The wind was with the Hawks this past "Second Sunday"!!
We had a pretty good flying day for this month's Second Sunday and we had quite a few Torrey Hawks show up and take to the air. These are just some of my pictures from the Day ...
The day started out with a big greeting from Mike:
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While we were waiting for the wind to "turn on" we had lots of fun playing with "Little Hawk" on top:
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But eventually the wind picked up (as predicted) and we put Little Hawk away to do some real flying:
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Doug was one of the first in the air, and he got plenty of air time:
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My primary purpose on Second Sundays is to get our members in the air, but I took a very short flight (less than 5 minutes) just after Doug:
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Then it was Mike's turn with the Falcon 195:
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Next up was Alex with some great coaching from John:
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John was launch master for Anna as well:
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Doug came in for one of his signature landings ... no sweat:
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Mike finished getting himself ready to launch:
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Then it was all eyes on Josh making his first flight at Torrey Pines!!
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John was there for Josh as well, and Josh made it look easy:
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Josh makes a solid run and is in the air for his first solo flight at Torrey!!!
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Mike brings it around for one of his signature landings as he's done thousands of times before:
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Alex returns the favor and assists John to launch ... Hawks helping Hawks!!
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John is in the air and thrilling the crowd with his fly-bys:
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As the day settled down, we returned to Little Hawk. Here's Richard showing how it's done:
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I finished the day by kiting my Arcus until nearly sunset. Kiting a paraglider is great exercise!!!
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The day concluded with a nice sunset:
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Thanks to all members of the Torrey Hawks (coast to coast, home and abroad) who keep this club alive!!!!