Today is the beginning of the Region 5 North contest. There are about 65 gliders launching each of the 6 days. This day, the launch began at 12:30 and all gliders were airborne in just over an hour. The operations officer, Larry Travers says, he wants to launch one per minute. I thought they did…
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Day 1 at the Perry (R5N) regional contest
by Bill Elliott •
Day 1 at Perry is in the bag, and it was a good one. 60+ pilots gridded up and launched in little more than an hour, and four classes headed out on course, and almost all of them got back home again. At the morning meeting weather guy Scott Fletcher (SF) was right on…
Sunday April 15 at Perry (Region 5 North) – 2nd Official Practice Day
by Bill Elliott •
Well, some things just don’t turn out the way you expect, and that was certainly true for today. The weather forecast called for 4000-5000′, decent thermal strengths, and maybe some chance of Q’s. What actually happened was low, wide Q’s with lots of spreadout, and an overcast layer above. There was just enough lift to…
U.S. Region 5 North (Perry) Contest
by Bill Elliott •
Today was the first of two ‘official’ practice days (otherwise known as practice day 6 for those of us fortunate to have arrived a week early!). The weather forecast was again for mostly blue with top-of-lift in the 5000′ range and winds from the south at 10-15kt. An informal task was called taking us east-southeast…
Practice Week at Perry, SC (U.S. Region 5 North)
by Bill Elliott •
Today is Saturday, March 14, the start of two ‘official’ practice days here at Perry. However, some of us have been fortunate to get down here a little earlier, and enjoyed more like a practice week than a practice weekend. Perry is typically the largest contest of the year, by a fair margin. Where other…
