Thoughts of snow and soaring safaris

On Wednesday, January 30, 2013 3:36:42 PM UTC-6, Dan Marotta wrote:
Seems you have to be logged on to the SSA website to read the story posted there. If you're interested and can't log on, it was posted several years ago in the Black Forest Soaring Society's newsletter, "Airworthy". Here are links to the two articles: Part 1: http://soarbfss.org/Airworthy/AirworthyFall2003.pdf (Starts on p. 13) Part 2: http://soarbfss.org/Airworthy/AirworthySpring2004.pdf (Starts on p. 16) I'm not planning to fly down wind. From Moriarty, NM, that would mean into the Texas Panhandle and on into Oklahoma or a bit north into Kansas. The mountains are to the north and run all the way to the Canadian border. I'm not looking for a record flight, only for a long day of fun! Dan, 5J On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 9:18:54 PM UTC-7, Steve Leonard wrote: On Jan 29, 5:26*pm, Peter von Tresckow wrote: I envy you folks that have places to go on good downwind days. Living in Wisconsin good soaring days generally come with a wind out of the north west and between Lake Michigan and the Chicago class B the good downwind day doesn't happen. I am still hoping for the perfect north wind day and just try to go south. Gotta keep an eye out for that next Summer. Pete Watch the weather in the Spring, Pete. Search the Soaring Archives for "Distance in the Spring" and "Horace Greely Was Wrong." Straight out isn't always straight out. And downwin dashes aren't always straight downwind. You can work crosswind to get around airspace obstructions. Steve

great stories, sounds like a lot of fun.