This is the church launch. I have watched take-off and landings from this site since I started flying. I've been tempted a few times to launch but never did. Instead I spent time watching & taking pictures.



I took a half day off work today & headed out to Pacifica. The winds were light & south so we spent the majority of the day hanging out in the parking lot. I took a walk to get as close as I could to Mussel Rock. Earlier this year I read about Richard Tobin, the cofounder of the Hiberian Bank in San Francisco during the late 1800's. A tunnel was cut in the Franciscan rock so that Mr. Tobin could ride his buggy from San Francisco to his country home in Rockaway Beach Pacifica. It never actually worked because the Pacific storms re-arranged the shifting sands depositing sand in the tunnel. The tunnel was destroyed during the 1906 quake but part of it remains. I saw the tunnel on the walk, it's just below the parking lot right on the ocean.

Although I've been tempted to launch from the church my kiting skills were not quite were I thought they should be for such a launch. Earlier this year I started using A & C's instead of just A's. I've felt like my kiting has come a long way & have been thinking about taking the leap from the church. Dingo & Damien were flying & I kept thinking about going up. A final nudge from Nova who had friends from Germany in town who wanted to get a flight in before departing tomorrow & that was it. I drove to the church & without really thinking about it took my gear, set up & launched. It was pretty cool! Dingo landed and a short while later the German couple launched. Four wings in the small area would be tight so I followed Damien to the green giant sinking out and scratching all the way down across the ridge which forms Walkers launch. A nice no wind landing right in the middle of the flat area between Tomcat & Lemmings made for a great 25 minute flight in very light winds.


The edge of the cliff is right there a few feet from where he's standing. It's about a 500 ft drop off.