"Michael 182" wrote in message
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"Bill Daniels" wrote in message
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Morons indeed. I had a canard pusher zip between the glider I was
flying
and the tow plane 200 feet ahead near Boulder, CO this morning. It
wasn't
an aircraft I recognized so I assume it was headed for OSH. I didn't
get
the "N" number so he won't hear about it.


It hit 105 in Boulder today. It must take forever for the tow plane to get
you up. How is it flying a glider in this weather? Better or worse than
cold
for finding lift - or is overall temp not an issue?

Michael

Today was booming 1000FPM thermals to above 18,000'. (I stopped climbing at
17,999) I was crying that I had to fly rides instead of rigging my Nimbus
and trying for a 1000Km out and back.

The old Pawnees struggle pretty hard but they can tow a 2-32 with three
people in it to at least 10,500'.

For good thermals, we just need a steep temperature lapse rate and a
relatively dry atmosphere to avoid thunderstorms and today we got it. The
thunderbumpers held off until after 6PM today. Hot and dry weather is
usually good.

We've had a long string of 600 mile + cross countries in gliders this year.
A couple of guys flew from just south of Denver to Moriarty east of
Albuquerque and returned to land at their home airport. No bad for running
on empty.

If you want to see some GPS flight logs look at:
http://www2.onlinecontest.org/olcphp...olc-usa&spr=en

Select earlier dates for earlier flights.

Bill Daniels