On Jun 27, 10:20 pm, wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYDdEjloYJ0

Sports Class Nationals people - was this landing as frightening in
person as it is on tape? what was the wind doing then? looks like a
wild ride


Yes - gusting - yes, it was!

We (the Sports Class Nationals people) were glad when this storm was
over and everybody was accounted for! For a more detailed report, read
the day's report by the CM Richard Holzwarth - it says it all:

http://www.ssa.org/members/contestre...lass+Nationals

I landed just a few minutes before the G-2. While approaching the
airport from the east, I went through some pretty rough turbulence and
heavy rain. Others reported also strong turbulence.
Lessons learnt: 1. stay away from t-storms - they are no fun and can
seriously hurt you and your ship! 2. Drain your static system before
the next flight after flying through rain like this - having
completely whacky airspeed indications is no fun either.

Ulrich Neumann
Libelle H301 'GM'