FlyinBarker

So having just spent the better part of 24 hours on planes yesterday I was feeling the need to do a little piloting of my own.  So after going into work this morning…yes I went even after getting in late from China…I went out to Glassy for what I hoped would be a bit of soaring.  I had checked the weather 48 hrs earlier in Hong Kong and this morning it still looked good.  I fired off some emails to entice anyone with the day off to join me.  Lucky for me my buddy Tim said he would meet me up top to help make sure I got off safely.  Also turned out that Frances got off work early and she came along as well.

When we got up to the top it was blowing pretty straight in during the thermal cycles.  I took a few moments to watch the cycles and see how long they lasted and how strong they were.  It all looked good so I set up and got ready to launch around 3pm.  I picked a nice cycle…”CLEAR”…and 3 seconds later I am free.   Flew for about an hour and gained 2000′ over the top of the mtn.

OK so everyone wants pics…here are some of the better ones today.