This needed to be posted somewhere just to thank the aircrew that boosted our spirits at Mifflin during a tough 15-meter Nationals. The landing lights lined up on the centerline for a straight-in approach at what seemed like 20 miles out. A corporate jet had done the same in the morning and landed, but this…
Maria tells the competition story as seen through the lens of her camera. The competition is over and the trailers have left the field. Enjoy the beautiful Mifflin images.
I’m writing this from the comfort of my home in Columbus, Ohio. I trailered back here yesterday after the day was called, as the weather forecast for the last possible day (today, Tuesday) was just as bad if not worse than yesterday. Besides, there was no way I was going to leap from 14th overall…
Richard Kellerman (QV in the regional and weatherman) had his swan song this morning at the pilots meeting, where he delivered two widely divergent forecasts. The first one was for today, where he forecast the possibility of a fairly high boundary layer, possibly as high as 8000-9000′ msl out over the plateau, with winds out…
We got a day in today, but I wouldn’t have given you a plugged nickel for our chances before things started cooking around 2pm. The master weather guesser Richard Kellerman (QV) told us at the morning meeting that the airmass was about the same as yesterday (and the day before) so he wasn’t all that…
At the morning meeting today, we all got a briefing from Brian Glick and John Good regarding the rumored crash of Brian Milner (GJ). Apparently Brian was attempting a save on the side of a ridge, and made the classic mistake of trying to turn into the hill with not enough room to complete the…
Sorry for the late report – I was too busy retrieving Mike Smith (XM) from a field about 5 miles away, and then stuffing my face with the wonderful Glick family fish fry dinner ;-). Weather for today was pretty much just like yesterday, with the exception that the winds, such as they were, were…
Well, this day was a real downer for me. Landed out on the way to the first turnpoint, only to find out that not only did most of the fleet get around, there weren’t enough landouts to even devalue the day – bummer! I think it’s time to seriously consider a shift to a different…
Just a short note to update everyone on the progress of FLARM implementation in the U.S. in general, and at Mifflin in particular. There are now at least half a dozen or so ‘brick’ installations up and running here at Mifflin, and from all reports they are working well. Pilots report 3-5 mile range for…
