Saturday July 24 :

A blue skies day at SAGE today but thermals were not in abundance as shown by the number of launches made by our intrepid summer winch pilots John P., Dave, Philip and guest Phil Lutz.  John had a good "save" flying with a hawk and starting at low altitude.

Flying was interrupted by the local crop duster (or maybe Gaige in his Pawnee) making lots of passes close to and often over the SAGE field.  We made good use of the time when the crop duster went home to refill his tanks and we had clear airspace.

Dan and Gretchen were out with a "Bind and Fly" Mustang that gave some lively flights and his Radian and Easy Star to find those elusive thermals.

Remember, next Saturday the 31st our "Beat the Heat" DLG contest takes to the skies over SAGE Field.

Philip