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Posted by Chuck Zabinski on 4/20/2008, 4:27 pm, in reply to "Saturday 4/19 BLIPs - Great Day"
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It turned out to be a better day than predicted. I took off at about 1:30 PM, Rick Lafford towed me to the point and put me in immediate lift that took me up to 7000' MSL. I tooled around Cohocton for about half an hour, looking for the Perkinsville Wave reported by Doug Bradly. I didn't find the Wave but had a good look at the Wind Farm at Cohocton. Wow, those turbines are big. I counted 22 with 5 of them having the propellers attached. What a sight!
I took a trip up to Hemlock Lake to look for Steve Kronquest who was supposed to be kayaking there. I saw a few boats but its hard to recognize anyone from 7,000 feet.
Jari Wallach reported in from north of Hornell at 10,000 feet. I went in search of good lift and ended up south of Hornell at 6000 feet but nothing to brag about. I started back north over Hornell and hit a booomer just east of Canaseraga. That thermal took me up to 11,300 feet. Not quite good enough for a Gold Atitude. I needed another 1000 feet for that. Still a really good day for Upstate New York. A nice way to start the season.
--Previous Message--
: The Saturday 4/10 BLIP Map prediction says it
: will be great day at Dansville. Wind will
: be 10-15 mph from the South and lift to
: 10,000 ft in our area with better lift to
: the North of Dansville.
:
: Great day to do your Silver Altitude with
: the possibility of getting your Diamond
: Altitude too.
:
: If nothing else, get your Spring Checkride
: and see the wind turbines at Cohocton.
:
: Chuck
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