Contest Website (15/18m) Contestants (15/18m) Contestants (Open Nationals) SPOT Tracking I’m writing this from the McDonald’s in Uvalde on the morning of August 15. The 2011 Uvalde pre-worlds is over, and I’m getting ready to pack out and head for Llano. We had an amazing run of great soaring weather here, and some fantastic flying by our current…
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Uvalde Weather, Friday and Saturday
by Bill Elliott •
Friday’s Weather Briefing Uvalde Weather, Day 7, Fri 12 Aug 2011 View more presentations from Glider Pilot Saturday’s Weather Briefing Uvalde Weather, Day 8, Sat 13 Aug 2011 View more presentations from Glider Pilot
Day 7 at Uvalde
by Bill Elliott •
Contest Website (15/18m) Contestants (15/18m) Contestants (Open Nationals) SPOT Tracking The morning assembly and ballasting routine was almost pleasant this morning – temps in the 70’s and enough of an overcast to keep the sun from melting everything as soon as it cleared the horizon. However, by morning meeting time it was evident that we had a problem…
Day 6 at Uvalde
by Bill Elliott •
Contest Website (15/18m) Contestants (15/18m) Contestants (Open Nationals) SPOT Tracking Well, this isn’ t going to be much of a post tonight, as I have to go back to the micro-castle soon and sharpen the knives I plan to use later for my ritual suicide. However, since I only have plastic cutlery, I suspect this will work about…
TEX has a New Strategy
by Bill Elliott •
Mark Huffstutler (TEX) has a new strategy. He has mounted 50 cal machine guns on his ASH-25 and he does know to use them. Watch out SS, DB and W he will be taking the lead today if he finds you out on course!
Day 4 at Uvalde
by Bill Elliott •
Contest Website (15/18m) Contestants (15/18m) Contestants (Open Nationals) SPOT Tracking Well, I *think* it was day 4 today. Actually I’m very sure today was day 4, because I mistakenly gridded up my glider on the Day 5 spot today, and was roundly booed by the assembled multitudes – bummer. Up at the crack of dawn – nice overcast,…
Day 3 at Uvalde
by Bill Elliott •
Contest Website (15/18m) Contestants (15/18m) Contestants (Open Nationals) SPOT Tracking Today was a fun, but hard day of flying. The weather forecast was for ‘a little softer than yesterday (yesterday was a classic Uvalde day), with less cu’s’. Well, as it turned out it was a LOT softer than yesterday, and the cu’s were literally few and far…
Day 2 at Uvalde
by Bill Elliott •
Contest Website (15/18m) Contestants (15/18m) Contestants (Open Nationals) SPOT Tracking Woke up this morning in the micro-castle at 0645 – yuk! (have to get out early and assemble, water, and grid before the sun gets too high and starts to melt everything). No clouds, so I thought we were going to be forced to deal with another blue…
