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.

On 2/27/2016 9:03 AM, Soartech 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.

17 to 1 ? Now there are hang glider performance levels that equal that! And
much easier assembly and transport!


Ah, yes...but undoubtedly lacking in cachet, compared to Schweizer's
often-underloved progeny! (Hey! The DC-3 remains beloved for many of the same
reasons 2-33s are dissed: docile; darned near indestructible; a touch on the
bulbous and homely side; etc. What's wrong with this picture?!? )

Bob W.

Yes, Al Parker's 300K flight in a Schweizer 2-22 remains a remarkable achievement, even more so if--like me--you spent a fair amount of your early hours in one of them. For years, I'd hop out of our 201 Libelle or LS-3 and into a 2-22 for a BFR and be almost panic-stricken to realize how much force it took sawing away on the stick to fly it and how fast it dropped after we got off tow. Memories.

Chip Bearden

What was that famos 2-22 quote "the 2-22 comes down fast right up till you want it to land"! I aero towed one xc to relocate it and after releasing at 5000 agl 10 miles from the gliderport, and I beat the tow plane down without spoilers

Flight report up on my SSA Member Blog:

http://www.ssa.org/MyHome.asp?mbr=82...w=blog&id=4120

Cliff, I thought you were going to say you landed two miles short ...


On Thursday, February 25, 2016 at 9:35:36 AM UTC-7, Tony wrote:
Making a run southeast from Sunflower in Kansas. Hoping to launch at 11 central. Follow on SSA Tracker or glideport.aero

I learned in an SGU 2-22E, the last one ever built by the factory. According to club lore, this glider was flown by Steven Sliwa from Harris Hill to Princeton, NJ, a distance of over 250K. Some real tiger country crossing Scranton and down through the Pocono Mountains! Hopefully someone reading this can confirm.

P3

On Sunday, March 6, 2016 at 8:49:41 PM UTC-5, Papa3 wrote:
I learned in an SGU 2-22E, the last one ever built by the factory. According to club lore, this glider was flown by Steven Sliwa from Harris Hill to Princeton, NJ, a distance of over 250K. Some real tiger country crossing Scranton and down through the Pocono Mountains! Hopefully someone reading this can confirm.

P3

Can't say I've heard that one, but also won't dispute it.

I can say I was on the glider end (SGS-1-26) aero-towing from Middletown, NY (06N) to HHSC for the "snowbird" (Thanksgiving weekend) one year, and then back a few days later.
Really NOT a lot of fun with low clouds, blowing and low L/D. An awful lot of trees for a big chunk on the way......
Actually, ask some of us who we saw when we landed at Blue Swan on the way up!!!
ROTFLMAO.....

And yes, I knew the Sliwa family......

Early last week I made a semi down wind run in my 1-26 over the swamps and timbers of south AL. Wanted gold distance but got s resl late start, made 220km, not bad for fairly low level flying.
Dan 1-26 #225

On Saturday, March 12, 2016 at 10:33:48 AM UTC-6, wrote:
Early last week I made a semi down wind run in my 1-26 over the swamps and timbers of south AL. Wanted gold distance but got s resl late start, made 220km, not bad for fairly low level flying.
Dan 1-26 #225

Dan,

Did you happen to post on the OLC? I'd like to see the trace! 220km is pretty respectable for a 1-26 this time of year. Another month or so and the days will be a LOT longer!