lcottrell
Joined: 29 May 2006
Posts: 1494
Location: Jordan Valley, Or
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 Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 3:47 pm Post subject: New flight experience |
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The wife and I needing a break from all the hassle of trying to get a new house in shape took a trip cross country to the Alvord Desert by dodge truck rather than Firestar. As you might remember the Alvord has been a stopover by the Monument Valley travelers for the last two years. It is normally a dry lake bed that is 6 miles wide and 11 miles long and is the favorite visiting spot for Ultra lights, motorcycles, windsailors and glider pilots. One of the highlights of the area besides the lake bed is the Hotsprings that are nearby. One of them is Mickey Hot Springs. This particular hotsprings is not one for soaking. It is too hot. The water is near boiling and a drunk managed to remove himself from the gene pool by jumping into it. When we got to the Alvord itself we were surprised to find that the water is still very high in the lake. The temps have been in the 100's for weeks, but it is still not enough to dry the lake out this year.
We decided to drive up to the entrance to the lake bed and son of a gun, there were gliders on the lake. I asked the wife what they were and she foolishly said " go see". It turns out it was a glider club from the Willamette Valley. (400 miles north by road) So I introduced my self and asked questions about the planes, where upon they asked me if I would like a flight? Naturally I took them up on it, leaving the wife and the dogs in the truck. Surprisingly even at 90 degrees oat. there was no thermals, which was just as well since it made it a lot easier to get back on the ground quickly. The glider was a trainer and not one of the more efficient types of single place ones, but the glide was still pretty impressive when one is used to a Firestar with a 8 to one glide rate. The performance was a lot similar though, stall at 40 mph ( mine is lower) landing speed is 50 mph, but man the air brakes and skid on the nose are serious. It was fun, but I will stick with a motor and the firestar.
In case you are wondering, all the pictures are in the 100 kpb range and I attempted to send it via the BB, but tried to edit a spelling mistake, which dropped me to a "page expired" and I didn't have the heart to do it again. So I reverted to this.
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