Nice flight. No Drama. Flew over to Gasparilla Marina and low and slow around the golf course.
I goofed, the wind died and the wing fell into the weeds. It came down like a wet nose rag. I spent 10 minutes untangling it and somehow in the process the wing cam detached from the inside magnet.
My 86 year young buddy Otis rode by to congratulate me for cheating death …. Again. I told him he was my hero for cheating it every day.
It’s all good.
Crosswind 7mph breeze made for slightly technical launch. At 250 ft visibility was poor and the air was level 3 bumpy. I made a quick figure 8 and landed without drama.. three minute flight.
Arrived at the field 15 minutes before dawn. There was a low cloud cover and it was very dark. One patch of lightness was visible showing the only opening in the clouds. I had decided to bag it and drove almost back to Gasparilla Rd when I noticed that the clouds were starting to lift and break up.
Ten minutes later I was back at the launch where it was looking much better. There were a couple of blue holes I could use to get above the clouds and I could see that it would be possible to get glimpses to the surface good enough to keep my bearings.
The launch was normal and I enjoyed a nice cloud flight finishing with a beautiful glory that was captured very nicely by the wing cam. The landing was soft and witnessed by my cycling friend , 87 year old Otis.
Placida at the meadows. The hurricane Videos are done. Good flight with a final climb to 2500 ft and spiral down to land.
Good flight … with video
Good flight … experimenting with the new GoPro 11.
Flew the length of Gasparilla and back. GoPro batteries failed. Going
to set the frame rate back to 30/sec and see if it helps
Flight #1148
Nice but nervous flight. Without back up to help if I got in trouble, it was necessary to stay a little higher than I wanted. It affected the quality and without internet I couldn’t tell that or was fuzzy. So, it’s not my best piece but it was certainly a memorable flight.
I did get the satisfaction of helping a few of my friends find their boat and see if it was still on its feet. John Miller and Glenn Cattanach did the preview. Maybe I’ll add a few stills and trim it a little more before I put it to bed..
No Drama … Nice 4 knot breeze 10% off runway #1. Had to keep it short because of office hours at the yacht brokerage. Bill Steve and Alvaro came out as I was leaving.
The Colorado really does better when the wing is properly laid out. Sloppy set-up makes for a slow inflation.
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Flight #1146
FlySkyhy shut down the flight prematurely. Don’t know why. Nice flight , level 3 bumps at 300 ft.
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Had to reset from crosswind launch when breeze came up square down runway#1.
Steve F. came by after I landed and invited me to join him. Unfortunately I’d had my flight and was done for the morning. I packed up and met him at his LZ where I watched him launch and land. We chatted a bit and swapped phone #s.
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