Dashing downwind

On 2/26/2016 8:58 PM, Chris Snyder wrote:
On Friday, February 26, 2016 at 7:41:16 PM UTC-5, BobW wrote:
On 2/26/2016 6:36 AM, Chris Snyder wrote:
On Thursday, February 25, 2016 at 5:25:33 PM UTC-5, Tony wrote:
Made it to declared goal of Talihina, OK with not much trouble. Spent
a little more time below 5500 msl than I'd have liked in the last 40
miles there.


Truly amazing! That's farther than I ever flew in a POWERED airplane.

Thank you all for explaining. There's a lot to learn in this sport!

We're forecast to get 5k' in Central Virginia on Saturday. Maybe I
should give this "downwind dash" a try in the club 2-33.


Here, now - don't be dissing the 2-33! The first guy in the world to ever
soar farther than 1000km, got his Gold distance and Diamond goal in the
2-33's predecessor, the 2-22. (Exceeded 200 miles! Vulgar downwind dash!
A claimed 17:1 [on a good day?].) Guy by the name of Al Parker - you can
read all about some of his more major exploits in "Soaring" mag's
archives (great resource for SSA members!).

Bob W.

Wow, that does deserve respect! I meant no slight to the venerable 2-33.
I was however being a little tongue-in-cheek since it seems like it could
be a beast to retrieve and I'm still only a solo student.

The TopMetro forecast is still looking good for tomorrow, so fingers
crossed that I can find some lift.

"Roger that," on the tongue-in-cheek bit, and, "Likewise, of course." And
having once "Schweizer open-trailer retrieved" a 2-33 landed out by someone at
your present stage of things, it wasn't so bad! It did require the "properly
requisite number of helpers" to avoid being dangerous to both participants and
the ship, though! More Great Fun...when done in suitable moderation! Like a
1-26, but (if possible) more so, from a parts-count perspective.

Bob W.