Kowbell

Today is the Kansas Kowbell Klassic. Free Distance contest, whoever lands furthest away from Sunflower wins.

This should take you to the tracking page for Sunflower: http://glideport.aero/map?p=GlidePort:389

Winning distances in the past 53ish years have ranged from about 3 miles to a little over 550. Today will probably be somewhere in between that.

On a serious note, today is the memorial service in California for Henry Combs, the free distance aficionado who logged 200 straight out diamond distance flights. Hopefully Henry's spirit will be with us today and we can get a diamond distance flight or two here in Kansas.

I've got the fever and there is only one prescription...
More Kowbell!
Tony and Steve are heading downwind.
Jim

What a neat meet. I was just wondering if and how many such meets like this are available.

Steve and Andrew went into the wind and are still flying. Good cu field in Oklahoma but a big headwind. Jerry Boone and I went downwind but Jerry got shot down early in his Duster.

I made 199 miles after getting to the front, working some really weak stuff and floating into a nice farm strip.

If Steve can stay up another hour or so...it's going to be close.

On Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 4:00:44 PM UTC-7, Casey wrote:
What a neat meet. I was just wondering if and how many such meets like this are available.

At least two, hopefully more!
The Kansas Kowbell Klassic at Sunflower.
The Dust Devil Dash in Tehachapi.
Jim

On Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 3:32:34 PM UTC-7, JS wrote:
I've got the fever and there is only one prescription...
More Kowbell!
Tony and Steve are heading downwind.
Jim

Wrong! Tony is heading downwind. Steve and Andrew are going the other way.
Jim

On Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 4:00:44 PM UTC-7, Casey wrote:
What a neat meet. I was just wondering if and how many such meets like this are available.

Every summer weekend at the Crystal Squadron......

So... Who won and what was the flight?


On 6/26/2016 5:59 PM, 6PK wrote:
On Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 4:00:44 PM UTC-7, Casey wrote:
What a neat meet. I was just wondering if and how many such meets like this are available.
Every summer weekend at the Crystal Squadron......

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Dan, 5J

I had longest distance with 199 miles to the northeast. Steve and Andrew both landed at Watonga, OK airport. I think Steve said about 145 miles. Jerry Boone in the Diamond Duster landed near Inman, KS, about 20 miles north.

First three flights he

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...US&sc=&sp=2016

When I topped out of my last climb, the cu just started to go away. Or not work. Or both. Andrew was a bit behind me and got his last climb about where my last climb was, so maybe it was location rather than time of day that put an end to our flights? We both encountered a little lift near the airport, but both decided it wasn't going to be enough to get us higher and keep pushing forward. Made about 145 miles.

Steve Leonard
PN in this year's Kowbell