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Wilfred
11-30-2011, 10:41 AM
Here is a monster mountain wave on the east side of the Sangre de Christo mountains in centeral Colorado. Was going to fly this morning but decided not to in my LSA RV-12 because of the turbulence likely in this mess. Enjoy.1188

Hal Bryan
11-30-2011, 10:51 AM
Beautiful shot!

Treetop_Flyer
11-30-2011, 11:53 AM
Wow. Those are some serious clouds. A good day to stay on the ground and a beautiful picture!

turbo
11-30-2011, 07:47 PM
it looks like a good day flying as long as you stay out of the higher altitudes where the wave is. am i missing something here. is it unsafe to fly around at 3,000' agl? 1191

fly2kads
12-01-2011, 07:17 AM
The glider guys will probably tell you that you are just flying the wrong kind of airplane for the conditions. For them, strong mountain wave = serious altitude. They'll put up with a bumpy ride on the way in and out.

Nice photo of the lenticular clouds!

rosiejerryrosie
12-01-2011, 08:14 AM
it looks like a good day flying as long as you stay out of the higher altitudes where the wave is. am i missing something here. is it unsafe to fly around at 3,000' agl?

Nah...I't just takes me too long to get that high.....

tonycondon
12-01-2011, 02:18 PM
yea there was some good wave in colorado yesterday:

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?flightId=-134070209