Last year in this space I wrote a series of articles about my experiences at the Senior’s competition. Since it was my first ever contest, I thought it would be fun for me, and perhaps interesting to a few people who have never been here. This year I want to try to compare my experiences…
In my February 2013 Condor Corner article in SSA’s Soaring magazine, I talked about John Mittell (BZ)’s and my efforts to teach ourselves team-flying techniques using Condor, modeled after those described by Francois Pin (FP), Bill Elliot (WE) and information John had picked up at the team flying camp held at Chilhowee last year. The…
I’m writing this final ‘Seniors’ post from home on Monday morning, after slogging the 1000 or so miles home Saturday and Yesterday. Sure was nice to sleep in my own bed! Day 5 started out much warmer than all the rest – almost like I was in Florida! Temps were mild in the morning, with…
Seminole Gliderport, Clearwater, Florida
by Sean and Tiffany Fidler
Well, it wasn’t quite as cold this morning, so we didn’t have any more snowball fights or ice-writings on glider wings, but it was still chilly enough that the more sane among us were wearing proper clothing (that would be jeans, long-sleeved shirt with T-shirt underneath, a lightweight parka with the hood up, and gloves)…
March 15, 2013, Seminole Florida, USA It’s COLD down here! Everybody (with the possible exception of wingman BZ who insists on wearing shorts) was walking around with jackets on and hoods pulled up. When Jim Garrison and Ben Johnson (T) pulled up to their Duo, Ron Ridenour (CGC, also a Duo) threw a snowball at…
Seminole Gliderport, Clermont, Florida USA, March 13, 2013 I’m up early this morning, watching the sky lighten to the east. Glider trailers are just starting to come into view out the window. I want to get my glider assembled and down to the grid early today, as BZ and I are at the very back…
The “Senior Nationals” (and yes, I *do* know that its not a real Nationals, and the SSA management takes great pains to point this out – to the extent of changing my post titles when they gratuitously copy my Soaring Cafe posts to the SSA contest reports site without my permission) has a number of…
Ace weather guesser Richard Kellerman (QV) gave us the usual good news – bad news routine this morning. Winds from the south, apparently measured at around 30kt (Yikes!) out of the south, with the possibility of overdevelopment from the east and high cirrus from the west. Lions and tigers, oh my! There was some good…
