Second Jérôme’s report. Smoother than normal with a few stronger climbs that felt like nothing at all.

Photo of the freshly-painted “S”:

Also, a small fire SW of the site that started and appeared to have been brought under control while we were in the air:

Bonus “tagged the casino” proof:

Yep – they are hangie friendly. There is a newer launch right next to where the 4×4 stops so no need to Ironman your gear up the hill by hand. Massive runway-style LZ.

Few of us enjoyed nice flights with great weather yesterday (9/15). I got 2.5 hours in and maxed out at just over 5k. Only about a half dozen of us in the air.

The flight park cats also offer free gear inspections:

Hi Sam,

Should be plenty of pilots flying tomorrow (Monday). As long as the forecasts hold, I plan on being at AJX by 8AM for a short morning flight, and then going back up again in the afternoon at 3PM. Happy to give you a site briefing in the morning if you want to join, otherwise there will be others around later in the day to do the same.

You can sign up for rides up the mountain here:

Sandy Van

Enjoy.

I saw 2 reports of really great Blackhawk flights (will let the pilots chime in if they want to spill the details):

One Blackhawk – Baldy – Brewery (I think)

One Blackhawk – Baldy – San G – San J – Palm Springs