Silver Distance

At 13:42 09 June 2004, Graham Hodgson wrote:
What aircraft did you do your silver distance qualifying
50k flight in?


LS-1d from Harnett County Airport to Ball Field, both
in eastern North Carolina, USA. Distance: about 90
kilometers. Aerotowed back. The cross-country aerotow
was my first long distance tow and it was more frightful
than the flight up. I should have left the landing
gear extended and popped the spoilers open. I ended
up with WAAAAAAY too much slack in the rope and pulled
the release. After the panic subsided, I was able
to find enough lift to get me the 30 or 35 kilometers
remaining to the home field.

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA

..1-26B #340
Winderdmere gliderport to Lampassas, Texas..
Finished at 8000' in the bottom of a boomer and didn't have enough sense to
keep going for gold distance.
Cheers!, Pete

cross-country aerotow
was my first long distance tow and it was more frightful
than the flight up. I should have left the landing
gear extended and popped the spoilers open. I ended
up with WAAAAAAY too much slack in the rope and pulled
the release.

Yup, I too made that mistake on my 50k in a Pilatus B-4. The trick is to go to
low tow position. Does a much better job of keeping the slack out.

Jim Vincent
CFIG
N483SZ
illspam

Stan Hall Cherokee II, in southern Ontario, May 1981 (the good, old days)

Beautiful soaring conditions that spring. Did three 50K+ flights, plus
Silver height gain and duration over three consecutive weekends in the
Cherokee.

"Graham Hodgson" wrote in
message ...
What aircraft did you do your silver distance qualifying
50k flight in?

A pilatus B4


"Sid Wood" wrote in message
...
Stan Hall Cherokee II, in southern Ontario, May 1981 (the good, old days)

Beautiful soaring conditions that spring. Did three 50K+ flights, plus
Silver height gain and duration over three consecutive weekends in the
Cherokee.

"Graham Hodgson" wrote in
message ...
What aircraft did you do your silver distance qualifying
50k flight in?

On 9 Jun 2004 13:26:28 GMT, Graham Hodgson
wrote:

What aircraft did you do your silver distance qualifying
50k flight in?


SZD Junior, Gransden Lodge to Rattlesden (68 km) in blue conditions
off a winch launch. Took 3.5 hours to do it.

I used an EW model D logger driven off a GPS II+ to record the flight.
I navigated by map, not the GPS.

--
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In article ,
Graham Hodgson wrote:

What aircraft did you do your silver distance qualifying
50k flight in?

Don't have any badges.

I have, however, been to 18,000 ft in a Club Libelle, and won a 200+ km
contest task in thermals in a PW-5.

I did intend to claim a 50k once, but despite my making it VERY clear to
the pharmacist that I wished my negatives to remain uncut, and receiving
their assurance that would be no problem, they proceeded to cut my
negatives. I haven't bothered again ... I just go flying instead.

-- Bruce