SoaringNV Prepares for the Upcoming Wave Camp 2013

This week started out with some good wave conditions, and pilots warmed up for the upcoming wave season. Usually in March, when the days gradually become longer, strong wave systems start to build up over the Sierra Nevada and after that we can find some of the longest flights on Earth in OLC. In May 2012, Jim Payne and Dennis Tito managed to fly 2,212 km, the year before Gordon Boettger could do 2,254 km, the longest flight in the Northern Hemisphere. Both Sierra Nevada pilots launched during the past week, and both dedicated their long runs to Doug Armstrong, the well known Sierra Nevada meteorologist…