Visibility: Unlimited
Wind: Light and variable
Altitudes: 4000+ msl
Time Aloft: Less than an hour.
Max Lift: 400 fpm.
Temperature: Low 80's.
Comment: Eric Burlingame flew his second and third solo flights.
Tow pilot: Jan Zanutto
CONGRATULATIONS TO ERIC BURLINGAME FOR HIS SECOND AND THIRD SOLO FLIGHTS.
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| Jan Zanutto and passenger waiting for another glider to hook up for a tow. |
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| Pancho Herrera assembled his Libelle with Big Bird waiting in the background. |
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| Nels Siverson waiting to launch once again for another training flight. |
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| Moving Orange Crush over where the DG is parked. |
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| Setting up the DG for Jeff Richardson to fly. |
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| Jeff R about to launch with Wyll Soll running the wing. |
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| Busy day with gliders being towed aloft all day long. |
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| The Orange Crush about to launch and Pancho's Libelle in the foreground. |
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| Richard Walker and Neiman Walker (no relation) helping on the launch line. |
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| Troy Wollman and Eric Burlingame foreground and the Orange Crush about to launch. |
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| Jan Zanutto taxiing into position for the launch of the Libelle. |
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| Looks like a serious conference underway in the safety area of launching. |
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| Nels Siverson patronizing our local Subway shop. |
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| Busy lineup of club and private gliders. |
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| Neiman Walker on tow in the Schweizer 1-26. |
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| Troy Wollman launching in the DG100. |
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| The Orange Crush on tow in the sky behind Pancho's Libelle. |
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| Yes, it really is Alex Caldwell riding the unicycle. He's done it before so no miracle here. |
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| Now Pancho is finally getting launched on a nice flight with Nels Siverson running the wing. |
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| Mike Paoli, Alex Caldwell, and unidentified student preparing Big Bird for launch. |
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| The Orange Crush turning final for runway 31R at Avenal. |
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| Our soon-to-be restored Orange Crush on short final. |
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| Mario Pauda and Jeff Richardson pushing Mario's 1-26 into position for launching. |
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| Richard Walker running the wing for Mario Pauda in his 1-26. |
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| Eric Burlingame's second solo flight done exceptionally well as I expected. |
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| Tow plane hangar abuzz with effort to get 05U back into the sky as soon as possible. |
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