My best of 2016

I had a really good year in soaring with a number of great memories.
I think my favorite for this year was watching my friend Walter Cannon fly our 1-26, serial number 2 at the IVSM. It had been 61 years since he last flew that same glider.
Priceless.
Anybody else have a great 2016 memory?
Happy New Year to all my soaring friends
UH

On Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 4:07:53 PM UTC-6, wrote:
I had a really good year in soaring with a number of great memories.
I think my favorite for this year was watching my friend Walter Cannon fly our 1-26, serial number 2 at the IVSM. It had been 61 years since he last flew that same glider.
Priceless.
Anybody else have a great 2016 memory?
Happy New Year to all my soaring friends
UH

One of my highlights was flying your 1-26, #2 at IVSM. Hopefully in 60 years I get the chance again

Others...
500km thermal flight in February
400 Mile flight to "fly home" after the Uvalde Nationals were called
Soloing a 15 yr old (my youngest student to date)
Diamond Altitude in Oklahoma

Sports Class Nationals memorable flight all the way across the Catskills. Spectacular. First day prestart and first two legs in wave above the clouds a close second. All done in the LS4 that we completely refinished as a club project last winter. Not too shabby.

P3

Bruce Taylor's Open Class Nationals day win on June 24 in my "little old" ASG29. A good comeback.
Jim

On Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 3:56:11 PM UTC-7, Papa3 wrote:
Sports Class Nationals memorable flight all the way across the Catskills. Spectacular. First day prestart and first two legs in wave above the clouds a close second. All done in the LS4 that we completely refinished as a club project last winter. Not too shabby.

P3

Ah, Sports Class Nationals 2016(also know as the bus class) were Uvalde, Tx..

On Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 5:07:53 PM UTC-5, wrote:
Anybody else have a great 2016 memory?
Happy New Year to all my soaring friends
UH


May 8:
I got to watch this little piece of history: https://youtu.be/slCANaejPCM

then sat down to breakfast, rigged and watered my own ship, took off nearly 3 hours later at a leisurely 09:47 local and flew 1240K myself. Next year I'll go earlier!

June 17:
763K out of little old Post Mills, VT, including a 600K declared triangle. You don't know what's possible unless you go out and try....

All season: watching a bunch of club mates climbing the XC learning curve fast and going far.

Dessert: Hopping rides in the back of the L-19 at Mt Washington on a glassy smooth, gloriously blue (and red, and gold day). I was making 6000' tows to the summit and took the opportunity to turn a bunch of newcomers onto aviation on a beautiful New England Fall day. Smiles, all around.


-Evan Ludeman / T8

At 23:08 29 December 2016, Tom Kelley #711 wrote:
On Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 3:56:11 PM UTC-7, Papa3
wrote:
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Ah, Sports Class Nationals 2016(also know as the bus class) were
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What P3 meant to say was Club Class Nationals at Wurtsboro, NY.

RO

Still hypoxic from the wave.

While it's not a huge flight in many respects compared to others in 2016 I was finally was able to fly a solo out and in from IYK to Mt Whitney and back to IYK.

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...htId=795369524

Got current after a few years not flying sailplanes. Took my daughter for her first ever flights. Reinstated my CFI-G. Great year for me.