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Posted by Ray
on 5/16/2009, 5:34 pm, in reply to "Re: Super Day"
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Thanks Chuck for yet another excellent and helpful pilot report!
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: Tuesday 5/12/09 was a super day thanks to
: James Rizzo Esq. We took off at about 2:30
: pm and were immediately in strong lift at
: the end of Runway 32. I thought there was
: something wrong with my instruments as they
: were pegged.. I got off at about 1700' AGL
: and immediately entered a thermal that took
: me to 5,000' MSL. Another few turns and I
: was at 7,000' MSL and cloudbase. I started
: north and flew at 6,000 to 7,000 ft without
: turning to Geneseo. I proceeded north from
: there to Nevin and could see the LeRoy
: airport. Flew to the Leroy Airport and
: thermaled back up to 8,000 MSL, then flew
: over our house on Oatka Creek, which is just
: north of the LeRoy Airport. I took some
: photos of our house and the towns of LeRoy
: and Caledonia. While taking the photos, I
: was sucked up into the cloud which got my
: attention really quickly. I dove out of the
: cloud at 90 knots and headed back south to
: Avoca by way of the Cohocton Wind Farm.
: From there, on to Hornell and then to Nunda.
: I got down to 4000' near Nunda because I my
: feet were cold. One more thermal to 8,000'
: and then landed after 3.1 hours and some
: very cold feet. If we had been able to
: launch earlier, I would have attempted a
: gold distance. As it was, I covered 152
: miles in 3.1 hrs. In retrospect, I should
: have attempted the gold distance. I have
: never seen 8 knots on the vario averager
: before today. The lift usually drops off as
: you head north, but not today. It looked
: good for 10 miles north of the Thruway. I
: love this sport!!!.
: Chuck Z.
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