Well friends, another no fly but we did get to assemble and grid our gliders. By noon we had all 65 sailplanes on the west end of the runway ready to go. Anticipating a less than booming day, all of the tasks were shorter than normal . After about 2 hrs, our CD, Ray Galloway called…
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March 17 at Seminole – A Nugget’s View of the Seniors
by Bill Elliott •
Today closes out a very good Seniors. It was undoubtedly the best flying I have had in gliders. Florin and Andrea did a fantastic job running the Seniors. John Goode was excellent as the Contest Director. He put together some great tasks that challenge us. As for today, I finally beat Doug Jacobs across the finish gate; of course I was in the front seat of MP, his ride for the contest.
March 17 – Day 6 at the Seniors
by Bill Elliott •
Today was the last day of the 2012 (22nd) Seniors contest, and we had another great day (although not quite as great as we thought) of soaring. The task for the last day of the Seniors is traditionally a ‘banquet’ task – usually a deliberate undercall designed to get everyone back home early so they…
March 16 – Day 5 at the Seniors
by Bill Elliott •
Another great day of soaring here at Seminole, with winning speeds well north of 70mph raw. The task was south to 01 Alturas, then west to 22 Myakka Head, then east to Sebring, then home. Weather was just gorgeous everywhere, and the potential for overdevelopment or blowups didn’t materialize. I had an extremely slow first…
March 15 – Day 4 at the Seniors
by Bill Elliott •
Well, we had a very interesting day today. I didn’t do all that well, but I can at least tell myself that I didn’t entirely crumple under the weight of an early screwup. We had the usual morning meeting, complete with Doug Jacobs (DJ, flying John Good’s Duo Discus) telling us how he had killed…
March 14 – Day 3 at the Seniors
by Bill Elliott •
Another great day at the Seniors, with more good weather predicted for the rest of the week. Today the forecast was for poor conditions to the north, but great conditions down south. Predicted 4000-4500′ cloud bases with wind from east-northeast at around 10kt. XC skies showed lift values in the 600-700 fpm range down in…
