Been watching the the soaring forecasts for the last couple of days as the prospects for Tuesday looked better and better. Lauren and I studied maps and charged radios in preparation for long flights and new personal bests. This morning, numerous pilots discussed possible destinations and routes to be flown and we started launching into a cumulous filled sky around 12:00.
As all this preparation ensued, an ominous feeling started to work it's way into my thoughts. Every time I get this enthusiastic and plan this much for a flight......I bomb out. Well THIS TIME... I bombed out.
Actually, the conditions proved to be much more challenging than as advertised and few pilots had good flights. Mark Fink and I, however, landed together 8.5 miles NW of Quest for a couple of the shorter flights of the day. Steve Wendt was nice enough to make the retrieve. Oh Well....at least I had a good landing!
Lauren was smart enough to stay around the field and got a couple of hours and spared herself sitting around in a baren field waiting for a ride home.
But guess what? Tomorrow looks REALLY good and we're getting the maps out and charging our radios and.........
Paul
Florida Report - Tuesday
Moderator: CHGPA BOD
Um... maybe the pilots that went XC had challenging flights. Sorry you got decked. It was great to see the big XC contingent today. Hopefully tomorrow will bring better XC conditions.
Back at the local watering hole the flying was pretty sweet, especially later in the day. Shared the cloaking device with many other pilots. Below 2k was a struggle. Over 2k was boomtown. Last wednessday was better, but today wasn't bad. Took the Extacy up for a tandem flight after 4pm and went straight back up to cloudbase. (I feel I'm in danger of actually liking them rigid things.) 4.5k, fat dumb and happy. Mostly dumb ;)
Jim
Back at the local watering hole the flying was pretty sweet, especially later in the day. Shared the cloaking device with many other pilots. Below 2k was a struggle. Over 2k was boomtown. Last wednessday was better, but today wasn't bad. Took the Extacy up for a tandem flight after 4pm and went straight back up to cloudbase. (I feel I'm in danger of actually liking them rigid things.) 4.5k, fat dumb and happy. Mostly dumb ;)
Jim