Another Downwind Dash

Saturday was the Kansas Kowbell Klassic free distance contest. Held
annually on the first safe saturday after the first full moon after
the Summer Solstice. The Cherokee and I had a good flight, making a
distance of 167 miles to a nice wheat field in southern Nebraska.
Flight report is on my blog, http:/cherokeesailplanes.blogpost.com

It was a struggle just to stay aloft for most of the flight while I
flew mainly between 1500 and 2500 AGL but occasinoally as low as
800-1000 AGL and as high as 4000 AGL. I didn't feel like I was making
great speed but the average came out to 37 mph which I feel was pretty
good for the conditions. There was one time where I got to 4000 AGL
where i was so brave as to push the speed up to a whopping 60 mph
until I had lost 1000 feet.

Pictures from the landout he http://picasaweb.google.com/abcondon/Kowbell#

Leah and Summer were great crew, arriving within a half hour of my
landing and we had the Cherokee on the trailer and ready to hit the
road in another half hour.

Sadly I fried my loaner Cambridge 20 GPS so no OLC trace this time.

On 7/12/2010 1:21 PM, Tony wrote:
On Jul 12, 1:47 pm, wrote:
Saturday was the Kansas Kowbell Klassic free distance contest.
Snip...

The Cherokee and I had a good flight, making a
distance of 167 miles to a nice wheat field in southern Nebraska.
Snip...

It was a struggle just to stay aloft for most of the flight while I
flew mainly between 1500 and 2500 AGL but occasinoally as low as
800-1000 AGL and as high as 4000 AGL. I didn't feel like I was making
great speed but the average came out to 37 mph which I feel was pretty
good for the conditions. There was one time where I got to 4000 AGL
where i was so brave as to push the speed up to a whopping 60 mph
until I had lost 1000 feet.

Studly!!! I don't see how you manage to have so much fun flying XC in a
ship incapable of it!

Chortle,
Bob W.

On Jul 12, 2:37*pm, Bob Whelan wrote:
On 7/12/2010 1:21 PM, Tony wrote: On Jul 12, 1:47 pm, *wrote:
Saturday was the Kansas Kowbell Klassic free distance contest.

Snip...

The Cherokee and I had a good flight, making a
distance of 167 miles to a nice wheat field in southern Nebraska.

Snip...

It was a struggle just to stay aloft for most of the flight while I
flew mainly between 1500 and 2500 AGL but occasinoally as low as
800-1000 AGL and as high as 4000 AGL. *I didn't feel like I was making
great speed but the average came out to 37 mph which I feel was pretty
good for the conditions. *There was one time where I got to 4000 AGL
where i was so brave as to push the speed up to a whopping 60 mph
until I had lost 1000 feet.

Studly!!! I don't see how you manage to have so much fun flying XC in a
ship incapable of it!

Chortle,
Bob W.

Jeeez Bob! The Cherokee is just as capable of XC flying as a 1-26 !!!

On 7/12/2010 4:02 PM, Grider Pirate wrote:
On Jul 12, 2:37 pm, Bob wrote:
On 7/12/2010 1:21 PM, Tony wrote: On Jul 12, 1:47 pm, wrote:
Saturday was the Kansas Kowbell Klassic free distance contest.

Snip...

The Cherokee and I had a good flight, making a
distance of 167 miles to a nice wheat field in southern Nebraska.

Snip...

It was a struggle just to stay aloft for most of the flight while I
flew mainly between 1500 and 2500 AGL but occasinoally as low as
800-1000 AGL and as high as 4000 AGL. I didn't feel like I was making
great speed but the average came out to 37 mph which I feel was pretty
good for the conditions. There was one time where I got to 4000 AGL
where i was so brave as to push the speed up to a whopping 60 mph
until I had lost 1000 feet.

Studly!!! I don't see how you manage to have so much fun flying XC in a
ship incapable of it!

Chortle,
Bob W.

Jeeez Bob! The Cherokee is just as capable of XC flying as a 1-26 !!!

Hee!!! Would it have helped my 'directional' humor to've noted I used to
fly a 1-26 cross-country? (Tony knew that, BTW!)

Bob - loves PW-5's too - W.

P.S. All soaring is good...more so when performed in Drag Kings!

Tony,

As always a delight to hear your adventures. When will the book be
published?

Mike

On Jul 12, 8:55*pm, SoaringXCellence wrote:
Tony,

As always a delight to hear your adventures. *When will the book be
published?

Mike

Whenever I write it I suppose

Bob - thanks for the laugh. Ive always wanted to fly a cross country
in a 1-26 but haven't had the chance. Even less performance than the
Cherokee! Jim Hard's multiple diamond flights in his 1-26 serve as
continuous inspiration for me to stretch out in the Cherokee. Still
waiting for that Diamond Day though. I need to learn the best
technique for smoking my foil barograph and sealing the trace post
flight so that the entire experience can be truly vintage.