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Today?
Well it misted...off and on but mostly on. Ceiling was just above full launch height, air was buoyant and still you could get stuff if you made the wrong moves which many did...as in circling. Man on Man and man o man....
We got three rounds in....so its an official LSF'r :-) 10min rounds all weekend and some rounds got them, but I never got passed 7
something.
My landings were 100, 100, 95 and it wasn't enough to beat Don
Cleveland's AVA! Well what got me was a mistake...I covered the wrong
plane in the last round and that lost me 40 seconds on the last plane down, and
somehow that normalized to 70 points in the mysterious convolutions of the
computer's mind :-)
Don and I never flew in the same round today, but likely it wouldn't have
made a difference cuz he's an excellent stick flying any plane. I think he
put a hurt'n on yesterday's heroes though :-)
Dave Cousins out of Huntsville did me in with a Compulsion and a right turn
that I turned left at :-( He ended it with a 100 landing too! :-)
Okay I flew my Volz Powered Pike (repaired components from Denver's dead
two :-), Yesterday and today Jon Stone flew a Fusion from NSP (often referred to
as the 'bagged' Icon), Kendal flew a V tail Artemis both days and was tough
again today.
Chuck Anderson put some terrific flights in both days too but it got tooo
hard to see today so decided to go home with his plane in tack and with him,
versus in the woods or river. Yesterday a second plane got lost behind the
trees, either in the river or in a gated community that doesn't allow plane
finding, it belonged to Rob out of Knoxville.
Our own 'young' Tony (Louisville Area Soaring Society's up and comer) also
went home with his Falcon 880 in tack, but minus his LiL Bird and a crashed
Blaster (tail boom damage), but smarter and stronger for having flown with a ton
of Southern talent. LASS club President, LSF5, and past LSF VP Ed Wilson
flew his Evolution to near wood again today but got caught in heavier fog than
some of the other rounds and ended up 7th.
The entire event never skipped a beat even with a couple of mist delays
today, the equipment worked its butt off and I don't think there was a line
break during the contest.
Sure wish you all could have been there ...to see me accept 4th and 2nd
wood :-)
Gordy
Atlanta Airport at $4 for 10mins :-(
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