Category: log entry

Another good one after a no fly day yesterday. The wing got totally soaked during layout and initial propwash. The combination of wet heavy wing and moisture laden air made it sluggish to come up and susceptible to wild swings and collapse. Two attempts and two aborted.

Today I tried to dry the field as much as possible by blowing it with the paramotor. The wing still came up slow but it was stable throughout the launch. The climb rate was poor below 400 ft. But it improved as I climbed into higher air.

I revisited the area where I encountered the migration earlier in the week but only saw a few small flocks.

This was fun. Explored to the NorthEast, found a solar farm and ran into a migration of Igrets.

First flight since Skip’s funeral Mass and Tropical Storm Debby. Short window before the boomers started to build.

No drama

Skip left us yesterday.

Light easterly breeze made for a crosswind launch. I decided to inflate across the runway and turn 70 degrees down once the wing was stable. It came off without a hitch.

Nice flight. I saw what could have been a tangle in the right upper cascade but the wing looked good … no deformity. Out of an abundance of caution , I kept my turns flat and slow.

No drama