Well, I almost forgot to say goodbye. The contest is over, the vacation spent, and I’m back to work. But there were some activities that I haven’t reported on, so I should say my proper goodbyes. The brunch and awards activities started at 10:00 with plenty of good food provided again by Gary Lipscombe. Not…
By Jim Sprandel and Ondreya Witmer. Today seemed sadly different to me when I pulled into the airport in the early hours. Knowing that there wasn’t enough time left in the competition and there wasn’t going to be a Championship this year at Kendallville. However, not having a Contest Day doesn’t mean you can’t have…
Hello everyone. Well….the gods of weather just simply will not be kind to us. When I got up this morning I of coarse stuck my head outside first thing and looked at the sky. No clouds…clear blue sky. Is it possible? Could it be? Always the eternal optimist! I believed we just might be able…
Well folks… The day just wouldn’t give us what we needed to get into the air. At the 10:30 pilot meeting it was decided to have another meeting outside at the big hangar later at 12:00 to take a better look at the sky. At 12:00 we moved the meeting on forward to 1:00. At…
Check out all the news here and see all the photos here. Once again the weather has had everyone wondering if we’re going to catch a break. The morning report didn’t look good but the unshakable optimism of contest pilots never ceases to impress me. At the morning pilots meeting our CD Jerry Steffen called…
Check out all the news here and see all the photos here. Well, we seem to be talking a lot about the weather. Mostly it’s bad. Today it was bad again. The morning was overcast with no real hope of getting better. CD Jerry Steffen filled everyone in at the pilot meeting and called the…
Check out all the news here and see all the photos here. Don’t know what it takes to get a contest day yet, but I know what it takes to get the PW5’s and the 126’s in the air: Three tow planes and they’re ready to go, the weather doesn’t seem to much matter! Today…
May 31, 2011. Another practice day today as everyone gets dialed in for a contest. We had sun for the morning and afternoon and temps up to 90°. As the morning progressed the winds picked up and by noon we were seeing 13kts out of the SW and gusts to 25. The first “official” pilots…
May 30, 2011. Once again, the weather was the big thing today. Only this time, it was all for the better. As more contestants arrived and started putting their ships together the temps just kept climbing and we actually got to see some blue sky and sunshine. Totally ignoring common sense and experience, I didn’t…
May 29, 2011. It was arrival day at C62 Kendallville for the 1-26/PW5 contest and as seems to be the case up here in Indiana, the weather was the big issue. We’ve had rain, rain, and more rain up here. Getting the grass cut and ready for the contest has been a tremendous challenge. It…
