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I'm not from SOAR, but close enough in Michigan. Don, you
used to be a nice guy, rubbing it in about yesterday as our club contest got
called because of wind and snow and 10 foot visibility is really
nasty.
We will have to get even at the NAT's where you will have
to sit in 100 degree 100 percent weather and say you like it.
Jack Iafret
"Keeper of the Nostalgia Rules"
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 2:17
AM
Subject: [RCSE] A beautiful soaring
day
To my friends at
S.O.A.R.,
At Poway, CA this
morning, the sky was clear, no haze, no fog, no smog. Temperature was in
the mid sixties with a gentle wind from the West-Southwest at 5-10 MPH.
An overnight low of near 40 degrees provided great thermal opportunities when
the sun poked over the mountains (hills in
Colorado).
Everything flew in
rising air including Jim L.'s fleet of scale machines that need good rising
air to attain a 30 minute flight. The Compulsion and Addiction spent
several minutes maintaining altitude (1500+ ft) with full flaps to limit the
altitude. It is tough to leave a great thermal, just to get a little
landing practice. Peter had some of the best flights of his short career
with his Sagiatta 600. George put on a great show with his electric 3D
machine and Garth had some great flights also. I knew it was a good day
when I had a great flight with my .020 brushless powered Zoo Bat. Really
needed that dual rate elevator as the .020 is a bit faster than the Speed
400.
Lunch at Point Loma Seafood,
overlooking San Diego Bay ended the daytime portion of a great San Diego
day.
Don Richmond
San Diego, CA
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