I under estimated the potential of this day of flying. The report that I normally follow for weather was not accurate at all.
Turns out that this day was very good. There were some little gusts of wind. A slightly high laps rate.
I picked up Tony and we headed to the site in Southern California
We picked up this guy.
Now its off to the races
Phil is ready for combat
This is Phil's instrument panel.
The runway
I told Jeff "no pressure, I am recording your launch"
If you look close you can see a bunch of pilots at 7000 ft.
My turn
The lift was strong
Everyone was able to find something to work with.
The lift was everywhere.
I fell into a batch of sink and had to top land again.
I quickly re-grouped and waited for another cycle
I was on my way to 7k
At this point in the video I was at about 7300 ft above sea level.
At this altitude there were a few things that were going on with the wing because of the shear.
It was right here that I took a huge collapse and fell into a spiral.
Good news is I was getting down from that dangerous air.
Bad news is I didn't properly exit the spiral
After that I just wanted to get down an figure out what happened.
We all talked about it. And it all comes down to me needing more training.
I could have avoided the collapse if I would have exited the spiral with less energy.
I will be making a analyzation video very soon.
Thanks for stopping by
