The day was overcast and unsettled. The late afternoon brought on smooth air little wind and a breaking up of the cloud cover. What better time for some formation flying around the clouds
West of the Rio Puerco, near Mt Taylor is La Ventana Mesa with a maze of canyons connected by windows eroded in the sandstone. I first "discovered" these windows about...
It was quite windy day from the morning. I was surprised, that sun and wind opened sky very late. First flight we flew about 200ft AGL at the beginning...
You can see at 8:40 he had a problem with katabatic wind what mixed to "normal" wind. he did good decision and went around. First climbing surprised him and next he didnt use a full throttle for take off.
First flight this day was crazy. I didnt know where North is... Very gusty wind over 100m+thermal. I could to serve a goooood mixed drinks... Ufortunately I havent a camera on boaerd.
next flights about 2 hours later, was quite beautiful.