Virtual X-C: Boundary Pk & return

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="02c285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <B>   </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" "><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" "><U>   </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id134.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="INDEX"><U>INDEX</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id105.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" WHY WERE THE BEST"><U> WHY  WE'RE  THE BEST</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ABOUT US"><U>ABOUT US</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WHERE TO FIND US"><U>WHERE  TO  FIND  US</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HOW TO FLY IN HERE WITH YOUR PLANE"><U>HOW TO FLY IN HERE WITH YOUR PLANE</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="3 D"><U>3 D</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" SAFE MOUNTAIN FLYING"><U> SAFE MOUNTAIN FLYING</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id355.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FREDS LOCAL TRIANGLE"><U>FRED'S LOCAL TRIANGLE</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id301.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virtual XC: San Jacinto return"><U>Virtual X-C:  San Jacinto & return</U></A>   |   <B>Virtual X-C:  Boundary Pk & return</B>   |   <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="STORIES"><U>STORIES</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FREDS WRITINGS"><U>FRED'S WRITINGS</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PRODUCTS AND SERVICES"><U>PRODUCTS AND SERVICES</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CONVENIENT LINKS"><U>CONVENIENT LINKS</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id213.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="LONE PINE GALLERY"><U>LONE PINE GALLERY</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="02ad2c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <B>Welcome to </B></div> <div> <B>'</B><B><U>VIRTUAL  X-C</U></B><B>'  flight!</B></div> <div> <B>Imagine what it's like to soar from Crystal, 235 miles north to Boundary Peak and then back, using a different route each way.  You could correctly say that such a flight is a very ambitious undertaking, but it's far from impossible.  This course was flown successfully for the first time by Ed Minghelli in a home-built two seat sailplane in 1975, and has been repeated unknown times since then.  (Minghelli's flight was at that time a world record, and his 'PRUE II'  now resides in the Soaring Museum!)</B></div> <div> <B>In this first phase we're departing </B><B>Crystal</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#996633" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B>to the northwest after climbing to 14,000' or so in the San Gabriel mountains.</B></div> <div> <B>We turn the southwest corner of </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>restricted area 2515 </B></FONT><B>surrounding                    Edwards Air Force Base.</B></div> <div> <B>First thing, we call </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Arial" ><B>Joshua Control</B></FONT><B> on </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>133.65</B></FONT><B>, to let them know we're coming by.  On weekends we might  even to ask permission for overflight.  </B></div> <div> <B>Weekdays, forget it and just fly around to the west.     </B></div> <div> <B>The very first hill after leaving the San Gabriels is </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Silver Queen</B></FONT><B>, 45 miles out, just beyond </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Rosamond</B></I></FONT><B>.   This small conical hill is a very good thermal source with a fine private landing field (not on the sectional chart) a couple miles south.</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id114.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virtual 2"><U><B>NEXT</B></U></A></div> <div> <B> </B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Virtual X-C:  Boundary Pk & return</B></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" "><U><B>HOME</B></U></A><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" "><U><B> page</B></U></A><B>               </B><A HREF="id134.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="INDEX"><U><B>BACK to INDEX</B></U></A><B>           </B><A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="STORIES"><U><B>NEXT to STORIES</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id301.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virtual XC: San Jacinto return"><U><B>BACK to San Jacinto & Return</B></U></A><B> </B><B>                    </B><A HREF="id114.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virtual 2"><U><B>NEXT</B></U></A><A HREF="id114.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Virtual 2"><U><B> on this X-C</B></U></A><B>                                </B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="74432a70.png" border=0 width="562" height="423" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> </tr></table></body>