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Hottest new tourist destination: Tonopah!
On Saturday, August 1, 2015 at 7:27:27 PM UTC-7, Dave Nadler wrote:
On Saturday, August 1, 2015 at 7:41:50 PM UTC-4, John Cochrane wrote: ...Tonopah was the site of a spectacular 15 meter nationals Great except for the task under a huge storm that was not cancelled, where a number of us flew home and put the gliders away to be safe... Spectacular for sure! http://www.nadler.com/public/tonapah2002_01.html Likewise I thought the insistence on calling tasks at 9 am and ignoring the weather did not make for an optimal contest. There was great weather on the thunderstorm day out to the S and W, clearly visible at launch, as were the huge buildups on course. Perhaps we learned a lesson that day that the newfangled tasks and procedures have a purpose. But what a site! John Cochrane |
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Hottest new tourist destination: Tonopah!
In the late 90s did a short task out of Tonopah on a day that was forecast to overdevelop. Difficult to start, it got great so turned for home getting 161MPH on the return leg.
Flew over TPH an hour and a half ago. Completely overcast.... How strange. Jim On Saturday, August 1, 2015 at 7:52:58 PM UTC-7, John Cochrane wrote: But what a site! John Cochrane |
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