
Site: Bremer (near Morton, Washington)
AGL: 2300ft

We left Morton,WA airport around 11:00 headed up to Bremer. Larry and I launched in a approx 15mph SSE gusty cross winds around 2:30pm and I be able to climbed straight up to 300 ft over launch while Larry got 700ft over. The wind speed was producing turbulent conditions along Bremer ridge which made us feel uncomfortable so we both flew for about 30mins before heading to land. Once we were away from the launch (ridge), the air became butter smooth allowing us to make an easy no wind landing.

There were multiple launch spots and all doable for hangs. I think one of the launch was facing west. Others were faced South or SW if I'm correct. I hope we get to fly Bremer more before the road gets covered up by snow. Thanks again to Larry, Tina , Dave and Diana show me such a great thermal site !

1 flight 2 hrs/ Get high at Peterson Butte 10-13-14

Peterson was great today (Oct13th 2014) with the sweet pre-frontal conditions Kory, Gabe, Zac Majors and I can easily got up to 1500 to 2000ft above east side upper launch . Zac Majors jumped to the back side and flew 20 plus miles all the way to near Salem, OR.