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#21
December 7th 05, 05:50 PM
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Overnighter
lessonslearned: I'm delighted to hear that the two of you are going up
again in July! I took a passenger for a ride at Estrella last spring. The tow pilot (err, escort plane) headed straight north over the mountain range and maintained heading until I released at 5000' AGL. What none of us knew was that above 3000' a strong south wind was blowing. After observing the northward drift in a couple of turns off tow, I immediately pointed the glider back to the airport. We made it with just a few hundred feet to spare. I thought you may have experienced something similar in your Saturday flight... ~ted/2NO 
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#22
December 8th 05, 02:46 AM
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Overnighter
It does sound similar
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