Well, we had a very interesting day today. I didn’t do all that well, but I can at least tell myself that I didn’t entirely crumple under the weight of an early screwup. We had the usual morning meeting, complete with Doug Jacobs (DJ, flying John Good’s Duo Discus) telling us how he had killed…
Another great day at the Seniors, with more good weather predicted for the rest of the week. Today the forecast was for poor conditions to the north, but great conditions down south. Predicted 4000-4500′ cloud bases with wind from east-northeast at around 10kt. XC skies showed lift values in the 600-700 fpm range down in…
Today was progged to be a bit weaker than yesterday, with winds still brisk out of the east-southeast. The last few days I have been just flying where the weather looked the best, and not worrying about a task. Today I decided it was time to get into ‘Task’ mode, and a good day to…
John Mittell (BZ) and I had a very good, but somewhat short soaring day today. Winds were strong again out of the east-southeast, and by 11 am we had Q’s and streeting visible. Thanks to John prying me away from a geek session with another pilot, we were off the ground a little after noon.…
Since I am a new author to Soaring Café, a bit of an introduction is appropriate. I have a pretty short Bio. I am a former Naval Aviator and a career Naval officer of 25 years. I have flown A-4 and A-6 aircraft plus assorted cats and dogs type aircraft. I started flying as a…
