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Old May 5th 17, 12:54 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Tony[_5_]
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Default Down wind dash

Here's the current OLC Link. This is the file from IGCDroid on my phone so the altitude is goofy. http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...tId=-691876141

It rained over an inch at the glider club and for the first 100 miles of the files the night before. We were a little worried about that of course but as soon as the cu popped we were off and climbing with no trouble.

Once out of the rain area we had trouble! I got down to 1100 AGL but hooked a 4 knot climbs which kept me.moving. I was running out ahead of Mitch and Mike. They flew their Discii dry while I watered up my Cirrus in an attempt for us to stay together.

Once we crossed the red River the soaring got better. The clouds were more honest, we were bumping well, and it was pretty easy going to our declared turnpoint at Weatherford.

At that point Mike peeled off to do his turnpoints for his 750km flight. He had to work Friday morning so cut it short to land at home.

Mitch and I joined up near Lake Whitney and flew the rest of the way side by side. This was perfect timing as the day was starting to die. Cu were thinning while we tried to figure out how to get to our declared goal at Giddings. We got there without much trouble. Then Mitch searched and found us a weak climb coming off town. This got us high enough to make LaGrange!

John and KC decided to get a head start and left Wichita with my trailer at 8:30 am. Confidence! They were at the airport in Giddings when I flew over..

It was so much fun to have friends along for one of these dashes. Still need just a little better day (or glider) to make 1000km and the ultimate goal of the Gulf of Mexico!
 




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