Gordon Boettger Glider Record Attempt - Mon 03/21/2016

Hi Charles yep Rons got his 1-26 diamond. I believe there are about 35 guys now that have done all three diamond legs in the 1-26. There had'nt been any for about 10 years untill daniel sachen, a 18 yr old from blairstown completed his this last year. Those blairstown boys make some remarkably good flights mostly using the ridge but they also clean house at the mtn and flat land contests.

I was looking at the Gordo plots, it looks like they made one flight out into east central wyoming from minden some time in the past. Thats one heck of a run.

Charles are you signed up on the 1-26 association emailing list? I have an article I wrote that you might be interested in, or you can email me your email address and ill send it to you that way.

Is there a way to filter the DeLorme inReach track so it only shows points of a single flight? Displaying the complete tracking history just confuses the mission.

On Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 6:46:00 PM UTC-4, WaltWX wrote:
Posted by Walt Rogers - WX

As flight dispatcher/weather support I once again will be commenting on the flight through my twitter feed: @wrogerswx

My blog is NOT active this year. However, I'll post graphics and occasional longer discussions on my Dropbox account "Weather Board":

http://bit.ly/1pv30VS

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On Monday 31 Mar, I'll be making another record attempt in the Duo Discus glider with Hugh. If you're interested in following along, you can click on the link below which will provide you with my position, altitude, and speed throughout the flight. Select the arrow next to MAP FILTERS on the left and then by DATE AND TIME RANGE select CURRENTLY TRACKING to follow the flight. On the map you can click on the blue dots which will show more detailed position at that point. There is also a CENTER button on the left side that shows current position on the map. Altitudes and speeds will vary throughout the flight, but we will have a clearance up to 28,000 feet.

My main goal is to complete a straight line distance record with a goal of Rapid City, SD, however excessive upper level moisture along the route in NV might not make it possible to fly that route safely. We will make that call at launch time (sunrise). Our other option would be to fly north and south along the Sierra Nevada range and attempting a 3 turn point distance record, so I'll likely aim for flying from Minden (launch point) down to Inyokern, then up to Susanville, back down towards Mojave, and then back north to Minden or the northeast in NV. As you know, there are so many variables with this stuff, so who really knows where we'll end up, where we go, or when we land. Bottom line for me is to have fun and keep learning.

Click below to track our flight:

https://share.delorme.com/GordonBoettger


I'm not sure how this twitter stuff works, but Walt Rogers' (expert weather guy tracking our flight and in communication with us during the flight) has a twitter feed going.
Walt's Twitter feed:

@wrogerswx

Cheers,
Gordo

Yep benso I ran into the same problem

follow on the SSA Sailplane Tracking page. glideport.aero. Gordon's DeLorme is linked there, DDT is the call sign. Then you can compare his flights with the others taking place today in the wave.

http://glideport.aero/map?p=GlideRegion:4

On Monday, 21 March 2016 14:35:11 UTC-6, wrote:
Is there a way to filter the DeLorme inReach track so it only shows points of a single flight? Displaying the complete tracking history just confuses the mission.

On Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 6:46:00 PM UTC-4, WaltWX wrote:
Posted by Walt Rogers - WX

As flight dispatcher/weather support I once again will be commenting on the flight through my twitter feed: @wrogerswx

My blog is NOT active this year. However, I'll post graphics and occasional longer discussions on my Dropbox account "Weather Board":

http://bit.ly/1pv30VS

__________________________________________________ ____________________________

On Monday 31 Mar, I'll be making another record attempt in the Duo Discus glider with Hugh. If you're interested in following along, you can click on the link below which will provide you with my position, altitude, and speed throughout the flight. Select the arrow next to MAP FILTERS on the left and then by DATE AND TIME RANGE select CURRENTLY TRACKING to follow the flight. On the map you can click on the blue dots which will show more detailed position at that point. There is also a CENTER button on the left side that shows current position on the map. Altitudes and speeds will vary throughout the flight, but we will have a clearance up to 28,000 feet.

My main goal is to complete a straight line distance record with a goal of Rapid City, SD, however excessive upper level moisture along the route in NV might not make it possible to fly that route safely. We will make that call at launch time (sunrise). Our other option would be to fly north and south along the Sierra Nevada range and attempting a 3 turn point distance record, so I'll likely aim for flying from Minden (launch point) down to Inyokern, then up to Susanville, back down towards Mojave, and then back north to Minden or the northeast in NV. As you know, there are so many variables with this stuff, so who really knows where we'll end up, where we go, or when we land. Bottom line for me is to have fun and keep learning.

Click below to track our flight:

https://share.delorme.com/GordonBoettger


I'm not sure how this twitter stuff works, but Walt Rogers' (expert weather guy tracking our flight and in communication with us during the flight) has a twitter feed going.
Walt's Twitter feed:

@wrogerswx

Cheers,
Gordo

yes, on the upper left you will see 'Map Filter (OFF)' click on that and you will get a list of options for filtering. You can choose 'Currently Tracking' or 'Last Track'

It looks like they have landed back in Minden

Gordo landed around 1337 PDT back at Minden after turning near Inyokern, returning to Reno Stead area then back to Minde area.

Guess he had enough of riding the "Sierra OLC" freeway to test out his systems on this first flight.

Walt Rogers WX

On Monday, March 21, 2016 at 4:33:19 PM UTC-4, wrote:
Charles are you signed up on the 1-26 association emailing list? I have an article I wrote that you might be interested in, or you can email me your email address and ill send it to you that way.

No, I'm not on the 1-26 association group (should be, I've been part owner of 002 since the early(?) 80's)......

Have your email address, expect one from an "AOL" account really soon.

PS deleted your account from this reply so the "bot's" don't get it.

PPS, while at a contest "sorta south" of me (VA), I found a 1-26 driver. Chatted a bit where he stated, "This is likely the oldest 1-26 you'll ever see!". Heard his SN and said, "Yes, that's an old one, I fly older!". He asked the SN, he sorta deflated.
I sorta felt sorry.
Yes, I've seen 001 in Corning/Elmira (depends on who you ask as to the location), I did the Snowbird @ HHSC for a couple decades (yet another story), thus had time to see the factory as well as local displays.

I still rate "accomplishments" sorta on L/D....... thus part of why we do a short task for distance badges in a 1-26 (or similar) vs. glass. Sheesh, I was more than "silver distance" away in a ASW-28 (electrics were dead, but I could look out the canopy and had an analog vario & ASI) and "at altitude" (~8KT' AGL IIRC) so it was "final glide" for the ship.

Many of us at our airport determine "requirements" vs. "stated goal" and adjust to the sailplane..... I feel it's just.....

HI Walt, any idea on the WX forecast for the Minden wave camp, April 5-10?


On Monday, March 21, 2016 at 2:57:01 PM UTC-7, WaltWX wrote:
Gordo landed around 1337 PDT back at Minden after turning near Inyokern, returning to Reno Stead area then back to Minde area.

Guess he had enough of riding the "Sierra OLC" freeway to test out his systems on this first flight.

Walt Rogers WX

The flight is now on OLC
Jim