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Maule downhill takeoff
portnuefflyer
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He used maybe half of my 400' long strip, the 12% grade helps a lot. 5400'ASL though, and about 70 degrees that day, so pretty impressive short takeoff for a plane that siz...
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8700' RIDGE TOP TAKEOFF
portnuefflyer
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8700' ridge top takeoff and dead stick glide back to home field. I powered back up before landing on my uphill strip and stopped shooting then. Total drop was about 3300', ...
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8700' RIDGE TOP LANDING
portnuefflyer
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My 4 th. time at this site, the wind is usually the deal breaker. On September 25 th. there was still some left over snow from last winter just out of view. Great clear ste...
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Inman Pass
portnuefflyer
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At 7300' not too high, but as the nearby ridge lines look as smooth (and upon closer inspection are studded with "landmines", too big for even the largest Bushwheel to roll...
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Gnarly
portnuefflyer
108 views
The approach is open, and the landing itself, while steep, is not that difficult. But it's a bit intimidating the first time, and most days the wind doesn't cooperate. It ...
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Dead stick ridge soaring
portnuefflyer
681 views
A decent day in the Portnuef Range, not incredible just decent. The power on climb was done at a very low RPM, what would usually be a slight descent RPM in no lift air. On...
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Inkom Pass landing
portnuefflyer
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ridge top landing at 8300'
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Inkom Pass takeoff
portnuefflyer
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Steep downhill takeoff, steep enough to launch a hang glider, at 8300'. Only a couple miles from my strip, I could dead stick it home in a pinch! I walked the area first as...
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"The Slot" the hard way
portnuefflyer
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This may not look that tricky, but it required an absolute minimum speed turn at the minimum altitude possible, in order to get squared away for the landing which followed...
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"The Slot" the easy way
portnuefflyer
118 views
Straight in, it's pretty easy. It's long enough to where you really don't have to come in between the trees, I could go over them and still have plenty of length left, it's...
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