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Old March 31st 07, 02:25 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Burt Compton - Marfa
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Default Marfa Texas Wave Camp this week

March 31 - April 7

The annual Marfa Thermal and Wave Camp is underway with early arrivals
Dave Raspet, Rolf Seibert, Randy Teal, Jim Hardy using blue thermals
to contact a bit of wave. Mentor and soparing legend Dick Johnson
will arrive today, and we expect 20+ sailplanes by tomorrow.

Steve Leonard, collector of classic glass sailplanes, is bringing his
rare BS-1 (last year it was the Glasflugel 604).

We're enjoying 100 mile visiblity and our "wave window" is open to
30,000'. Marfa Airport in west Texas is at 5,000' msl field
elevation, near the Davis Mountains between Carlsbad Caverns and Big
Bend National Parks.

Joe Grimes of Oklahoma earned his Private Glider rating with me
yesterday and is ready to buy a glider!

So y'all visit us sometime for year-round thermals, wave, great
scenery and to finish that glider rating!

Burt Compton
FAA CFI of the Year 2007 (Lubbock FSDO)
FAA Designated Pilot Examiner
Marfa Gliders, west Texas USA
website; www.flygliders.com

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Old April 1st 07, 04:44 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Marfa Texas Wave Camp this week

On Mar 31, 8:25 am, "Burt Compton - Marfa" wrote:
March 31 - April 7

The annual Marfa Thermal and Wave Camp is underway with early arrivals
Dave Raspet, Rolf Seibert, Randy Teal, Jim Hardy using blue thermals
to contact a bit of wave. Mentor and soparing legend Dick Johnson
will arrive today, and we expect 20+ sailplanes by tomorrow.

Steve Leonard, collector of classic glass sailplanes, is bringing his
rare BS-1 (last year it was the Glasflugel 604).

We're enjoying 100 mile visiblity and our "wave window" is open to
30,000'. Marfa Airport in west Texas is at 5,000' msl field
elevation, near the Davis Mountains between Carlsbad Caverns and Big
Bend National Parks.

Joe Grimes of Oklahoma earned his Private Glider rating with me
yesterday and is ready to buy a glider!

So y'all visit us sometime for year-round thermals, wave, great
scenery and to finish that glider rating!

Burt Compton
FAA CFI of the Year 2007 (Lubbock FSDO)
FAA Designated Pilot Examiner
Marfa Gliders, west Texas USA
website; www.flygliders.com


Fantastic Burt,
Wish I could make it. Greetings from Matt and I and the rest of the
Iowa Gang. Cross Country season is nearly upon us so standby for
phone calls from me bored in a field somewhere waiting for a crew.

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Old April 1st 07, 12:37 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Burt Compton - Marfa
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Default Marfa Texas Wave Camp this week

OK Tony, but with your Cherokee "floater" who should complete your
cross country flights - just drift along until the sun sets. Classic
end to a long XC - like in the old "Soaring " mags.

When you call my cellphone from that field you've landed in, note that
from April 17 - May 27 I'll be in soaring in Germany, so check the
time difference (7 hours later from CDT?), as I may be asleep!

Bring the Cherokee to west Texas someday for some rockin' straight-out
downwind XC. You could fly it from Marfa back to Ames, Iowa.

I'm considering awarding a cash prize for the longest yearly straight
outs from Marfa in a "classic" (as defined by the Vintage Sailplane
Ass'n.) or "antique" sailplane - like in the 1960's at Marfa - just
get up and go. "Dollar A Mile from Marfa!"

Yeehaw!

Burt
Marfa Gliders, west Texas USA
www.flygliders.com


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Old April 1st 07, 04:22 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Marfa Texas Wave Camp this week

On Apr 1, 6:37 am, "Burt Compton - Marfa" wrote:
OK Tony, but with your Cherokee "floater" who should complete your
cross country flights - just drift along until the sun sets. Classic
end to a long XC - like in the old "Soaring " mags.

When you call my cellphone from that field you've landed in, note that
from April 17 - May 27 I'll be in soaring in Germany, so check the
time difference (7 hours later from CDT?), as I may be asleep!

Bring the Cherokee to west Texas someday for some rockin' straight-out
downwind XC. You could fly it from Marfa back to Ames, Iowa.

I'm considering awarding a cash prize for the longest yearly straight
outs from Marfa in a "classic" (as defined by the Vintage Sailplane
Ass'n.) or "antique" sailplane - like in the 1960's at Marfa - just
get up and go. "Dollar A Mile from Marfa!"

Yeehaw!

Burt
Marfa Gliders, west Texas USAwww.flygliders.com


I do hope to bring the Cherokee to Texas someday. Shoot for Cash
Money how could I turn it down?

 




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