FLIGHT LINE - Wings Of Rogallo
FLIGHT LINETH E P UBLICATION O F T H E W INGS O F R O G A L L ON O R T H E R N C ALIFORNIA H A N G G LIDING A SSOCIATIONVOLUME -103, NUMBER 9 AUGUST 2003Even with a bad color map, they still look cool.In This Issue:OfficersThe Editor’s TurnWOR Dunlap Fly-in222Tollhouse Flying WeekSt Johns Record EncampmemtJuly Meeting MinutesProposed Mission Site RegsThe Masked Millenium PilotFLIGHT LINE 122344Wings for SaleNext Meeting78
WOR OfficersPresidentPhyl Hamby510-429-1020 (h)510-469-6566 (cell)president@wingsofrogallo.orgVice PresidentGeorge Morford 510-364-8645vicepres@wingsofrogallo.orgThe Editor s TurnWill this issue get out in time? Thesaga continues: a tale of mystery,adventure,excitement,andromance. Well, perhaps there isn’tmuch romance. And perhaps thereisn’t even much adventure. Butthere certainly is mystery.SecretaryPaul Clayton 408-246-2218secretary@wingsofrogallo.orgThere also is a lot coming up thismonth. We have not one, but twofly-ins coming up - at Dunlap andTollhouse. There will also be discussion of the proposed site regulations for the East Side of MissionRidge. Read about them in thisissue of the Flight Line. Also inthis issue are Vince Endter’s andArt Thompson’s fine entries in the2003 Flight Line Hang WritingContest.Flight DirectorJuan Laos925-377-8810925-963-7802NOTE: I may be out of town at thebeginning of September so nextmonth’s issue may be late, but I’lldo the best he can!TreasurerDon Herrick 408-718-6527treasurer@wingsofrogallo.orgMembership ServicesCarmela Moreno510-490-2398 (H)408-435-2470 @wingsofrogallo.orgHG Observer CoordinatorMercury Freedom 408-353-2383PG Observer CoordinatorsKathy Wilde 650-556-1320Wildeblu@aol.comKim Galvin 510-748-0451Kim Galvin@mpsh.comEditorPaul Gazis428 Madera Ave #1Sunnyvale, CA 94086408-736-0764 (H)650-604-5704 (W)pgazis@mail.arc.nasa.govWOR Soaring Forecast408-973-1976Mt. Diablo Weather Robot925-838-9225Ed Levin Weather Robot408-946-9516WOR BusinessPO Box 361885Milpitas, CA 95036WOR Web Sitewww.wingsofrogallo.orgSeptember WORDunlap Fly-InYou are cordially invited to DunlapFlight Park for a WOR get together on September 13-14! Pleasecheck www.dunlapflightpark.comfor details. Steve Rodrigues will beon hand to give a site introductionfor first-timers, Intermediate andabove. Please meet in the LZ at11:00 AM on Saturday. See yathere!Tollhouse FallFlying WeekWe are having a Fall Flying Weekat Tollhouse September 27 - October 3. It should be good! And ifenough pilots show up, we’ll fireup the deep pit and serve a WildCaught Alaskan Salmon.Paul Splansplan@comcast.netFLIGHT LINE 2The St Johns 2ndAnnual RecordEncampmentby Vince EndterThe turn out for the second annualSt. John record encampment wassmaller than last year. Most of theSonoma wing pilots had just gotback from King and could notmake it. Matt and Lori Jagelka aswell as Greg Sugg came straitfrom King, without stopping bytheir houses first. Thursday, July3rd we had Vince Endter, NancyFerguson, Matt, Lori, Greg andJon James present. Matt had anincident at King, which took hisglider out of action for the timebeing. Jon was nice enough tobring up his spare Fusion for Mattto fly. After we had all set up,Greg noticed a problem with theheart bolt on the glider Matt wasgoing to fly. Greg and Matt startedworking on the problem. It wasgetting late, almost two o’clockwhen Jon and I decided to fly andif Matt and Greg could fix theproblem, they would join us.I launched right after Jon and hadto fly over to the switchbacks tofind any lift. Jon had found something to the left of launch. Weclimbed over the top of the mountain to 9,500’, which was the topof the lift, and headed north. I didnot find the convergence line aswell as I have in the past and wasgetting lower than I was used to. Iheard Jon say he was climbing atAlder Springs road. This was thelast I heard from Jon until he landed. I arrived below the mine atRed and climbed my way over thetop to continue toward Paskenta.The lift turned on just south ofPaskenta and I was on my way.When I was at the 48-mile mark, Iheard Jon call that he was on theground on Lowery road just northof Paskenta. Nancy was alreadypast him by this point. Matt andGreg had just landed at the airstripon 308 and said they could pick upJon.
The lift along my usual route wasnot as good as times past, but Ihad a good tail wind. There werea couple of times I was workingzero sink and drifting almost 6miles. I was low past Andersonand climbed 200’, which gave meenough to glide to a field on Hwy44. I landed there and was greeted by a nice gentleman namedMichael Shufelberger. He ownedthe field I landed in. He said hewas on the phone when he lookedout and saw me on the ground.He told the person he was talkingto that a plane had just crashed inhis field. I said it was a much better landing than a crash. Nancyarrived just after I landed. Thedistance was 82 miles.Jon went home on Friday andRich and Linda Sauer and thekids arrived a short time later. Ilaunched first, a little earlier thanThursday but probably not earlyenough. I found a great thermalright in front of launch andclimbed in it all the way to10,500. Rich was climbing rightunder me and we left north at10,500. At the first ridge headingnorth we found another goodthermal and climbed back above10,000’. I was able to find theconvergence line several timesflew in it for more than 7 minutesduring which time I did not sinkat all. I could have made it all theway to Paskenta on a glide fromthat second thermal. I stopped athermal a couple of miles pastRed to wait for Rich. Once hecaught up we flew together formost of the rest of the flight.The lift was much better thanThursday, with many climbsabove 6,000’ out over the flats.The wind was much lighter so wewere not drifting as well as I hadhoped. Just south of Anderson wegot stuck for 14 minutes in verylight lift. We only climbed 1,000’in that time. This did give usenough to get up Dechutes road. Ihad left first and was down to1800’ (about 1200’ agl) when Ifound a good thermal. Rich camein under me by about 300’ andfound the lift much lighter. I wasclimbing at 400 to 500 fpm wherehe was climbing at 200 to 300fpm. I topped out at 5000’ and heabout 3000’. This I where weseparated. I glided over to thefield I landed in the day beforeand climbed back up to 4,500’.Rich was really low and managedabout three more miles than I didon Thursday, about 85 miles. Atthe 87-mile mark I had anothergreat climb to 6,200’. I climbedwith 5 hawks for most of 3000’. Iwas flying up Oak Run roadheaded for the 100-mile mark.The terrain climbs about 2500’ atthis point. At the 96-mile mark Iwas at a pass that I could justglide over, but I could not seewhat was on the other side.According to our reconnoitering,there should be a field there toland in. Not being able to actually see it I chose to play it safe andland at the 96-mile mark. A newabsolute distance record for St.John! There were three fields toland in, but none of them werevery close to the road. The one Ichose I had to hike my gear about200 yards up hill to get to theroad. Rich helped me hike myglider out. Thanks Rich. Lindawas right there to pick me up.Thanks Linda!During the flight we could hearMatt and Greg having a greatflight. Actually we could hearMatt because Greg’s radio wasnot working. They managed tofly together quite well in spite ofthe radio problems. Matt landedon Johnson lane at 51 miles andGreg landed at 54 miles.We left for home Saturday soNancy could get some time offdriving and have some time forherself. Matt, Lori and Greggalso headed for home. Saturdaylooked even better than the previous two days. Even though wedid not have a great turn out, wedid manage a new site record aswell as some darn good flights.Matt got his third best at 51.7FLIGHT LINE 3miles; Greg tied his best at 54.7.Jon made it past Paskenta 35.1miles (he could have flown muchfurther if his radio was working).Rich made his second best flightwith 85 miles. I had flights of 82miles and 96 miles. It is just amatter of time before someonecracks the 100-mile mark.July 2003 MeetingMinutesby Paul ClaytonNEW MEMBERS/GUESTSColin - Beginning Student.Steven HerrickGREAT FLIGHTSEric Froelich, - flew 53 miles offKing Mt. in Idaho.Jim Wood - reached 14000’ in theOwens, backpacking.Vince Endtner - Did several X-Csfrom St. John, including a 96miler.PRESIDENT’S REPORT - PhylHamby.The ticks are out this time of yearat Ed Levin.VICE PRESIDENT’S REPORT George MorfordThe last of the competitions organized by Jeorg Ewald was calledoff due to the wind conditions.The final results are, Open Class:1st Eric Reid, 2nd Jeorg Ewald,3rd Mark Bernier. StandardClass, 1st Rick Conger, 2ndThomas Gerber, 3rd Gregg Hackett.TREASURER’S REPORT - DonHerrickExpenses are starting to exceedincome due to the limited numberof renewals.
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE NoneFLIGHTDIRECTOR’SREPORT - George MorfordA pilot making his third flight atMission was scratching close tothe hill and had a collapse. Hesuffered a back injury, but isexpected to recover. A park service chopper and Milpitas FireDept vehicle responded.ED LEVIN SITE COMMITTEEREPORT - Steve Pittman.Nothing new to reportMISSION PEAK SITE COMMITTEE REPORT - NoneMT. DIABLO SITE COMMITTEE REPORT - NoneSITE ACQUISITION - GenePfiferA public comment period isplanned for the Coyote Lake site.Some landowners in the areahave expressed concerns. A letter writing campaign may beneeded. More public meetingsare planned.Competition Committee - NoneNewsletter - NoneOld BusinessNoneNEW BUSINESSPhyl Hamby wants to run a spotlanding contest at Ed Levin. Healso noted that ground squirrelsare not a protected species.Prizes were raffled.END OF MEETING MINUTES\Amendments tothe Mission RidgeSite Proceduresby Steve RodriguesThe Mission Ridge Site Committee has equal numbers of bothhang glider and paraglider pilots.Our members include MondieBeier, Pat Denevan, Mike Galvin,Mark Grubbs, Juan Laos, DanMaguire, Ed Stein, and SteveRodrigues. Between the eight ofus we have one basic instructor,four advanced instructors, fivetandem instructors, and two tandem administrators. While noneof us particularly like regulations,our experience has taught us thatsome regulation is required toprotect both the pilot and the flying site. Our recent task was todevelop a set of site proceduresthat would address flying fromthe east side of Mission Ridge.These additional procedureswould be added to the official“Mission Ridge Site Proceduresand Pilot Requirements”. Eachitem in the new proceduresaddress’s a specific issue of concern recognized by the site committee. I have summarized ourconcerns in parenthesis, as thesesummaries are not part of theactual wording. We will berequesting approval of these newprocedures at the SeptemberWOR club meeting.Proposed additions to the Mission Ridge site proceduresregarding East Side of MissionRidge.Pilots are required to have bothUSHGA “RLF” (RestrictedLanding Field), and “TUR” (Turbulence) special skills sign-off.((The bail-out LZ is restricted,and turbulence is likely to beencountered.))Pilots must have a site introduction from an approved member ofthe site committee before flyingthe East Side. ((There are considFLIGHT LINE 4erations about the East Side thatare best communicated on site))The site committee member willissue an East Side helmet stickerto each pilot who successfullydemonstrates a safe flight fromthe East Side. ((Pilots skills shallbe observed))The site committee chairman willselect committee members tofacilitate East Side site introductions based on their knowledge,experience and instructional ability. ((These site committee members are currently SteveRodrigues for HG, and Ed Stein,Juan Laos, and Mondie Beier forPG))Pilots may not launch if any person is down wind from the wing.((To avoid contact with thewing))No landings shall take place onprivate property abutting MillCreek Road. ((Some of the property owners on Mill Creek Roadwould take exception to our trespassing))No vehicles are permitted on theeast side of the ridge beyond ourapproved access road. ((ByEBRPD mandate))The Ongoing Sagaof the Masked Millenium Pilotas told to Penn Ame.Copyrighted by A.C.Thompson[In our last episode our hero hasbeen trying to slip the surly bondsof unemployment. Thwarted bythe evil republican administrationour dauntless pilot has beendoomed to site flying and thetrusty Millennium has been relegated to the same type of flyingcommitted by pilots on Falcons,Sonics, Eagles and other such lowaspect birds. Long longing tostretch the legs of his trusty wing
he has been trying to enlist otherpilots to share the burden of paying for gas and hiring driversrequired for long cross countrytrips, but fortune has not beenfriendly to our hero.]This episode finds our belovedintrepid aviator sitting at home infront of his P.C. lamenting thefickle turn of the fates. He wasreported to have been heard hollering aloud. “Bay area economywhy have you forsaken me?”While scanning for likelyemployment possibilities thephone rings, the caller is“Famous” Frank Peel and isinviting our protagonist to aweekend of flirting withClaudette on the western side ofKings Canyon National Park atthe long neglected, once popularDunlap flight park. “Famous”Frank reports there is new management / ownership at the parkand that he and Rick “The Hawk”Hawkins will be meeting withother accomplished aviators tosee if Claudette will let themhave their way with her. “Itshould be good,” says Frank.Reminiscing on great flights ofdays gone by at Dunlap, ourground bound pavement pounderdecides to see if fickle Claudettewill indeed be cooperative. Hekisses the Lovely Elina good-byewith a “Baby I must Fly, Pleasedon’t cry.”“ Be Careful.” she whimpers andhis reply was “I will try.” Andwith a pause for one more kiss hewas on his way.Since we know our faithful,forthright, hero would never doanything to hurt the Lovely Elina,we must come to understand thatClaudette is a girl of an entirelydifferent kind. Though she wasreputed to be to be cantankerous,and gave quite a blow in herprime, she was winding down butstill promised a good time.Arriving at Dunlap, our exemplarsees the flight park is showingsigns of a new evolution. As hepulls up to the once dilapidateddome he is greeted by the orchestrator of the new vision for theflight park, Steve “The Fun andFlying Facilitator” Koski and hisfaithful feline friend Esmeralda.Over the course of the weekendSteve and our champion spentmany hours discussing Steve’svision. Steve shows our dauntlessflier the many improvementsalready made and goes over someof the many many tasks that lieahead. Our Sir Galahad smileswith approval, and knowing thatthe flight park is in good handsasks if he is the only flier there,and finds out to his dismay thathe is. He supposes that everyoneelse must be slaving to thealmighty dollar, as it is only Friday. “Don’t worry”, says Steve “Ihave lined up a couple of localpeople that are willing to do driving duties for a pittance, thenumbers are on the table by thephone, feel free to give either ofthem a call “. Having struck outon both attempts Steve offers hisservices as a driver since he doesn’t expect a flood of arrivingpilots as it is only Friday and theword of Dunlap’s revival has notbeen made known to all.Driving up the road to launchrevealed other improvements: thedirt section of the road was graded and graveled greatly resembling the access roads aroundLakeview Oregon. Gee this israre, a two wheel drive road tolaunch he thinks.Upon arriving at launch much isjust the same with the exception,there is no wind in the trees.Seems that naughty Claudette isup to no good. Knowing that inorder to fly one must first set up,our leading man un-racks andsets up his trusty wing.Having donned his harness andcalibrated his instruments ouradventurer unravels his magicFLIGHT LINE 5mask, it is tattered silk and difficult to define but that is notimportant it is what happens afterhe puts it on that matters; as he isnow transformed into the MaskedMillennium pilot. As he slips onhis helmet over the magic maskhe can sense the magic is stillthere. There is a rustle in the treesand a spot of sun in the previously overcast sky. He makes a positive control check and gently carries hisMillennium, which will soon becarrying him through the heavens, to launch. As Steve “shutterbug” Koski looks on, Claudette isstill up to her tricks, but she is nomatch for the magic of the maskas it wills a thermal to producethe perfect launch cycle, ourknight-aviat with a quick runbecomes air borne. Pioneeringthe skies of the day our adventurer finds that Claudette has conspired with Delilah to limit thepower of the mask. As Claudettepushes her breath over Delilahshe manages to permeate theskies with her turbulentdemeanor. Never the less ourdragon slayer, though not able toachieve nirvana, finds the girlscannot completely dampen theday, and after an hour and a half,lands gracefully with a smile.Steve “I could not find you Ifeared you were in the pond”Koski is in the landing area togreet him, to whom he comments,”That was worth the priceof admission”.With the dawn of a new day theother aviators begin to arrive inones and twos at first and then ingroups. There is “FamousFrank”, Rick “The Hawk”, Paul“Rocket man” Gazis, the wellheeled rocket scientist. There’sMike “I have the Magic Formula” Jefferson and his wife. Thereis Roy “I didn’t know this was aH-3 site” Spencer with his daughter Novem “oh pooh I don’t wantto be a hang two” Spencer. Dan“The Man” Fleming, localinstructor extraordinaire arrives
with protégé in tow. More localpilots arrive, but Claudette isn’tabout to give it up to this groupand begins to rain on their parade.“With lemons lets make lemonaide” someone said. There wasmuch camaraderie that culminated in a barbeque feast and latenight, alcohol inspired tales ofwoe and wonder, that slowlyfaded into the night.Sunday morning’s first lightwakes the bleary eyed with itswarm rays. With a new day is agroup inspired with a new hope.The group pitches in to help witha few chores. Tree limbs are cut aceiling fan hung and wired. Rick“The Hawk” proves his prowessin the trees. Paul “rocket man”Gazis formulates plans for overengineering every thing imaginable. “Hey it’s the NASA way”he may have been heard to say.Our leading man puts on hisMagic Air tee shirt and proclaimsit for the day. Though not everyone has arrived our group of aviators becomes increasingly impatient and the rally call is hailed.Steve “The Orchestrator” Koskiputs his hosting duties aside toassist with the drive, as our groupof anxious aviators pile intoSUV’s, he plies the pavement tolaunch.Later on after the necessarypieces are assembled our daredevil adventurer once again donsthe magic mask and becomes“The Masked Millennium pilot”.At launch the air is filled withanticipation as the many eyeslook on. It seems Claudette hasgone away and left us a wonderful day someone was heard tosay.And with that he was up andaway. Immediately climbing overtwo thousand foot above launchour wind borne traveler heads forDelilah to see if she will be morekind now that she is no longerunder the influence of thatbeguiling Claudette.As he heads for Delilah’s crotch awry smile appears on his face. Heknows he is not going to beshunned today. Delilah in anapparent attempt to make up forher earlier transgressions immediately whisks our Romeo tolofty altitudes. Not wanting toover stay his welcome, our wildgame hunter heads for baldmountain, sneaks a peak at theback of the Daltons and WonderValley that lies below. It is toearly he thinks and heads backfor the comfort of Delilah’speaks. Now he finds that he mustshare Delilah’s abundance withRick “The Hawk” Hawkins buthe doesn’t mind as he knowsDelilah has plenty to share andthat she could not be tamed byjust one man. Her approval isapparent, as she is making Rickwork for his satisfaction she takesour thermal pirate to heights notachieved in recent memory.Being thankful, our
VOLUME -103, NUMBER 9 AUGUST 2003 Even with a bad color map, they still look cool. In This Issue: Officers 2 The Editor’s Turn 2 . WOR Soaring Forecast 408-973-1976 Mt. Diablo Weather Robot 925-838-9225 Ed Le
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