Now seems to have landed at Hulett Municipal Airport, short of the
Wyoming/South Dakota border, quite a bit further north (30 miles) than
the track from Keyhole to Rapid City. Looks like he was chasing lift
rather than distance eastwards, as he could have made it to the State
line near Beulah from where he was earlier - with good level farmland
and lower altitudes from Google Earth. Landing was about quarter to 12
Australian time. A very good effort indeed, and sure to produce another
attempt to better it in the months ahead.
Wombat
On 5/05/2014 11:20 AM, Mike Cleaver wrote:
11am Australian time puts him 13000 ft AMSL over Gillette-Campbell
Municipal Airport, Wyoming (about 4000'AMSL), with about 120 NM to go
to Rapid City. Height enough to reach Keyhole Airport, still in
Wyoming but only about 60 NM short of his goal, though with the (in)
famous Black Hills up to 6500 ft AMSL ahead of him. Depends on how
much lift and how much daylight ahead, but a very good flight!
Wombat
On 5/05/2014 6:30 AM, Pam wrote:
Gordfon Boetger is on another record flight attempt – live tracking –
right now.
Go Gordo & Hugh!
Reba
Sent from my iPad
Begin forwarded message:
*From:* GORDON BOETTGER <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
*Subject:* *Glider Distance Record Attempt 5/4/14*
On Sunday, May 4, I will be making another distance record
attempt along with Hugh Bennett in the Duo Discus sailplane.
Our intention is to be towed up by a towplane shortly before
sunrise around 0530 PDT from the Minden Tahoe airport NV
(KMEV), release and head in the direction of Rapid City, SD
(KRAP), landing near sunset after flying over 850 miles. If
we can go beyond that, we obviously will. As most know, we
will be making this attempt in an unmotorized sailplane
utilizing mountain wave updrafts to stay aloft. The weather
is favorable for this intended direction but weaker forecast
winds might make slow going. If the flight is aborted due to
technicalities or unfavorable weather, Walt Rogers will post
on his twitter account (below). We intend to climb up to
28,000 feet before proceeding east. As most know, there’s no
way to tell how far we end up going. It will depend on what
the weather allows. It will be cold as the cockpit is
unheated and unpressurized. There are too many factors
involved to tell how far we end up, which also makes it quite
fun to watch from the sidelines on the ground. Our call sign
for the flight will be N55LK.
I will also be posting live pictures and video feed (workload
permitting) and be in satellite communication with Walt
Rogers, our meteorologist and dispatcher. You can follow his
excellent twitter feeds with weather updates and our progress
and inflight pictures by going to:
https://twitter.com/wrogerswx
You can join us during the flight by following our track
which gives position, altitude, speed, and heading. Updates
occur every 5 minutes. Click on the blue dots to see our
position, speed, altitude, and heading. Click on the
following link to access the site on Saturday, 3/29 (be
advised that you will have to select “map filters” on the map
page and then on the “date and time range” choose “currently
tracking” in order to see only our position points for THIS
flight).
https://share.delorme.com/GordonBoettger
Also, we can be tracked on:
www.flightaware.com <http://www.flightaware.com/> (might not
be accurate)
One can also follow our live communications with Air Traffic
Control by going to:
http://www.liveatc.net <http://www.liveatc.net/> (I
believe our first frequency will be Norcal Approach on 119.2
and then for OAK center 128.8)
My goal is to share this wonderful adventure and beauty of
unpowered flight with the rest of the world. Without being
in the cockpit, this is the best way we know how to share it.
Feel free to share this with your friends.
Enjoy the ride,
Gordon Boettger
N55LK
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