
We both launched within minutes of each other from high launch, and slowly made our way up to ridge height. There was plenty of lift and no fear of bombing out. I pretty much stayed out front, once again getting used to my P44 after flying my Lambada much more these days.
Alex wasted no time heading toward the back lower than I can remember seeing him go anytime recently. I eventually made my way back there, but didn't seem to like it as much as he did, so headed out front again for a lame attempt at crossing the bay since the wind was light. As I made my way back from that failed attempt, the wind picked up ever so slightly, as a huge mass of clouds started moving in. I could tell that Alex would be making his move soon.
Sure enough, after some chatter about whether the clouds were bringing rain with them, Alex made the jump toward Punalu'u. I followed not too long after, from my lowest departure altitude yet (1800 ft). But somehow the stars all lined up - what seemed to be a surreal dream was becoming reality, as we worked our way downrange, eventually landing at Pounders after scoring an overflight of the aforementioned "Sunset on the Beach" event. Finally, a big "Mahalo" to Joe from NY for giving Alex and me a ride back to Kahana from there - now that's a lot of luck.
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Nice write-up Jim. Good job! Wish I could've gotten out there. You guys must've had the only dry sky on the island.
P.S. I'll be posting a short video of our flight from yesterday soon. The website is taking along time to publish it.
-Jeff
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