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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. [....] http://tinyurl.com/lr3bf ============ Jack |
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Way to go
Congratulations Liz ,
A well deserved victory . Here's to many more . ZA. |
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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. |
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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 t... 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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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?" |
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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 |
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