X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from qmta05.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.48] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.0) with ESMTP id 4069975 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:57:06 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=76.96.30.48; envelope-from=n3773@comcast.net Received: from omta24.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.92]) by qmta05.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id TEXi1d0041zF43QA5EwXQt; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:56:31 +0000 Received: from rv8 ([71.237.248.186]) by omta24.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id TEwY1d00B422aQ78kEwYT3; Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:56:33 +0000 Message-ID: Reply-To: "kevin lane" From: "kevin lane" To: "flyrotary" Subject: windy? Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 18:56:40 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0010_01CA9094.50116FC0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5843 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01CA9094.50116FC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I was at the airport yesterday around 3:30. wind was 20, gusts to = 26mph, but straight down the runway, common for TTD. But, I decided not = to burn the gas since there wasn't much to photograph and didn't feel = like getting beat up. crown point is 7 miles east of the airport and = sticks out into the Columbia river gorge, what, a 1000' above the river? = at 5:11pm they recorded 101 mph winds at crown point! I have flown = backwards there before, but it was blowing like 70mph, and I dropped the = flaps and saw 3knots west on the GPS, while pointed eastwardly. very = strange impression to see things get smaller, rather than bigger while = flying. the Columbia river gorge is the only spot in the cascade mtn = range where air masses can pass thru rather than over the mtns. = kevin [this is a shaggy dog reply to a prior question - are you in a = hurry to fly!] ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01CA9094.50116FC0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I was at the airport yesterday around=20 3:30. wind was 20, gusts to 26mph, but straight down the runway, = common=20 for TTD. But, I decided not to burn the gas since there wasn't = much to=20 photograph and didn't feel like getting beat up. crown point is 7 = miles=20 east of the airport and sticks out into the Columbia river gorge, what, = a 1000'=20 above the river? at 5:11pm they recorded 101 mph winds at crown=20 point! I have flown backwards there before, but it was blowing = like 70mph,=20 and I dropped the flaps and saw 3knots west on the GPS, while pointed=20 eastwardly. very strange impression to see things get smaller, = rather than=20 bigger while flying. the Columbia river gorge is the only spot in = the=20 cascade mtn range where air masses can pass thru rather than over = the=20 mtns. kevin [this is a shaggy dog reply to a = prior=20 question - are you in a hurry to fly!]

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