2011 Senior Contest – Sunday, March 13, 2011 Senior Class Contest Day 1 Preliminary Turn Area Task Min Distance 92.15 Distance 140.09 Max Distance 190.42 Min Time 02:30 Task Open Time 13:52 Turnpoints # ID Name Radius Start 51 Start A 5.0 – 37 Wines 10.0 – 34 Wauchulla 20.0 Finish 61 FINISH 1.0 Code…
Sailplane Racing News
Weather Forecast, Sunday, 13 Mar 2011
by Bill Elliott •
The weather looks like a repeat of yesterday. Blue, light winds aloft and lift to 3000 feet. Brief Forecast from www.wunderground.com Today Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds around 5 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Tonight Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. East winds around 5 mph in the evening becoming light. Hourly…
711 Blog-Saturday at the Seniors
by Bill Elliott •
From 711’s Sailplane Racing News and Views… Now the practice day report… Well, here we are. Ray’s weather was very close to being right on. Weak thermals to 3,000 msl. I check the soundings and see the same thing. KS and I rig next to each other and after the pilots meeting, we pulled out…
Scores – Saturday, March 12, 2011 (Preliminary)
by Bill Elliott •
Frank Paynter reports: At the end of the day, Dick Butler won the day with a blazing 52 raw / 45mph handicapped – actually a great flight for such a weak day. Steve Arndt also had a great flight in his Silent 2, with the handicap working the other way for him – 37.5mph raw…
Pre-Practice Day Report by TA
by Bill Elliott •
The 2011 Seniors practice day is in the bag here at Seminole Gliderport. It was very cold last night, and there was patchy frost on the ground when I got up this morning to run (if you can call my pace ‘running’). This year our morning meeting was in the ‘back’ hangar, graciously loaned to…
Seniors Practice Day – Promising
by Bill Elliott •
Today is the practice day for the Seniors National Championship and we just launched 41 gliders in 56 minutes using 4 Pawnees. Everything went smoothly and safely thanks to the A team here (staff, tow pilots, neighbors) – THANK YOU ALL. Andreea
SPOT Tracking now available
by Bill Elliott •
Weather, Saturday, 12 Mar 2011
by Bill Elliott •
Today’s weather is looking okay for the Practice Day at the Seniors. It will be blue with thermal tops around 5,000′. Lift may average 3 knots. Below is a brief forecast outlook, surface analysis chart, the NAM-based forecast model sounding, and the top of lift forecast from XC Skies. Finally, we have included the NWS…
711 Reporting, Friday at the Seniors
by Bill Elliott •
711 Blog Report for the Seniors
by Bill Elliott •
Tom Kelley, 711, has arrived and started reporting. Here is an early photo of ships arriving. [singlepic id=19 w=450 h=300 float=center] Tom reports: Wednesday evening and everyone is back in the box or tied down and covered. Day was reported as maybe 3500 msl alitudes and 2-3 kts lift. Seems most headed South to…