Tony Condon Downwind Dash

[Steve Leonard[_2_]]

Tony Condon is on a downwind dash from Wellington, KS. Last I heard, goal was somewhere in Texas. Cloud base should be pushing 7000 AGL, and tailwinds in excess of 30 knots. B/S ratio forecast is pretty low, but I have flown on similar sorts of days and found the lift to be very good. Will see how it turns out for him!

Feel free to spend the rest of your afternoon watching his progress instead of working.

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[Two Shoes (Judson Knowles)]

Very nice! By the trajectory, he could make Arkansas!

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On Tuesday, April 8, 2014 2:59:23 PM UTC-5, Two Shoes (Judson Knowles) wrote:
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Looks like he has Paris Texas made. Averaging better than 80mph from start.

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[Two Shoes (Judson Knowles)]

Does anyone know if he'll go for further than TX? Minden, LA would be cool...

[Two Shoes (Judson Knowles)]

He's in TX!

[Steve Leonard[_2_]]

Goal had been San Augustine, Texas. Lots of pine trees between Paris and San Augustine. If he gets to San Augustine, that will be about 440 miles and a new Distance to a Goal record (taking my 423 mile record).

Steve Leonard

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Through the window, a very nice looking afternoon.
Most of the people I work with were complaining about our landings in Dallas (B737) and Tulsa (B757) today. Looks and felt to me like Tony chose a great day to fly. He could make San Augustine.
Jim

[Steve Leonard[_2_]]

On Tuesday, April 8, 2014 4:33:20 PM UTC-5, JS wrote:
> Through the window, a very nice looking afternoon. Most of the people I work with were complaining about our landings in Dallas (B737) and Tulsa (B757) today. Looks and felt to me like Tony chose a great day to fly. He could make San Augustine. Jim

I hope he does. Records are made to be broken. Will give me somthing else to shoot for this summer!

These are the kinds of days we watch for. And as usual, they happen during the week.

Steve

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> Tony Condon is on a downwind dash from Wellington, KS. Last I heard, goal was somewhere in Texas. Cloud base should be pushing 7000 AGL, and tailwinds in excess of 30 knots. B/S ratio forecast is pretty low, but I have flown on similar sorts of days and found the lift to be very good. Will see how it turns out for him!
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As of 5:01 CDT he has covered 348 miles at average speed of 80.0 mph. Is very close to Longview Texas.

[Two Shoes (Judson Knowles)]

On Tuesday, April 8, 2014 3:52:32 PM UTC-6, Steve Leonard wrote:
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Awesome outlook Steve. True sportsman there.

[Steve Leonard[_2_]]

On Tuesday, April 8, 2014 5:19:34 PM UTC-5, Two Shoes (Judson Knowles) wrote:
> Awesome outlook Steve. True sportsman there.

Thanks. I am just sorry I didn't notice sooner that another buddy, Bob Holliday, was out on a free distance run, too. Check other thread for his SPOT and progress. I think he is in his PIK, but oculd be in his his ASG, as he has a towplane. Currently, KSA towplanes are both down. :-(

Steve

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> Tony Condon is on a downwind dash from Wellington, KS. Last I heard, goal was somewhere in Texas. Cloud base should be pushing 7000 AGL, and tailwinds in excess of 30 knots. B/S ratio forecast is pretty low, but I have flown on similar sorts of days and found the lift to be very good. Will see how it turns out for him!
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[lynn]

As of the last reported position at 5:50pm, Tony has flown 410 miles at average speed of 79.3 mph.








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> Tony Condon is on a downwind dash from Wellington, KS. Last I heard, goal was somewhere in Texas. Cloud base should be pushing 7000 AGL, and tailwinds in excess of 30 knots. B/S ratio forecast is pretty low, but I have flown on similar sorts of days and found the lift to be very good. Will see how it turns out for him!
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As of 6:00 pm, Tony has covered 428.5 miles at an average speed of 80.36 mph.On Tuesday, April 8, 2014 1:10:22 PM UTC-5, Steve Leonard wrote:
> Tony Condon is on a downwind dash from Wellington, KS. Last I heard, goal was somewhere in Texas. Cloud base should be pushing 7000 AGL, and tailwinds in excess of 30 knots. B/S ratio forecast is pretty low, but I have flown on similar sorts of days and found the lift to be very good. Will see how it turns out for him!
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[lynn]

As of 6:17pm, Tony is past his goal of San Augustine and has flown 444.85 miles at 79.2 mph. Will be running out of land soon!




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Well past his goal of San Augustine. As of 6:17pm had flown 445miles at avg speed of 79.2 mph.




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[JS]

Perhaps Newton, TX?
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On Tuesday, April 8, 2014 6:41:34 PM UTC-5, JS wrote:
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Does look to be aiming for there.

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As of 6:34pm CDT, Tony has covered 465 miles at average speed of 78.8 mph. Lots of unlandable terrain ahead--about 24 miles to an airport on course.





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As of 6:47pm, Tony has flown 484 miles at average speed of 79.1 mph. Nearing Newton, Texas.






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He's gotta BIG pond of water coming up! Nice ride Tony!

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Tony is continuing past Newton and may be going to Dequincy, LA. So far as of 6:54pm he has covered 492 miles at 79.0 mph.






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I think Tony saw that Newton is 490 miles out of Wellington, so he wants to go a little further. If he had good altitude, with the tailwind, a 60 mile final glide is not out of the question.

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> Tony Condon is on a downwind dash from Wellington, KS. Last I heard, goal was somewhere in Texas. Cloud base should be pushing 7000 AGL, and tailwinds in excess of 30 knots. B/S ratio forecast is pretty low, but I have flown on similar sorts of days and found the lift to be very good. Will see how it turns out for him!
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[Steve Leonard[_2_]]

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Maybe the traffic count is too high? Lost him earlier in the day, and again now.

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> On Tuesday, April 8, 2014 1:10:22 PM UTC-5, Steve Leonard wrote:
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Just got word that Tony made it to DeQuincy, LA. Seems that he missed TX
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According to sky vector he covered 524 statute miles. Way to go Tony!

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My calculations (great circle) show a total of 524.9 miles at 80.1 mph. Nice flying!

[Steve Leonard[_2_]]

Dequincy, Arkansas. 525 miles from Wellington, Ks.

Well done, Tony!

[Frank Whiteley]

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[[email protected]]

Louisiana

[Two Shoes (Judson Knowles)]

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AWESOME FLIGHT!!!

[Evan Ludeman[_4_]]

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It's up again. Landed at De Quincy airport about 8:15. Nice flight!!!!!!!!

T8

[Bob Whelan[_3_]]

On 4/8/2014 6:31 PM, Peter von Tresckow wrote:

>
> Just got word that Tony made it to DeQuincy, LA. Seems that he missed TX
> :-)
>
> According to sky vector he covered 524 statute miles. Way to go Tony!
>
> Pete
>

Tony's a STUD!!! I'm gonna go have a beer for da MAN!!!

Bob W.

[Tony[_5_]]

Amazing barely begins to.describe it. More later. I wonder how long it will take my crew to get here :) thanks for following along everyone.

[[email protected]]

Fantastic Flight Tony!

[[email protected]]

Congrats on the fantastic flight Tony!!! :) As always, I look forward to reading your write up on the flight.

Bruno - B4

[Papa3[_2_]]

What they said. Way to destroy productivity in the office!

[Steve Leonard[_2_]]

On Tuesday, April 8, 2014 8:29:48 PM UTC-5, Papa3 wrote:
> What they said. Way to destroy productivity in the office!

Glad to be of service. :-)

[nimbus[_2_]]

Tony,
Awesome flight!!! Way to go. Fun to watch and thanks for sharing.

Gordon Boettger

[MNLou]

Awesome Tony! Congratulations!

[Brad Alston]

Congratulations on an outstanding flight Tony!

Brad.

[Mike Koerner]

Way to go Tony!
Mike Koerner

[Burt Compton - Marfa Gliders, west Texas]

Hey Tony . . . Nice flight! I love old-fashioned straight-outs with a crew trying to keep up!

Next, try to fly from Wichita to Marfa. Maybe head southwest then contact the Marfa dry line and fly south.
Just need to hop over the Davis Mountains to the Marfa Plateau (5,000' msl.)
Steve Leonard got close last year with his flight to Pecos.

Just let me know you're on your way so I can lay out the red carpet.

Burt
www.flygliders.com

[Nigel Pocock[_2_]]

I make that about 850km wind assisted. Nice flight. We cant do that sort of
thing in the uk, the landmass isnt big enough!
I pitty the poor retrieve crew - he is probably still driving.
Well done.

[Tony[_5_]]

We're about half way home now Nigel, after half a days driving. John and Mike are troopers for sure. Having a good time!

[[email protected]]

On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 1:58:04 PM UTC-6, Tony wrote:
> We're about half way home now Nigel, after half a days driving. John and Mike are troopers for sure. Having a good time!

Uh Tony...How much longer do you have to be able to upload to the OLC and the flight still be valid? Can't wait to see the trace! :)

Bruno - B4

[Tony[_5_]]

I still have over 24 hours. Calm down everyone :)

[Tony[_5_]]

On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 4:27:11 PM UTC-5, Tony wrote:
> I still have over 24 hours. Calm down everyone :)

OK, the flight is up on the OLC. enjoy :) Thanks for following along everyone, happy to answer any questions as usual.

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=3523858

[JS]

Tony's flight is now on OLC. Nice one, Tony.
Jim

[Roy Clark, \B6\]

Forget those little "13.1" and "26.2" decals the half-marathon and marathon finishers put on the vehicles - You Kansas boys can put on some really big numbers!
"4-5-5, what's that?"
"Flew a sailplane 455 miles without an engine."
Silence.

[Chris Rollings[_2_]]

From the UK Open Record list:
Free Distance 827.9km T J Wills LS-6 29/05/1986

OK it only started in the UK, finished in France.

At 13:33 09 April 2014, Nigel Pocock wrote:
>I make that about 850km wind assisted. Nice flight. We cant do that sort
o
>thing in the uk, the landmass isnt big enough!
>I pitty the poor retrieve crew - he is probably still driving.
>Well done.
>
>

[Whiskey Charlie]

Will you upload the flight to Skylines, Tony? Congrats - it was fun following along.

[Tony[_5_]]

Sure I'll give that a shot tonight.

[Tony[_5_]]

On Thursday, April 10, 2014 2:34:47 PM UTC-5, Tony wrote:
> Sure I'll give that a shot tonight.

https://www.skylines-project.org/flights/28998/

Comment away!

[Bob Whelan[_3_]]

On 4/10/2014 3:28 PM, Tony wrote:
> On Thursday, April 10, 2014 2:34:47 PM UTC-5, Tony wrote:
>> Sure I'll give that a shot tonight.
>
> https://www.skylines-project.org/flights/28998/
>
> Comment away!
>

So...didja suffer from oxygen poisoning way down there at sea level? Partake
of any jambalaya or shrimp gumbo while waiting for your crew? How about
Alligator McNuggets? Too bad you couldn't'a made Lake Charles - think how it
woulda enhanced your story: "I flew 550 miles without an engine...and then
landed in Lake Charles!" ("How'd you get the glider out of the lake?!?"
exclaims the impressed babe.)

Way to go, dood!!!

Bob W.

[Tony[_5_]]

Thanks Bob! No jambalaya but I did have some popeyes fries chicken while sitting in a cheap motel. Does that count?

It would've been really cool to have seen open water but the situation just didn't allow for making it the last 25 miles. Next time.

[Tony[_5_]]

Sweet video with IGC track and Satellite picture overlaid. Thanks to John Bird who put this together.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qfz2N05wsc

[Tony[_5_]]

On Tuesday, April 15, 2014 3:14:51 PM UTC-5, Tony wrote:
> Sweet video with IGC track and Satellite picture overlaid. Thanks to John Bird who put this together.
>
>
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qfz2N05wsc

My story is now up on my SSA Blog: http://www.ssa.org/MyHome.asp?mbr=8292935490&show=blog

and should be up on Soaring Cafe in the next day or two. Look for an article in an upcoming Soaring about this downwind dash season.

[[email protected]]

I get "The system cannot find the file specified" when I click on the link
in the post. I assume this is because I'm logged in as me, not you.

Matt

[Tony[_5_]]

On Thursday, April 24, 2014 1:41:54 PM UTC-5, wrote:
> I get "The system cannot find the file specified" when I click on the link
>
> in the post. I assume this is because I'm logged in as me, not you.
>
>
>
> Matt

had the same issue with that the last time. SSA Websmaster will be able to fix. Silly me didn't test it this time.

[Tony[_5_]]

OK, I turned the document into a PDF. Link works now. Enjoy!

[Tony[_5_]]

On Friday, April 25, 2014 2:17:44 PM UTC-5, Tony wrote:
> OK, I turned the document into a PDF. Link works now. Enjoy!

http://www.ssa.org/MyHome.asp?mbr=8292935490&show=blog