Gliderpalooza Day 1, May 28th 2011
Ferry Flight from Avenal to Panoche The goal of the weekend was to fly to Panoche on Saturday. BBQ, BS and camp with the BASA and Hollister pilots and then fly with them on Sunday before landing back at Avenal. For a 3 day weekend with unsettled weather, Avenal was pretty dead. No formal tow pilots on the schedule, just a couple of students and one other glass ship ready to fly. Kevin drove out with me. He was flying with me on Saturday and would then drive our truck back to San Luis Obispo on Sunday morning. Julie was driving up with the truck and the camping gear on Saturday afternoon after dealing with some other activities. Complicated, but at least we had a plan. We rigged the Duo. Small cu were popping early, though they had a distinct marine influence look to them. Kind of grey and not real vibrant. Wave clouds were visible up on the San Benito range and it was looking quite cloudy to the NW. So despite the markers, I wasn't in too much of a rush. Dan and Ha