Gordon Boettger Glider Record Attempt - Mon 03/21/2016

Monitor the @wrogerswx twitter feed for updates.

I haven't made any for about 2 hours since he's on the boring "Plan B", zig-zag on the Sierras. Probably will arrive back over Minden after turning about 10nm north of Inyokern.

Talked to Gordo a couple of hours ago... and the plan was to make a couple of passes up and down the Sierras then perhaps turn E-NE bound for extra OLC miles.

As of 11:34am PDT... Dennis Tito is back in the Inyokern area after turning over Mono Lake.

Walt Rogers WX

Ok I found them, they show running northbound east of Topaz lake. Man I sure do miss that country.

Walt what are you flying these days? I remember when you had the asw15 up there in minden years ago.

On Monday, March 21, 2016 at 11:48:37 AM UTC-7, wrote:
Walt what are you flying these days? I remember when you had the asw15 up there in minden years ago.

Discus 2A. Just "got back in the saddle" last Sunday first flight of season out of Tehachapi, Mountain Valley airport local flying.

Walt WX

Good to hear Walt, I just got back involved myself, but down (up) graded from the pilatus b4 and my bro's ventus back into doing some 1-26 record chasing. I sure do miss the minden susanville mt patterson bishop soaring and wave scene however. Its a vastly different world soaring this swamp country of n. Fl and s. Al.

Plan B it is. Wasn't sure the wave was going to be consistent over the Basin and Range.. HRRR seemed to show just a short time when things lined up.
Jet Pilot is a late starter today... Perhaps another speed run? How do you beat last week's 305kph over 300K?
The Glideport.aero tracking site gained the ability to view regional flights a couple of weeks ago, so looking at [California and Nevada] shows Russ Owens, Larry Armi, Dennis Tito, Jet Pilot and Gordo. flying out of Lone Pine, Inyokern and Minden.
Jim

Hi Walt,

where do you find the hi res satellite loops that go all day? the ADDS satellite loop only lasts 9 frames. :/

On Monday, March 21, 2016 at 12:49:36 PM UTC-7, ND wrote:
Hi Walt,

where do you find the hi res satellite loops that go all day? the ADDS satellite loop only lasts 9 frames. :/


Ah... the "Trick". Yes, it's hard to come back from a day of flying and still get all the day's visible animated imagery.

The trick is to use... Integrated Data Viewer (IDV) which can access some NCAR and Unidata servers that hold the GOES imagery for around 30 hours. The other trick is to find the time and have the patience to learn how to use IDV. That took a lot... but has now paid off.

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/

Lots of documentation and tutorials. But, still... a lot of time to learn the nuances...

Walter Rogers WX

Is there a way to filter the DeLorme inReach track so it only shows points of a single flight? Displaying the complete tracking history just confuses the mission.

On Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 6:46:00 PM UTC-4, WaltWX wrote:
Posted by Walt Rogers - WX

As flight dispatcher/weather support I once again will be commenting on the flight through my twitter feed: @wrogerswx

My blog is NOT active this year. However, I'll post graphics and occasional longer discussions on my Dropbox account "Weather Board":

http://bit.ly/1pv30VS

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On Monday 31 Mar, I'll be making another record attempt in the Duo Discus glider with Hugh. If you're interested in following along, you can click on the link below which will provide you with my position, altitude, and speed throughout the flight. Select the arrow next to MAP FILTERS on the left and then by DATE AND TIME RANGE select CURRENTLY TRACKING to follow the flight. On the map you can click on the blue dots which will show more detailed position at that point. There is also a CENTER button on the left side that shows current position on the map. Altitudes and speeds will vary throughout the flight, but we will have a clearance up to 28,000 feet.

My main goal is to complete a straight line distance record with a goal of Rapid City, SD, however excessive upper level moisture along the route in NV might not make it possible to fly that route safely. We will make that call at launch time (sunrise). Our other option would be to fly north and south along the Sierra Nevada range and attempting a 3 turn point distance record, so I'll likely aim for flying from Minden (launch point) down to Inyokern, then up to Susanville, back down towards Mojave, and then back north to Minden or the northeast in NV. As you know, there are so many variables with this stuff, so who really knows where we'll end up, where we go, or when we land. Bottom line for me is to have fun and keep learning.

Click below to track our flight:

https://share.delorme.com/GordonBoettger


I'm not sure how this twitter stuff works, but Walt Rogers' (expert weather guy tracking our flight and in communication with us during the flight) has a twitter feed going.
Walt's Twitter feed:

@wrogerswx

Cheers,
Gordo

Yep benso I ran into the same problem