We had scoped out a tow road even further east than the Galahad one, east of Alliance, in order to get some more distance before bumping up against Edmonton airspace and the Rocky mountain foothills. Cu's were popping and it was very windy, so much so that I wasn't sure I wanted to fly in those conditions. However there were workable lulls so I towed up, unfortunately I wasn't able to get away and landed a few fields away. Had a bit of a scare as I landed and a giant moose exploded out of the bushes next to me before running into the adjacent field and another copse of bushes.
Back at the towfield it was windy again and I wasn't feeling particularly excited about towing up in such conditions so I decided to bag my glider for the day. Peter was still wanting to tow up though and on his third time he finally got away and was chasing the other pilots.
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| Today's flights on XC Find |
Brett and I were following our group on XC Find and chased them all day, finally catching up to Alex north of the North Saskatchewan River. He landed at 227 km after 2 hours of fighting to stay alive and far enough east to avoid Edmonton airspace, followed by 2 hours of finally being able to go downwind and munch some kms. A new Canadian PB for Alex!
Peter, despite his late tow, took a more easterly route and also made it to near Alex for a PB of 218 km! Congratulations Peter!
Al got blown downwind and ended up flying west of Beaverhill Lake before landing at the north end, but managed to avoid the Edmonton airspace by 2 or 3 km's ;)
Over at Miles in May, the hang gliders had another 80 km task to Tofield.
Another stellar day with 2 x 200+ km flights! We are getting close to getting the magic 250 km open distance flight!
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