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Soaring Road Trip

ELLENVILLE

Flyable wind direction W NW N

Launch MSL

1380 ft (1040 AGL)

Glide to LZ 4:1

Location

80 Hang Glider Rd, Ellenville, NY 12428

Launch type

FL grassy slope
road ramp launch on Rt 52

Rating Requirements

H2 P2 with observer
Ellenville is a H3 P4 site

To fly this site contact

Talk to Tony about camping at the LZ

Accommodations nearby

HVFF Windtalker

Post-flight reports

1/8/21 John Morse flying

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159106970904238

1/10/21 Rick Fitzpatrick launching Nick Richmond:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159114289669238/

1/30/21 Winter soarable air

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159174766294238/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159174949554238/

2/10/21 John Morse flying in winter

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159209073024238/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159210188314238/

2/14/21 Winter sledders from the road ramp

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159219716154238/

2/17/21 David Paradis launching from the road ramp

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159226983979238/

2/20/21 Was not a good day for flying

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159239719644238/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159242176284238/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159235080294238/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159236419769238/

2/21/21 Sunday ramp party

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159237567539238/

3/7/21 Winter soarable day at the road ramp

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159271607054238/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159271607039238/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSCa7Z__mT8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYxLQf8JWgU

3/20/21 First day of Spring in Ellenville

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159305409319238/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159305409309238/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159305271959238/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159305409304238/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHbtGyRNPg0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xAWl78CsaM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qkj1Thd9-Q

3/28/21 Mike and Paco

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159322960919238/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMqM1o5f4fo

4/3/21 Spring thermal climbs to 7K

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159338716654238/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159341535669238/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159339846864238/

4/6/21 Jane flying her Blade

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159345987489238/

4/17/21

Practice laps

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159372421134238/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159372084369238/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159372235269238/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hthx3nH39jg

4/18/21

Sleds plus Tim and David become new H3 pilots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4C5swFFscc

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159373802249238/

4/24/21

Marc Pelberg (PG): Ellenville to Northampton MA

https://ayvri.com/scene/qv5peyy2kr/cknxej76900023a6ilnt1fkt0

Ed's Sled

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0StLt54Yj7Q

Ricardo's challenging flights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IfjW4J7amI

Rick Fitzpatrick's description of the day

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159389520239238/

5/6/21 Mid-week evening soaring

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159420121229238/

5/10/21 Rick Fitzpatrick, Tom Galvin and Ryan Voight

https://www.facebook.com/groups/30492384237/permalink/10159430877489238/

8/18/22

Thursday 8/18 Dan, Amy, and I went to Ellenville. This was my first time at E-ville in years. Forecast 3000' winds were 295 @ 15 mph. There were at least a dozen or more HG's there. There were some occasional isolated rain clouds to the N but the big problem to me was the blue hole over the Ellenville area. This finally started to fill in a little before 4 pm, so I launched 1st, scratched for maybe 15 minutes, then some lifty air arrived and I was able to get to the higher parts of the hill as two other HG's launched into the good air. I found a decent climb and took it way back to 6900' before coming back to the ridge. By now there were some nice dark clouds N of launch and I managed to hook into a rocketship climb under one. That was fun! It was also a beautiful scene with the clouds dropping rain to the N and E and sun interspersed making partial rainbows. I used the altitude to cross the valley, then returned to a cloud over the ridge S of launch for one last climb before crossing the valley a second time, cruising back to launch, and going to land a little before 6 pm. Winds were light N by then and not soarable. Only I and the other two HG's flew (Wilhad was one of them). David K.

https://ayvri.com/scene/7ykxo8yek9/cl70dlzl40001356u361fknep

https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:dave360up/18.8.2022/19:49

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