GARY'S 80km FLIGHT AT PORTERVILLE
The highlight of Porterville was an 80km flight, which Gary Whitecross and I did to Clanwilliam, on our DHV1 Z-One’s. Sean Whitecross also did incredibly well, flying 35km to Citrusdal on his Matrix, with no Vario! I know of very few pilots who have achieved this. Well done Mr Whitecross and Son. Check out the photos below.
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| Keri on take-off just before launching. | Me thermalling up near the house-thermal. | Keri approaching Teenage-tit hill. | On-bar gliding towards Bumpy. |
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| Approaching Bumpy. | Crossing over into the Citrusdal Valley | Keri goes on glide towards Citrusdal. | Keri still nice and high. |
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| Sean gets low in the Valley. he goes on to fly 35km to Citrusdal. | Sean very low below me, near Citrusdal. | Keri gets low and lands shortly before Citrusdal. | Gary & I working together. |
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| View from above. | Climbing up behind Bumpy in the Citrusdal Valley | Thermalling together over the river. | Gary on glide. |
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| On glide towards Citrusdal. | Beautiful shot of Gary on glide towards Citrusdal. | Now past Citrusdal heading for the Constriction. | Looking back towards Citrusdal. |
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| On glide towards the Constriction. | Passing the Constriction. | Looking back at the Constriction and Citrusdal. | Past Constriction now. |
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| Looking up 1 of the diagonal valleys. | |||
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| Somewhere between the Constriction and Clanwilliam Dam. | |||
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| The Clanwilliam Dam in the distance. | Getting closer... | Closer... | Nearly there! Just need 1 more good thermal! |
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| Got it! Thermalling up at the edge of the dam. | Great shot of Gary with the dam in the background. | Gary very low near the dam. | Slowly he works his way higher. |
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| Well done! high again... | Gliding side-by-side. | It's almost over... | Now we're on final glide to the Country club. |
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| Gary's down & safe. | Team shot with the welcoming-committee. | "Check-out these pics Gary!" | |