Dashing downwind
On Thursday, February 25, 2016 at 2:38:49 PM UTC-5, Chris Snyder wrote:
On Thursday, February 25, 2016 at 11:35:36 AM UTC-5, Tony wrote:
Making a run southeast from Sunflower in Kansas. Hoping to launch at 11 central. Follow on SSA Tracker or glideport.aero
Newbie question: Downwind? Is this a one-way trip to maximize ground covered?
Yes, that's right. In the "ooooold" days when the hot ship was the 1-23 or K-6
it was the way to get the Gold Distance. Nowadays with higher performance
ships it can be a way to generate a multi-day retrieve!
Matt
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