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| 1999 WOR XC Flights from Diablo | ||||||
| XC# | Date | Name | Type | Landing | Miles | Turn Points, Comments |
| 1 | 10-Jan | Bob Trumbly | RW | Mission LZ | 26 | 1st time over niles canyon |
| 2 | 13-Feb | Bob Trumbly | RW | Jacklin Rd. Milpitas | 30.3 | Nathan Welchel also flew this route. I terminated flight to stay out of TCA SJ international |
| 3 | 13-Feb | Nathan Whelchel | RW | Jacklin Rd. Milpitas | 30.3 | Bob Trumbly landed with me even though he could have continue further in the lee of the Diablo range |
| 4 | 21-Feb | Bob Trumbly | RW | Stockton | 33.6 | Milkrun. Landed @ bridge on Hwy 4 |
| 5 | 7-Mar | Bob Trumbly | RW | South of Madera & Hwy 99 | 123 | Finally |
| 6 | 7-Mar | Tom Seeilger | RW | Interstate 99 at Worden Ave. north of Le Grande | 95 | My personal longest flight from Diablo to date. |
| 7 | 7-Mar | Mark Grubbs | HG | Oakdale | 62 | Almost landed at the 1000' LZ, had to scratch for 30 minutes before climbing out. |
| 8 | 21-Mar | Tom Seeliger | RW | Highway 104 near Rancho Seco Nuclear Power Plant | 51 | First 20 miles were difficult until I hooked into a monster convergence line NE of Stockton. |
| 9 | 1-Apr | Ramy Yanetz | RW | New Jerusalem (near Tracy) to Coalinga Exit, HWY 5 | 115 | Got off tow at 900 ft AGL, MAX alt 6200 ft. |
| 10 | 1-Apr | Tom Seeliger | RW | Ed Levin Park | 33 | Cloudbase was over 6k |
| 11 | 1-Apr | Bob Trumbly | RW | Coyote hills country club rd. Morgan hill | 49 | |
| 12 | 2-Apr | Dan Maguire | HG | Fowler Rd, near Evergreen College | 40.5 | Left at 4000, 7400 over Blackhawk, 3400 at 580-680. Personal best from Diablo. |
| 13 | 4-Apr | Kevin Dutt | RW | Short of Los Banos | 76 | |
| 14 | 4-Apr | Bob Trumbly | RW | South Patterson Hwy 33 | 51 | |
| 15 | 9-Apr | Bob Trumbly | RW | Past Crows Landing on I-5 | 61 | Landed with Nathan Welchel who spiraled down under O-D skies |
| 16 | 9-Apr | Nathan Whelchel | RW | Past Crows Landing on I-5 | 61 | Breakthrough flight on my Mil after many disheartening & successive failures from Diablo (shhweeet!) |
| 17 | 25-Apr | Mark Grubbs | HG | Byron Airport | 16 | Caught the tail end of the convergence just before the Trailer Park. |
| 18 | 9-May | Robert Moore | HG | Byron Road (J4) | 23 | Didn't really look like an X/C day! |
| 19 | 16-May | Bob Trumbly | RW | Past Gustine at Ingomar Rd | 73 | |
| 20 | 27-Jun | Bob Trumbly | RW | Mines Rd. | 44 | Just short of Mt. Stakes in upper San Antonio Valley |
| 21 | 27-Jun | Mark Grubbs | HG | Garre Winery, Livermore | 20 | Convergence over Livermore,flew out over Lake DelValle and then came back to land at the winery. |
| 22 | 22-Aug | Mark Grubbs | HG | Balfour Ave, Brentwood | 11.3 | No usable lift after leaving the mountain. |
| Data courtesy of Wings Of Rogallo: http://members.aol.com/worxc | ||||||