Tony Condon JS3 - Downwind Hutchinson to Gulf Coast ... Now

[WaltWX[_2_]]

Follow on SSA Sailplane Tracker

https://www.ssa.org/sailplanetracker/default.asp?

Already east of Oklahoma City SSE bound. Should arrive by 6-7pm with 25kt tail wind.

Walt Rogers WX

[Darryl Ramm]

On Friday, April 19, 2019 at 11:41:44 AM UTC-7, WaltWX wrote:
> Follow on SSA Sailplane Tracker
>
> https://www.ssa.org/sailplanetracker/default.asp?
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> Already east of Oklahoma City SSE bound. Should arrive by 6-7pm with 25kt tail wind.
>
> Walt Rogers WX

And it's not in "Kate" his Standard Cirrus, Tony aka jet boy is flying a JS3 Jet this time. Can't recall if it's 15m or 18m.

Go Jet boy.

[Charlie M. (UH & 002 owner/pilot)]

Frikkin cool.......he is known for....."going there......"..... kudos regardless of where he ends up.....!

[Steve Leonard[_2_]]

Flying 18 meter today. Had a low scrape, dumped the water, but is up and has been moving again for a fair while.

Steve Leonard

[WaltWX[_2_]]

Last Four hours GOES-16 0.5km visible video from takeoff up to 2119Z at Sunflower Aerodrome, Hutchinson (near Wichita, Kansas). Notice cloud streets up ahead! ... Looking good.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wwi3cs69s13df9u/GOES-16_NoWaypoints__Last4Hrs_2119z_20190419.mp4?dl=0

He's headed towards Lafayette, Louisiana. Last night Tony told me the destination planned airport, but I forgot the name. It's probably the last good aerodrome before the Gulf of Mexico.

Walt Rogers WX

[WaltWX[_2_]]

Try this Dropbox link...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qopphfev8x25olh/GOES-16_NoWaypoints__Last4Hrs_2119z_2019041_sco.mp4?dl= 0

[WaltWX[_2_]]

The naming and end time of the last videos was off in the filename. Try these...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qopphfev8x25olh/GOES-16_NoWaypoints__Last4Hrs_1921z_2019041_sco.mp4?dl= 0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hmvfoug1b454829/GOES-16_NoWaypoints__Last4Hrs_1951z_2019041_sco.mp4?dl= 0

The last video shows stronger cloud cover in East Texas up ahead.

Walt Rogers WX

[Tony[_5_]]

The low scrape involved burning a couple gallons of diesel, unfortunately.

It was 1000km day and I was doing so so until I somehow fell out of the sky there. Once I got back up I decided might as well keep going since it was a kick-ass soaring day.

Climbed better without water, imagine that ;) cranked the mc up to 4 And the Lx said I'd be to Abbeville LA by 7 pm just as TopMeteo predicted last night.

By Paris I was having issues with low batteries. Apparently the battery charger doesn't actually do that charging thing...

So I turned back towards my crew and landed at Antlers Oklahoma. He should be here soon and we'll be home tonight, late.

Sucks to let one slip away especially when I had the chance to do it in Leo's Js-3!

[WaltWX[_2_]]

Tony turned around near Paris, TX to return toward home. Landed Antlers Municipal Texas. The weather and soaring did not look like it was a factor. Things looked good ahead. Some other unforeseen circumstance must have intervened.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/dwp0tbm9okdh607/GOES-16_NoWaypoints__Last4Hrs_2231z_2019041_sco.mp4?dl= 0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fm13tsbhk3v9cru/SSATrackingMap_JS3_20190419.jpg?dl=0

Here's a folder of all my graphics or videos today:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/k8h4qvdlae0gc1b/AACgjaaMEqqohl0LXtSI6qa2a?dl=0

Walt Rogers WX