The winds looked promising in the late afternoon for a flight after work at Funston on Thursday...
ACP JT was there tearing it up in his Moyes, but reported that he landed as the air was a bit choppy. For JT to say air is choppy means the air is choppy...quite possibly unflyable.
So, I loaded up my gear and headed to the Fort hoping to join JT in the choppy air. When I arrived JT was practicing fingerbangs underneath his trusty Moyes topless glider. He was really on a roll, so I was apprehensive to interrupt him. When he saw me, though, it was like fending off a Labrador Retriever puppy...JT really likes to see his friends.
JT and I threw down some fingerbangs for a while and chatted about the air while I set up my trusty T2C. Hands down, the T2C is the best glider in the world...far better than Aeros and Moyes gliders.
But I digress...
Urs decided not to set up and was swilling beer like there was no tomorrow...seriously, that guy can drink beer when he wants to. I almost joined him, but wanted to get in a flight.
But I digress...
Once in the air, I could tell it was going to be some good training for King in the coming weeks. The ridgeline had invisible 50 foot tumbleweeds rolling along which made for some great lift and greater sink in some areas...not a good day to scratch close to the ridge.
JT headed south toward Westlake and I soon followed. As I was working my way down to join JT, I noticed he was heading back to the north...no bueno was the air at Westlake apparently. I stuck it out there for about 10 minutes hoping to break through the choppy ceiling and into what I hoped to be a nice shear...no shear was to be had, so I headed back north rolling along in the choppy air.
My landing was spot on as is typical with ACP CRV...JT brought his bird in with his usual ACP prowess...enough said.
Now it was time to lecture the newer H3's on ridge soaring right of way and proper form. The lecture went really well with Jonathan and Victoria thanking ACP CRV and ACP JT for our extreme knowledge of ridge soaring rules and etiquette.
But I digress...
One more flight was to be had for the evening, so off it was with JT and CRV to enjoy a few more minutes of crap air at Funston...it was a great time with beer afterward.
1st Flight: 36 minutes
2nd Flight: 6 minutes
Bang!