2 flights 3 hours at Peterson Butte 01/24/20

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Oregon and Washington Hang Gliding 

http://pdxhanggliding.blogspot.com/2015/03/i-live-in-portlandor-and-do-fly.html

Where to learn Hang Gliding in Pacific Northwest:

  http://pdxhanggliding.blogspot.com/2018/05/where-to-learn-hg-in-pacific-northwest.html

 

 

 

 

Peterson Butte (Lebanon, Oregon) report 01/24/20

4 HGs (Gabe Dinu, Jason Post, Ray Berger and me) showed up soaring Peterson today. Conditions made it easy to bench up to the top ridge due to strong south winds and smooth air. I was first to launch at noon in 20-25 mph wind (Ray and Gabe launch shortly after me); my flight lasted nearly 2 hrs and top landed. The wind dropped down to 12-15mph or less on my second flight, but still easy enough to reach the top ridge again with Jason. My air flights combined came out to being approx 3 hrs with max altitude of 2,400 ft. I think Ray's got 2,500 ft and he flew for over 2 hours. Look like Peterson and Newberg should work tomorrow morning through early afternoon too.

2 hrs (almost) at Cliffside 0119/2020

Flying sites in Pacific NorthWest:

http://pdxhanggliding.blogspot.com/2015/03/i-live-in-portlandor-and-do-fly.html

Where to learn Hang Gliding in Pacific Northwest:

  http://pdxhanggliding.blogspot.com/2018/05/where-to-learn-hg-in-pacific-northwest.html

 

 

 

 It was a typical kind of day at Cliffside with light soarable conditions today. I was the only hang, thanks to Kelly for providing me with a ride up to launch this morning. I punched off at 1:50 and landed at 3:40, nearly 2 hrs of air time. Flew with approx 8- 12 PGs in light yo-yo conditions. Few thermal bubbles took us to max altitude of 1,400 to 1,500 ft AGL. It was sunny earlier with ceiling getting lower around 3 pm. All wind turbines were covered by clouds around 3:30 pm.