2017 18 Meter Nationals on Facebook Live

[Sean Franke]

Day 2 pilots meeting going live on Wings and Wheels Facebook page in 15 minutes

[Sean Franke]

On Monday, July 31, 2017 at 7:46:13 AM UTC-7, Sean Franke wrote:
> Day 2 pilots meeting going live on Wings and Wheels Facebook page in 15 minutes

Day 1 pilots meeting starts in one hour. See it live here: https://www.facebook.com/wingsandwheels.aviation/

Sean Franke

[Sean Franke]

On Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at 6:59:21 AM UTC-7, Sean Franke wrote:
> On Monday, July 31, 2017 at 7:46:13 AM UTC-7, Sean Franke wrote:
> > Day 2 pilots meeting going live on Wings and Wheels Facebook page in 15 minutes
>
> Day 1 pilots meeting starts in one hour. See it live here: https://www.facebook.com/wingsandwheels.aviation/
>
> Sean Franke

Day 2 pilots briefing starts in 40 minutes on Wings & Wheels Facebook page. Two days ago a pilot declared an emergency shortly after takeoff. Yesterday the live feed was cut short at that pilots request when he shared the story.

Sean Franke
Wings & Wheels

[Sean Franke]

Going live on Facebook in 20 minutes.

Sean Franke
Wings & Wheels

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On Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at 10:17:54 AM UTC-4, Sean Franke wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at 6:59:21 AM UTC-7, Sean Franke wrote:
> > On Monday, July 31, 2017 at 7:46:13 AM UTC-7, Sean Franke wrote:
> > > Day 2 pilots meeting going live on Wings and Wheels Facebook page in 15 minutes
> >
> > Day 1 pilots meeting starts in one hour. See it live here: https://www.facebook.com/wingsandwheels.aviation/
> >
> > Sean Franke
>
> Day 2 pilots briefing starts in 40 minutes on Wings & Wheels Facebook page. Two days ago a pilot declared an emergency shortly after takeoff. Yesterday the live feed was cut short at that pilots request when he shared the story.
>
> Sean Franke
> Wings & Wheels

Don't blame him. Facebook live is creepy. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/italian-man-base-jump-death-facebook-live-video-armin-schmieder-kandersteg-swiss-alps-switzerland-a7213816.html

[Sean Franke]

Going live in 15 minutes.

[Bojack J4]

Really awesome to watch live interview of Sean Fidler before the meeting talking about the difficulty and dangers of yesterday's task. 1200 to 2200 foot altitude band above the ground over unlandable terrain for more than half the task? wow!!

[Sean Fidler]

Bojack,

Thx. Just for clarification, I never really went below 2k but many others were well lower at times. I was working between 1800 and 2400 (top of climb) for a good 60-80 miles of 206 mile task.

It was manageable, and the ClearNAV Glide Amoeba was particularly useful in keeping track of airports and what was needed to push forward.

This was a hard task but was very fun in the sense that I was incredibly excited when I finally got into a position where I felt a sure distance day was going to be a finish. Congrats to all the pilots who finished this task. Truly impressive work!

Sean

[Bojack J4]

Even 2000 feet is low enough to be very difficult to manage for most of us xc pilot amateurs. Good flying.

[Darryl Ramm]

Sean

Thanks for doing the live videos. Makes it fun and intersting to follow along.

Darryl

[Sean Fidler]

Daryl,

The pilots meeting live video is care of Sean Franke of Wings and Wheels (also a competitor here). Sean has build up really cool video equipment set up with a special microphone, wide angle lens (to improve quality) and tripod.

Sean has put a good deal of effort into all of this and I think we should all thank him and try and continue and expand such video coverage for SSA contests (pilots meetings, interviews, etc.). Sean also created an entire video series of all presentations at the 2016 SSA Convention (a huge investment in time, equipment and money) as well as several other recent events and contests. Sean has shown a lot of initiative and forward thinking by making this available.

Sean Fidler
7T

[Sean Franke]

Pilots briefing starts in 20 minutes. Tune in 5 minutes early for pilot interviews. See it live.

Sean Franke
Wings & Wheels

[Sean Franke]

On Saturday, August 5, 2017 at 7:36:39 AM UTC-7, Sean Franke wrote:
> Pilots briefing starts in 20 minutes. Tune in 5 minutes early for pilot interviews. See it live.
>
> Sean Franke
> Wings & Wheels

Today is a rest day. No pilots briefing. We will be back tomorrow on Facebook live.

Sean Franke
Wings & Wheels

[Sean Franke]

Pilots briefing starts in 30 minutes, live on Facebook.

Sean Franke
Wings & Wheels

[Sean Franke]

Day 6 (second try) pilots briefing goes live in 20 minutes.

Sean Franke
Wings & Wheels

[Sean Franke]

On Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 7:37:34 AM UTC-7, Sean Franke wrote:
> Day 6 (second try) pilots briefing goes live in 20 minutes.
>
> Sean Franke
> Wings & Wheels

Day 7 pilots briefing will have heavy discussions. Yesterday the final glide turned marginal for most with rain and sink. One didn't make it and had an encounter with local law enforcement. Others elected to continue across the finish line with low energy and altitude. Instead of crossing the finish line some elected to land straight in taking a two minute penalty. There is already hot debate on using a finish line.

Going live in 25 minutes.

Sean Franke
Wings & Wheels

[Dave Nadler]

On Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 9:22:57 AM UTC-5, Sean Franke wrote:
> ...Yesterday the final glide turned marginal for most with rain and sink.
> One didn't make it and had an encounter with local law enforcement.
> Others elected to continue across the finish line with low energy and altitude.
> Instead of crossing the finish line some elected to land straight in
> taking a two minute penalty.
> There is already hot debate on using a finish line.

3 land-outs in previous top 10.
Some of us took large reserves before final glide through rain.
I took about 2000 feet extra and used all of it for a flying finish in rain...
Challenging day!

[Sean Franke]

On Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 7:32:35 AM UTC-7, Dave Nadler wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 9:22:57 AM UTC-5, Sean Franke wrote:
> > ...Yesterday the final glide turned marginal for most with rain and sink.
> > One didn't make it and had an encounter with local law enforcement.
> > Others elected to continue across the finish line with low energy and altitude.
> > Instead of crossing the finish line some elected to land straight in
> > taking a two minute penalty.
> > There is already hot debate on using a finish line.
>
> 3 land-outs in previous top 10.
> Some of us took large reserves before final glide through rain.
> I took about 2000 feet extra and used all of it for a flying finish in rain...
> Challenging day!

Last day of the 18 Meter Nationals. Pilots briefing goes live in about 30 minutes. See it here: https://www.facebook.com/wingsandwheels.aviation

Sean Franke
Wings & Wheels