I'm writing this from my home in Columbus, OH after starting from Perry this morning about 6am.  Last night featured a relaxing pizza and beer dinner with the Tylers and some of us that decided to leave Sunday morning instead of Saturday afternoon.

Day 4 at Perry dawned with heavy fog ... ∞

Our normal 10:30am pilots meeting was held this morning in a torrential downpour - giving us a mild hint that today would be a no-fly day.  There were all sorts of options proposed for activities, none of which involve glider assembly or flight.  Tonight's activity involves a pig roast and ... ∞

I'm sitting in my micro-camper at about 3pm, after the day was called here at Perry.  A storm system was moving in from the southwest, with major blow-ups visible on radar and visible satellite loops.  At the morning meeting it was decided to move the grid time up slightly to ... ∞

Today was a challenging day for all classes.  The weather forecast was for blue skies again, but this time with significant wind out of the south and southwest.  Initial reports from pilots indicated almost everyone had trouble at some point in their flights. Sarah Kelly-Arnold, the day winner in the ... ∞

Official practice day at Perry is in the bag, and I have to say this was one of the more interesting and enjoyable practice tasks I have flown.  The weather forecast was for marginal soaring weather - 2500 to 3500' msl, blue as blue can be, and very light winds ... ∞

Woke up today to low clouds, high winds and warm temperatures.  Apparently the frontal system slowed down a bit overnight, so it was still to our south and west.  I got my run finished just as the first small showers started, so I got to eat breakfast to the sound ... ∞

The Perry SPOT maps are now active, with  over 30 pilots registered for SPOT tracking.  The links are:

http://www.hawketracking.org/perry/files/tracking.htm
http://www.hawketracking.org/perry/files/trackinglarge.htm
http://www.hawketracking.org/perry/files/mobile.htm

http://www.hawketracking.org/perry/files/tracking.kml

Note that the last link (the .KML one) requires Google Earth to view.

TA ∞

It’s Friday morning at 7:30am, and I’m sitting in my camper at Perry watching the place wake up for the day. I’m cooling down after my morning run, during which I noted that the place had sprouted another batch of glider trailers overnight – the things are like mushrooms ... ∞