Overdone

A small crew gathered at Morningside for some afternoon aero-towing.  It looked promising until a short-wave passed over us and the sky bubbled and then shaded over with too much moisture.  Eric towed me into a safe, but quickly shading, sky.

I wasn't sure what I would find.  I locked into a weak, but steady, climb and settled into for slow ride up.

The entire area was shaded but I found weak widespread lift near cloud base.

Nothing but a big blue hole waited for me downwind to the south.

Shading loomed to the east and west.

So I glided back upwind to the north, passing through large areas of minimal sink.

I searched most of the valley, but was soon heading back to the airstrip when I crossed over Eric towing another pilot up.

I glided off my altitude around the field and chased my shadow to the ground.

I patched a few clips from the flight into a short video,

Flights: 1, Duration: 0:48