VSA - Valley Soaring Association

Montague Expedition - 2004

In July, 2004, the entire Williams Soaring Center glider operation reloacted to Siskiyou County Airport for about a week. The nearby town is called Montague, which is adjacent to Yreka, in Northern California. A similar expedition had been conducted in 2003

On Tuesday, July 20th, several shuttles were made from Williams to Siskiyou in order to position all of the equipment. About half of the people who arrived after Wednesday stayed in motels in the city of Yreka, everyone else camped at the airport. The glider population increased steadily from Wednesday through Saturday, and then diminished to about six ships by the following Tuesday. The last flights were conducted on Wednesday, July 28th.

Here is a quick summary of the flying. More details and graphics may be seen on The Flying Page

Flying began on Wednesday, July 21, with about six single seat gliders launching, and multiple flights in the two place ships.
Thursday was our first "race", but only a few flight recorder traces were turned in.
On Friday, ten ships started out, and eight completed the course. Blow by blow description may be seen on the flying page.
Saturday and Sunday saw more races.
Monday was lead and follow day. Larry Hood started from Gunsight, and 818, EH, PK, 7H all followed.
A few more single seat flights on Tuesday.
Dual flights were flown every day. The ASK-21, Duo Discus, and ASH-25 were flying multiple flights every day.

There were probably about 30 people who came to Montague to fly this week. Most photos were taken on saturday night, but there were others snapped at various times. The bottom of this page and the continuing pages are but a few of the snapshots taken.

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