AirTalk.org Aviation discussions newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Good Lift at Marfa February 22          AirTalk.org Forum Index -> Sailplanes View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Snead1 Guest Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 3:10 am    Post subject: Good Lift at Marfa February 22 Today, Sunday February 22, soaring conditions were very good in Marfa Texas. Cloud base was about 13,500. Thermals varied in strength, but I make a few turns at over 7 knots. Wind was about 15 mph out of the south. I did not find any wave. Bill Snead 6W Back to top Mhudson126 Guest Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 5:02 am    Post subject: Re: Good Lift at Marfa February 22 Cloud base 15,000 here in Moriarty! No wave either, but 6 kts average. Gotta love Febuary out west! -Mitch Back to top BTIZ Guest Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 5:09 am    Post subject: Re: Good Lift at Marfa February 22 the Las Vegas Valley is suffering from SoCal rain syndrome... BT "Mhudson126" <mhudson126 (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote Quote: Cloud base 15,000 here in Moriarty! No wave either, but 6 kts average. Gotta love Febuary out west! -Mitch Back to top Chris Guest Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 12:11 am    Post subject: Re: Good Lift at Marfa February 22 Dang! I scheduled the Grob for Saturday but "chickened out" due to snowfall. I should have rescheduled for Sunday. Well, let's see how next weekend is going. Chris Mhudson126 wrote: Quote: Cloud base 15,000 here in Moriarty! No wave either, but 6 kts average. Gotta love Febuary out west! -Mitch Back to top Tony Smolder Guest Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 4:15 am    Post subject: Re: Good Lift at Marfa February 22 At Turf in Arizona we flew over 300K on 2/21 (216 miles at 60 mph). Yes got to love it out west! TS1 Quote: "Mhudson126" <mhudson126 (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote in message news:20040223000240.18241.00000207 (AT) mb-m06 (DOT) aol.com... Cloud base 15,000 here in Moriarty! No wave either, but 6 kts average. Gotta love Febuary out west! -Mitch Back to top Greg Arnold Guest Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 4:43 am    Post subject: Re: Good Lift at Marfa February 22 Tony Smolder wrote: Quote: At Turf in Arizona we flew over 300K on 2/21 (216 miles at 60 mph). Yes got to love it out west! TS1 Why aren't you guys entering your flights in the Aerokurier Online Contest? Back to top Michael Guest Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 11:52 am    Post subject: Re: Good Lift at Marfa February 22 We would appreciate to see your logger file on the USA page of www.onlinecontest.org. Or try this direct link: http://www.onlinecontest.org/olcphp/2004/ausw_wertung.php?olc=olc-usa&spr=en&dclp=aab0993d52015d67e50efa7a63fb1636 Thanks to show me something from Texas Michael ========================= Quote: Today, Sunday February 22, soaring conditions were very good in Marfa Texas. Cloud base was about 13,500. Thermals varied in strength, but I make a few turns at over 7 knots. Wind was about 15 mph out of the south. I did not find any wave. Bill Snead 6W Back to top Kirk Stant Guest Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 2:37 pm    Post subject: Re: Good Lift at Marfa February 22 Greg Arnold <SoarXC (AT) REMOVEcox (DOT) net> wrote Quote: Why aren't you guys entering your flights in the Aerokurier Online Contest? Good question, Greg. I flew with Tony last Saturday, unfortunately due to time constaints (had to go to a Mardi Gras party!) I had to land early, so could only get off a 128 mile task at 62 mph - chasing Tony most of the way. Lovely Cu's everywhere, although cloudbases were a bit low for the desert - at Saturday's cruising altitudes (about 4000 to 6000 ft) we are usually thinking about finding a place to land! We have a real busy race schedule out here, and anytime Tony is flying it's a race, so no-one has really thought much about the OLC. Last week I briefly looked it up, but when I saw what appeared to be a lot of rules about what the flight had to be, I lost interest. I suspect I was hasty in making that opinion, so I'm going to revisit it. Any suggestions or comments about the OLC? Kirk 66 Back to top Greg Arnold Guest Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 3:45 pm    Post subject: Re: Good Lift at Marfa February 22 -- Online Contest Kirk: It takes a bit of time to figure out at first, and the webpage is rather confusing. Once you figure it out, however, it only takes a minute or two to upload each flight. If I can figure it out, so can you! Doug Levy (the 2003 US champion) wrote an article about the contest on page 8 of the January /February issue of Southern California Soaring: http://socalsoaring.com/newsletter/scs_6_janfeb2004.pdf Kirk Stant wrote: Quote: Greg Arnold <SoarXC (AT) REMOVEcox (DOT) net> wrote Why aren't you guys entering your flights in the Aerokurier Online Contest? Good question, Greg. I flew with Tony last Saturday, unfortunately due to time constaints (had to go to a Mardi Gras party!) I had to land early, so could only get off a 128 mile task at 62 mph - chasing Tony most of the way. Lovely Cu's everywhere, although cloudbases were a bit low for the desert - at Saturday's cruising altitudes (about 4000 to 6000 ft) we are usually thinking about finding a place to land! We have a real busy race schedule out here, and anytime Tony is flying it's a race, so no-one has really thought much about the OLC. Last week I briefly looked it up, but when I saw what appeared to be a lot of rules about what the flight had to be, I lost interest. I suspect I was hasty in making that opinion, so I'm going to revisit it. Any suggestions or comments about the OLC? Kirk 66 Back to top Paul Guest Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 5:47 pm    Post subject: Re: Good Lift at Marfa February 22 -- Online Contest Its easy to submit flights once you are registered . If you using either Strepla or Seeyou you just us the optimise function under the edit menu. Enter your details and the glider you where flying. Select OLC United States. Send flight in. Done. It will show up almost instantly. "Greg Arnold" <SoarXC (AT) REMOVEcox (DOT) net> wrote Quote: Kirk: It takes a bit of time to figure out at first, and the webpage is rather confusing. Once you figure it out, however, it only takes a minute or two to upload each flight. If I can figure it out, so can you! Doug Levy (the 2003 US champion) wrote an article about the contest on page 8 of the January /February issue of Southern California Soaring: http://socalsoaring.com/newsletter/scs_6_janfeb2004.pdf Kirk Stant wrote: Greg Arnold <SoarXC (AT) REMOVEcox (DOT) net> wrote Why aren't you guys entering your flights in the Aerokurier Online Contest? Good question, Greg. I flew with Tony last Saturday, unfortunately due to time constaints (had to go to a Mardi Gras party!) I had to land early, so could only get off a 128 mile task at 62 mph - chasing Tony most of the way. Lovely Cu's everywhere, although cloudbases were a bit low for the desert - at Saturday's cruising altitudes (about 4000 to 6000 ft) we are usually thinking about finding a place to land! We have a real busy race schedule out here, and anytime Tony is flying it's a race, so no-one has really thought much about the OLC. Last week I briefly looked it up, but when I saw what appeared to be a lot of rules about what the flight had to be, I lost interest. I suspect I was hasty in making that opinion, so I'm going to revisit it. Any suggestions or comments about the OLC? Kirk 66 Back to top Chris OCallaghan Guest Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 7:49 pm    Post subject: Re: Good Lift at Marfa February 22 Tony, I see by the OLC that Baude Litt did slightly over 300 miles at 50+ miles per hour from Gettysburg, PA on Sunday, braving very soggy, snow covered fields. Are you guys having a soft spring out west? Cheers, OC Back to top ZASoars Guest Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 9:27 pm    Post subject: Re: Good Lift at Marfa February 22 2 Knots to 3000msl here in Central Indiana on Sunday 2/22 . A whole 40 minutes in the club Grob ! ZA. Back to top Bob Gibbons Guest Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 4:29 am    Post subject: Re: Good Lift at Marfa February 22 On 24 Feb 2004 06:37:32 -0800, [email]stant2 (AT) mindspring (DOT) com[/email] (Kirk Stant) wrote: .... text deleted ... Quote: Last week I briefly looked it up, but when I saw what appeared to be a lot of rules about what the flight had to be, I lost interest. I suspect I was hasty in making that opinion, so I'm going to revisit it. Any suggestions or comments about the OLC? Kirk 66 There are really no rules at all. Just load your igc file into SeeYou, hit the optimize button, then hit the upload button. SeeYou handles all the rules, chooses the turnpoints, and uploads the file. Could not be simplier, takes about 60 seconds. I believe Strepla has the same capability. I encourage all pilots to upload your flights, both good and bad. Share your local conditions with the rest of the world. We can all learn from others. Bob Back to top Mhudson126 Guest Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 4:20 am    Post subject: Re: Good Lift at Marfa February 22 Was looking forward to submiting my flight to OLC...Got home and down-loaded it and fell victim to Kame-bridge logger outage. 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