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About cleversky

Hang glider pilot in New England since 2004. Also an avid orienteer, and an embedded systems firmware engineer. And some other outdoor stuff.

Wilotree Day 5

Posted on 2022-04-15 by cleversky

It looked like the afternoon might not be so great, so I headed over early once the morning overcast cleared out leaving promising-looking cumulus clouds. I was quite surprised on my first tow when we reached cloudbase at around 2000 … Continue reading →

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Wilotree Day 4

Posted on 2022-04-14 by cleversky

Pete towed up and I was right behind him. No real lift to be found, though I scratched as long as I could manage, trying in vain to get a positive number on the averager. Afterwards the sky started looking … Continue reading →

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Wilotree Day 3

Posted on 2022-04-13 by cleversky

First tow seemed like a weak link break, but the weak link was okay when I landed. I guess I didn’t have the barrel on the release pulled forward enough and it let go. Second tow I got so far … Continue reading →

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Wilotree Day 2

Posted on 2022-04-12 by cleversky

I took it slow in the morning, since there was no hurry to get to the airfield early and just sit around until afternoon to fly. It was around 1 PM when glider started lining up for tows, and after … Continue reading →

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Wilotree Day 1

Posted on 2022-04-11 by cleversky

I biked over from the place where Nancy and I are staying in Minneola. When I arrived I ran into Amy R and Dan G; Pete J and Stan M are also here, but the rest of the CT crowd … Continue reading →

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Wilotree Day 0

Posted on 2022-04-10 by cleversky

Nancy and I left home around 6 PM on Friday, drove straight through, and got to St. Augustine on Saturday afternoon to visit the lighthouse. Then on Sunday, she had chartered a boat to go to the lighthouse open house … Continue reading →

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Shoulder Season

Posted on 2021-04-13 by cleversky

My plan was to fly at Tanner-Hiller on Saturday. The forecast looked good, Rhett would be there towing for the first stint of the year (third day out of three), and Nancy was interested in coming along and going for … Continue reading →

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Bare Trees

Posted on 2021-03-27 by cleversky

A week earlier, some folks had gone to Ellenville, and Mike S posted a video. Looked like it was a good flight, but definitely rowdy air, he was getting kicked around a lot and I didn’t feel too bad about … Continue reading →

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2020 in review

Posted on 2020-12-31 by cleversky

This was a bit of a surprise. Months flown: 7 (Jan, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov)Flying days: 16Days when I showed up with my gear but didn’t fly: noneFlights: 23 (8 foot-launch, 12 aerotow, 3 static winch; 9 soaring, … Continue reading →

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Wellfleet for HGs

Posted on 2020-11-22 by cleversky

I certainly wasn’t the first one to get to Wellfleet. The forecast was very much to my liking, and there were already HG pilots who had gotten there early and were either in the air or already landed, and the … Continue reading →

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