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It was indeed, 2 completely different days of flying, all in the span of an hour.
After seeing Jerome have the shortest flight I’ve ever seen out of him, my ego got the better of me and thought I could make something happen. Wrong-o. A 3:30 launch followed by 15 minutes of struggling, even with a hawk giving me hand-outs.
At 4:19, the base winds were steadier and a more consistent direction. Benched up over the towers in smooth lift the whole way. Cloud base was not far away and it was easy to stay there the rest of the afternoon until it started to push down. Was definitely the smoothest air I’ve been in at Soboba, to date. Lift was everywhere.
Hail to the cameramen (Jerome and Stan):
I second Jerome’s idea about adding “working cats” to AJX – the breakdown area had barely a trace of any gopher activity.
Can confirm the wind trickling over the back most of the day. I pushed back close to the Crestline ridge several times throughout the day and each time the closer I got, the more “off” the air felt. Very buoyant everywhere else and very smooth – the fishbowl was one giant thermal today. I made a weak attempt to follow Jérôme but when I wasn’t seeing lift at Arrowhead, I chickened out and headed back. Was above 6k most of the afternoon and had great climbs out in front. Topped out at 8500’ and flew for 4 hours – my best day of flying yet.
Also – I took this yesterday (looks like the Windy app appropriately called the convergence for today):
