John Lubon Downwind Dash

[Tony[_5_]]

Flight in progress, see SSA Sailplane tracker or SPOT link. This came through my email earlier today. Looks like good cu field over the rest of the route now and should be picking up more of a tailwind as he gets into PA. My untrained eye on the satellite sees wave potential from the PA ridges too. Go Man Go!

John Lubon departed from Alexandria, Indiana, at 12:22 pm with the declared goal of flying to Bedford, PA. At this point he is just passing Springfield, OH. Follow his progress at:

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=01GhfqdCqW2Qj7BHRZSs4NCuposYaCb Xk

If John is successful this will set an Indiana free distance record and a record for distance to goal.

Dan Reagan is driving the retrieve vehicle and providing support.

[joesimmers[_2_]]

John landed at Bandel field south of Pittsburgh.

The ground in Ohio is very wet, I cant imagine conditions were
that strong but that wont stop John Lubon!

Great flight!

[Tony[_5_]]

On Saturday, April 5, 2014 6:36:02 PM UTC-5, joesimmers wrote:
> John landed at Bandel field south of Pittsburgh.
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> The ground in Ohio is very wet, I cant imagine conditions were
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> that strong but that wont stop John Lubon!
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> Great flight!

472 kilometers. not too shabby! Excellent work John. Now, does Dan get the next cold front with John crewing?

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On Saturday, April 5, 2014 5:35:59 PM UTC-4, Tony wrote:
> Flight in progress, see SSA Sailplane tracker or SPOT link. This came through my email earlier today. Looks like good cu field over the rest of the route now and should be picking up more of a tailwind as he gets into PA. My untrained eye on the satellite sees wave potential from the PA ridges too.. Go Man Go!
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> John Lubon departed from Alexandria, Indiana, at 12:22 pm with the declared goal of flying to Bedford, PA. At this point he is just passing Springfield, OH. Follow his progress at:
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> http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=01GhfqdCqW2Qj7BHRZSs4NCuposYaCb Xk
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> If John is successful this will set an Indiana free distance record and a record for distance to goal.
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> Dan Reagan is driving the retrieve vehicle and providing support.

Awww, we would like to see John and Dan at Blairstown again! That was fun last time.

Regards,
Daniel

[Gary Adams]

On Saturday, April 5, 2014 7:36:02 PM UTC-4, joesimmers wrote:
> John landed at Bandel field south of Pittsburgh.
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> The ground in Ohio is very wet, I cant imagine conditions were
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> that strong but that wont stop John Lubon!
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> Great flight!

Hey Joe, "very wet?" When was the last time you came to the field? I was up yesterday for a trustee meeting, and I swear you could put a boat on the field and go skiing! Heard that John was trying a straight out flight over us, and most of us would have sworn he wouldn't make the Ind/Ohio state border.

GB

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Great flight John, good way to get us mid-westerners fired up for the soaring season!