Mad Dog, Maui Igor and I hiked up the muddy trail to low North. Alex had already started his mission due to an early curtain call: he had to pick up his wee ones. We passed each other crossing the bay, and after that I was on the chase of the Peak 3 duo, Mad Dog and Maui Igor, for the rest of the afternoon.
It started out northerly and crossing the bay was like getting a four leaf clover from Alex. As the day progressed it started to slip to the east but never slowed us down. There were squalls to dodge and rainbows to chase. Maui Igor got a first hand lesson on flying a high end wing, wet. Somewhere over Punaluu a cloud opened up on him, and the wing dampened then stalled. Being a graduate of Brad's SIV courses he got out of it but had to push out to dry his ride.
Finally all three of us were benching up at Punaluu. Mad Dog said, "Let's turn left and see where we get to." So we did. Maui Igor landed in Laie at the A-frame house; I landed just before the Laie peninsula; and Mad Dog set down in one of the BYU fields.
After landing I could hear Duck on the radio. He was headed toward Kualoa but some squalls chased him back to Kahana. Jeannine came to pick up Mad Dog. His car was full of his toy planes, so no room for me and Igor, but Duck was on his way.
I could use a few more lucky days like this.......heck all of us could.
Roll Call: Alex, Mad Dog, Maui Igor, Sidehill, Duck, Sebastian and Woody.
It's Time to Fly, Hopefully for the next 6 months, So Get Your Gear and Go!!
2 comments:
Glad to hear you're back in the air, "Rocky". Hope everything came out OK.😉
Excellent Flight SideHill !!! Amazing... Congratulations on your highest point conquest, I'm sure this will be your lowest score of six flights recorded when the years over. Tough day with a low cloud base, but soo much fun zipping between the peaks in a low & speedy fashion.
This is only my fifth flight of the year & just 3 were x/c, I have a lot of catching up to do to get where you are. Fly safe & have fun, see you in the wild blue yonder soon...
Aloha Mad Dog
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