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Written by:
Jeff O'Brien
8/19/2009 7:10 AM
Flights exist so much in the moment, if they aren't chronicled the day of, it's hard to piece together a flight just a few days after. What I remember from the last day's task is we finally had true Texas racing conditions for a portion of the flight. I raged from cloud to cloud hitting 800+ under almost every one. Skipping climbs and racing as fast as possible.
 Photo by Ben Dunn
There was a spot landing contest Saturday morning. High winds gave me the advantage and with my south side experience, I took first.
SPOT LANDING VIDEO
I remember Davis finding the smoothest 900+fpm in memory.
I remember Eric Donaldson, who left before the start gates, way above me running under clouds. I'd catch him two climbs later, and go diving a few feet over him on the way between climbs. After I found our next climb, he found the meat of it, and we pirouetted together.
We raced toward an approaching thunder storm trying to catch the leaders. I'd come in over the top of Jeff, Davis, Zippy, Glen and others, only to squander my extra altitude just after the turnpoint diving toward another thunderstorm thinking I was going to get sucked up and continue on my way. Those that ran in the shade went the furthest.
Larry Bunner flew super well in the meet. Looking forward to seeing him at more comps.
Had a festive time at the awards party. Rolled with Shapiro north until after 4am before sleep was necessary. One party segues into another.
Airtime: 3:15. Flights: 1. Miles: 73.
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good job!
I think this is a great post. One thing that I find the most helpful is number five. Sometimes when I write, I just let the flow of the words and information come out so much that I loose the purpose. It’s only after editing when I realize what I’ve done.
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