Winter Ridge Soaring in a Blanik at Blairstown

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Uploaded by 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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