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 Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:48 am Post subject: SoCal Winds & DT IV CANCELLED |
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Some good news! It has been determined that my Sukhoi partners' house DID NOT BURN. All his vegetition was toasted...but the house is all right. A CJ-6 owner neighbor of his also still has a house. Rest of the situation is still dicey...although, so far today, the winds are somewhat less than yesterday.
Darrell Gary, Pres of RPA and Gordon Witter, Regional Director of RPA live a few miles down the coast from me...and both have had to evacuate their homes.
The decision has been made to CANCEL DESERT THUNDER IV....which was scheduled for this coming Thursday thru Sunday. All reservations have been cancelled at the Fantasy Springs Resort hotel.
Many of you know Vladimir Yastremsky. The area where he lives was under a mandatory evacuation order. So far, his home is not in short term jeopardy.
More to follow.
Roger Baker________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
On Oct 23, 2007, at 10:05 AM, Roger Baker wrote:
[quote]Essentially, the fire bombers have not flown on the fires we are currently sweating out. They tried two sorties yesterday, I think, but without success. The helicopters that the Navy had out yesterday also weren't too successful as the water they were dropping from their buckets was evaporating before it hit the fire...humidity yesterday was from 0% all the way up to 4%. However, today it appears that the CDF air assetts, as well as the military ones, are finally aggressively in the air. Rumour is that the DC-10 fire bomber will be working in our area today.
I keep my Sukhoi and my Interstate at Ramona and they are o.k. even tho the fires have burned right up to the perimeter of the airport. My partner in the Sukhoi lives just a mile or so North of the airport...and at this point, we believe he has lost his house....nobody can get up in that area to check for sure. There is another Sukhoi at Ramona and the owner of that airplane has lost his house.
Ramona is about 20 something miles inland, but I live down on the coast, and we are all packed up and ready to evacuate. My Yak buddies in some other coastal communities just to the south of us have evacuated their homes. Yesterday was ugly and today appears to be no better.
Roger Baker_______________________________________________________On Oct 23, 2007, at 3:58 AM, Craig Payne wrote:
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Must be a bit sporty to fly in those Santa Anna winds, I assume that smoke has shut down a few airports also. As I remember, Ramona is a firebase facility we we used to clear the pattern and taxiway when ever one of the fire bombers headed in/out.
My personal "best" on crosswinds in the CJ was a 30+ Kt component. Was not a real pretty landing. Since then I have experienced same in a Light Sport out at West Pecos. The key seems to be good low speed handling, a wide runway helps too.
Craig Payne
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:56 am Post subject: SoCal Winds & DT IV CANCELLED |
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Thanks for the update, Roger. Please keep us advised.
Spoke with Gordon Witter this morning. His house is covered with ash, but intact. ...Blitz
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| Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:30 pm Post subject: SoCal Winds & DT IV CANCELLED |
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Our prayers are with you guys.
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From: owner-yak-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-yak-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Roger Baker
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Subject: SoCal Winds & DT IV CANCELLED
Some good news! It has been determined that my Sukhoi partners' house DID NOT BURN. All his vegetition was toasted...but the house is all right. A CJ-6 owner neighbor of his also still has a house. Rest of the situation is still dicey...although, so far today, the winds are somewhat less than yesterday.
Darrell Gary, Pres of RPA and Gordon Witter, Regional Director of RPA live a few miles down the coast from me...and both have had to evacuate their homes.
The decision has been made to CANCEL DESERT THUNDER IV....which was scheduled for this coming Thursday thru Sunday. All reservations have been cancelled at the Fantasy Springs Resort hotel.
Many of you know Vladimir Yastremsky. The area where he lives was under a mandatory evacuation order. So far, his home is not in short term jeopardy.
More to follow.
Roger Baker________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
On Oct 23, 2007, at 10:05 AM, Roger Baker wrote:
Essentially, the fire bombers have not flown on the fires we are currently sweating out. They tried two sorties yesterday, I think, but without success. The helicopters that the Navy had out yesterday also weren't too successful as the water they were dropping from their buckets was evaporating before it hit the fire...humidity yesterday was from 0% all the way up to 4%. However, today it appears that the CDF air assetts, as well as the military ones, are finally aggressively in the air. Rumour is that the DC-10 fire bomber will be working in our area today.
I keep my Sukhoi and my Interstate at Ramona and they are o.k. even tho the fires have burned right up to the perimeter of the airport. My partner in the Sukhoi lives just a mile or so North of the airport...and at this point, we believe he has lost his house....nobody can get up in that area to check for sure. There is another Sukhoi at Ramona and the owner of that airplane has lost his house.
Ramona is about 20 something miles inland, but I live down on the coast, and we are all packed up and ready to evacuate. My Yak buddies in some other coastal communities just to the south of us have evacuated their homes. Yesterday was ugly and today appears to be no better.
Roger Baker_______________________________________________________
On Oct 23, 2007, at 3:58 AM, Craig Payne wrote:
Must be a bit sporty to fly in those Santa Anna winds, I assume that smoke has shut down a few airports also. As I remember, Ramona is a firebase facility we we used to clear the pattern and taxiway when ever one of the fire bombers headed in/out.
My personal "best" on crosswinds in the CJ was a 30+ Kt component. Was not a real pretty landing. Since then I have experienced same in a Light Sport out at West Pecos. The key seems to be good low speed handling, a wide runway helps too.
Craig Payne
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