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Cutter's Call: October 4, 2026 7:42am

Report of a low turnout on Saturday but all of the pilots had 3 hr flights. One went over the back at Big Tujunga and reached his high of 9,865ft east of Mendenhall. He ran into a NE wind at Magic Mountain, saw smoke from a fire at Bouquet Cyn and opted for a triangle flight. The other pilots got about 8,500ft. TODAY…...windier with a surprising amount of haze. Surprising given how much stronger the offshore surface gradient is this morning. The blip altitude is still over 10K and the rasp is higher than it was, almost 9K. Kagel is solidly in the strong SE flow. Strong enough that it’s hard to imagine achieving the potential altitudes. Winds aloft  are SE between 16 and 18kts by 2pm. Max altitude 7,500ft.
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Kagel3537' MSL
Sylmar LZ1339' MSL

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12584 Gridley Street
Sylmar, CA 91342
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