400 miles

On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 2:14:23 PM UTC-7, Tony wrote:
Thanks Steve. As far as I could tell, the day was a boring average Soaring day in the panhandle. So now I know what can be achieved on a normal day, I am even more excited to get a shot on a really good day!

6PK, not necessarily...my other Big Flights, all of which would qualify as Vulgar Downwind Dashes, were pretty constant and homogenous Soaring weather wise. Especially the big 525 miler, the conditions were strong with nice Cu and strong tailwinds the whole way. One of the 300 milers did have a shift from clouds to blue but without a major shift in thermal strength.

So, after reading 6PK's comments, and Tony's, can we summarize that 100k + downwind dashes have a Heroic level of difficulty here in the rough & tumble southwest, while such flights are easy on a level of vulgarity back there in the easy-flying Midwest?
-Chuck Coyne

On Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 3:53:38 PM UTC-7, wrote:
On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 2:14:23 PM UTC-7, Tony wrote:
Thanks Steve. As far as I could tell, the day was a boring average Soaring day in the panhandle. So now I know what can be achieved on a normal day, I am even more excited to get a shot on a really good day!

6PK, not necessarily...my other Big Flights, all of which would qualify as Vulgar Downwind Dashes, were pretty constant and homogenous Soaring weather wise. Especially the big 525 miler, the conditions were strong with nice Cu and strong tailwinds the whole way. One of the 300 milers did have a shift from clouds to blue but without a major shift in thermal strength.

So, after reading 6PK's comments, and Tony's, can we summarize that 100k + downwind dashes have a Heroic level of difficulty here in the rough & tumble southwest, while such flights are easy on a level of vulgarity back there in the easy-flying Midwest?
-Chuck Coyne

I thought anything anywhere was vulgar in a motorglider. :-)