tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20110414.post6940355650075273904..comments2023-09-28T09:00:44.681-10:00Comments on Wind Lines: The Grass is Always Greener From High AboveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20110414.post-16799886543568639962013-07-22T11:06:48.645-10:002013-07-22T11:06:48.645-10:00Thom, thanks for the writeup. I love the camera an...Thom, thanks for the writeup. I love the camera angle Don got standing on his truck as you trudged out of the tall grass! <br /><br />I counted 18 pilots out there, and at least 15 flew throughout the day. Roll call: Woody, Drew, Jonathan, Sebastian, Reaper, Tyler, Thom, Don, Joey, Alex, Kevin, Jim, Duck, McStalker, Ginny, and Flystrong. And a brief visit from Sandy and Johnimo.<br /><br />The big story of the day was not the super scratchy and thermic air, or my x-bay plus Pounders flight, or Thom's x-bay plus Waiahole flight: it was Jonathan's awesome first flight out there, followed by another, and then another. He has as much energy as Woody! <br /><br />Thanks to Jim for picking me up and buying lunch!Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06249789335111913420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20110414.post-49675408592123760372013-07-21T19:51:30.637-10:002013-07-21T19:51:30.637-10:00Sandy I only stayed at first cause ike was still I...Sandy I only stayed at first cause ike was still In the air. He made it and I did not. It got weirder after you left but I went for lunch and it got kinda better. I was the only one to make it across bay after a few tries. Then I was only going one way. Ike picked me out of this 10' grass and we went home. Sorry for the poor read but I did not have enough alcohol to whirl anything. MPU was most likely a better bet and no HIKE.Thomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07508629374134042936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20110414.post-43843370142714765682013-07-21T10:35:38.832-10:002013-07-21T10:35:38.832-10:00Geez Thom, if you don't want us flying with yo...Geez Thom, if you don't want us flying with you, just say so! You don't have to take a sledder to make us slog to other laucch sites! For the record, Flystrong was still up high over Puu Piei when we bailed, so I should've known it was still working. :^)<br /><br />Down Makapu'u way there was plenty of good flying to be had,, though many of the launches were not so pretty. We watched Joey's tandem loaded with 400 lbs get yanked off their feet at Manics in weird bubbly air, with alot of strong flow from the north. Most other launches were similar. But once in the air the lift was plentiful and widespread, even way out over the water, especially later in the day. Ray opted to take his lighter passenger from Crazies. Scrappy's student had a rough time with the weird air at Manics, but later accomplished a nice launch at Crazies. JK pulled off a wacky launch from Juice, and took off downrange to Olomana, but was not rewarded with any airlift, but scored a car-lift from Sean of the Naish shop (where long ago paraglider pilot Des used to work). Maui Doug got a low save from Goto's house and made it back triumphantly to MPU while we were all emptying the coolers. All in a beautiful day for fun flights. <br />MPU Roll call: 5-0, Frank, Harvey, Allison, Scrappy (and student, sorry, didn't get name), Divot Steve, Brent, Johnimo, Joey and nephews (with Robyn and family), BRay and ?niece?, Big John, KevinSF?, JK, MauiDoug, ??, sorry if I missed anybody. <br /><br />Thom, we could hear your chatter from Kualoa and were happy to hear you were getting such a great flight there, even if you banished us to Makapu'u. :^)<br /><br />Seriously, the advice to go to MPU was good, as it was quite nice down there. Kahana could have been nice, too, but clearly took some great skill and fortitude. sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062704709975780035noreply@blogger.com