Gapa Geezer would be proud

[Tony[_5_]]

Today I think I set career highs and lows. Highest circling percentage that I can remember associated (naturally) with probably the lowest average climb rate of a cross country flight I have ever flown. SeeYou says 63% circling and .7 knots average.

Took the Cirrus on a downwind dash from Sunflower. This flight really reminded me of the old days in the Cherokee. Lift was weak, torn up, and low. I only got above 3000 AGL a few times. I flew with Brian Bird in his 301 Libelle for the first 1/3rd or so until we got separated.

Ended up landing at a several year unused former private grass runway near Newkirk, OK. Leah was there within an hour and we were home in time for supper!

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?flightId=-315929099

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Congratulations -- at least you flew....

[Papa3[_2_]]

This word "dash" - I do not think it means what you think it means.

That's more like a downwind slog. Or crawl. Or plod.

P3

[Dan Marotta]

Yeah! A couple of days ago I flew a 2.3 hour 30 nm flight in my
Stemme. That's an average speed of just a bit over 13 knots.

On 1/30/2017 3:03 PM, Papa3 wrote:
> This word "dash" - I do not think it means what you think it means.
>
> That's more like a downwind slog. Or crawl. Or plod.
>
> P3

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Dan, 5J

[JS]

On Monday, January 30, 2017 at 2:03:50 PM UTC-8, Papa3 wrote:
> This word "dash" - I do not think it means what you think it means.
>
> That's more like a downwind slog. Or crawl. Or plod.
>
> P3

Yes, but that beat my slog of the same day.
Good practice for SGS, Tony... Which is just around the corner.
Jim