Yearly Archives: 2014

1-26 Championships Day 2 Try 3

No report from yesterday because we didn’t fly. It rained during the pilots meeting and by the end of the meeting, CD Hutch called the day. Leah and I enjoyed a tour of the USAF museum up in Dayton. We returned to Caesar Creek in time to hear JimBob Slocum tell us all about how…

July Photo Contest — Cast Your Votes

It is time to start voting!  The highlights of the Rules regarding voting are: Voting by registered Café members will determine the top 10 photos each month. Registered members can cast one vote per photo each day. You can vote for as many photos as you want each day. The Café editors will review the voting and award a…

1-26 Championships Day 2 Try 1

Well the forecast this morning was pretty encouraging. We were given a 2hr TAT to the east and then south and back. There was a wind out of the south forecast in the 10-15 mph range but with cu forming around grid time we were optimistic. We have the Region 6 contest here now and…

It’s hard to say “no”

I confess that I am experiencing a new feeling: I tend to be stubborn. Yes, I am willful and I want to reach my goal; especially, when it is so close!  I’m also a real perfectionist, but not always in a positive way. I wanted to do my stuff again; however, I didn’t know that I shouldn’t have sat in…

1-26 Championships Day 1

Once again I don’t think anyone was too inspired by the forecast this morning. Weatherman John Lubon said it was going to be blue blue blue, unless a crazy thermal was heated up enough to make it up to the lofty altitude of nearly 7000 feet. So, we all expected solid blue. What most of…