Midwest Straight Soaring Season Underway!

OUTSTANDING!


"Luke Szczepaniak" wrote in message
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On 03/13/2014 5:31 AM, Tony wrote:
On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 6:42:04 PM UTC-5, Tony wrote:
Had a nice long reply but its gone. Flight was pretty awesome and a good
way to start then season. Took off as the first wisps arrived at
wellington. First hour I took it really slow to let the clouds develop
ahead of me and for most of the flight in didn't push real hard. Clouds
ended at interstate 40 as forecast but a couple fires gave me confidence
in the blue. They delivered and I found a few more good climbs in pure
blue near McAlester which for me comfortably around my first turn point
and onto the ridges. Ran up to Sardis Lake and then the familiar ole
Kiamichi past Talihina.



Second turn point was Three Sticks on the Kiamichi with a goal of
Texarkana. DeQueen is about half way between. There was a nice thermal
off the ridge and then in found another half way to DeQueen. Land out
options are slim in this area so I took anything going up or holding
zero for as long as I could.



Landed at DeQueen after 5.5 hrs. Dogleg distance is 317 miles. Straight
line is 288 I think.



It was a great flight. KC and John are just leaving Talihina and should
be here in a few hours.

We made it home. Good morning RAS. Flight is up on the OLC:
http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0...l?dsId=3486851

Congratulations Tony, outstanding flight!

Luke

On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 2:25:08 PM UTC-5, Steve Leonard wrote:
While not with as big a spalsh or fanfare as a Hugh and Gordo trek, KSA's Tony Condon (now changing over to The Cirrus Kid?) is off on a free distance run today. Cold front came blasting through yesterday afternoon, and with warm ground and cold air, thermals were predicted to be good. This, along with a good tailwind, makes long distance flights possible.



Tony departed from the Wellington airport at about 12:20 today. If you want to see how far he goes, you can watch the flight unfold he



http://share.findmespot.com/shared/f...08EyO4mMDp hc



Steve Leonard

story of the flight available he http://www.ssa.org/MemberBlogs?show=blog&id=3442

on Soaring Cafe in a day or two I think.

Waiting for the next good cold front...

Tony

Great writeup Tony. I especially like your trailer jack!

P3

On Tuesday, March 18, 2014 7:07:37 PM UTC-5, Papa3 wrote:
Great writeup Tony. I especially like your trailer jack!



P3

Thanks Eric. It is always nice to have a friend with a forklift!

Great stuff, Tony. It was fun to follow you on the SSA tracking page.
Jim