Nick, ST – Day 11, 16 AugA late starting day with slowly rising cloudbase is the prediction. 2-3 knots to 5500′ in the blue is what I find after release.I sample lift in a few gaggles, but find nothing much, and gliders are milling around waiting for t…
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Dave’s Day 11
by Bill Elliott •
Today, it was expected that convection would start late and finish somewhat early so we had a relatively short 3:30 area task. The 18 m class was second on the grid, and our gate opened around 3 pm. With an expected end of convection before…
Nick’s day 10.
by Bill Elliott •
Nick, ST – Day 10, 15 AugThe weatherman predicts a blue day, but the sky is full of CUs. Mind you they are not working very well. I usually go exploring between release and the start gate opening to figure out what conditions are like and today I find …
Dave’s Day 10
by Bill Elliott •
The weather today was a mix of cu and blue conditions on different parts of the course. The first three and a half legs were in the cu, then we transitioned into the blue, and then on the final glide back into the cu again. Jerzy and I flew…
Nick’s Day 9.
by Bill Elliott •
Nick, ST – Day 9, 14 AugAnother long and challenging day. Few Cus to start and slow at improving. Very few Cus on the first leg, with the first turn under cirrus. It was best to wait a while for the area to fill in. When I got good height, 7000′,…
XG Day 9 -Canadian Day
by Bill Elliott •
Today we had very fast task, any waste of time was very expensive.
I was able to start late and pass early starters and win a day,
finishing first with the highest speed of 153.5 km/h.
Jerzy XG
Dave’s Day 9
by Bill Elliott •
Today we had a 581 km racing task. Our task was changed on the grid because the initial task ran too far south and would have been under the influence of a deck of high cloud, and then ran too far north where we would have been in an area that re…
Dave’s Day 8
by Bill Elliott •
As Jerzy said, the question today was whether or not to gamble on the approaching thunderstorms. I decided not to gamble and left early. In hindsight, it was not the fastest option for the day. The winner in our class took the gamble …
XG day 8
by Bill Elliott •
Maria was brave enough and took helicopter flight to get picture of 15M and 18M gliders grid. Today we had possibility of thunderstorms arriving in Uvalde after 4:30PM One strategy was to start early and finish safely before thunderstorm arrival ,o…
Nick’s day 8.
by Bill Elliott •
Nick, ST – Day 8, 13 AugThe weatherman predicted a slow starting day and thunderstorms for 5PM to the north of Uvalde with a possible gust front for the return landing. A short 2:15 hour area task is set. So what do you do when the start gate opens at …
