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, 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…
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…
When I got up this morning, I was eager to take a look at the soaring forecast, as I was pretty sure it was going to be a much better day today than yesterday (which was basically unflyable). And, my anticipation was justified, as the airmass looked to be considerably better, with winds from the…
Wednesday was a no-fly day here, so many of us occupied ourselves as best we could with maintenance tasks and watching the new arrivals roll in. I helped Dennis Linnekin (DL) and Rob Ware (DI) get their Flarm units configured and operating, and I also was able to repair a small problem with the parking…
After a very weak day yesterday (top of thermals at 3000′ msl), we had a better day today, although mostly blue. The soaring weather forecast from both BMapper and XCSkies were adamant that there was absolutely no chance of clouds, so of course there were clouds over at least part of the soaring area (way…
I’m sitting in my micro-castle at Seminole Lake Gliderport, getting ready to start my soaring season tomorrow. I rolled in this morning and have spent the day getting set up and ready for Russel Brown to annual my ship in the morning. Oh yes, and watching an absolutely beautiful soaring day go by in the process ;-).
In a healthy safety culture, one who makes a grievous error is encouraged to tell his/her horror story many times over, give a short speech in front of his peers and write an article for the club’s newsletter as penance and a lasting reminder to never make the same mistake again. Most people have responded…
