Well, the Region 3 contest is over, and what a contest. We flew 6 out of a possible 7 days, and every flying day was great! Helga Gertson (the late Kai Gertson’s wife) who was the registrar for the contest, told me that in all the 40 or so years she and Kai flew the…
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Day 5 at Dansville (Region 3)
by Bill Elliott •
Another great day here at the Region 3 contest in Dansville, NY, with every expectation that we’ll have another great day tomorrow. Today started out slow, and I had the honor of being one of two sniffers sent up to sample conditions before the launch. Because I was quicker on the draw, I chose to…
Day 4 at Dansville (Region 3)
by Bill Elliott •
The weather here just keeps getting better and better – today was forecast to have just moderate thermal strengths, and was progged to be mostly blue. What we got was 4-6kt thermals to 6000-7500′ msl, with cloud streets from horizon to horizon. Pilots came back with BIG smiles on their faces, and pretty decent speeds…
Dansville, (Region 3) Day 3
by Bill Elliott •
Today was another good soaring day at Dansville, and I’m happy to say that I had a MUCH better day today than yesterday – not that doing better than yesterday was all that hard. I think the doctors have now decided to remove me from the suicide watch, and I now have my…
Dansville Day 2 (Region 3)
by Bill Elliott •
Anyone want to buy a glider, cheap? I’m selling mine and getting out of the sport. Just when I was starting to think I had developed some skill at this game, along comes a day like today to show me how much I don’t know. Today was a great day for a lot of pilots,…
Rain day at Dansville (Region 3)
by Bill Elliott •
The weather today went from soup to nuts and then back again, but the end result was no flying and a cancelled day. The day started reasonably clear, with some hope of getting a short task in. By about 10:30-11:00 am there were some sort-of cumulus clouds on the high ground to the east, but…
Dansville NY (Region 3) Day 1
by Bill Elliott •
Well, I wouldn’t have given you a plugged nickle for the prospects of getting a soaring day in today, but in the end it turned out significantly better than yesterday. When I got up this morning and looked at the weather, the satellite loop showed a huge band of high clouds streaming up from the…
Practice Day at Dansville (Region 3)
by Bill Elliott •
As seems to be traditional for soaring contests, the soaring weather for practice day was pretty good, although not without its share of blemishes. Lots of beautiful looking clouds stretching out to the horizon, with cloud bases that started out around 5000 msl and later went to 6000 around Dansville, and to 7000further south around…
