A regional soaring race, as viewed by a contest tow pilot flying an A-9 CallAir, a.k.a “Sparrow Commander.” Perry, SC, Region 5 North 2012. Enjoy!
[Video] A Fine Week of Towing
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Contrails and Smoke
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A beautiful photo
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Finishing at Montague
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Quintus Dumping Water
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This morning Tilo Holinghaus sent me a nice thank-you note with this picture of the Quintus dumping. Looks like my new water-dump system is working ;-) Note 5 dumps per wing and two (three ?) dumps in the tail. Quintus is the successor to the Nimbus 4. Lange builds the 23-meter wing for the Quintus…
Burt Compton’s Schleicher ASK-13 on tow at Harris Hill at the 2009 IVSM
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Burt is off to the International Vintage Sailplane Meet on Harris Hill near Elmira. NY, June 30 – July 7, with my restored ASK-13. Visit Burt in Marfa for some truly fantastic flying and great service! Marfa Gliders Soaring Center Marfa, Texas
Mifflin Morale Pass
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This needed to be posted somewhere just to thank the aircrew that boosted our spirits at Mifflin during a tough 15-meter Nationals. The landing lights lined up on the centerline for a straight-in approach at what seemed like 20 miles out. A corporate jet had done the same in the morning and landed, but this…
Flying with the Concordia
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I had the extreme pleasure of flying with Dick Butler today along side his new Concordia. His new ship is absolutely gorgeous! The weather was fabulous with a 6,000′ cloudbase, 5 kt lift and nice streets. Ted Beckwith gave us a tow and we were off flying in the local area while DB flies off…
Sky and Earth
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Just an early spring flight to get back into the swing of things, very weak climbs, with the airfield shown being Lasham, UK.
Slice of Spain
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Took this just south of the airfield at Santa Cilia, tracking south and exploring a post frontal sky. Fairly straight forward mostly for the first hour or so, with us able to hook onto a CuNim later in the day after a bit of shower dodging.
