We got in another day at Perry today, but I’m still waiting for a real ‘Perry Day’.  The good news for today was we had clouds.  The bad news was, we also had wind – lots of wind, and we had a high cirrus layer that came in later in the day and pretty much…

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Today started out as a ‘Groundhog Day’ day – doing everything the same as yesterday, and for a while it looked like we were going to get the same result – but that’s a different story ;-). Got up, assembled, watered up (why in the world do I keep putting all this water into my…

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Well, the first possible contest day at Perry started not with a bang, but a whimper.  The wind was not quite howling, but was brisk and cold this morning while we assembled and watered up.  I remarked that it was so cold that I thought I was back in Florida at the recent Seniors contest.…

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I’m writing this from my Micro Castle at about 9pm, after the traditional burgers and beans welcome dinner here at Perry.  Along with the burgers and beans comes a particularly potent brand of beer from the beer truck, so I’m pretty well snockered as I write this (I’m a pretty cheap drunk, so it doesn’t…

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No flying today – a big front was scheduled to come through in the late afternoon, and the weather preceding it wasn’t flyable either.  Most of us did chores and/or sat around BS’ing.  I went in to Aiken looking for a solution to my wing wheel problem.  Seems my tire has developed a large split,…

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John Mittel (BZ) and I have gotten in two good pair-flying tasks this week, but we are sitting on the ground today after an unsuccessful attempt to get a day in.  The airmass was just too active today, so each time the clouds started popping, they just went right on up until rain started coming…

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