HAT CREEK PILOTS ASSOCIATION

Author: Roger

BOL 2015

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Post date August 17, 2015
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Wow what a great weekend! Flew Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Saturday there were around 20 hg's and 10 pg's in the air and the fantastic freeflight camaraderie was enjoyed by all at the fantastic BBQ.

Big thanks to everyone for having a great time and all the folks helping and working together to make this happen. Pat B our amazing cook, Wei Wei tirelessly cleaning up deserve a special mention but there were many folks helping to make this fly in a success.

Scotty and Dottie performed tirelessly and seem to be enjoying their new found infamy.

Send me more photos and any stories of your BOL 2015 weekend. Thank you all.

August Smoky Weather

Some pretty smoky weather at Hat Creek lately.

The 6th was so smoky we declined to fly. You could not see Burney mountain from launch.

The 7th was clearer and looked more hopeful. The many thunderstorms seemed to have dissipated and 4 pilots headed to launch, After launching and getting above the rim while heading north, a large thunderstorm was sitting right next to Bald mountain. We all landed pretty quickly and got to watch lightning over launch as we broke down and got our gliders bagged before the rain.

The 8th had less thunderstorm activity but was still a little smoky and hazy but everyone got to fly with a few Hat Creek first timers in the bunch all having a good time in the mildly rowdy air with pilots getting to around 6500' .

The 9th was the first day in more than a week without any thunderstorm activity. The smoke and haze cleared considerably. Everyone got to fly. A lot of happy pilots.

Best of Lift Fly In “Flyer”

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Post date July 30, 2015
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HCVFD BBQ, Some July 4th week pics

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Post date July 10, 2015
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Dates for HCVFD BBQ and Best of Lift Fly In

Post author By Roger
Post date June 16, 2015
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Several HCPA board members and region 2 Director had a meeting with the Forest Service to discuss the future of Hat Creek Rim. It was a rewarding meeting and the Forest Service are happy to have the free flight community work with them. When there is any more definite information we will update club members.

We are planning on some events. The HCVFD BBQ is coming up July18th 2.00pm-5.00pm at the Hereford Ranch RV park. With the excellent timing you can gorge yourself on the “Deep Pit BBQ” that this event is famous for and support the local Volunteer Fire Department (the 1st responders for the Rim) and get to go fly the glass off afterwards. A win win situation! You could also buy some of the T Shirts left over from last year as the VFD get 1/2 of all those sales.

The Best Of Lift Fly In 2015 is scheduled for August 15th. This fly in was cancelled twice last year due to fires and weather. This year we can keep our fingers crossed. The BOL fly in is an ongoing memorial fly in for Page Perrin. The first one soon after Pages passing was very well attended. This will be the 2nd one.

The "Fly Your Glass Off” Fly in started in 2003/4 lapsed for many years and restarted a few years ago will be “taking off” right after the BOL fly in on Aug 16th.
"The FYGO traditionally seeks out the best glass offs” in NE California. The favorite being Sugar Hill in Modoc county with a glass off flight 28 miles up range to Lakeview. Northerly winds will take us to Gallatin Peak by Eagle lake, East winds to Soldier Creek Rim, and good old reliable Hat Creek if weather does not cooperate elsewhere. Traditionally the “Fly In” will last until pilots have had enough.

Roger

Flight Log

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Post date May 4, 2015
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Had a great flight at Hat Creek Rim? You can log your flight in the HCPA log book. This will give us interesting data on use at the site and also be fun to read about pilots experiences flying the rim.

You can access the Log Book here and on the Entry Form here

You can also access the entry form and Flight Log link in the menu.

Classic T Shirts

We have some T Shirts left from the Best of Lift Fly-In from last year, and we also have some of the classic green “Sierra Nevada” HCR shirts that were the last ones Page had made.

To buy these shirts go to the Donations page. If you are coming to fly Hat Creek Rim leave a comment on this page stating size type and quantity and we will try to get them to you.

HCPA meet with Forest Service

Post author By Roger
Post date May 4, 2015
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HCPA and USHPA representatives met with the Forest Service last Friday. We had a productive meeting and we are working towards ticking all the boxes to comply with Forest Service regulations. We are very lucky to have some caring talented people working on both sides of this project. Thanks Everyone.

This last week flying and HCPA meeting

Post author By Roger
Post date April 30, 2015
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Glenns Video from 2012

A memorable Glassoff from 2012