On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 7:12:41 PM UTC-6, lynn wrote:
On Wednesday, July 23, 2014 3:09:49 PM UTC-5, Sean Fidler wrote:

http://www.ssa.org/Contests?cid=2248...lass+Nationals







I am really happy to see this! Its of course a very strong day down there (finally). I would be interested in hearing everybody's feedback as to how they liked the Assigned task today vs. the more typical Turn Area Tasks.







Maybe the CD even put a time limit on the start cylinder (say 15 minutes)!







Just kiddin ;-)







Sean



By Texas norms, it was a weak day for half the task with massive gaggles along the first leg (68+/- miles). The glut of sailplanes at each thermal seemed somewhat hazardous. Lift in the range of 300fpm and max heights around 5000 to 6000MSL with ground elevations of 700 to 1300ft. The last 60 to 70 miles lacked any clouds and lower max gains as one approached the finish. Wishing for a repeat of 2011 summer when the norm was 600 to 1200fpm and cloud bases of 8000 to 12000msl.

Apparently Kathy Fosha was able to make the most of it. Congratulation to her for a first place day.