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March 17 – Day 6 at the Seniors

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

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…

Seniors Championship Day 4

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 – Day 2 at the 2012 Seniors

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…