Anne-Odile Thomas ()
writes:

Here is the link to our local club, SBSA:
www.sbsa.info. I happen to be the Prez
this year, for what it's worth (not much, really!). It's good to check out the
East Beach landing rules and Round House rules we have for flying locally. They
are located at
http://sbsa.info/East%20Beach/east_beach_guidelines.html.


It took us a lot of effort to be able to get this LZ approved by the city, so
it's important that all pilots know these guidelines before heading out to the
beach. We also only want more advanced pilots to fly out to the beach, as if you
don't make it, you could be in a world of trouble, flying over the city.


Right now, we don't have a formal site guide posted on the web, as we'd rather
have out-of towners contact local pilots for an intro to the local sites. Many
of our sites are very sensitive, and some of them were shut down at some point,
so while we are very laid back about flying here, we are also quite protective
of our sites. We have contact info posted on the web for out-of-towners to
contact us for local info.


Santa Barbara is a special place to fly, for sure, but also quite challenging.
We don't always get very high, thermals tend to be small, and glides between
canyons aren't always easy to make, unless you are on a higher performance
glider.


Many pilots find Parma Park quite intimidating, but once you figure it out, it's
a great place to land. I recommend pilots check it out before landing there,
both upper and lower Parma. We always want visitors to walk it first, so that
they know what they are getting themselves into. It's very easy to land a Falcon
there. An Atos would be more challenging, for sure.