Sierra Wave: Kestrel vs. 1-26

While Gordon Boettger had a fantastic flight, the OLC
web page

http://www2.onlinecontest.org/olcphp...ng.php?olc=olc
-usa&spr=en

shows two other nice flights. Pat Martin flying a
DG 505 and Robert Spielman in a 1-26D! The OLC website
scored him with 706.62 km!!! In a 1-26!

Nicely done, Robert!

Ray Lovinggood
Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
LS1-d, 'W8'

Ray Lovinggood wrote:
While Gordon Boettger had a fantastic flight, the OLC
web page

http://www2.onlinecontest.org/olcphp...ng.php?olc=olc
-usa&spr=en

shows two other nice flights. Pat Martin flying a
DG 505 and Robert Spielman in a 1-26D! The OLC website
scored him with 706.62 km!!! In a 1-26!

Nicely done, Robert!

If an old Kestrel can go 1950 km, and an old 1-26 can go 706 km, why
aren't there a dozen of the "good" gliders out there going great
distances? Or, maybe, Gordon, Pat, and Robert are just exceptional pilots?

I suspect a lot of pilots don't think about flying "outside the box"
(wave window or glider operating area), and are still stuck on the idea
wave flying is only about going high.

I do know of one other experienced pilot that attempted wave XC that
day, but had difficulties with too much cloud preventing an exceptional
flight, so it probably wasn't an "easy" day.

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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA

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Ray Lovinggood wrote:
While Gordon Boettger had a fantastic flight, the OLC
web page

http://www2.onlinecontest.org/olcphp...ng.php?olc=olc
-usa&spr=en

shows two other nice flights. Pat Martin flying a
DG 505 and Robert Spielman in a 1-26D! The OLC website
scored him with 706.62 km!!! In a 1-26!

Nicely done, Robert!

If an old Kestrel can go 1950 km, and an old 1-26 can go 706 km, why
aren't there a dozen of the "good" gliders out there going great
distances? Or, maybe, Gordon, Pat, and Robert are just exceptional pilots?

Who has every weekend off for flying??

B

BTIZ wrote:
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Ray Lovinggood wrote:

While Gordon Boettger had a fantastic flight, the OLC
web page

http://www2.onlinecontest.org/olcphp...ng.php?olc=olc
-usa&spr=en

shows two other nice flights. Pat Martin flying a
DG 505 and Robert Spielman in a 1-26D! The OLC website
scored him with 706.62 km!!! In a 1-26!

Nicely done, Robert!

If an old Kestrel can go 1950 km, and an old 1-26 can go 706 km, why
aren't there a dozen of the "good" gliders out there going great
distances? Or, maybe, Gordon, Pat, and Robert are just exceptional pilots?


Who has every weekend off for flying??

I don't know their names, but I'd guess 20-30 pilots in the Minden area.
Let's see, there's Minden, Air Sailing, Truckee - did I miss any of
the places there that have pilots every weekend?


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Eric Greenwell
Washington State
USA

2,000 km wave flights are so, like two years ago, dude!

What's really remarkable is the prospect of somebody unseating Doug
Levy on the OLC.