Free Flight Lab: Flight Report #2

This was written a couple years ago… and I found it again.

A couple weeks ago was the Windy Hill Clean Up. Each year a small group of pilots join the Mid-Peninsula Open Space Rangers to attack coyote brush on the launch. The group consists of both the Hang Glider and Paraglider pilots that love the park and the special flights that happen there. It is an advanced site, and for good reason. Probably the only real site that is regulated that should be the high rating it is.

Last year I took my pick to the south side and was motivated to dig out every bowling ball size root bundle.

I remember I could barely lift my arms the next day.

Today. It was time to attack the north side.

A rare site to fly, Windy Hill is a special location that allows you to see both the ocean and bay. It’s a beautiful hike along shaded paths for the first half and then a long a windy plateau that is exposed for the second half.

The Stanford Dish is in sight, and as a pilot you need to make a smart choice on whether or not you can make the XC flight to the landing zone. Pilots need special permits which up until recently involved sending a SASE in the mail.

Find out more here. https://www.windyhillskyriders.com/