Hello Fellow Hawks,
This will be a busy flying weekend with events at Dockweiler, Sylmar, Crestline, and Torrey!!
The new Friends of Dockweiler club will be holding an event in honor of early hang gliding pioneers Richard Miller and James Hobson. The Sylmar club will be holding a lecture and movie by Mike Meier in the LZ. Crestline will be holding a fly-in at the Andy Jackson Airpark, and the Torrey Hawks will be holding our regular "Second Sunday" at Torrey Pines (the forecast looks good!!). Here are the dates and links:
A "Richard Miller Day" at Docweiler, July 11th, 2015
http://ushawks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=1934
http://ushawks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1984
Lecture by Mike Meier & Movie in the Sylmar LZ - Sat 7/11 7:30pm
http://www.shga.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4841
Andy Jackson Fly-In at Crestline, July 11th, 2015
http://www.crestlinesoaring.org/node/1239
Torrey Hawks Second Sunday - July 12th, 2015
http://ushawks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1986
Here's the forecast for Torrey as of today (Friday around noon):
Forecast for Sunday, July 12th, made on Fri Jul 10 13:39:12 2015 UTC
| Time | 6a | 7a | 8a | 9a | 10a | 11a | 12n | 1p | 2p | 3p | 4p | 5p | 6p | 7p | 8p | 9p | 10p |
| Direction | 350 | 350 | 350 | 350 | 350 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 |
| Speed | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 |
That's a pretty good direction and speed, so wherever you fly on Saturday, you're welcome to join us on Sunday.
As always ... have fun and be safe!!!