And the Racing continues Race Fans with another day at the office. Bif Huss H7 office that is. Let the big dog eat… and eat he does with another win at 74+mph around Cordele Downs. He whips Guest Baude Litt LBL by 2mph and throws his crop at the cowboy from New Mexico , Chip…
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Day 7 at the Standard Class Nationals
by Bill Elliott •
Hellooooooooooo Race fans…. The weather today was showing on all the indicators to be great and the CD went with a 4 hr , 337 mile TAT. The task area was a lot more blue than yesterday that would require everyone to work a little harder. Cloud bases would start out around 6k rising to…
Day 6 at the Standard Class Nationals (Uvalde East)
by Bill Elliott •
Well Race Fans……. Today the CD and Task Advisor got into a world of sink. “UNDERCALL UNDERCALL!!!!! Who do I complain to??? I could do a better job if I felt like volunteering!!!!! UNDERCALLLLLLLLLlllllllllooooo…….! It’s all we heard at the finnsh. That’s right……the CD and I were betting that the 1degree spread needed to send the…
Day 5 at the Standard Class Nationals
by Bill Elliott •
Greetings…… The weather was forecast to be good with strong possibilities of areas of blue sky. Reason….it is so dry above 7-8000′, the thermals push the clouds into the dry air to evaporate/disappear. A 238 miles Assigned Task NE to McCrea W to Montezuma SE to Tifton and home via a steering turn Rochelle was called. With the…
Day 4 at the Standard Class Nationals
by Bill Elliott •
Hello everyone… Well, today was my day to be stomped on ……mainly by myself..but first lets go with the good stuff. An AT was called going south to Moultry, NE to Vidalia and home west to the finish for 255 miles. To some the wx. was perfect to great Phil Gaisford (PG) clocking in over 74…
Day 3 at the Standard Class Nationals
by Bill Elliott •
Hello everyone, The weather continues to be great with 8+ kts thermals to 7000′ bases. The conditions are becoming a little trickier with many pilots frustrated with dishonest clouds. A few blue holes had to be dealt with and timing upset more than a few. A 3.5 TAT was called and everyone started quickly after…
Day 2 at the Standard Class Nationals
by Bill Elliott •
Hello everyone, TA will be leaving Cordele on Saturday and I have been ask to fill in. With such tight scores, this year could give us a bit of excitement. HOT DRY are the conditions with great soaring expected throughout the week and beyond. Sorry about the late post but today CD Galloway called what…
