Woodstock tomorrow, June 15th

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Ward Odenwald
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Woodstock tomorrow, June 15th

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Late notice (sorry). Three of us, so far, are going to have a look and hopefully fly. My ETA at launch is 10:30.

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Re: Woodstock tomorrow, June 15th

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Great day @ WS.
John M (S3), Rick H (S3), Ward (S3), Gary (U2), Bari (Malibu), & Joe (PG).

The weather was good, wind Direction not bad, thermals all over, good lift.

We all had good take-off &s flights.

Landings were problematic: crosswinds & very active.

Bari & Gary had outstanding landings.
I am so jealous of them.

John broke downtube.
Rick landed very close to the fence.
I used my pneumatic wheels: they save my landing.

Lesson: don’t land @ 4:00pm!
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Re: Woodstock tomorrow, June 15th

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All the launches I saw were good.

From the ground it looked like a bullet-proof day. It didn't look like anyone spent any time close to launch level.
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Re: Woodstock tomorrow, June 15th

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Here are ten ordered images to go along with Walt’s and Dave’s reports. Dave, thanks for coming out to help us into the air! As Walt mentioned, it was a good day with all of us climbing in multiple thermals found near launch. I believe that all who launched during the mid-afternoon spent some time above 5,000 ft MSL. Images 2 and 5 show John and Walt, respectively.

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Re: Woodstock tomorrow, June 15th

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Re: Woodstock tomorrow, June 15th

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these are post-card pictures... thank you for sharing...
I do not know, but everytime you and John flew close to me, my impression is that you were way faster than I :(
I am wondering if I should fly faster.
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