2017 18 Meter Nationals on Facebook Live

Day 2 pilots meeting going live on Wings and Wheels Facebook page in 15 minutes

On Monday, July 31, 2017 at 7:46:13 AM UTC-7, Sean Franke wrote:
Day 2 pilots meeting going live on Wings and Wheels Facebook page in 15 minutes

Day 1 pilots meeting starts in one hour. See it live he https://www.facebook.com/wingsandwheels.aviation/

Sean Franke

On Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at 6:59:21 AM UTC-7, Sean Franke wrote:
On Monday, July 31, 2017 at 7:46:13 AM UTC-7, Sean Franke wrote:
Day 2 pilots meeting going live on Wings and Wheels Facebook page in 15 minutes

Day 1 pilots meeting starts in one hour. See it live he https://www.facebook.com/wingsandwheels.aviation/

Sean Franke

Day 2 pilots briefing starts in 40 minutes on Wings & Wheels Facebook page. Two days ago a pilot declared an emergency shortly after takeoff. Yesterday the live feed was cut short at that pilots request when he shared the story.

Sean Franke
Wings & Wheels

Going live on Facebook in 20 minutes.

Sean Franke
Wings & Wheels

On Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at 10:17:54 AM UTC-4, Sean Franke wrote:
On Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at 6:59:21 AM UTC-7, Sean Franke wrote:
On Monday, July 31, 2017 at 7:46:13 AM UTC-7, Sean Franke wrote:
Day 2 pilots meeting going live on Wings and Wheels Facebook page in 15 minutes

Day 1 pilots meeting starts in one hour. See it live he https://www.facebook.com/wingsandwheels.aviation/

Sean Franke

Day 2 pilots briefing starts in 40 minutes on Wings & Wheels Facebook page. Two days ago a pilot declared an emergency shortly after takeoff. Yesterday the live feed was cut short at that pilots request when he shared the story.

Sean Franke
Wings & Wheels

Don't blame him. Facebook live is creepy. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a7213816.html

Going live in 15 minutes.

Really awesome to watch live interview of Sean Fidler before the meeting talking about the difficulty and dangers of yesterday's task. 1200 to 2200 foot altitude band above the ground over unlandable terrain for more than half the task? wow!!

Bojack,

Thx. Just for clarification, I never really went below 2k but many others were well lower at times. I was working between 1800 and 2400 (top of climb) for a good 60-80 miles of 206 mile task.

It was manageable, and the ClearNAV Glide Amoeba was particularly useful in keeping track of airports and what was needed to push forward.

This was a hard task but was very fun in the sense that I was incredibly excited when I finally got into a position where I felt a sure distance day was going to be a finish. Congrats to all the pilots who finished this task. Truly impressive work!

Sean

Even 2000 feet is low enough to be very difficult to manage for most of us xc pilot amateurs. Good flying.

Sean

Thanks for doing the live videos. Makes it fun and intersting to follow along.

Darryl