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Posted by Craig Smith
on 8/9/2009, 8:09 pm, in reply to "Last Weekend of Soar Fest"
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Hey Ray...........I think I gave you 3or4K ft. ??
--Previous Message--
: So now we come to the end of Soar Fest. I can
: understand why people who work for a living
: weren't able to come down, but it escapes me
: why more derelicts like myself didn't. Many
: lovely days, on which my flights averaged
: over four hours, and almost no one else from
: our club. Thanks to tow pilot Gary from the
: Niagara club who provided tows (I wasn't
: about to call one of our tow pilots for one
: or two tows), to Walt who makes real
: blueberry pancakes with real maple syrup
: every morning, and all the rest of the
: Niagara people who were more than willing to
: help the few FLSC folks get airborne, and
: later put planes away. And after flying, it
: was off to the Big Sky for tall drinks, tall
: tales, and good food. Jake is a very
: perceptive young man.
:
: As for this weekend: cut to the chase.
: Sunday apparently the better day as per
: soaring, but...
:
: Saturday will feature a lower cloud base
: (around 2,000' AGL plus or minus a few
: hundred), a more-extensive cover (70-90%),
: and a gentle west wind to help to trigger
: weak thermals off the ridge. Basically
: maritime weather. The drier Sunday will
: feature a higher cloud base (about 1,000
: feet higher) and less cover (50-70%), so
: obviously better for staying up, right? Not
: so fast. Lack of wind on Sunday will
: preclude mechanical uplift for ridge
: thermals. It will be interesting to see
: which day has the longer flights.
:
: Ray
:
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