1985

[Rick Masters]

Flights

July 13, 1985
Horsehoe Meadows Road #45     Walt's Point 9100'     Sierra Range     Owens Valley, Ca
Pacific Wings Express Moyen     Other pilots: Naomi Fujita
Launch time 10:14    Landing 17:00 @ 5200'
Duration 6 hr 45 min     Distance 120 mi XC to Marietta Junction, NV
Wind T.O. 10 E    Landing 5 N
Clouds    Clouds popping off the end of the Whites at 15:00.
Quality    Spotty on the southern Whites, good everywhere else.

I raced Naomi Fujita north along the Sierra. The Moyen appears superior to the Glidezilla. I reached 15,000' over Birch Mt. Got to Black Mt. with 8500' but I couldn't get over the top. North of Black, I couldn't penetrate into the range. Scraped along at 6-7000' to Jeffrey's Canyon! Finally reached 16.000' over the Pelliseir Flats, then 19,000' over Boundary with clouds forming everywhere. I reached the cinder cone at Candelaria with 18,000' but the entire mountain was shadowed by a dark cloud. No lift anywhere.