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Conditions were similar, but today I had my allergy meds and could see, the
thing I apparently couldn't do was engage brain!
I decided to fly my favorite, the Pike Giant...I do love this plane
;-)
Winds were really strong already, easily up to yesterday's best blow.
It didn't worry me because I have had plenty of experience with the Giant
in winds. No ballast was the call, and there were birds working low level
tree top stuff, and the air was active.
First flight had me worried but I hooked up kind of low and skied
out. I thought I was relaxed but when I lined up on the tape during the
approach I misjudged the wind, and over flapped for a direct in line shot at the
tape...one foot short. :-( ARGH!
Two more flight, same result but I was closing in....the last one was only
an inch short!
I walked around the group asking anyone to knock my mind back in synch but
in the end I had to do it myself.
I didn't ballast all day and had no trouble getting air, and keeping the
rest of my landings above 95.
Delaware's top TD pilot had a hot hand a brilliant caller...me :-) he
was a landing machine, and flew some amazing flights....just got crushed on one
ice cold flight, which knocked him to fourth, Joe (newlywed/Mooneyman)
Melchoir.
Mike Lachowski didn't have as good of a day, often having to use his
uncanny skills to work air smoothly to get times and missed a few
landings. That left the door open for me, but his last flight was a max
with a 100 landing, and my three zero landings, put him 200points up on
me.
Everyone there had some great flights, and the Sportsman group are really a talented bunch of thumbs. Lots of Mantis' flying out this way, and I was reminded of just how talented that plane really is. If you have not flown at this field, its is crazy good...and the
hospitality second to none.
Back to work,....if you can call it that :-)
Gordy
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