OLC/ Open Distance meet Odessa Tx?

Look up "600 Miles in a 604" about Sherman Griffith's flight from Refugio to Liberal, KS in the 70's.

Up through the 90's I know there was still some straight out flying out of there. Mark Keene won the Barringer Trophy in 1993-ish IN A 1-26 out of Refugio

Tony, theres no excuse for not flying 600 miles in a 604 lol. As for mark’s flight, that was a nice one. My bird is one which he started a restoration on back in the day before he got burned out doing 1-26’s..
Dan

On Wednesday, May 6, 2020 at 2:59:51 PM UTC-5, Tony wrote:
Look up "600 Miles in a 604" about Sherman Griffith's flight from Refugio to Liberal, KS in the 70's.

Up through the 90's I know there was still some straight out flying out of there. Mark Keene won the Barringer Trophy in 1993-ish IN A 1-26 out of Refugio

That was Marion Griffith, Sherman's father.

On Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at 2:39:04 PM UTC-5, Nick Kennedy wrote:
Hey all
I've always been intrigued by Wally Scott and Co and all the open distance flights they did.
Would pilots be interested in having a meet at Odessa or ? and have a OLC contest and then when the stars aligned go for it downwind?
What do you guys think?
I'd sure like to do 700-800+ miles.
Nick
T

Odessa Schlemeyer is under the Class C Midland airspace and no longer a viable glider port due to altitude restrictions. Stanton to the east or Monahans to the southwest would be better airports to start from (hold a x-c camp)