Winter Ridge Soaring in a Blanik at Blairstown
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Uploaded by SoarBird134 on Jan 13, 2010
On a frigid cold January day, I took some friends up for rides in the ACA club L13 Blanik. With winds blowing out of the northwest at 15mph, I knew there was an opportunity for some ridge soaring on the northern face of the local kittatinny mountains.
After some thawing, prep, and a snowy takeoff from the snow covered runway, I flew an aerotow straight out to the ridge. After staying aloft for several hours of themal and ridge soaring, I returned to the airport to land. I was coming in too low to make the standard pattern, too high to land on the opposing runway, so instead I flew an unconventional right hand pattern and tucked it in on 25.
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Looks like fun!
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Are you into paraglidng? That is definetely something I want to get into.
Do you own any of these?
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Hello friend, I'm from Brazil and would like to know the name of these two music?
pedrofoxv5 1 year ago
@pedrofoxv5 The first song is just a small bit of Fading Fast by Explorer's Club. The second is Ride of Your Life from the Return to the Center of the Earth by Rick Wakeman. The last one is Head in the Sky by Atomic Rooster.
SoarBird134 1 year ago