tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20110414.post677377383245302403..comments2023-09-28T09:00:44.681-10:00Comments on Wind Lines: PatienceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20110414.post-91471212250045134842010-04-13T20:21:34.672-10:002010-04-13T20:21:34.672-10:00Doug, did not hear about the mud wrestling....glad...Doug, did not hear about the mud wrestling....glad you got all cleaned up. Possible name change to Muddy Doug or Muddy Maui. Nay,,,,,Maui Doug sticks.<br /><br />Hope to fly with you and the Obsession soon.<br /><br />SidehillThomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07508629374134042936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20110414.post-86809666319508627282010-04-13T07:59:43.291-10:002010-04-13T07:59:43.291-10:00Nice story Alex - I just wasn't feeling up t i...Nice story Alex - I just wasn't feeling up t it to join you guys out there.<br />Thanks for sharing you "mucky" story Doug - brought back some memories of my landings over there - especially the one where a longhorn was sniffing my wing and I was wondering how to get at it without getting gored.<br />Aloha, 1IWaianae Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15275430122119016694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20110414.post-25167653202167181102010-04-12T23:07:54.942-10:002010-04-12T23:07:54.942-10:00Sorry to hear about the mud, Doug! I've landed...Sorry to hear about the mud, Doug! I've landed in those pastures a few times, and never with a good landing, and always in mud. There's some kind of permanent irrigation going on over there that makes it a swamp. <br /><br />I've also gotten low over there and then just barely made it out to the fields by the shrimp ponds, where the landings are much easier. <br /><br />I hope you don't rule out a 20 degree direction - each day is different, no matter what the numbers say, since there are other atmospheric factors that seem to play into it. We've made it work on days when the numbers have called it 350 degrees this past winter. My main advice on any north day is to work the launch ridge longer than you think you might need to, getting higher there before committing to go around the horn, and then be prepared to head out (to Punaluu or back to Kahana) before you're too low. <br /><br />Welcome to the pasture club.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06249789335111913420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20110414.post-2495038168930241672010-04-12T22:42:37.933-10:002010-04-12T22:42:37.933-10:00Wow, yes lots of lessons learned this weekend! I h...Wow, yes lots of lessons learned this weekend! I had some time today to reflect during the 2 hour de-mudding of my favorite airplane in a bag. <br /><br />Thanks Joey for clueing me in on the pasture LZ. It's kind of a tight spot and I overshot it by ten feet and clipped the top of a barbed wire fence with my air bag. I was very lucky to land on all fours in one foot of thick mud muck. My gloves, knees and boots were now bronzed with mud. Thank God it wasn't manure or the bull pen. It was definitely my most squishy and soft landing to date. <br /><br />My lesson was that now I know that 8 avg. at 20 degrees doesn't work for me and its real sketchy. It felt stronger than that, but that was the venturi wrap. Also, another big lesson is to be sure that I always have enough altitude to make it safely back to the KNA LZ!!! And maybe to learn enough patience to wait for a better day or better cycle.<br /><br />I was making my way around the front of the Rhino Horn in what seemed to be consistent lift, then it just stopped. Now I was in to low to turn back land and spotted the small opening in the trees at the cow pasture. After my quad landing, I was so happy to see my wing draped on a a tree high above this mini mud swamp. My new tree saw made it pretty easy to get my wing down and away from most of the mud. A folding pocket tree saw is a must have!<br /><br />Thanks Alex and JD for your eyes in the sky in guiding LeeAnn to the perfect retrieve spot. Thanks LeeAnn for the ride back! <br /><br />My favorite flying machine is all clean again and my brain is sore from all of this weekend's learning! Good Night :-)MauiDougnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20110414.post-91503099786904143522010-04-12T19:28:24.123-10:002010-04-12T19:28:24.123-10:00Alex, great article, as always! Thank you for wri...Alex, great article, as always! Thank you for writing it up. It was interesting, after Doug and my sled ride to the LZ, we were discussing landing options if you get caught out there and he mentioned a pasture I had never noticed. That's pretty much exactly where he landed and I'm glad he knew where it was.<br /><br />Watching the flight from above gave me a much greater appreciation for always having a LZ in mind. Thank you both for the lessons I learned yesterday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com