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Written by:
Jeff O'Brien
4/28/2010 7:31 PM
Day 4
The past couple of days have made some people a bit tense :)
They called an 87km task to the NW. With winds aloft out of the east in excess of 20mph, as the gaggles got built by the tug pilots they began to unravel. The wind was too strong, the lift too light, and the course at an improper bearing. (We can't go downwind because of Orlando airspace issues)
Hey we're not flying today. Let's go to lunch...
A couple of pilots went out on course, and landed before the edge of the start circle. I played seesaw with the wind over the airport and landed after ninety minutes. I was the last person on the ground. By the time I landed, it was decided to stay at Quest another day. A bit more than 50% of the pilots didn't want to drive the 4 hours to Georgia.
Terry and Chris Reynolds' sick Maule. They're gonna head up to AK this summer and bum around in the plane. Epic.
Day 5
High cirrus, light lift, moderate crosswind, top of the lift at 4000ft, and 109 km to goal. A tough day at the races.
The gaggles were thick before the start. I wish other pilots would bank on up and twirl in cores rather than drive big circles. I think we'd all climb better that way.
It was an effort in patience today. I wasn't as patient as I should have been. I was running with the crew I should have been with and was just impatient when leading out. I should have been more willing to milk every last foot of the thermals and hang totally with the group. I headed out first, on my own, and eventually landed.
Filippo said the going was social and slow for a LONG time. He was in the air for over 5 hours to go 100km. It was a day where you had to make calculated decisions from previous experience. The type of task was not my forte', but it's a learning process, and hopefully I've learned a lesson.
Airtime: 3:30. Flights: 2. Miles: 25.
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