Ok Jay... you need to move???

Last Day of March.. departed about 3pm with a two thousand foot AGL tow.
Soared up to 10K MSL, about 7K AGL and traveled to a remote town 12 miles
away and returned.
Not a straight route.. almost a circle hitting points to the right of course
in each direction.
Landed 1 hr and 10 minutes later back at the starting airport. I could have
stayed up longer but someone was waiting for the glider.

Yes.. in a glider... but Jay knew that... low performance Schweizer 1-26D,
built in the late 1970s, 13meter, 23/1 L/d, climbing on average about
400-500fpm at 40-45mph and straight glides between 55-60mph.. except for the
return trip. Enough altitude to fly at 70-80mph and still get back.

Bill

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
What a period of weather! We've been forced to cancel 5 scenic
airplane rides in a row, over the last week, due to high winds, low
ceilings, and bad visibility.

Needless to say, we've had a lot of disappointed couples who were
really looking forward to a romantic sunset ride over the city. In
some cases, it was to have been their first airplane ride. And, of
course, issuing refunds on a service that we sell "at cost" is always
painful. (The credit card companies get us both ways, going in and
coming out...)

I'm starting to understand why we're the only hotel in America that
sells airplane rides. No one else is dumb enough to do it!

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"