Free Flight – Hudson Valley Free Flyers

June 9, 2019 by Wayne Neckles 0

2019 Parachute Party

Hello Fellow Aviators! Well last nights Parachute Party was a informative blast for all that attended. Many new faces and many I haven’t seen in quite a while, it was nice catching up with everyone there:) Everyone brought food and beverages so there was plenty to eat but the nights best disk when to “Jimmy D’s Aviators Ribs” Yeh… That hands down was the Pilot’s favorite… It seemed Jimmy couldn’t get them off the BQ fast enough to feed the crowd… Jimmy we’ll need you to post the receipt on the New website “I think it will increase our web hits by 25%”:) The evening started off with David Hopkins giving us his first hand account of his intrepid journey across the New England landscape from Ellenville to Salsbury Beach NH… Thought this saga is now Ellenville folklore and I must of heard he tell it 12 times by now…

Today Could Work

Originally posted by Lindsey Chew on Yahoo Groups, June 4, 2019. Today could present nice flying though a bit lefterly with wwnw winds about 10-13mph at 2K. The NAM12 is the most optimistic with excellent Buoyancy to Shear Ratio and west winds. Top of Usable lift reaches 7-8K over the mountain 5-6K over the valley which is not bad! Days like these can produce the best XC opportunities as our XC routes are all due east. If you want to try crossing the river then today might be a good day for the attempt. For HG the route is to work your way up to the Prison and then get as HIGH as POSSIBLE. How High is HIGH enough you might ask, my answer would higher than you are now! The mountain is really fat back there so get as high as you can. 8K is golden, 6K is absolute…