Well, we had a very interesting day today. I didn’t do all that well, but I can at least tell myself that I didn’t entirely crumple under the weight of an early screwup. We had the usual morning meeting, complete with Doug Jacobs (DJ, flying John Good’s Duo Discus) telling us how he had killed…
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March 14 – Day 3 at the Seniors
by Bill Elliott •
Another great day at the Seniors, with more good weather predicted for the rest of the week. Today the forecast was for poor conditions to the north, but great conditions down south. Predicted 4000-4500′ cloud bases with wind from east-northeast at around 10kt. XC skies showed lift values in the 600-700 fpm range down in…
March 8 at Seminole
by Bill Elliott •
March 7 at Seminole – a very good (but short!) day
by Bill Elliott •
John Mittell (BZ) and I had a very good, but somewhat short soaring day today. Winds were strong again out of the east-southeast, and by 11 am we had Q’s and streeting visible. Thanks to John prying me away from a geek session with another pilot, we were off the ground a little after noon.…