This day, will be remembered by many. Charlie and the advisors just let everyone call thier first turn as all classes got a MAT of 3 hrs. The sky was covered with high clouds, but X reported 11 thousand so launch was started. Well, Mr. Big Bumper came cruising in from the west towards Cedar City....

I think we have about 25 or so in both the Standard and 15 Meter Classes. Well, we had 12 landouts coming out of Big Springs, I think 7 were at the Maybe Ranch. Everyone is accounted for , thats good news. I saw 3 that made it around in Standard, speed of about 58 mph. The Standards and 15 Meters...

We had a 10 am brief pilots meeting and a MAT of 1.5 hrs was called for all three classes. The task distance was from 65 miles for Sports to 100 miles for Standards and 125 miles for 15 meter. Out towards the west rode them very high clouds with the chance of buildups later in the day. Lift was...

Today more trailers rolled in. Some choose to rig and go fly. The blipmaps showed it better than it was in the local area. I launched around 2 pm and climb was slow. Almost got splashed with a full load of water but got back up. At 10 thou headed SW towards some higher and better looking clouds....

Arrived here yesterday to a deep blue sky filled with white cu at 12 k. I was the only trailer on the grid at the time. Now, this mornin there are 6 or 7. Folks are starting to roll in. The contest folks are here getting ready for the regionals. Today the weather shows a great day. Am going to...

Today the weather gods removed just enough moisture to let us race on this the last day. After the pilots meeting, we have a grid time of 11 am. Charlie wants to make sure we get out of Dodge before it thunders, all of us are thinkin we wanta get back before it Ka Booms. Both Standard and 15 Meter...

Today when we walked out of the pilots meeting, the sky to the East, had.a very big build up, and it was growing. To the south, more build ups, to the North, more, and oh ya, west also. We grid at 11:15 am. The pilots meeting is pushed back to 12:30, a little after 1 pm the day is cancelled due to...

OK.What goes faster then the speed of light, and cracks the 100 mph barrier at Parowan for the first time??? Well, its a ASW 27b, DRY, driven by GW, Steve Koerner. On a 2 hr TAT. All classes flew a TAT cause of build ups. We launched early, 11:25 am was first tow. Black flat bottom building cu are...

Some build ups, so, like whats the problem man. Like none, 7V blew the doors off in Standard at 93 mph. KS ran around 90 mph in Sports. Then comes P7, like 98 mph in 15 Meter. The weather did have bumpers in all areas. Standards had a AST, 15 Meters changed to a 1 turn MAT with a 3 hour window....

Today made up for yesterday. The sky simply kept xploding with great white flat bottom cu's. The best climb of the day was SM with a 17 kt average over several thousand. Folks, these aren't vario readings, but the average climb over several thousand ft. seen on See You. Yep, all had great flights,...

OH, K1, ZM, GH1, RJ took tows at 1 pm. GV & 711 waited to watch dark build ups come towards Mifflin from the west about 1:30 pm. About 2 pm thunder & lighting could be seen and heard as all returned to get in the box as quickly as possible. Then the thunder gods spoke with heavy downpours,...

It was a wow day with one climb by QV, the weather man, at 18 kts over 3 thousand feet, ya, I mean wow. P7, as of now, smoked everyone at 92 mph DRY in the 15 meter over a course of 268 miles. KS wins sports class at a raw 89 mph in his DUO, OE as of now is leading the standard, but 7V, says that...

Practice day speeds ran from high 70's for standard, with MM winning the day. I don't recall the winner for sports, but it was in the mid 70's. The high 80"s was the winning speed for 15 Meter, and you only get one guess as to who. Remember this was just the practice day. Fly safe, Soar high,...

Pilots meeting at 10:30 am went well and was short. Grid happened at 12 with first launches shortly after. Everything went smoothly, lift was up to 180 again, with climbs on course of over 10 kts. The stantards and 15 meters had the same course with polemtn and then Zion as turnpoints, Sports was...

This mornin the day started off right. An it just got better and better. K2, GJ, 7V, OE, PC, DUO, ES, and others took tows. Climbs were good to 15 thousand, then rose as the day wore on. Some high cloulds came over in the early afternoon, but out east and north it was still workin with climbs of 8...

The contest is getting near. First practice day is 6-19, with 6-20 being the first contest day. This is a 7 day regional. Today the ramp marked with glider tie down spots is done. Tow planes are coming in. Two arrived today. KS with X showed up yesterday. Extra taxiways have been put in and the...

No contest due to weather/ Needed 4 days to make a contest. Today was cancelled. Fly safe, Soar high, Thermal tight. # 711.

Today a backside ridge misson was called. Three Barns and Mill Creek were the turnpoints. It was a AST. About 96 to 100 miles on how you flew it. The first starters ran into big trouble near the first turn with many splashing down. Some at the airport near the turn or others in fields. The later...

The weather briefing called for 5 kts to 6,000 ft. A TAT was called with a 3 hour window. Turn points were Nisbet and then Bedfort with 25 mile radius around both. Alot of landouts. Weather didn't pan out. Most cruising done below 4,000 msl. Some streeting. Only 2 got around. SM and P7. A high...

Today we awoke to heavy fog. Late burnoff then came thunder and heavy rain. Several launched UH, DJ ( G. Dale from NZ is flying DJ ) into thunder. But they stayed up and flew about 100 miles to Mill Creek to several close in turnpoints. All others did chores, ZM worked on a fuse problem with his...