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Only 5 of the pilots present had substantial dune soaring
experience, although a few others had played around in different beach
locations. It was shaping up to be a perfect day for soaring and learning. Goon
#1, Jonny Thompson, strapped into the Saturn and monkeyed around on flat beach
to determine if the glider was flying well since it’d been in storage for a
while. Satisfied, he walked the glider up the rocks, launched, and stayed up for
a couple minutes. That was all we needed to see to get the ball rolling and get
everyone else in the sky. Jeff Parrott and Eric Meibos took a few flights in
turn and absolutely kicked ass, topping out around 125 feet. Jeremy Armstrong
followed with a couple fun, mellow flights in the Falcon. The south crosswind
made upwind passes excruciatingly slow, and the downwinds insanely fast. It was
an absolute blast to watch.