We sat under the influence of a quasi-stationary front for most of the week. Yesterday, a few people drove up to the Air Museum at Warner-Robbins AFB about 40 miles to the north and reported a sky full of cu while we sat under the murk of the front.
Today, the front sagged far enough south that we got in a really good day. I won the day in 18 m with 69 mph. At the back end of the second turn area, I was averaging 87 mph, but the into wind leg caused me some problems and I was down to 2500 ft twice. The task speed quickly dropped as I climbed out of these holes.
There was at least one other glider in my class that did about the same speed, but he had some airspace issues.
We need to fly tomorrow to get a second day and make the contest official, but it looks like the front might wave back north and put us into the same air as we had all last week.
Dave
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