This morning at 7:30 I launched flight #76 with a bunch of pilots and flew inland towards the Borrego Badlands:

Flying through a wash:

Fractal drainage patterns:

Flying the canyons and ridges of the badlands was amazing!  Returning to the Salton Sea:

M filmed my landing:

The flight was almost 26 miles long and lasted 88 minutes, a new record for me:

After homeschool, Trish and the kids went shopping:

My radio didn’t work so well this morning, so I put foam over the microphone and ran the headset wire through a ferrite core to reduce radio interference from my paramotor:

Trish crocheted more booties:

This morning I ended up being left behind by the other pilots, since my wing speed is about 20.5MPH.  Fellow pilot Sue offered to let me try her Ozone Roadser 2 wing.  At 25.5 square meters, it’s smaller than my 28 square meter Velocity Edge.  I picked up her wing and watched all the pilots getting ready to launch at the RV park:

It’s a pretty wing:

M brought out his motorcycle:

I launched flight #77 and was followed by another pilot:

Husband and wife team Steve and Charity flew together:

The Roadster 2 flew at 23MPH, but the real story here is the Reflex profile of the wing, which allows this wing to fly at 29MPH with the trims out.  My non-reflex wing goes from 20.5MPH to 22.5MPH with the trims out:

My wing has plenty of life left in it, but when it’s time to replace my wing, I’ll be looking to buy a reflex wing.  Thanks Sue!