Friday, July 15, 2011

Avenal to Bishop Passing Mt. Whitney

This was my second successful attempt at getting to the High Sierra from the Central Coast Ranges and passing Mt Whitney in a glider. Two ambitious pilots, Morgan Hall and I, in his Duo Discus, 5H, making the best of average good conditions for achieving a 'Round the Horn' flight. Although the goal was the PASCO Egg at Air Sailing north of Reno, NV, we achieved most the critical elements of the flight. With a couple more hours, Air Sailing would have been reachable; i.e., a slightly better/earlier conditions at start. Morgan elaborates on teh flight in prose and pics here: http://landseaandsky.blogspot.com/