Launch It has been a long Winter as far as flying goes, especially since all of the good Spring days seem to fall when I am unavailable. But eventually my day came and the long holiday weekend was my chance. Saturday was forecasted to be the best day of the three, and it looked like we were spoilt for choice with light South-Easterlies, high base and good thermal strength. First choice was Moir Hill, a comfortable site which I had ample knowledge and which in the right conditions can handle light SE, and secondly Bridges which I have never flown, a more technical launch through a narrow cut in trees, but taking SE straight in. Wayne, Evan and Roger opted for Bridges while myself, Don, Kyla, Cam and couple of others opted for good old Moirs. What are they doing? We where expecting a later launch as we had to wait for thermal activity to swing the wind around to up the face for launch. Don was first to go and although I was ready to go with him, I missed-judged the ef...
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