Topo map on Delorme shows Hulett elevation about 4200ft. There is one small
strip at Sundance elevation about 5000ft and no strips around Beulah and not
very landing friendly surrounds.
After 13+hrs and fading daylight, Hulett sounds like a good choice.
From: Mike Cleaver
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 11:38 AM
To: [email protected] ; Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in
Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] FW: Glider Distance Record Attempt 5/4/14
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]>
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 (might not be accurate)
One can also follow our live communications with Air Traffic Control by
going to:
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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