Today’s soaring weather was a mix of clouds and great big open blue spaces. 15/18m had a 2.5hr 4-turn TAT – north to Perry, then south to infamous sinkhole Fitzgerald, then back north to Montezuma, then east to Pineview, then home. Sports had a 2.5hr 3-turn TAT – south to Sylvester, then east to (gag wheeze puke)…
Tag Archive for 2011 Region 5 South Cordele
Day 5 at Cordele (regional)
by Bill Elliott •
Today dawned just like all the other days here at Cordele. I never thought I would get used to great soaring weather, but it has happened! Clear skies, hot weather, dead grass on the field, just like yesterday ;-). At the morning meeting today, Chip Garner gave the winner’s talk for the Std Class Nationals,…
Day 4 at Cordele regional
by Bill Elliott •
NEWS FLASH!!!! Micro-castle under attack by six-legged aliens! Humanity fighting back vigorously, but issue still in doubt! Will the aliens overrun the castle? Stay tuned! OK, so the ‘six-legged aliens’ are actually just ants, and ‘humanity’ is just little ol’ me, but it does make a catchy headline ;-). Tonight I was sitting at my…
Day 3 at Cordele (regional)
by Bill Elliott •
Today dawned nice and clear, so I didn’t have to worry about being lynched at the airport. The popular forecast was, you guessed it – HOT and sunny. At the morning meeting, I gave the safety talk on how to successfully un-ass a damaged glider and hit the silk (well, ripstop nylon these days, but…
Day 2 at Cordele (regional)
by Bill Elliott •
When I looked out the window of the micro-castle this morning at o-dark-thirty (actually 0630) as I got ready to go to the field, I saw a completely overcast sky with very low clouds. Uh-Oh, the bad weather must have followed me from Ionia, and now the Cordele contestants are going to want my hide!…
Day 6 at Chilhowee
by Bill Elliott •
Today’s weather report was “If you liked yesterday, you’ll love today!”. Hot (in the 90’s) with light winds from the southwest, cloudbases to 5000’msl. Sound familiar? The CD gave us a break (sort of) and called a 3hr MAT with 3 assigned turns – Sugarloaf just on the south end of the Chilhowee ridge, Rostex…