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Spotlandings at the lake

August 14th, 2007

The sky looked great to the north, west and east. Expecting big potential from yesterday Dave, Karl, Ryan and I make our way to Lake George nth launch only to discover the down side of the lake now having water in it – it’s now a thermal shadow :(

This photo, taken from the north launch bombout, gives you a pretty good idea of what’s going on.

Blue hole over Lake G

As air moves across the lake it is cooled so the chances of finding lift in this area is minimal. If on a XC flight I would avoid this area like the plague unless I had enough height to get to the other side. This is not really an option though when you try and launch from underneath it.

So, resigned to this fact, I launched first to set up the spot landing contest. There was a couple of bumps on the way down but nothing big enough to gain more the 5 meters or so. I set up the spot and Ryan had a dig. He over shot the mark but pulled of a nice landing given it was his first flight in three months. A nice launch and landing.

By this time Karl and Dave were faced with nil winders (launches and landings).

Given that dropping the basebar is instant disqualification from the spot landing comp – Ryan won!

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