Boring booming days

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son_of_flubber wrote:

I fly in New England and staying up in the air is challenging on the majority
of "flyable days". Every so often, we get a booming day (like today) and I
commonly end up saying (and I hear other pilots saying), "It was so easy to
stay up, I got bored."

So what happens when a pilot who is used to scrapping for lift goes to the
land of big, strong, and reliable thermals? Does the pilot get bored? Or
does the pilot find other challenges to keep things interesting (like flying
300 km tasks and landing out on top of mountains).

You go over the horizon. Way, way over the horizon. Fly to another
state, heck, fly clear across your time zone! Head out all alone on a
500k or 1000k, whatever the day might just possibly support. Do it again
with a couple of buddies. Race, go for a record, go for a badge. Just
don't fly around the flagpole all afternoon.

WB (who despises "let's keep the fleet close to home" cat's cradle
tasks).

I changed "sc=1" to "sc=8" in the link below in order to look at
Region 8. I also clicked on the "All" in order to see all the flights
in the region on one page. What I found was that there weren't any
flights listed for Nampa, Idaho, or Driggs, Idaho.

Does anyone know why this would happen and what can be done to correct
the error?

On Fri, 6 Sep 2013 06:22:27 -0700 (PDT), Evan Ludeman
wrote:

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...S&sc=1&sp=2013

I typically have several 'tasks' loaded. One that encompassed all three diamonds in one flight The bottom line is: go long. I carry a SPOT, and have several people on the notification list to come and get me if I land out.

REALLY though, what matters is the state of your 'fun meter'. I flew around the Jean area for years in a 40/1 glider, happy as a slam, never getting more than 20 miles from the runway. When I started flying XC, it became much more 'goal' and 'achievement' oriented, and I think my 'fun meter' came down a little.


On Thursday, September 5, 2013 4:04:34 PM UTC-7, son_of_flubber wrote:
I fly in New England and staying up in the air is challenging on the majority of "flyable days". Every so often, we get a booming day (like today) and I commonly end up saying (and I hear other pilots saying), "It was so easy to stay up, I got bored."



So what happens when a pilot who is used to scrapping for lift goes to the land of big, strong, and reliable thermals? Does the pilot get bored? Or does the pilot find other challenges to keep things interesting (like flying 300 km tasks and landing out on top of mountains).

One other thing I do on booming/boring days is play 'what if.....
can I control this thing if something becomes disconnecte??? Can I get it to spin?? What will it do if... .. (wooohoooo, let's not do THAT again. The Speed Astir is a blast to fly, and built very tough.
On Thursday, September 5, 2013 4:04:34 PM UTC-7, son_of_flubber wrote:
I fly in New England and staying up in the air is challenging on the majority of "flyable days". Every so often, we get a booming day (like today) and I commonly end up saying (and I hear other pilots saying), "It was so easy to stay up, I got bored."



So what happens when a pilot who is used to scrapping for lift goes to the land of big, strong, and reliable thermals? Does the pilot get bored? Or does the pilot find other challenges to keep things interesting (like flying 300 km tasks and landing out on top of mountains).

I can assure you that here in the west it the opposite of boring.

When you pass a line 200miles from home making 140mph ground speed, loaded for action at 11.3lb/ft2, trying desperately to stay under class A airspace, tucked under the sweetest clouds caused by the convergence of continental sized air masses in the clearest most heart wrenching skies you have ever seen with a matching spectacle of mountains making you feel like you may, just barely, have glimpsed the secret of the universe....at the moment...you will NOT say "Gosh this was too easy, I'm bored."

Hey Mister Flubber,
This is why XC is so popular! Just go for it and
rejoice in the awesome day :-)

On Friday, September 6, 2013 9:22:27 AM UTC-4, Evan Ludeman wrote:
http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...S&sc=1&sp=2013

Thanks for this list Evan. Just to show the world how many good days we don't have in New England... 15 of the 49 flights were done on the same 2 days, the 27th and 28th of April.

On Thursday, September 5, 2013 4:04:34 PM UTC-7, son_of_flubber wrote:
I fly in New England and staying up in the air is challenging on the majority of "flyable days". Every so often, we get a booming day (like today) and I commonly end up saying (and I hear other pilots saying), "It was so easy to stay up, I got bored."

So what happens when a pilot who is used to scrapping for lift goes to the land of big, strong, and reliable thermals? Does the pilot get bored? Or does the pilot find other challenges to keep things interesting (like flying 300 km tasks and landing out on top of mountains).


This is a trick question isn't it?

9B - who never gets bored in a glider (except maybe waiting for the start gate to open)

Wayne Paul wrote, On 9/6/2013 7:37 AM:
I changed "sc=1" to "sc=8" in the link below in order to look at
Region 8. I also clicked on the "All" in order to see all the flights
in the region on one page. What I found was that there weren't any
flights listed for Nampa, Idaho, or Driggs, Idaho.

Does anyone know why this would happen and what can be done to correct
the error?

On Fri, 6 Sep 2013 06:22:27 -0700 (PDT), Evan Ludeman
wrote:

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...S&sc=1&sp=2013

Perhaps no one had their best flight out of either of those places?

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Everyday has a given potential at any site. Are you flying to 95 to 100% of the potential? If you are, you are never bored.

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