I’m writing this from my home in Columbus, Ohio on Sunday night, after dropping my trailer off at M&H for its annual ‘spiff up’. We did get a day in on Saturday, and it was another weak, blue day, but fun! CD Erik Mann called a “long MAT” that was originally set at 2.5 hours,…
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Region 4 North Photos by Tiffany Fidler
by Bill Elliott •
Day 3 at Fairfield – maybe
by Bill Elliott •
Day 2 at Fairfield (Region 4 North) — RIDGE!!
by Bill Elliott •
Baud had been telling us for 2-3 days now that Friday might be a ridge day, and last night at the banquet the rumor was getting stronger. This morning about 0800 when I checked the weather, BMapper was predicting winds at top of lift of about 350-360 degrees – way too far north for everything…
A miracle! Day 1 at Fairfield (Region 4 North) W
by Bill Elliott •
Well, we finally got a day in, but it wasn’t very pretty (actually it *was* a beautiful day, just not great for soaring). The day dawned spectacularly clear, and stayed that way the entire day – blue as blue could be! By grid time the hawks and buzzards had been up for a while (I…
Groundhog day at Fairfield (Region 4 north) – Another no contest day
by Bill Elliott •
It’s starting to feel like I’m trapped in the “Groundhog Day” movie, but at least each day isn’t exactly like the one before. We have so far found four different ways of not getting a contest day in. The first two days were definite rain days, and yesterday we got close and actually launched the…
Another no-contest day at Fairfield (Region 4 North)
by Bill Elliott •
Well, we flew today, but not very much and not very far. CD Erik Mann guaranteed us yesterday that we would at least grid today, and so we did. Weatherman Baud Litt’s forecast at the 0930 pilot’s meeting started with “I have my glider assembled and on the grid”, so we knew he was at…
Rain Day 1&2 at Fairfield (Region 4 North)
by Bill Elliott •
Didn’t post anything yesterday, so I’m writing for two today ;-). Yesterday was a classic rain day, with low temps thrown in for extra emphasis. It rained on and off all day, topped off by a very good lasagna dinner under the tent. Everyone was bundled up, but there was a lot of companionship and…
Practice Day at Fairfield, Pa (Region 4 North) Contest
by Bill Elliott •
I didn’t get here until late today, too late to fly. My ever-supportive wife was out of town at a conference, so I was saddled with cat-sitting duties, and I had also unfortunately scheduled a Condor teaching session for Friday night. As punishment for letting life get in the way of my soaring, I had…