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Elmiran wins soaring title
Elizabeth Schwenkler is first female national champion in American
sailplane racing.
By Molly McCarthy

Star-Gazette
July 28, 2006


An Elmira woman made history Thursday by becoming the first female
national champion in the history of American sailplane racing.

Elizabeth Schwenkler, 28, won the Open Class of the Soaring Society
of America's United States Open and 18 Meter Nationals held in
Hobbs, N.M.

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Jack

Congratulations Liz ,

A well deserved victory . Here's to many more .

ZA.

An Elmira woman made history Thursday by becoming the first female
national champion in the history of American sailplane racing.


As a long time fan, I think it is fantastic. It is just too bad that we
are losing her to Germany now.

She tells me not to worry, that we will all see here on the ramp for 15M
Nats scheduled for Mifflin next year. I for one am going to hold her to that
promise. Once again......CONGRATULATIONS LIZ.

Also, don't overlook the accomplishments of a very young Chris Saunders in
winning the 18M class. He even beat his Uncle Tom Beltz's young age for
winning his first nationals. A picture of Liz and Chris together would make
a fine cover for Soaring magazine in the very near future.....

Brian

"Larry Pardue" wrote in message
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An Elmira woman made history Thursday by becoming the first female
national champion in the history of American sailplane racing.


As a long time fan, I think it is fantastic. It is just too bad that we
are losing her to Germany now.

Brian Glick wrote:
A picture of Liz and Chris together would make
a fine cover for Soaring magazine in the very near future.....

Yes it would.
Congratulations to both!
Jim

Question re Hobbs from an avid lurker:
As college student I worked summers in the Hobbs area oil fields under
the l06 degree searing heat typical now. I am curious to know what
temperatures you might experience up at altitude.
Glenn

Elliott wrote:

Question re Hobbs from an avid lurker:
As college student I worked summers in the Hobbs area oil fields under
the l06 degree searing heat typical now. I am curious to know what
temperatures you might experience up at altitude.
Glenn


Glenn,

It depends on the day and the altitude, but it tends to be very
comfortable at typical soaring altitudes. This spring, when it was very
warm on the ground at Hobbs, I had a bit of trouble with the canopy
frosting up at 17,500 feet.

I heard a story of crew person (spouse) quitting forever when they found
out about this. They said "you mean it is cool up there?"

Larry Pardue wrote:
Elliott wrote:

Question re Hobbs from an avid lurker:
As college student I worked summers in the Hobbs area oil fields under
the l06 degree searing heat typical now. I am curious to know what
temperatures you might experience up at altitude.
Glenn


Glenn,

It depends on the day and the altitude, but it tends to be very
comfortable at typical soaring altitudes. This spring, when it was very
warm on the ground at Hobbs, I had a bit of trouble with the canopy
frosting up at 17,500 feet.

I heard a story of crew person (spouse) quitting forever when they found
out about this. They said "you mean it is cool up there?"

It's definitely cool! In more ways than one. When I took her up in
the UK, my S.O. was enchanted to find that a lot of Brits in East
Anglia had swimming pools (1980).

Freezing level today in Colorado was about 17833MSL. Lift went above
FL180 in the mountains.

Frank Whiteley