Gunnar wrote:

And we always are!

Very nice Tony! Thanks for sharing you story.

I think you have discovered what cross country soaring is all about.

Best of luck on your future adventures.

Just one tip. Forget the roads, big, brown fields are far better. Maybe
more work during the retrieve, but much safer than roads.

Fly Safe and keep having fun,

Gunnar


Gunnar from Boulder area? I flew with you on my initial adventures to
the mountain lands back in the late 80s. Great memories of a 2-32
beat-up of the rocks.

I bear some responsibility for Tony's growing affliction with
soaring-itis. He knows about the road issue. We got no brown fields
here now. It's either 9 foot high corn or 3 foot beans and an
occasional hay field. What he landed on wasn't really a road anyway,
just an abandoned field access lane.

Frankly, though I'm a big proponent of XC flying in Iowa I'm not a real
fan of going this time of year when the crops are big. I've avoided it
for years but Tony has proven to me that it's doable with 3 off-airport
landings in the last month. I guess it's a sign of success when your
students start showing you how it's done. Either that or I'm just
getting old!

Matt Michael