Yes, tongue firmly in cheek!

But at 6,000 feet AGL, you are probably in gliding range of half a dozen
other gliderports with lots of nice fields in which to to land on the way.
And it's easier to find good beer.

Mike

"Markus Gayda" wrote in message
...
Michael Stringfellow wrote:
I'm not going to submit anywhere in Arizona as a candidate for "Best
Soaring
Site". At least down here in the Phoenix area, we can only soar
reliably
for about nine months of the year. Soaring conditions are a bit spotty
from
November through January (we only made about 100 miles cross-country
last
Saturday, with cloudbase down low at 8,500 feet - and it was cold, only
72
degrees at the field). When it does warm up, the thermals are big,
strong
and nasty. Kind of like flying in surf!

And when you turn up at the field to soar, they make you race!

Soaring is hell here!

Mike the Strike

ASW 20 WA


eheh... Mike... did you forget the [sarcasm ON] tag in you message?

8500 feet.... holy cow... and ONLY nine months.

Here in Germany we are lucky to get 6000feet AGL cloud base and 6 months
a year for soaring.... :-)

you are a lucky pilot... (especially when you own a ASW20)

CU
Markus