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Good winds are out of the south to south west, and even if there aren't any winds, if the sun is out the dam creates some very large thermals.

Current weather at Mansfield dam can be found here. You can view it from the the TerraServer here.

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pict1907	pict1908 Post 9/11 paranoia. Let's hope I never lose my plane back here :)	pict1909	pict1910	pict1911	pict1912
pict1913	pict1914 One glider trick -- look for groups of birds flying around without flapping their wings, and join them. No, there's no plane in this picture (it's hard to fly and take pictures at the same time.)	pict1915 This is what you launch your plane over. It's a leap of faith -- if you don't find lift, or your launch is bad, it goes right into those trees, and they're 20-30 feet tall. Fortunately, there's poles down there to get your plane down with.	pict1916	pict1917 No idea what this thing is. An unused turbine?	pict1918
pict1919	pict1920	pict1921	pict1922	pict1923 This is the dam from another angle. The part where we fly is not in this picture, but just to the left of the top left part of it.	pict2500 Chasing a bird, probably a hawk. They tend to ignore the plane, but every once in a while you'll startle one :)
pict2502 Soaring with the birds ...	pict2503	pict2505	pict2506	pict2507	pict2508
ufo I WANT TO BELIEVE!