Last year went out with a whiteout. And I
was there. Almost. Salt Lake City got dumped on
just as I was supposed to land and I didn't land. Hopefully this year I'll
get some quality cockpit time with a quality still camera. I've been taking
a good high-def video camera, though, so my stills may suffer a bit. We'll
see. Lord willing it will be another uneventful, boring year from the left
seat, punctuated only by cool scenery and fun overnights. Already I've got
plans for my first overnight in Portland. The goal is to video the Portland
boys launching a low hook-in machine (Pap or Kobra) to see how they get into
the seat without any significant bobbling around or lean. I have one
technique already covered in the video but want to see if there are others.
Here's the first log
entry of 2009 that would have been more at home here, but since it was
over one of my favorite soaring sites, I put it in the regular Log instead. . |
If you gotta work... Mount Hood guards the southeast
entrance to Portland International Airport. It's the best view around unless
you want to brave the cold, howling wind to climb it. I don't do cold, let
alone cold with a howling wind. Photo by Jim Ribar March 25, 2008 |
