Today is the beginning of the Region 5 North contest. There are about 65 gliders launching each of the 6 days. This day, the launch began at 12:30 and all gliders were airborne in just over an hour. The operations officer, Larry Travers says, he wants to launch one per minute. I thought they did…
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April 14 at Perry – A Nugget’s View of the Region 5 North
by Bill Elliott •
As in my series about “The Seniors” at Seminole Lake, I plan to give you a first-hand look at competition soaring from the point of view of a newcomer, or in my Navy terms, a “Nugget”. This series comes from Perry, SC, home of the premier U. S. soaring event, R5N, as it is known among…