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Old March 8th 15, 11:43 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Martin Gregorie[_5_]
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On Sun, 08 Mar 2015 15:29:15 -0700, herbkilian wrote:

On Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 12:46:40 PM UTC-5, Ramy wrote:
Around 120 miles final glides few times from the Sierras to Byron. From
18K to see level in dead air.

Ramy

Ramy takes the prize!
Can't beat that! Except maybe going from 18k to below sea level?
Anybody for a landing in Death Valley?


I flew a F1A towline model glider at the lowest point in Death Valley
with 60 seconds on the d/t timer and found a nice bump before launching.
It almost made it to MSL before the d/t popped and it came down. Does
that count?


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