Contest Website | Contestants | Scores | SPOT Tracking When I first got here at Logan, I had a very interesting conversation with a fellow Condor pilot (and very good western soaring pilot) David Leonard (ZL), who told me that he expected major ups and downs in the score sheet over the course of the 15m nationals here because the Logan…
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15m Nationals–A Note from Ken Sorenson
by Bill Elliott •
Editor’s note: There have been several conversations in the blogosphere regarding the recent decision by the contest organizers at the 15m Nationals in Logan, UT to request the removal of several contest reports from the SSA website. Soaring Cafe was asked to post this note by the SSA Contest Committee Chairman to help clear the…
Monday July 25 Loagn
by Bill Elliott •
Day 5 at Logan 15m Nationals
by Bill Elliott •
Contest Website | Contestants | Scores | SPOT Tracking Wow, what an interesting contest day today. This morning when Mark and I were poring over the weather forecasts, we were seeing 15-17,000 msl cloudbases, 5-7kt lift values, and a good chance of cumulus, and this was later supported by Mike the Strike’s weather forecast at the 10am meeting. Consequently there was…
July 24, 2011 Logan Update
by Bill Elliott •
Quick update at 9pm MDT from Logan. TOUGH DAY! Weather forecast and models were showing good soaring throughout the tasking area. 4 TP task for 4:00 was called with nominal distance at 306 miles. Day started slow due to no wind and inversion but we could see the teasing clouds to the east, north and…
No fly day for 15m nats, Day 5 for Regionals
by Bill Elliott •
I have been asked by the contest management here at Logan to stop posting my reports on the official SSA site, so henceforth these reports will be available only on SoaringCafe.com. Apparently I was using the ‘U’ (Unlandable) word a little too often for their taste. I freely admit that a lot of the areas…
Day 4 at Logan
by Bill Elliott •
Contest Website | Contestants | Scores | SPOT Tracking After getting to bed last night after midnight, my crew Mark Hawkins and I ‘slept in’ until 7:30 this morning. I for one really needed the sleep, as the schedule here at Logan is extremely hectic. The combination of a 12:30pm grid, followed by a typically late launch around 2pm, followed by…
Day 3 at Logan – wow!
by Bill Elliott •
Contest Website | Contestants | Scores | SPOT Tracking I’m writing this the following morning, as the days run so long here that it is almost impossible to get everything done, get some food, and get to bed before midnight. The way things are going here, we’re going to remember the 15m nats more as a survival/endurance contest than a flying…
Day 2 at Logan
by Bill Elliott •
Contest Website | Contestants | Scores | SPOT Tracking First, apologies to all for writing this the morning after, but Mark Hawkins (of Hawke Tracking fame and my crew for this contest) had to run out after I landed and pick Dennis Linnekin (DL) out of a hayfield north of Preston (about 25m north of Logan). Dennis made a real nice…
Day 1 at Logan
by Bill Elliott •
Contest Website | Contestants | Scores | SPOT Tracking This morning when I looked out the window of the micro-castle, I saw pretty much the same weather we had yesterday that resulted in a no-fly day. However, at the morning meeting Mike the Strike was optimistic that today’s weather would be much better, and the OD problem from yesterday would not…
