My planning for the 21st leg of Alby’s journey began after my soaring buddy (and SoaringCafe.com partner) Bill Elliott trailered his JS1 Revelation to Sylacauga, Alabama on June 23rd and received custody of Alby from Eric Hey. Bill made sure Alby was comfortably tucked away in his JS1 and then soared to our home base at Moontown Airport (3M5) near Huntsville, Alabama.
I’m writing this from my house late Saturday night, after getting back late from the gliderport for cat-sitting duties (the wife is out of town grand-kid sitting, so I have to feed/water/clean up after the cats). We had a reasonably successful practice day at CCSC today, but we had at least one landout due to…
Well, the camp is over, and Day 5 was the best soaring day of them all. We had Q’s in all directions, with good climbs to over 5000′ msl. For Group 1, today consisting of John Mittell (BZ, ASW-27), Glen Betzoldt (W, D2A), Rick Hoffman (SP, ASW-27) and Dan Reagan (MK, 304CZ), I called a…
As I write this in my Micro-Castle at 9:50 pm before hitting the hay, Day 3 is in the bag here, and I’m actually beginning to believe I may have at least temporarily shaken the bad weather gremlin that has been following me around from contest to contest. We had a rain/Condor day on Day…
Friday, yesterday, and today glider trailers from as far away as New England, Florida, Alabama, and Texas have been arriving at CCSC near Waynesville, Ohio to participate in the 2012 CCSC XC Camp. A few arrived as early as Friday evening, and in fact John Mittell (BZ) arrived early enough Friday evening to call me…
This is my second contest and both were nothing short of OUTSTANDING. It is easy to see why Perry is such a favorite among so many pilots. One gent, Pete Alexander, came from California. There was a strong contingent of our friends from north of the border, representing Ontario Canada. There were 89 registered for 65 slots. Rhonda and Al Tyler were great hosts and let no effort get in their way to provide a fantastic soaring event.
Well friends, another no fly but we did get to assemble and grid our gliders. By noon we had all 65 sailplanes on the west end of the runway ready to go. Anticipating a less than booming day, all of the tasks were shorter than normal . After about 2 hrs, our CD, Ray Galloway called…
Robin Clark caught Frank with his signature smile a few days ago in front of the now famous “Micro-castle”. First, I need to let everyone know that our friend Frank Paynter had to leave the contest this morning. I went to the cook shack this morning to begin my morning routine. On arrival, I saw…
I think you all know by now that we did not fly today at Perry. We woke up to low clouds and it got worse later. Weather aside, we had the pilots’ meeting per the schedule and it included a WX brief that confirmed our collective wisdom…. NO flying today. One simple guide for us…
Another great day of soaring here at Seminole, with winning speeds well north of 70mph raw. The task was south to 01 Alturas, then west to 22 Myakka Head, then east to Sebring, then home. Weather was just gorgeous everywhere, and the potential for overdevelopment or blowups didn’t materialize. I had an extremely slow first…
