Practice Day 2

I elected not to fly the second practice day, and instead did a little bit of running around town and relaxing in preparation for day 1.

 

Dave

Practice Day 1

Typical Uvalde weather today in terms of cloudbase and lift values, 8000 AGL and some averages in the 7-9 kt range, but most in the 5-6 kt range.  My average for the task was 5.8 kts.  The 15 m class had a 3.5 hour assigned area task with a nominal distance of about 360 km and max of 460 km.  I flew 411 km at 135 km/hr and was 30 minutes early today.  I could have maximised a little more in the 2nd area, having flown only to the center.  I did max out the first zone and almost the last, but looking home, it looked like it was starting to die and it was 5 pm and I had 100 km to get home.  As it turned out it was not dying as I was able to get home at 150 km/hr on the final leg.

Another great flying day!

 

Dave

August 2nd

Tue, Aug 2
JS in Memphis, crossing the mighty Mississippi into Arkansas. The next state will be Texas but we are only at the half-way point of our journey. Still a long way to go.

On the way to Uvalde

JS and crew Sonia Hildesheim left in the afternoon of Aug 1st , stopping for the night near Dayton, OH. Always a bit uneasy parking the trailer in hotel parking lots.

Pre-worlds

The practice days for the Pre-Worlds in Uvalde start Thursday 4 August and the contest starts on Saturday 6 August.

Canada will be well represented at the contest with 4 pilots in the 18 m class:

ST - Nick Bonniere - LAK-17a
OX - Willem Langelaan - Antares 18s
TT - Derek Mackie - LAK-17a
XG - Jerzy Szemplinski - ASG -29

and 3 pilots in the 15 m class:

7V - Ryszard Gatkiewicz - LS8
2W - Dave Springford - ASW-27
JS - Joerg Stieber - LS8


Many Thanks to Walter for allowing me to fly his glider in Uvalde.