A cold front passed by overnight, and it’s slightly cooler and calm this morning. Our task is a TAT white pine peak (25) table mountain (20) min time 3 hours. It should be similar to yesterday, blue, but less wind to chop up the lift. More soon!
Susan
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Practice Day 2 at Parowan
by Bill Elliott •
We took the day off, seeing the forecast as fairly challenging, hot & blue with tricky winds. And hey, ey has struggled at parowan before – he doesn’t need that kind of practice! Somewho did fly reported that it was indeed hard work. We had a few landouts. Everyone attended the welcome dinner & safety meeting. The tasty bbq was provided by Jeff & Jane, the local bbq purveyors. Getting ready for
Legends of Soaring
by Bill Elliott •
The legends of soaring. They are just like us. They spend the afternoon involved in maintenance. Doug Jacobs & Karl Striedieck having fun?
Practice Day 1 at Parowan
by Bill Elliott •
Steady winds all day, reports of good lift. The practice task seemed to be a good call – all in the blue, but good climbs and good ridges to run.
It’s definitely very dry and very bright slash sunny here. It’s that searing rocky mountain sun and clear…
Susan’s World of Sailplane Racing 2012-06-18 12:34:00
by Bill Elliott •
Typical Parowan grid on rwy 22 – lots of pushing up!
Susan’s World of Sailplane Racing 2012-06-18 12:33:00
by Bill Elliott •
Practice day 1 ey
Pre-Contest at Parowan 2012
by Bill Elliott •
Greetings from the Parowan, Utah airport! Having arrived among the early birds on Friday, it has been fun to see so many friends roll in over the weekend. This Sports Class Nationals includes one world champion (Doug Jacobs) and many legendary pilots, …
Last day at 15 Meter Nats
by Bill Elliott •
The fleet is almost lauched – 3,000 foot tows. Looks like a weaker day…who do you think will win? The scoresheet has certainly been shaken up alot during this contest.
15 Meter Nationals Tuesday update
by Bill Elliott •
Just heard that the weather looks excellent today, with cu popping in all quadrants of the task area. Pilots will be "treated" to a 4 hour Turn Area Task of Thompson (30 mile radius), Salt River Pass (30 mile radius), Downey (28 mile radius). This will let them get a good view of Grand Teton, should they head deep enough into that TP. Distances: Minimum 177, Nominal 288, Max 443 miles
With all
15 Meter Nats Day 5
by Bill Elliott •
So, I spent day 5 flying well above 18,000 ft. myself, but I was aboard a Canadair Regional Jet reading a book while heading back to DFW, aka 105 degree land. Such altitudes were generally not in the cards for most of the 15 meter competitors, who unfo…
