[Bob Kuczewski]

I've been flying at Funston for the past few days and it's becoming my favorite site. Great club, great people, and great flying ... what's not to like?

I drove up from San Diego for the Fellow Feathers meeting on the 10th and didn't fly that day. But I had a short flight (maybe 20-30 minutes) on the following day (11th) with an intentional beach landing (low altitude and low airtime at the site). Here are a few photos from the 11th:

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I flew again on the 12th and had 2 fantastic flights. The first one was just a little over 2 hours (from about 2:14pm until about 4:17pm). The first flight had the same low ceiling as on the 11th, but I watched enough other pilots land that I felt comfortable landing on top. Here are some photos from my first flight on the 12th:

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My second flight on the 12th was from about 6pm until the park closed around 8:30pm. The sky had cleared and I was able to go all the way to Westlake and back!! Unfortunately, my camera ran out of space only 9 minutes into the flight, but here are some photos from that first 9 minutes:

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Fort Funston ... what a great site!!!

[Bob Kuczewski]

I had another great visit to Fort Funston this week. I drove up Monday and got a couple short flights on Tuesday (maybe 15 minutes total) before the club meeting. But the big flying day was Wednesday (August 15th, 2012) when I flew for over 5 hours in 3 flights (11:01-12:01, 12:47-2:49, and 4:15-6:19). I'll update this post with pictures ... after I get some sleep!!

OK, here are some of my favorites ...

These are from Tuesday, August 14th, 2012:

First Short Flight:

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Second Short Flight:

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The rest of these are from Wednesday, August 15th, 2012:

First Flight (11:01 to 12:01), right wing camera mount - no bar mitts

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Second Flight (12:47 to 2:49), right wing camera mount - with bar mitts (it was cold!!)

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Third Flight (4:15-6:19), left wing camera mount - with bar mitts (although it had warmed up and I didn't use them much)

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Fabulous Funston!!

[Bob Kuczewski]

I met another long time pilot while at Fort Funston, and I'd like to welcome John ("jcoyier") to the US Hawks!!   

Here are some pictures of John at Fort Funston:

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Here's one of John's great landing sequences:

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Very    S M O O T H ! ! !

[Bob Kuczewski]

Funston is a great flying site and a national treasure.

Unfortunately, USHPA currently controls who can fly there.

It's time to fix that.

[Bob Kuczewski]

By the way, here's some recently posted Funston video by Big Bird.



He mentioned that the jerkiness was from the conversion.

[Frank Colver]

You know, when the lift on a ridge is that good, that smooth, and you're are not going cross country, you really don't need anything other than a "standard Rogollo"!

Ah, yes, and seated!

Frank