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Right hand wingover above TN89

Wed, 16 Oct 2013 23:04:11 +0000

Doing some wingovers after a nice soaring flight. TN89 is just in front of the nose. Photo taken 4-14-13

Spring on the march

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 11:17:07 +0000

Looking NE down the barrel of the Sequatchie Valley it's early spring and green has arrived. If you look close at the edge of the green areas on either side you can see spring starting the annual march up the escarpments on either side of the valley. The opposite happens every fall as the fall color starts at the top and works down to valley level. Photo taken 4-12-13

Over the top

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:21:00 +0000

Just about to float over the top of a left hand wingover

Partial eclipse

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:20:57 +0000

The tailfeathers of N135XS eclipsing the Sun

A near silhouette

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:20:53 +0000

In the shadow.I like the outline on this one.

Perspective

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:20:49 +0000

I liked this one because of the perspective relative to the clouds in the background

Entering a left hand wingover

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:20:45 +0000

Just starting the pull up for a mild left hand wingover.

The world famous Radial Ramp

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 13:00:33 +0000

Southwest bound, ridge soaring the east escarpment of the Cumberland Plateau. Just above the left wing you can see the world famous Radial Ramp owned by the Tennessee Tree Toppers hang gliding club. Founded in the mid 70's, the TTT is one of the oldest and largest hang gliding clubs in the USA. Just starting to pull on some spoiler here so I can get down in the compression and fly by level with the ramp to say howdy. On a good day it is common to see two or three dozen hang gliders filling the skies. On this day, though, they were ground bound because it was blowing about 30 mph on the ramp. Blow out for them, but perfect for ridge running in a glider. On the right is the Sequatchie Valley looking SW.

West looking east

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:43:32 +0000

Here I'm over the town of Palmer, TN, above the western escarpment of the Cumberland Plateau looking east at the convergence line over the eastern escarpment. This is very typical of an early summertime day in the Sequatchie Valley. Convergence lines form over both plateaus, leaving a blue valley in the middle. Lift is near continuous under the convergence line making for outstanding cross country conditions. This day offered 6-7 knot lift topping at around 7000' msl allowing me to fly a 180 nm triangle in about 4 hours. Photo taken 6-13-12.

The shadow knows

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:29:06 +0000

I thought this was interesting because of the shadow cast by my Ximango. Landing to the NE at a freshly mowed TN89 on a fine April day in 2010. Photo taken 4-10-10