The ...... IL, IN, OH, MO area is very fortunate to have the OVSS series still going strong. LOFT's monthly contest yesterday had nine or ten guys, hat's off to them for flying in the windy conditions.
This area is also blessed with the MOM format at the Nats. Watch out for my new OLY lll woody kit. Ray Hayes http://www.skybench.com Home of Wood Crafters ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Broeski" <tom@inventorforhire.com> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <soaring@airage.com> Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 5:50 AM Subject: Re: [RCSE] What if LSF had been born on the East coast.. The contests were definitely more attainable then. My first CASA Open contest at the Polo Field had over 100 pilots. That was only 10 years ago. I got many of my contest points at the monthly CASA contest at Manassas Battlefield. Now finding even 10 pilots for a monthly contest anywhere in VA is nearly impossible. Winning a monthly club contest was a lot easier than the ESL or a NATS. T ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; soaring@airage.com Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 11:59 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] What if LSF had been born on the East coast.. In a message dated 9/14/2006 1:06:31 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Imagine what tasks ECSS would have developed for the weak lift, wooded hills and tree lined roads of Pennsylvania, New York, and New England. I don't think it would have been all that different - we have certainly not found the established tasks all that daunting! Weak lift? - I logged 1 hour+ thermal flights on each of 12 consecutive summer weekend days back when, just for the fun of it (most with only one launch). I've also beat an hour on an overcast, chilly, and drizzly March day. For many years we (CASA) ran an XC event over a 32 mi course, yes it had tree canyons and tunnels, they go with the territory, they can be overcome (a good spotter/navigator helps). The course also had a nearly straight, mostly clear (only one tree canyon), 7.5 mile stretch over which several of us got our 10K G&R. The Appalachian chain is hardly devoid of slope opportunities, I personally know of 4 sites where the 8 hr has been done multiple times. Mostly, it's having the will and commitment to watch the forecasts and GO when the wx is favorable for whatever. BTW, you have a significant error in your LSF history account for which I will post a correction shortly. Good Lift! Skip Schow ECSS/NSS 71-71, LSF 166 (V #46) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.4/449 - Release Date: 9/15/2006 RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
