Silver Duration

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You all will be pleased to know that I got silver duration today. The
old Cherokee II and I were launched just after noon and landed around
suppertime. Lift was strong in central Iowa today. 3-500 fpm was the
norm. My best climb came at about 4:50 PM with a 600 fpm climb up to
8700 MSL, about 7700 AGL. Best altitude ive ever made, and after a
low save at 1200 AGL, my personal record for altitude gain. I never
did make cloud base. They were up there a ways. Looks like as long
as enough of you decide against flying the Region 7 Sports class, Ill
be off the waiting list and ready to fly!

[Frank Whiteley]

On Apr 9, 10:30 pm, wrote:
> You all will be pleased to know that I got silver duration today. The
> old Cherokee II and I were launched just after noon and landed around
> suppertime. Lift was strong in central Iowa today. 3-500 fpm was the
> norm. My best climb came at about 4:50 PM with a 600 fpm climb up to
> 8700 MSL, about 7700 AGL. Best altitude ive ever made, and after a
> low save at 1200 AGL, my personal record for altitude gain. I never
> did make cloud base. They were up there a ways. Looks like as long
> as enough of you decide against flying the Region 7 Sports class, Ill
> be off the waiting list and ready to fly!

alrighty then, good on ya

It was clearly booming in CO today following the weekend snizzle and
snow.

I thought a few buzzards would have gotten away, but at the time of
this writing, zilch on OLC.

Frank Whiteley

[Paul Remde]

Hi Tony,

Congratulations!!! Well done.

I haven't been soaring in MN yet this season.

Paul Remde

> wrote in message
oups.com...
> You all will be pleased to know that I got silver duration today. The
> old Cherokee II and I were launched just after noon and landed around
> suppertime. Lift was strong in central Iowa today. 3-500 fpm was the
> norm. My best climb came at about 4:50 PM with a 600 fpm climb up to
> 8700 MSL, about 7700 AGL. Best altitude ive ever made, and after a
> low save at 1200 AGL, my personal record for altitude gain. I never
> did make cloud base. They were up there a ways. Looks like as long
> as enough of you decide against flying the Region 7 Sports class, Ill
> be off the waiting list and ready to fly!
>

[Mike Schumann]

We missed a good day yesterday at Stanton. Unfortunately, the Stanton
towplane wasn't ready yet, and I was told that the MSC tow plane was having
its prop balanced. I was very bummed, as I was ready to go!

Mike Schumann

"Paul Remde" > wrote in message
news:jhMSh.45231$oV.41486@attbi_s21...
> Hi Tony,
>
> Congratulations!!! Well done.
>
> I haven't been soaring in MN yet this season.
>
> Paul Remde
>
> > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>> You all will be pleased to know that I got silver duration today. The
>> old Cherokee II and I were launched just after noon and landed around
>> suppertime. Lift was strong in central Iowa today. 3-500 fpm was the
>> norm. My best climb came at about 4:50 PM with a 600 fpm climb up to
>> 8700 MSL, about 7700 AGL. Best altitude ive ever made, and after a
>> low save at 1200 AGL, my personal record for altitude gain. I never
>> did make cloud base. They were up there a ways. Looks like as long
>> as enough of you decide against flying the Region 7 Sports class, Ill
>> be off the waiting list and ready to fly!
>>
>
>



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On Apr 10, 12:16 pm, "Mike Schumann" <mike-nos...@traditions-
nospam.com> wrote:
> We missed a good day yesterday at Stanton. Unfortunately, the Stanton
> towplane wasn't ready yet, and I was told that the MSC tow plane was having
> its prop balanced. I was very bummed, as I was ready to go!
>
> Mike Schumann
>
> "Paul Remde" > wrote in message
>
> news:jhMSh.45231$oV.41486@attbi_s21...
>
>
>
> > Hi Tony,
>
> > Congratulations!!! Well done.
>
> > I haven't been soaring in MN yet this season.
>
> > Paul Remde
>
> > > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> >> You all will be pleased to know that I got silver duration today. The
> >> old Cherokee II and I were launched just after noon and landed around
> >> suppertime. Lift was strong in central Iowa today. 3-500 fpm was the
> >> norm. My best climb came at about 4:50 PM with a 600 fpm climb up to
> >> 8700 MSL, about 7700 AGL. Best altitude ive ever made, and after a
> >> low save at 1200 AGL, my personal record for altitude gain. I never
> >> did make cloud base. They were up there a ways. Looks like as long
> >> as enough of you decide against flying the Region 7 Sports class, Ill
> >> be off the waiting list and ready to fly!
>
> --
> Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com

that is a bummer Mike. I was luckily able to get a towpilot down
here. Thats often tough to do on a Monday.

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On Apr 10, 2:10 pm, wrote:
> On Apr 10, 12:16 pm, "Mike Schumann" <mike-nos...@traditions-
>
>
>
> nospam.com> wrote:
> > We missed a good day yesterday at Stanton. Unfortunately, the Stanton
> > towplane wasn't ready yet, and I was told that the MSC tow plane was having
> > its prop balanced. I was very bummed, as I was ready to go!
>
> > Mike Schumann
>
> > "Paul Remde" > wrote in message
>
> >news:jhMSh.45231$oV.41486@attbi_s21...
>
> > > Hi Tony,
>
> > > Congratulations!!! Well done.
>
> > > I haven't been soaring in MN yet this season.
>
> > > Paul Remde
>
> > > > wrote in message
> > oups.com...
> > >> You all will be pleased to know that I got silver duration today. The
> > >> old Cherokee II and I were launched just after noon and landed around
> > >> suppertime. Lift was strong in central Iowa today. 3-500 fpm was the
> > >> norm. My best climb came at about 4:50 PM with a 600 fpm climb up to
> > >> 8700 MSL, about 7700 AGL. Best altitude ive ever made, and after a
> > >> low save at 1200 AGL, my personal record for altitude gain. I never
> > >> did make cloud base. They were up there a ways. Looks like as long
> > >> as enough of you decide against flying the Region 7 Sports class, Ill
> > >> be off the waiting list and ready to fly!
>
> > --
> > Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com
>
> that is a bummer Mike. I was luckily able to get a towpilot down
> here. Thats often tough to do on a Monday.

And today its snowing. A fellow club member noted that I am probably
the first person around here to do 5 hr duration before the last snow
of the year...jeesh.