Today was the first official day of the fly-in here at the Salton Sea.  I launched flight #79 about 45 minutes about sunrise:

Winds were strong enough that my groundspeed was down to about 8MPH so I did my first foot drag, dragging one foot along the ground, which requires careful altitude control:

This afternoon I visited the launch zone at the RV park.  It’s a busy place today:

Trish went out to photograph the pilots:

Some pilots might be practicing for airshows:

I set up for my afternoon flight:

Launching flight #79:

This delta trike came to the fly-in:

Flying low:

These two-seat PPC are huge compared to our little PPGs:

Chad Bastian tests out his latest trike:

The delta trike got a little too close for comfort:

This fellow flies my same wing but with a quad cart:

Another PPC:

PPC touch-and-go:

This guy had a motor problem and hitched a ride back:

Russ and his twelve year old son Dallon were at the fly-in again:

Dallon foot dragging:

Look ma, no hands:

Chad flying by.  Note the chase cam handing off the right wingtip:

Russ came back with a different wing to say hello: