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U.S. Senior Nationals Pilots’ Meeting Panorama
by Bill Elliott •
March 16 at Seminole – A Nugget’s View of the Seniors
by Bill Elliott •
It just keeps getting better and better; the weather that is. Frank gives me more credit for improving than I deserve. My thermal skills still suck swamp water. On a day that produced speeds of 70 mph, I had too many 2 and 3 kt thermals. I found myself moving around under some pretty big…
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 at Seminole – A Nugget’s View of the Seniors
by Bill Elliott •
Day 4 has topped all previous days, in my view. Today, I was in the back of the grid, per normal rotation and the launch was as good as all of the others. Having said that, I do not take that for granted because it is hard work for the ground crews, Seminole Lake management…
March 14 at Seminole – A Nugget’s View of the Seniors
by Bill Elliott •
Day 3 was the best so far. Today I was in position 3 on the grid. I might explain here that a glider’s position in the grid changes each day so that over the contest period, all pilots move I might explain here that a glider’s position in the grid changes each day so that…
Seniors Championship Day 4
by Bill Elliott •
Sitting in front of my computer in the SLG office waiting for the guys to return, hopefully all of them, as yesterday. It is the third day of flying, wonderful weather and the pilots just voted against a day off, they just want to keep flying, as we are looking at good weather for the…
March 13 at Seminole – A Nugget’s View of the Seniors
by Bill Elliott •
Day 2 was better still and so did I, as compared to my own performance. That said, the field did even better and so I slipped in my daily standings but improved my overall standing. It was a fun flight and I learned a lot from the day. Frank Paynter took a lot of time…
March 13 – Day 2 at the 2012 Seniors
by Bill Elliott •
Another fine day of soaring in central Florida today. The forecast was for lighter winds from the east-southeast, with cumulus and a very small chance of some spreadout later in the day. By grid time we were looking at scattered clouds with nicely defined bottoms, and some indications of streeting. Sniffer Dave Nadler (YO) motored…