500+ KM OLC flight in Florida today

[Nick Kennedy[_3_]]

Dave Springford had what looks to me, as a very nice, for 2-22-19, soaring flight in Florida today. 500 Km OLC

Looks like a lot more fun than snowblowing my driveway which is what I did today.
Congratulations!

[Tom Kelley #711]

On Friday, February 22, 2019 at 5:25:03 PM UTC-7, Nick Kennedy wrote:
> Dave Springford had what looks to me, as a very nice, for 2-22-19, soaring flight in Florida today. 500 Km OLC
>
> Looks like a lot more fun than snowblowing my driveway which is what I did today.
> Congratulations!

Folks in NZ also had a great day, but I bet they had to dress a lot warmer!

OLC Daily Score 21. February 2019
1 1,637.26 pt Keith Essex US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV
Minden Soaring Club 1,802.72 km
152.73 km/h Omarama (NZ/ S) 15 19:03
07:54
2 1,497.20 pt Scarlat Norbert-Alin RO /
Romanian Airclub 1,605.37 km
125.28 km/h Omarama (NZ/ S) DO 18:30
07:47
3 1,003.87 pt Max Stevens NZ /
Gliding Wellington 1,009.47 km
91.56 km/h Omarama (NZ/ S) 18 18:44
05:59

Best. #711.

[Retting]

look again

[Tom Kelley #711]

On Friday, February 22, 2019 at 7:15:42 PM UTC-7, Retting wrote:
> look again

Thanks, R. Ya, I missed it as he was really smoking!

Daily Score Speed-OLC 2019( Worldwide / Feb 22, 2019 )

1 194.85 Keith Essex (US / R11) smiley 538.27 215.31 K Omarama (NZ / S)

Wow, 215+k!

Best. #711.

[Bob Youngblood]

On Friday, February 22, 2019 at 9:15:42 PM UTC-5, Retting wrote:
> look again

Those were nice flights, the Springford flight is more impressive to me. Sorry Henry but you can go ahead and pat yourself on the back. Springford hit the best area of Florida, Labelle up and over to Escape Ranch. Wish that I could have been up there, but 26 staples in my head from cancer surgery has me on the ground for a few days.

[Waveguru]

Nice low save by Charles Petersen in his Discus 2T/18m in Florida too...
950agl?

https://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=7006218

Boggs

[Tango Eight]

We need to know what kind of beer they all drank the night before so we can figure out which brew gives best performance.

T8

[Nick Kennedy[_3_]]

I put up my OP before Henry Retting put up his flight. He musta been drinking beer after landing.
Good Flight Henry! Wish I was there let me tell you.

[Bob Youngblood]

On Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 10:27:35 AM UTC-5, Tango Eight wrote:
> We need to know what kind of beer they all drank the night before so we can figure out which brew gives best performance.
>
> T8

I am betting that it was cold beer, now if they were at Vero Beach they would have had Pacifico, or Stella Artois. Those are two good flights. Bob

[Eric Greenwell[_4_]]

Tom Kelley #711 wrote on 2/22/2019 5:09 PM:
> Folks in NZ also had a great day, but I bet they had to dress a lot warmer!

It's their summer, so they likely aren't the warm dressers!

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)
- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorgliders/publications/download-the-guide-1
- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Dec 2014a" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm

http://soaringsafety.org/prevention/Guide-to-transponders-in-sailplanes-2014A.pdf

[Bruce Hoult]

On Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 4:29:40 PM UTC-8, Eric Greenwell wrote:
> Tom Kelley #711 wrote on 2/22/2019 5:09 PM:
> > Folks in NZ also had a great day, but I bet they had to dress a lot warmer!
>
> It's their summer, so they likely aren't the warm dressers!

That depends on how high the wave is going. 20k to 35k feet is not uncommon.

[Tom Kelley #711]

On Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 5:29:40 PM UTC-7, Eric Greenwell wrote:
> Tom Kelley #711 wrote on 2/22/2019 5:09 PM:
> > Folks in NZ also had a great day, but I bet they had to dress a lot warmer!
>
> It's their summer, so they likely aren't the warm dressers!
>
> --
> Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)
> - "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
> https://sites.google.com/site/motorgliders/publications/download-the-guide-1
> - "Transponders in Sailplanes - Dec 2014a" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm
>
> http://soaringsafety.org/prevention/Guide-to-transponders-in-sailplanes-2014A.pdf

Eric, when it's this cold(below) in Seminole they deice the gliders before takeoff.....then they deice themselves after landing with harder stuff than beer!

2:08 PM NZDT on February 23, 2019 (GMT +1300) | Updated an hour ago

58° | 46°
57 F
FEELS LIKE 57°

Cloudy
N18
Wind South
Today is forecast to be MUCH WARMER than yesterday.

Best. #711.

[Bruce Hoult]

On Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 5:16:58 PM UTC-8, Bruce Hoult wrote:
> On Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 4:29:40 PM UTC-8, Eric Greenwell wrote:
> > Tom Kelley #711 wrote on 2/22/2019 5:09 PM:
> > > Folks in NZ also had a great day, but I bet they had to dress a lot warmer!
> >
> > It's their summer, so they likely aren't the warm dressers!
>
> That depends on how high the wave is going. 20k to 35k feet is not uncommon.

Keith's 1800 km flight topped out around 6000m (19700 ft) four times and he was over 5000m (16500 ft) most of the time, so he'll have been dressed fairly warmly. Pilot comment "It wasn't the usual wave flight where you could sleep through most of the flight. Tricky, blue at times and unstable with discontinuous lines. Wave system fell apart in the north and the south stayed relatively good. It was cold, was worried about frozen water ballast so tried to stay relatively low. That caused some excitement and a few slow downs."

https://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=7006199

Scarlat's comment on the 1600 km 125.3 km/h flight "Weak and slow wave day. Amazing to see the sea breeze pushing inland. Memorable flight with JW, thank you!" Highest point I could find 7562 m (24800 ft).

Max was lower.

[Eric Greenwell[_4_]]

Tom Kelley #711 wrote on 2/23/2019 5:25 PM:
> On Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 5:29:40 PM UTC-7, Eric Greenwell wrote:
>> Tom Kelley #711 wrote on 2/22/2019 5:09 PM:
>>> Folks in NZ also had a great day, but I bet they had to dress a lot warmer!
>>
>> It's their summer, so they likely aren't the warm dressers!
>>
>> --
>> Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)
>> - "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
>> https://sites.google.com/site/motorgliders/publications/download-the-guide-1
>> - "Transponders in Sailplanes - Dec 2014a" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm
>>
>> http://soaringsafety.org/prevention/Guide-to-transponders-in-sailplanes-2014A.pdf
>
> Eric, when it's this cold(below) in Seminole they deice the gliders before takeoff.....then they deice themselves after landing with harder stuff than beer!
>
> 2:08 PM NZDT on February 23, 2019 (GMT +1300) | Updated an hour ago
>
> 58° | 46°
> 57 F
> FEELS LIKE 57°
>
> Cloudy
> N18
> Wind South
> Today is forecast to be MUCH WARMER than yesterday.

When I was growing up in Hawaii, the record low was 60F. My mom started the
fireplace (very unusual to have one in Hawaii, at least back in the '50s) when
temps got to 70F.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)
- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorgliders/publications/download-the-guide-1
- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Dec 2014a" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm

http://soaringsafety.org/prevention/Guide-to-transponders-in-sailplanes-2014A.pdf

[[email protected]]

On Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 9:11:08 PM UTC-5, Eric Greenwell wrote:
> Tom Kelley #711 wrote on 2/23/2019 5:25 PM:
> > On Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 5:29:40 PM UTC-7, Eric Greenwell wrote:
> >> Tom Kelley #711 wrote on 2/22/2019 5:09 PM:
> >>> Folks in NZ also had a great day, but I bet they had to dress a lot warmer!
> >>
> >> It's their summer, so they likely aren't the warm dressers!
> >>
> >> --
> >> Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)
> >> - "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
> >> https://sites.google.com/site/motorgliders/publications/download-the-guide-1
> >> - "Transponders in Sailplanes - Dec 2014a" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm
> >>
> >> http://soaringsafety.org/prevention/Guide-to-transponders-in-sailplanes-2014A.pdf
> >
> > Eric, when it's this cold(below) in Seminole they deice the gliders before takeoff.....then they deice themselves after landing with harder stuff than beer!
> >
> > 2:08 PM NZDT on February 23, 2019 (GMT +1300) | Updated an hour ago
> >
> > 58° | 46°
> > 57 F
> > FEELS LIKE 57°
> >
> > Cloudy
> > N18
> > Wind South
> > Today is forecast to be MUCH WARMER than yesterday.
>
> When I was growing up in Hawaii, the record low was 60F. My mom started the
> fireplace (very unusual to have one in Hawaii, at least back in the '50s) when
> temps got to 70F.
>
> --
> Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)
> - "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
> https://sites.google.com/site/motorgliders/publications/download-the-guide-1
> - "Transponders in Sailplanes - Dec 2014a" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm
>
> http://soaringsafety.org/prevention/Guide-to-transponders-in-sailplanes-2014A.pdf

Hee hee. When I run the wood stove here in Vermont (i.e., on the colder winter days/nights) it rarely brings the indoor temperature UP to 70 degrees F (21 centigrade).

[Charlie Papa[_2_]]

On Saturday, 23 February 2019 09:20:40 UTC-5, Waveguru wrote:
> Nice low save by Charles Petersen in his Discus 2T/18m in Florida too...
> 950agl?
>
> https://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=7006218
>
> Boggs

The gear was down...