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Welcome to TOW LOGS, here we will be posting the logs taken by the winch operator.  We encourage the pilots to help fill in the blanks and add their own comments, by sending Gregg an e-mail with the information.

 

April 28, 2007

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 11:08 Steve Tisdale        
2 11:22 "        
3 11:36 "        
4 12:03 "        
5 12:30 "        
6 12:58 "        

April 28, 2007

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 11:40 JP       tow clinic
2 11:55 "        
3 12:12 "       released
4 12:30 "        
5 12:45 "     10 min  
6 1:00 "        
7 1:12 Steve Tisdale        
8 1:25 JP        
9 1:40 Steve   2580 ft 30 min  
10 1:52 JP   3000+ ft 18 min  

April 28, 2007

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 10:55 Steve Tisdale        
2 11:28 "        
3 11:46 Chazz Fencl        
4 12:05 Steve     4 min  
5 12:23 Chazz        
6 12:38 Steve        
7 1:05 Chazz        
8 1:30 Steve       broken WL
9 1:40 Steve        
10 1:50 "        

April 15-21, 2007

Aero towing for Flytec Comp. in Groveland

March 29, 2007

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 11:09 Steve Tisdale       landed on umbrella
2 11:34 Steve        
  11:40         change location
3 12:00 Steve        
4 12:20 Chazz Fencl     4 min  
5 12:35 Steve        
6 12:50 Steve   2378 ft 25 min  
7 1:05 Chazz        
  1:15 Jasmine George       Kiting
             
             

March 11, 2007

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
  10:00 Herbert       UL instruction
  11:00 Lloyd Hoffman        UL instruction
1 1:45 Steve Tisdale        
  2:15         too windy

February 22, 2007

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
  10:00 Doug/Vermont       intro to PG

February 10, 2007

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
  11:00 Pam George       intro to PG
  12:00 Jasmine George       "
  1:00 Jen       "
1 2:10 Steve Tisdale     2 min  
2 2:37 Chazz Fencl        
3 2:58 Steve        

January 27, 2007

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 11:22 Steve Tisdale     3.5 min  
2 11:38 Doug Falwell        
3 11:47 Steve     10 min  
4 12:12 Doug     6.5 min  
5 12:27 Steve     3 min  
6 12:40 Doug     4 min  
7 12:58 Steve     2.5 min  
8 1:13 Doug     5 min  
9 1:26 Steve     3 min  
10 1:41 Doug     2 min  
11 1:50 Steve     10 min  
12 2:01 Doug        

January 7, 2007

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 11:50 Steve Tisdale       pre-release
2 11:53 "        
3 12:12 Doug Falwell        
4 12:27 Steve     13 min  
5 12:37 Doug     12 min  
6 12:54 Steve        
7 1:04 Doug     4 min  
8 1:21 "        
9 1:37 Steve        
10 1:50 Doug        

November 22, 2006

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 1:04 Doug Falwell       P2 training
2 1:10 Steve Tisdale       continue clinic
3 1:33 Doug        
4 1:38 Steve        
5 1:47 Doug     4 min  
6 1:52 Ray Leonard        
7 2:06 Steve        
8 2:28 Greeley        
9 2:55 Doug        
  3:00 relocate winch        
10 3:15 Greeley        
11 3:24 Doug        
12 3:30 Steve        
13 3:37 Chazz Fencl        
14 3:45 Doug        
15 3:52 Ray        

October 29, 2006

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 11:11 Steve Tisdale       thermal clinic
2 11:37 Greeley     4 min "
3 11:53 Steve       poor control
4 12:16 Doug Falwell       abort
5 12:25 "       "
6 12:27 "       better
7 12:48 Steve        
8 1:05 Doug       better
9 1:18 Chazz Fencl        
10 1:33 Steve 750 ft 1200 ft   16 min
11 1:44 Greeley     4 min  
12 2:05 Doug       held "A's"
13 2:07 "       much better
14 2:27 Chazz        

October 22, 2006

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 10:00 Doug Falwell       P2 training
2 10:30 "       PG equipment 
3 11:00 "       kiting

October 21, 2006

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 11:12 Steve Tisdale     3 min  
2 11:33 Chazz Fencl       Greeley towing
3 11:43 Steve       much better
4 12:02 Chazz       Greeley towing
5 12:16 Steve     6 min  
6 1:12 Chazz       "
7 1:20 Greeley        

October 1, 2006

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 11:35 Steve Tisdale       abort
2 11:57 Chazz Fencl        
3 12:15 Steve        
4 1:09 Chazz        
5 1:28 Steve        
6 1:42 Greeley        

October 1, 2006

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 11:47 John Melfi        
2 12:02 "        
3 12:08 change location        
4 12:30 John        
5 12:50 "       abort
6 1:03 "       "

 September 16, 2006

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 11:08 Steve Tisdale        
2 11:37 "        
3 11:48 Chazz Fencl        
4 11:50 "     4 min  
5 12:08 Steve        
6 12:28 Greeley       low tow- little OC
7 12:50 Steve        
8 1:13 Chazz        
9 1:20 Steve        
10 1:30 Rick Roberts       HG areotow

 August 13, 2006

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 10:18 John Melfi       tow clinic
2 10:30 "       better
3 10:47 "       released/line
4 10:57 "       flew back
5 11:12 "       "
6 11:33 "       "
7 11:38 "     7 min "
8 11:50 "       "
9 12:00 "       "
10 12:08 "       "
11 12:53 Chazz Fencl 1000 ft   7 min birthday flt
12 1:13 Ettienne        

 August 12, 2006

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 9:47 Jason Wilson       tow clinic
2 10:03 Jason        
3 10:17 Jason        
4 10:30 Jason       flew back
5 10:53 Jason       3 min.
6 11:02 Jason       flew back
7 11:13 Jason       "
8 11:28 Jason       "

 June 30, 2006

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 11:27 Ettienne        
2 11:45 John Perez        
3 11:57 Chazz Fencl        
4 12:10 Ettienne        
5 12:25 John       aborted
6 12:40 John        
7 1:00 Greeley       P1 training
8 1:17 Ettienne        
9 1:31 Greeley        
10 1:44 John        
11 1:55 Ettienne        
12 2:07 Chazz        

May 15, 2006

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 10:03 James Bradley        
2 10:27 JC Brown        
3 10:37 JC        
4 11:03 Jeffrey Farrell        

May 14, 2006

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 10:43 Jeffrey Farrell        
2 11:03 Jeffrey         
3 11:10 Jeffrey        
4 11:20 Dave Olsen        
5 11:43 Paco Carr        

May 13, 2006

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 10:45 Neal Allen        
2 10:55 James Bradley        
3 11:12  Chazz Fencl        
4 11:37 JC Brown   4700   6.5 miles
5 11:50 Jeffrey Farrell        
6 12:15 Paco Carr        
7 12:25 James        
8 12:37 Dave Olsen        
9 2:00 Jeffrey        
10 2:13 Paco        
11 2:30 James        
12 2:53 Dave        
13 3:43 Bob Holland     5 min.  
14 3:55 Etienne        
15 4:13 Bob        
16 4:23 Paco        

May 12, 2006

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 10:31 Jeffrey Farrell     3 hrs 34 miles
2 10:41 Paco Carr       pre release
3 10:45 Paco        
4 10:57 Paco        
5 11:05 James Bradley        
6 11:18 JC Brown        
7 11:23 JC        
8 11:33 James        
9 11:43 Paco        
10 11:55 James        
11 12:12 JC   5400 ft.   6.5 miles
12 12:33  Paco       broken line
13 12:53 James        
14 1:07 Paco       broken line
15 1:41 James        
16 2:00 Paco   6000 ft   6.5 miles
17 2:29 James        

May 10, 2006

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 2:30 Jeffrey Farrell        

May 7, 2006

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 10:37 Neal Allen 1400 ft   4 min.  
2 10:54 Chazz Fencl     5 min.  
3 11:15 John Perez     7 min  
4 11:29 Neal 1500 ft 2600 ft. 16 min  
5 12:28 John 1100 ft.  1700 ft. 7 min.  

April 2, 2006

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 10:27 Chazz Fencl        
2 10:45 Pete Dennis/ Canada       1st release
3 11:07 Pete       problem with his release
4 11:28 Pete        
5 12:14 Pete        
6 12:20 move winch        
7 12:37 Pete        
8 1:04 Pete       very good
9 1:24 Chazz 1200 ft. 2900 ft. 12 min.  
10 2:04 Pete        
11 2:22 Pete        
    Brett Rumpf/ Australia       PG long  intro day 

April 1, 2006

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
    Mike Waller       PPG long intro day
1 10:23 Neal Allen 1000 ft.      
2 10:55 Ron Ronald       1st low tow
3 11:07 Ron       1st release
4 11:33 John DeBaun        
5 11:45 John       1st release
6 12:03 Ron 800 ft.     doing really well
7 12:23 Ron 1000 ft.      
8 1:47 John       1st 360 degree turn

March 30, 2006

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 11:07 John DeBaun       1st tow
2 11:17 John        
3 11:27 John       abort
4 11:40 John        
5 11:50 John        
6 12:05 John        
7 12:10 John        
8 12:20 John       broken towline
9 12:45 John        

March 29, 2006

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
    John DeBaun       2nd long day
 

March 28, 2006

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
             
    John DeBaun       long intro day

January 28, 2006

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 11:47 Neal Allen        

January 22, 2006

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
    Tom Jacobs       PPG intro day

January 21, 2006

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
    Rick Harders       long intro day
1 11:24 Neal Allen 1500 ft. 2300 ft.    
2 1:20 Neal       abort

December 31, 2005

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
    Frank Ingle       PPG long day Too windy!

November 27, 2005

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 10:25 Frank Ingle        
2 10:38 Frank     5 min.  
3 10:55 Frank        

November 26, 2005

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 10:11 Frank Ingle       low tow w/ Wave
2 10:18 Frank        
3 10:35 Frank       simulated release
4 10:45 Frank       1st release
5 10:55 Frank       flew past winch
6 11:15-12:10 lunch        
7 12:20 Frank        
8 12:38 Frank       flew back to launch
9 12:43 Frank       aborted
10 12:48 Frank        
11 1:00 Frank        
12 1:17 Chazz        

November 13, 2005

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
             
    Frank Clapp       PPG intro day
    Rodrigo Corlho       PG intro day
1 12:23 Neal Allen       crosswind launch
2 12:50 Chazz Fencl     4.5 min  
3 1:23 Neal     4.5 min  
    Frank       hand tows
4 2:15 Frank       1st winch tow
5 2:27 Rod       1st winch tow``
6 2:50 Frank       better control
7 3:05 Frank       much better control
8 3:23 Chazz     5 min.  

November 1, 2005

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 11:25 Chazz Fencl        
2 11:38 Frank Ingle       1st tow
3 11:50 Frank       cross controlling
4 12:06 Frank       better control
5 12:18 Frank       good landing on his feet
6 12:31 Frank       "
7 12:43 Frank       "
8 12:48 Frank       "
9 1:12 Frank       very "

October 31, 2005

    Frank Ingle       PPG lessons 4/6
    Frank Clapp       Intro day

October 28, 2005

    Frank Ingle       PPG 6 lesson package 2/6
    Tom Owen       PG intro

October 15, 2005

    Joe Pawlak       PPG intro day
Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 1:13 Chazz     5 min.  
2 1:53 Chazz        

October 1, 2005

    Gurmemo       PG intro day
 
 

September 25, 2005

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 10:56 Neal Allen 1400 ft.+   6 min.  
2 11:20 Chazz       broken towline
3 11:50 Tom       PPG short flight
4 12:15 Neal 1200 ft. 1400 ft. 10 min.  
5 1:19 Chazz     5 min  
    Frank         2- 2 man hand tows
    Frank       1- 3 man hand tows
 

September 4, 2005

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 11:55 Neal Allen   8 min.   broken towline
2 12:10 Neal       broken weaklink
3 12:47 Neal 2000 ft. 8.5 min   had to payout during tow

September 3, 2005

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 11:23 Neal Allen 1600 ft.   7.5 min.  
2 11:42 Chazz Fencl     5 min.  
3 12:00 Neal       broken towline
4 12:23 Chazz     6 min.  
5 12:40 Neal     5 min.  
6 1:03 Chazz     7 min.  
7 1:15 Neal 1497 ft.   10 min.  
 

August 13, 2005

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 11:20 Neal Allen     2.5 min  
2 11:42 Chazz Fencl     2 min.  
3 11:58 Chazz     3 min.  
 

July 11- 20, 2005 Trip to Alaska 

             
             
             

July 4, 2005

Flight # Launch Time

Pilot

Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 10:45 Neal Allen 1000ft   8 min  
2 10:58 Bob Holland     6 min  
3 11:13 Chazz Fencl     4 min  
4 11:22 Bob        
5 11:35 Neal 1000ft      
6 11:46 Bob     5.5 min  
7 12:13 Chazz     3 min  
8 12:15 Bob     4 min  
9 12:24 Neal 1100ft   7 min  
10 12:37 Bob     5 min  
11 12:50 Bob        

July 3, 2005

Flight # Launch Time

Pilot

Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 11:55 Neal Allen     5 min  
2 12:15 Chazz Fencl     7 min  
3 12:30 Neal 1300ft   6 min  
4 12:38 Neal 1100ft   10 min  
5 1:11 Chazz 1200ft   4 min  
6 1:25 Neal +1100ft   6 min  
             

June 26, 2005

Flight # Launch Time

Pilot

Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 11:23 Audreus Leguizamon       Leased and flew to launch
2 11:37 Doug Cooley       Tow Clinic
3 11:50 Audreus       broken weaklink
4 11:53 Audreus       aborted launch
5 12:00 Audreus        
6 12:13 Doug        
7 12:26 Doug        
8 12:35 Doug       1st release
9 1:00 Doug        
10 1:17 Doug        
11 1:35 Audreus        
12 1:50 Audreus        
13 2:05 Doug        
             
             
 

June 25, 2004

    Doug Cooley       short PG intro day
    Tom Saunders       PPG flying

May 29, 2005

Flight # Launch Time

Pilot

Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 11:06 Neal Allen     4 min  
2 12:06 Bob Holland     12 min  
3 12:40 Neal 1600ft      
4 1:10 Chazz Fencl     15 min  

May 28, 2005

1 11:17 Bob Holland     6 min  
2 11:37 Neal Allen     4 min  
3 11:43 Bob     11 min  
4 11:55 Neal     7 min  
5 12:36 Bob     5 min  
6 12:52 Bob     6,5 min  
7 1:20 Bob        

May 14, 2005

1 12:00 Mike West     abort  
2 12:02 Mike     2.5 min  
3 12:18 Chazz     4.5 min  
4 12:38 Mike        
5 1:05 Andres Leguizamon      1.5 min  
6 1:54 Andres Leguizamon  300 ft   2.5 min  
7 2:10 Chazz     10 min  
8 2:30 Andres Leguizamon        1st release
9 2:50 Andres Leguizamon        flew back to launch

May 9, 2005

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 11:27 Mitch McAleer        
2 11:43 Mitch        
3 12:04 Mike West        
4 12:23 Mitch 900 ft 3000 ft 35 min  
5 12:52 Mike     4.5 min  
6 1:15 Mitch 800 ft 5975 ft 50 min aerobatics
7 4:02 Mitch 900 ft 5000 ft 45 min  

May 8, 2005

1 11:27 Neal Allen        
2 11:47 Mike West     3 min in&out of lift
3 12:03 Chazz Fencl     4.5 min  
4 12:17 Neal        
5 12:48 Mike       aborted
6 12:52 Mike     2.5 min  
7 1:06 Chazz     5 min  
8 1:22 Neal       broken weak link
9 1:27 Neal     6 min  
10 1:43 Chazz   3000 ft 22 min  

May 3, 2005

1 11:22 Mitch McAleer        
2 11:40 Chazz Fencl     4 min  
3 11:50 Mitch        
4 12:17 Chazz        
5 12:35 Mitch        
6 1:03 Mitch        

April 30, 2005

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 11:17 Neal Allen     4 min  
2 11:30 Neal     5 min  
3 12:15 Chazz Fencl     4 min  
4 12:32 Neal        
5 1:11 Andres Leguizamon        1st winch tow P2 training 2/6
6 1:20 Andres Leguizamon        2nd tow
7 1:27 Andres Leguizamon        3rd tow
8 1:55 Neal        
9 2:27 Chazz     4 min  

April 21, 2005

1 11:11 Eli Fishpaw       tow clinic
2 11:33 Eli        
3 11:50 Eli        
4 12:00 Eli        
5 12:08 Eli        
6 12:22 Eli       best control 
7 12:37 Eli        
8 12:50 Eli        
9 1:03 Eli        
10 1:20 Eli       tow signoff

April 19, 2005

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 10:48 Mike West 1200 ft      
2 11:05 Mark Evans 900 ft     thermal clinic
3 11:23 Mike       weak link break
4 11:30 Mark     4.75 min  
5 11:37 Mike       completed tow clinic
6 11:45 Mark       broken weak link
7 11:55 Mike       abort
8 11:58 Mark     4 min  
9 12:32 Chazz Fencl     8.5 min  
10 12:53 Mike     2 min thermal clinic
11 1:04 Mark     8 min no radio thermalling
12 1:18 Mike     4 min  
13 1:28 Mike       abort
14 1:45 Mark       completed thermal clinic

April 18, 2005

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 11:23 Mark Evans       thermal clinic
2 12:12 Mark        
3 12:21 Mike West       tow clinic
4 12:37 Mike       aborted jumped in
5 12:42 Mike        
6 1:02 Mark     3 min  
7 1:13 Mark        
8 1:23 Mike        
9 1:37 Mike        
10 1:56 Mark     2 min  
11 2:07 Mark        
12 2:17 Mike        
13 2:27 Mike        
14 2:42 Mike        
15 2:55 Mark        
16 3:09 Mark     4 min  
17 3:19 Mark     5 min tow signoff

April 12, 2005

    Mike West       intro day

April 9, 2005

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
    Andres Leguizamon       P2 training 1/6
1 11:55 Mike King       tow clinic
2 12:15 Mike        
3 12:25 Neal Allen        
4 12:35 Mike        
5 12:45 Mike        
6 1:00 Neal        
7 1:07 Mike        
8 1:17 Mike        
9 1:30 Mike        
10 1:42 Steve Tisdale       P2 Training
11 1:50 Mike        
12 2:07 Steve       bridle broke
13 2:38 Mike       aborted
14 2:51 Mike        
15 2:54 Mike       broke weaklink
16 3:12 Mike        broke towrope
17 3:21 Mike        
18 3:37 Chazz Fencl       flew over to hanger

March 19, 2005

Flight # Launch Time Pilot Tow Alt. Max. Alt. Duration Pilot Comments
1 11:40 Mark Evans       tow clinic
2 11:53 Chazz Fencl       test flying Steve's new Wave
3 12:03 Mark        
4 12:17 John P        
5 12:30 Steve Tisdale       P2 training
6 12:37 Mark        
7 12:50 John P        
8 12:58 Mark       aborted
9 1:01 Mark       aborted
10 1:05 Mark       1st release
11 1:15 Steve         
12 1:23 Mark        
13 1:43 John P        
14 1:50