Originally Posted by
longer ron
Hi Cats Five
From the flight log - I took off just over an hour before you and landed 5 mins behind you, you guys must have done it the easy/skillful way almost straight from A/T
I made hard work of it LOL, through lack of skill on my part I ended up stuck on/near Bishop for 1 hour just above the ridge,I was obviously waiting for something better to come along - eventually managed to get a semi decent thermal to get across to W Lomond and then transition to wave. Actually looking at my barogram I must have been in at least 8kt up for a while - I must have been enjoying the view too much to really take in the vario reading.
I also was climbing in a straight line @ 46kt at one stage with a little + Flap selected but usually flying a little faster than that
cheers LR
We didn't go on the hill at all, pulled of a little below 3,000 AAL a bit north of it. The trace shows climb all the way from there. I think the trick was pulling off at the right point.
Apart from the first 500' or so of the tow I did all the flying. P1 commented he hadn't been in wave for a long time!