Got Big Thermals?

Our weather in central Texas is the best it's been in 10 years. I can
only hope it'll hold up through the week of the upcoming Region 10
South Soaring Championship (Aug 9-15th).

For the last 5 weeks we've had a number of members with Greater
Houston Soaring and Soaring Club of Houston (the contest sponsors)
earn their Gold and Diamond distance badges. This past Saturday Ken
Sorenson of SCOH put up an 800K-plus flight on the U.S. OLC. Yesterday
thermals around our club pushed up over 6,000ASL (our field elevation
is 125ASL). If this pattern holds up (and there's no reason to think
otherwise) we're going to have a heck of a contest.

Come on down and enjoy a first-class airport, a lot of hospitality,
and hopefully some serious racing conditions. Learn more at
www.houstonsoaring.org/2009R10. My contact info is on the site.

Just two weeks to go... I can't wait!

Bob DeLeon
Region 10 Contest Manager

On Jul 27, 8:39*am, Bob D wrote:
Our weather in central Texas is the best it's been in 10 years. I can
only hope it'll hold up through the week of the upcoming Region 10
South Soaring Championship (Aug 9-15th).

For the last 5 weeks we've had a number of members with Greater
Houston Soaring and Soaring Club of Houston (the contest sponsors)
earn their Gold and Diamond distance badges. This past Saturday Ken
Sorenson of SCOH put up an 800K-plus flight on the U.S. OLC. Yesterday
thermals around our club pushed up over 6,000ASL (our field elevation
is 125ASL). If this pattern holds up (and there's no reason to think
otherwise) we're going to have a heck of a contest.

Come on down and enjoy a first-class airport, a lot of hospitality,
and hopefully some serious racing conditions. Learn more atwww.houstonsoaring.org/2009R10. My contact info is on the site.

Just two weeks to go... I can't wait!

Bob DeLeon
Region 10 Contest Manager

Clearly you are getting our Colorado weather;^(

Good luck with the contest.

Frank Whiteley

On Jul 27, 10:11*am, Frank Whiteley wrote:
On Jul 27, 8:39*am, Bob D wrote:





Our weather in central Texas is the best it's been in 10 years. I can
only hope it'll hold up through the week of the upcoming Region 10
South Soaring Championship (Aug 9-15th).

For the last 5 weeks we've had a number of members with Greater
Houston Soaring and Soaring Club of Houston (the contest sponsors)
earn their Gold and Diamond distance badges. This past Saturday Ken
Sorenson of SCOH put up an 800K-plus flight on the U.S. OLC. Yesterday
thermals around our club pushed up over 6,000ASL (our field elevation
is 125ASL). If this pattern holds up (and there's no reason to think
otherwise) we're going to have a heck of a contest.

Come on down and enjoy a first-class airport, a lot of hospitality,
and hopefully some serious racing conditions. Learn more atwww.houstonsoaring.org/2009R10. My contact info is on the site.

Just two weeks to go... I can't wait!

Bob DeLeon
Region 10 Contest Manager

Clearly you are getting our Colorado weather;^(

Good luck with the contest.

Frank Whiteley

Thanks Frank. While you're at it... send us your Colorado
temperatures. There are days lately when the CU bottoms start glowing
orange around 4:00P

On Jul 27, 10:42*am, Bob D wrote:
On Jul 27, 10:11*am, Frank Whiteley wrote:



On Jul 27, 8:39*am, Bob D wrote:

Our weather in central Texas is the best it's been in 10 years. I can
only hope it'll hold up through the week of the upcoming Region 10
South Soaring Championship (Aug 9-15th).

For the last 5 weeks we've had a number of members with Greater
Houston Soaring and Soaring Club of Houston (the contest sponsors)
earn their Gold and Diamond distance badges. This past Saturday Ken
Sorenson of SCOH put up an 800K-plus flight on the U.S. OLC. Yesterday
thermals around our club pushed up over 6,000ASL (our field elevation
is 125ASL). If this pattern holds up (and there's no reason to think
otherwise) we're going to have a heck of a contest.

Come on down and enjoy a first-class airport, a lot of hospitality,
and hopefully some serious racing conditions. Learn more atwww.houstonsoaring.org/2009R10. My contact info is on the site.

Just two weeks to go... I can't wait!

Bob DeLeon
Region 10 Contest Manager

Clearly you are getting our Colorado weather;^(

Good luck with the contest.

Frank Whiteley

Thanks Frank. While you're at it... send us your Colorado
temperatures. There are days lately when the CU bottoms start glowing
orange around 4:00P

This season has been more like Wisconsin or Minnesota. Tomorrow's
high is forecast to be 74F and Dr Jack's is so blue, like the local
pilots. The grass is green though. I spent over 16 hours on the
tractor during our recent CAP glider academy mowing the winch area and
runways, and that was after other members had mowed for many hours.

Frank

On Jul 27, 11:17*am, Frank Whiteley wrote:
On Jul 27, 10:42*am, Bob D wrote:



On Jul 27, 10:11*am, Frank Whiteley wrote:

On Jul 27, 8:39*am, Bob D wrote:

Our weather in central Texas is the best it's been in 10 years. I can
only hope it'll hold up through the week of the upcoming Region 10
South Soaring Championship (Aug 9-15th).

For the last 5 weeks we've had a number of members with Greater
Houston Soaring and Soaring Club of Houston (the contest sponsors)
earn their Gold and Diamond distance badges. This past Saturday Ken
Sorenson of SCOH put up an 800K-plus flight on the U.S. OLC. Yesterday
thermals around our club pushed up over 6,000ASL (our field elevation
is 125ASL). If this pattern holds up (and there's no reason to think
otherwise) we're going to have a heck of a contest.

Come on down and enjoy a first-class airport, a lot of hospitality,
and hopefully some serious racing conditions. Learn more atwww.houstonsoaring.org/2009R10. My contact info is on the site.

Just two weeks to go... I can't wait!

Bob DeLeon
Region 10 Contest Manager

Clearly you are getting our Colorado weather;^(

Good luck with the contest.

Frank Whiteley

Thanks Frank. While you're at it... send us your Colorado
temperatures. There are days lately when the CU bottoms start glowing
orange around 4:00P

This season has been more like Wisconsin or Minnesota. *Tomorrow's
high is forecast to be 74F and Dr Jack's is so blue, like the local
pilots. *The grass is green though. *I spent over 16 hours on the
tractor during our recent CAP glider academy mowing the winch area and
runways, and that was after other members had mowed for many hours.

Frank

This was interesting. Yesterday morning I opened the glass sliding
door and leaving the screen door closed to the patio. I turned on the
house fan. When I returned to the screen door about a half hour
later, moisture had been collecting on the screen and rivulets of
water were running down it to the floor. I noted only one local
flight on OLC yesterday for all of Colorado. That's about how it's
been too many days this year.

One the other hand, normal Houston summer humidity reminds me of
Adana, Turkey, only worse;^)

Frank

Michigan/Ohio/Indiana had the coldest July (and crappiest Soaring) on
record. Absolute proof of Global Warming........eh, I mean the Next
Ice Age....wait that was the 1980's. Crap, how are the PhD's going to
get their grant money now? Oh I remember now, starting 2009 it's
called "Climate Change", nice and vague, no data needed for that
theory.

On Jul 27, 5:19*pm, Barny wrote:
Michigan/Ohio/Indiana had the coldest July (and crappiest Soaring) on
record. *Absolute proof of Global Warming........eh, I mean the Next
Ice Age....wait that was the 1980's. *Crap, how are the PhD's going to
get their grant money now? Oh I remember now, starting 2009 it's
called "Climate Change", nice and vague, no data needed for that
theory.

Blame it on the Sun Spots (or lack thereof):

http://www.tgdaily.com/index2.php?op...pdf=1&id=42006

TT (a phud who does not get any climate change funds)

you should have been in Nevada last week.. ye haw..
thermals to Class A, fighting to stay below 18K MSL..
Cloud bases around 20K MSL
But the ground varies between 5500 and 12K MSL

BT

"Frank Whiteley" wrote in message
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On Jul 27, 10:42 am, Bob D wrote:
On Jul 27, 10:11 am, Frank Whiteley wrote:



On Jul 27, 8:39 am, Bob D wrote:

Our weather in central Texas is the best it's been in 10 years. I can
only hope it'll hold up through the week of the upcoming Region 10
South Soaring Championship (Aug 9-15th).

For the last 5 weeks we've had a number of members with Greater
Houston Soaring and Soaring Club of Houston (the contest sponsors)
earn their Gold and Diamond distance badges. This past Saturday Ken
Sorenson of SCOH put up an 800K-plus flight on the U.S. OLC. Yesterday
thermals around our club pushed up over 6,000ASL (our field elevation
is 125ASL). If this pattern holds up (and there's no reason to think
otherwise) we're going to have a heck of a contest.

Come on down and enjoy a first-class airport, a lot of hospitality,
and hopefully some serious racing conditions. Learn more
atwww.houstonsoaring.org/2009R10. My contact info is on the site.

Just two weeks to go... I can't wait!

Bob DeLeon
Region 10 Contest Manager

Clearly you are getting our Colorado weather;^(

Good luck with the contest.

Frank Whiteley

Thanks Frank. While you're at it... send us your Colorado
temperatures. There are days lately when the CU bottoms start glowing
orange around 4:00P

This season has been more like Wisconsin or Minnesota. Tomorrow's
high is forecast to be 74F and Dr Jack's is so blue, like the local
pilots. The grass is green though. I spent over 16 hours on the
tractor during our recent CAP glider academy mowing the winch area and
runways, and that was after other members had mowed for many hours.

Frank

Here's a shot in my glider at 17,200 ft, in a 10+knot thermal (the
vario on the right is not working).
http://griderpirate.smugmug.com/gall...03835393_pZkNk
This was over the Monitor Range North East of Tonopah, July 15th (or
maybe 16th)

On Jul 27, 6:42*pm, "BT" wrote:
you should have been in Nevada last week.. ye haw..
thermals to Class A, fighting to stay below 18K MSL..
Cloud bases around 20K MSL
But the ground varies between 5500 and 12K MSL

BT

"Frank Whiteley" wrote in message

...
On Jul 27, 10:42 am, Bob D wrote:





On Jul 27, 10:11 am, Frank Whiteley wrote:

On Jul 27, 8:39 am, Bob D wrote:

Our weather in central Texas is the best it's been in 10 years. I can
only hope it'll hold up through the week of the upcoming Region 10
South Soaring Championship (Aug 9-15th).

For the last 5 weeks we've had a number of members with Greater
Houston Soaring and Soaring Club of Houston (the contest sponsors)
earn their Gold and Diamond distance badges. This past Saturday Ken
Sorenson of SCOH put up an 800K-plus flight on the U.S. OLC. Yesterday
thermals around our club pushed up over 6,000ASL (our field elevation
is 125ASL). If this pattern holds up (and there's no reason to think
otherwise) we're going to have a heck of a contest.

Come on down and enjoy a first-class airport, a lot of hospitality,
and hopefully some serious racing conditions. Learn more
atwww.houstonsoaring.org/2009R10. My contact info is on the site.

Just two weeks to go... I can't wait!

Bob DeLeon
Region 10 Contest Manager

Clearly you are getting our Colorado weather;^(

Good luck with the contest.

Frank Whiteley

Thanks Frank. While you're at it... send us your Colorado
temperatures. There are days lately when the CU bottoms start glowing
orange around 4:00P

This season has been more like Wisconsin or Minnesota. *Tomorrow's
high is forecast to be 74F and Dr Jack's is so blue, like the local
pilots. *The grass is green though. *I spent over 16 hours on the
tractor during our recent CAP glider academy mowing the winch area and
runways, and that was after other members had mowed for many hours.

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Uncle Fuzzy,

Uh, gee, thanks. That's what I've always wanted. I feel so much
better now.

If I could, I would reciprocate with a photo of my panel. At 1,000'
agl. In a 0.0 "thermal". Waiting and waiting and waiting for it to
build in a crescendo to the BIG 1.5 knotter that I know is really
there. Oh yea, it's in the blue. Sun is bright. Sun is hot. Sun is
beating down and I don't know why the damned canopy just doesn't melt
away. As I said, if I could get the photo, I would. But in those
times, I'm a bit too damned occupied with flying the glider and don't
have time to find the camera and actually take a picture. But, as
they say, "you get the picture." PhotoShop not required... :-)


Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA