Elsinore to Andy Jackson
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Zac writes:
Had my second flight at Lake Elsinore on Wednesday, and it was a good one!
Adam Smith wanted to check out a new site, so we took a drive.
Very light winds at take off, and easy climb outs to 6,000 feet.
Adam didn't have a radio, and his phone connection didn't work, so we didn't get to fly together. He had a great flight and after circling the lake a couple time he landed with the sky divers at the DZ.
I headed east to go around the Marsh AFB airspace.
I had a flyby from a C17 on downwind, and then a closer buzz by a fire bomber that deviating around me thermalling (no fires or TFRs nearby).
See the video at https://www.facebook.com/584324602/videos/pcb.10158633416504603/10158633416439603
I cut north just west of Soboba Flight Park and got a climb to 8,000 feet to get me across the Banning Pass.
As I hit the foothills of San Gorgonio Mountaim my Flytec 6030 batteries died (they'd been getting low for a couple weeks). I was able to use a phone app to assist my climbs for the last 30km, and it worked well enough that I was able to glide to a landing at Andy Jackson Air Park - LZ.
After a few hours in the air, I was finding my new Rotor Havana super comfortable and effortless to use, including the confidence inspiring landing position.
Thanks to Steve Rousseau for driving and Dave Beardsley for the communication assistance.
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