Woodstock, Thursday 11/16

[Ward Odenwald]

Four days out but multiple forecasts are suggesting ideal wind direction, speed and temps during the afternoon.

Ward

[XCanytime]

Looks like the retired folks and those who are off from work could and should enjoy a relatively warm flight. I'm looking to fly over the WV ANG F-86 Sabre on final for the grass strip right of Runway 28 at FRR. Bacil

[wmelo]

The weather forecast looks promising.
I am interested. Walt

[XCanytime]

Hourly has it strong WNW until 1P, then a nice gradual dropoff until sunset. I'll be there early. Bacil

[Ward Odenwald]

Tomorrow’s predictions are suggesting conditions outside of my comfort level but will come out in the afternoon to help with takeoffs and retrievals.

Ward

[markc]

Looks very tempting to me, esp later in the day.... I gotta get fired or something, sigh.

[XCanytime]

Got to launch at 11:15A. Moderate conditions on launch, with a west cross above as indicated by the black vultures and ravens thermalling/frolicking about 1K' over out in the valley. By 12:15P I had set up and waited for the other pilots to arrive. At 12:30P Walt and Ward showed up, with Gary arriving 15 minutes later. By this time it had gotten stronger, so I decided to wait for the predicted throttleback around 3:30P. As we stood around and watched many freight trains blow thru, the NOAA weather radio station that is located near Hagerstown updated the forecast from West 15 to 20 MPH, G 30, to now a wind advisory until 6P, with winds West 20 to 30 MPH, G up to 50 . Once we heard that it was a done deal. Gary and Ward helped me break down the glider in the gusty conditions. Thanks guys. Of course as soon as I was almost done, it died down markedly. 15 minutes later it picked back up. The classic sucker lull. Gary and I grabbed some food and drink at Fox's Pizza in Strasburg. The joint has great food! Bacil

[markc]

Guess I'm glad I didn't get fired then....

Sorry to hear it didn't work out though, bummer! Noticed a significant ramp-up in Bethesda around sunset, figured that wasn't a good sign.

Maybe we'll be lucky, and conditions on Sunday will back off at the end of the day.

[rlweber]

Sorry it did not work out, but it is still a beautiful place to spend an afternoon. I was watching the conditions hoping for an after work run to Woodstock, but the Woodstock Tower weather station confirmed what you experienced. To quote an old cliche- "better to be on the ground than in the air wishing you were on the ground". See what Sunday brings??????

Randy

[XCanytime]

Sunday night maybe . It was a beautiful afternoon on the mountain. There are 2 "gulleys" 7" to 8" deep where runoff has cut into the lower part of the pad. A little shovel work would do the trick. Grass has grown on the upper pad, but the lower pad could do with some seedwork in the spring. Bacil