The weather cooperated today, and we got one of the wildest weather days I
have ever flown a contest in. This was some crazy air and it was humbling
everyone. I saw John Diniz (Supra) and Marc Gellart (Insanity) fly the
better part of a 12 minute task under 200'. I saw TK's big red ICON
swatted down HARD from about 20' fast as you could snap your fingers, and
he had energy and was flying fast. Never seen a plane blown into the
ground like that from weird ground turbulance. Many of us including my
self were swatted into the ground on landing approach.
Flying with a bunch of good friends today, Henry Bostick was up from Texas,
Marc Gellart and Sieb came in, along with Larry B. and Phil G. John Diniz
came up, so did Glaco. Old timer SOAR guys were out, and the new guys
were tearing up the sky as well.
Scores were all over the board, and the burials were deep and strong. I
had a freekin' blast, I really didn't keep track of my numerical score, I
just kept an eye on the flight group I had to fly in next. I really didn't
care, I haven't had a chance to contest in awhile and I was just having fun
watching everyone fly and waiting for my next shot in the crazy air.
McCarthy made some Chili dogs on the field so we could all help with
thermal generation. A car magazine testing group came by to watch us soar
a bit, they had a Ferrari F430, a Bently twin turbo, a Maserati Spider, a
Lamorghini Galardo, a Corvette C6 Z06 and a Ford GT in their entourage. We
all got to check out the cars, cool rides.
After six 12 minute rounds, It was Ben Roberto on top today flying a
Supra! Congrats Ben!
Tomorrow is day two... ;-)
Jim
Downers Grove, IL
Member of the Chicago SOAR club, and Team JR
AMA 592537 LSF 7560 Level IV R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net
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