Hottest new tourist destination: Tonopah!

[Dave Nadler]

You read it first on today's WSJ front page!
Granted, we do understand there are a few issues with WSJ's editorial policies ;-)

[Tango Eight]

On Friday, July 31, 2015 at 8:35:15 AM UTC-4, Dave Nadler wrote:
> You read it first on today's WSJ front page!
> Granted, we do understand there are a few issues with WSJ's editorial policies ;-)

John Shelton, phone your office.

[bumper[_4_]]

On Friday, July 31, 2015 at 5:35:15 AM UTC-7, Dave Nadler wrote:
> You read it first on today's WSJ front page!
> Granted, we do understand there are a few issues with WSJ's editorial policies ;-)

Oh - kay: http://www.wsj.com/video/nevada-car-forest-is-a-junkyard-oasis/C2683BF5-F526-4B07-8BFA-5C1D2347FA55.html

Packin' my bags . . .

[JS]

Not quite like the dazzling metropolis pictured in DOON, but apparently there is a new restaurant in town.
Jim

[bumper[_4_]]

On Friday, July 31, 2015 at 12:34:19 PM UTC-7, JS wrote:
> Not quite like the dazzling metropolis pictured in DOON, but apparently there is a new restaurant in town.
> Jim

I miss Pez D Spencer.

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One important factoid missing from this article: The absolutely slowest service in the entire state may be found in the dinning room of the Hazmat Hotel.

[D M[_2_]]

At 23:34 31 July 2015, wrote:
>One important factoid missing from this article: The absolutely
slowest
>service in the entire state may be found in the dinning room of the
Hazmat
>Hotel.
>
The Tonopah Brewing Company owned by the same is pretty
respectable. Good BBQ and the Microbrew beers are not bad either.
Especially for TPH. Worth a visit if you are flying close by.!

[Dave Nadler]

On Friday, July 31, 2015 at 8:45:05 PM UTC-4, D M wrote:
> ... Worth a visit if you are flying close by!

Except, the only possible reason you'd be nearby, is...
YOU ARE HOPELESSLY LOST!

[John Cochrane[_3_]]

Dave:
What don't you like about WSJ editorial policies ? :)
Those of you who didn't make it, Tonopah was the site of a spectacular 15 meter nationals and a great regionals around 2000. I did a task at 119 mph... And Gary Ittner beat me, by doing 126.
It's also very beautiful. I hope the infrastructure improves to the point we can fly there again.
John Cochrane

[Dave Nadler]

On Saturday, August 1, 2015 at 7:41:50 PM UTC-4, John Cochrane wrote:
>...Tonopah was the site of a spectacular 15 meter nationals

Great except for the task under a huge storm that was not cancelled,
where a number of us flew home and put the gliders away to be safe...
Spectacular for sure!

http://www.nadler.com/public/tonapah2002_01.html

[John Cochrane[_3_]]

On Saturday, August 1, 2015 at 7:27:27 PM UTC-7, Dave Nadler wrote:
> On Saturday, August 1, 2015 at 7:41:50 PM UTC-4, John Cochrane wrote:
> >...Tonopah was the site of a spectacular 15 meter nationals
>
> Great except for the task under a huge storm that was not cancelled,
> where a number of us flew home and put the gliders away to be safe...
> Spectacular for sure!
>
> http://www.nadler.com/public/tonapah2002_01.html

Likewise I thought the insistence on calling tasks at 9 am and ignoring the weather did not make for an optimal contest. There was great weather on the thunderstorm day out to the S and W, clearly visible at launch, as were the huge buildups on course. Perhaps we learned a lesson that day that the newfangled tasks and procedures have a purpose.

But what a site!

John Cochrane

[JS]

In the late 90s did a short task out of Tonopah on a day that was forecast to overdevelop. Difficult to start, it got great so turned for home getting 161MPH on the return leg.
Flew over TPH an hour and a half ago. Completely overcast.... How strange.
Jim

On Saturday, August 1, 2015 at 7:52:58 PM UTC-7, John Cochrane wrote:

> But what a site!
>
> John Cochrane