At least my pilot made it home! Chili dinner at the hangar in mifflin. Thanks to Joanie and all of the cooks! It’s the volunteers who make Mifflin so special.
Chili dinner
by Bill Elliott •
Tag Archive for 2012 US Sports Class Nationals
Cold and cloudy
by Bill Elliott •
Waiting for folks to return. Clouds have covered the area as predicted. It’s cold and windy right now. A few are back having bailed on the task. A few are landed out. Chili dinner tonight. I think those who make it back will definitely need that, plus …
Day 2 complete
by Bill Elliott •
Most made it home today. Now it’s very cold. Around freezing tonight. So we will see what knid of weather we get tomorrow. Definitely hat coat and gloves time!
Day 2 at mifflin
by Bill Elliott •
Windy and colder today. We are expecting a frost tonight! The pilots reported that yesterday was rough, as in bumpy, with lots of folks being jostled around in the cockpit. For Tim, this led to applesauce on the left wing when a pouch of gogo squeeze g…
Day 1 meeting
by Bill Elliott •
Uncle Hank giving a safety talk about how to safely "fall off" the ridge. Everyone is ready for day 1 to begin. Its windy out of the nw, shifting to more westerly later on.
Making our way to Mifflin County
by Bill Elliott •
As our family makes the "hard shift" from rowing coaching season to soaring season, we are excited about returning to Mifflin County Airport in central Pennsylvania for the Sports Class Nationals. Practice Days are May 10-11 and the contest runs May 12-21.
If you have never been to Mifflin, you are certainly missing out! Not only is the ridge flying superb, but the people, scenery, and
Results
by Bill Elliott •
Overall places
1st Doug Jacobs
2nd Sean franke
3rd Karl striedieck
Most are home
by Bill Elliott •
Just waiting for the scores. Pilots seem happy with the day. Enjoying the feeling of accomplishment at completing a nationals. And I never went on a retrieve! More soon,
Susan
Final contest day underway
by Bill Elliott •
I have emerged from the cloud of dust at the end of runway 22 on the last contest day. The task is a TAT Salinas (30) Wayne (15) bryce (25) beaver (19) we shall see how the scores shake out at the end of the day.
Leigh takes to the skies in Parowan
by Bill Elliott •
I got the opportunity yesterday to take an early morning flight in parts of the southern task area of the contest and take a few pix to share. Think about 40 plus gliders flying over the terrain that you see in this post. We are headed toward Zion Canyon. The geology of the Zion and…
