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Bob Korves
December 21st 04, 01:57 PM
The solstice is here! Summer is coming!!!

For those of you in the southern hemisphere, well, your day will come...
(-:
-Bob

Burt Compton
December 22nd 04, 01:08 AM
December 21 at Marfa, Texas, USA: Only 6 knots to 11,400' msl. Yep, summer is
coming, and at our airport elevation of nearly 5,000' msl, it won't be
ridiculously hot. Soar the scenic high country of west Texas year-round - our
Spring Thermal and Wave Camp will be March 19-26, 2005.

Stuck in the snow? Finish your glider training in Texas. FAA checkrides by
appointment.

Burt
Marfa Gliders
www.flygliders.com

BTIZ
December 22nd 04, 03:35 AM
not bad Burt... Thermals to 6500AGL, we've been caught under an inversion
out here for the last three weeks, thermal activity about 3 in the
afternoon, right around pattern altitude, and not enough of a breeze to soar
the local ridge.

But.. it's been a mild winter.. and now the days are getting longer..

BT
Southern NV

"Burt Compton" > wrote in message
...
> December 21 at Marfa, Texas, USA: Only 6 knots to 11,400' msl. Yep,
> summer is
> coming, and at our airport elevation of nearly 5,000' msl, it won't be
> ridiculously hot. Soar the scenic high country of west Texas year-round -
> our
> Spring Thermal and Wave Camp will be March 19-26, 2005.
>
> Stuck in the snow? Finish your glider training in Texas. FAA checkrides
> by
> appointment.
>
> Burt
> Marfa Gliders
> www.flygliders.com

Mark James Boyd
December 23rd 04, 02:42 AM
Central calif is the same. Nothin'. Of course
it's reeeel easy to teach aerotow in smooth air
though :)

And it seems a LOT colder than last year. Maybe a month
of near-freezing or below nights...

In article <PX5yd.8683$iD.7325@fed1read05>,
BTIZ > wrote:
>not bad Burt... Thermals to 6500AGL, we've been caught under an inversion
>out here for the last three weeks, thermal activity about 3 in the
>afternoon, right around pattern altitude, and not enough of a breeze to soar
>the local ridge.
>
>But.. it's been a mild winter.. and now the days are getting longer..
>
>BT
>Southern NV
>
>"Burt Compton" > wrote in message
...
>> December 21 at Marfa, Texas, USA: Only 6 knots to 11,400' msl. Yep,
>> summer is
>> coming, and at our airport elevation of nearly 5,000' msl, it won't be
>> ridiculously hot. Soar the scenic high country of west Texas year-round -
>> our
>> Spring Thermal and Wave Camp will be March 19-26, 2005.
>>
>> Stuck in the snow? Finish your glider training in Texas. FAA checkrides
>> by
>> appointment.
>>
>> Burt
>> Marfa Gliders
>> www.flygliders.com
>
>


--

------------+
Mark J. Boyd

BTIZ
December 23rd 04, 04:38 AM
I was flying tow last Sunday.. and was able to do some hands off.. then the
CFIG in the glider behind me told me his stud was hands off too... very very
scary stable..

LOL
BT

"Mark James Boyd" > wrote in message
news:41ca3e8f$1@darkstar...
> Central calif is the same. Nothin'. Of course
> it's reeeel easy to teach aerotow in smooth air
> though :)
>
> And it seems a LOT colder than last year. Maybe a month
> of near-freezing or below nights...
>
> In article <PX5yd.8683$iD.7325@fed1read05>,
> BTIZ > wrote:
>>not bad Burt... Thermals to 6500AGL, we've been caught under an inversion
>>out here for the last three weeks, thermal activity about 3 in the
>>afternoon, right around pattern altitude, and not enough of a breeze to
>>soar
>>the local ridge.
>>
>>But.. it's been a mild winter.. and now the days are getting longer..
>>
>>BT
>>Southern NV
>>
>>"Burt Compton" > wrote in message
...
>>> December 21 at Marfa, Texas, USA: Only 6 knots to 11,400' msl. Yep,
>>> summer is
>>> coming, and at our airport elevation of nearly 5,000' msl, it won't be
>>> ridiculously hot. Soar the scenic high country of west Texas
>>> year-round -
>>> our
>>> Spring Thermal and Wave Camp will be March 19-26, 2005.
>>>
>>> Stuck in the snow? Finish your glider training in Texas. FAA
>>> checkrides
>>> by
>>> appointment.
>>>
>>> Burt
>>> Marfa Gliders
>>> www.flygliders.com
>>
>>
>
>
> --
>
> ------------+
> Mark J. Boyd

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