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Great Days at Torrey - June 2013

Postby Bob Kuczewski » Wed Jun 05, 2013 11:28 pm

We had a couple great days at Torrey June 4th and 5th.

Here are some photos from my flight on the 5th:

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Re: Great Days at Torrey - June 2013

Postby JoeF » Thu Jun 06, 2013 3:54 pm

In your first welcomed photo, I see the Bennett Bunny Hill
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Re: Great Days at Torrey - June 2013

Postby Bob Kuczewski » Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:16 pm

Good eyes Joe!!

Here's the bunny hill circled in yellow with the City of San Diego portion of the Gliderport circled in blue.

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You can see how close they are, and what a great asset it would be for the sport of hang gliding if it could be re-opened.
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Re: Great Days at Torrey - June 2013

Postby Bob Kuczewski » Fri Jun 07, 2013 8:30 pm

John just sent me a video of my landing. Rather than post it to YouTube, I've made an animated GIF from a few frames:

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Thanks for the video John!!    :thumbup:
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Re: Great Days at Torrey - June 2013

Postby SamKellner » Fri Jun 07, 2013 9:03 pm

Super :!: Gald you are rewarded with great flights there at Torrey :thumbup:

Your smile says it all. :clap: :clap:
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