Diamond Distance/Kowbell

Tony wrote, On 7/9/2013 11:06 AM:

Free Distance flying has never been dead but it seems to be really
alive and well this season. Gordon and Hugh's amazing flight from
Minden to Colorado early this year followed by the duo from Caesar
Creek who made it to Blairstown really set the tone for the season.
Kowbell was a general success with 3/4 of us making it over 200
miles. We can only hope that the Dust Devil Dash is as much of a
success as it was last year when Kevin Wayt won the Barringer
Trophy.

Nothing beats the feeling of leaving the airport and saying "self, i
don't know where i'm going but i'm not going back there!"

And maybe you can get Mitsubishi to sponsor the next Kowbell by
providing the appropriate crew cars to each entrant, with the winner
keeping the car:

http://tinyurl.com/kowbell

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)
- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Feb/2010" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm
http://tinyurl.com/yb3xywl

On Tuesday, July 9, 2013 5:04:14 PM UTC-6, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Tony wrote, On 7/9/2013 11:06 AM:



Free Distance flying has never been dead but it seems to be really

alive and well this season. Gordon and Hugh's amazing flight from

Minden to Colorado early this year followed by the duo from Caesar

Creek who made it to Blairstown really set the tone for the season.

Kowbell was a general success with 3/4 of us making it over 200

miles. We can only hope that the Dust Devil Dash is as much of a

success as it was last year when Kevin Wayt won the Barringer

Trophy.



Nothing beats the feeling of leaving the airport and saying "self, i

don't know where i'm going but i'm not going back there!"



And maybe you can get Mitsubishi to sponsor the next Kowbell by

providing the appropriate crew cars to each entrant, with the winner

keeping the car:



http://tinyurl.com/kowbell

The Kia Kowbell Klassic might be more alliterative though;^)

Frank Whiteley

I for one would welcome that. I could use some sponsorship and a new tow vehicle

We wouldn't be allowed to keep the name of the contest the same. They wouldn't like that many "K"s in a row.

Dang! Just realized that nobody flew the Konsolation! That was the 6th this year, because second place in the Kowbell went over 200 miles.

Steve Leonard
(Kowbell contestant since 1988)

On Wednesday, July 10, 2013 10:19:05 AM UTC-5, Steve Leonard wrote:
We wouldn't be allowed to keep the name of the contest the same. They wouldn't like that many "K"s in a row. Dang! Just realized that nobody flew the Konsolation! That was the 6th this year, because second place in the Kowbell went over 200 miles. Steve Leonard (Kowbell contestant since 1988)

yea unfortunately the weather for Konsolation was really Krummy. I had hoped to call a large circle TAT or a MAT or something for the low performance contest to allow some flexibility for Konsolation pilots. It was rainy until noon, then high clouds, and eventually windy when the sun came out. Temps were more than 10 degrees below forecast high.