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Posted by Ray
on 7/16/2011, 8:47 pm, in reply to "Flight Congratulations to Mark, Jack,and Alex"
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...and thanks for the conditions report. Now what about today?? Looked like a Montana sky from noon to 7 PM on a bike ride to Warsaw. ASOS reports had 8,500 - 9,000' cloud base all over the place. Somebody musta done somethin'.
--Previous Message--
: A great week of soaring at FLSC. Jack Gilbert
: scores his Silver Duration. Persistance pays
: off, we are proud of you Jack!
:
: Mark Black does his second 50 km. Silver
: Distance flight. This time the
: documentation will be right!
:
: Alex Moore did his Silver Duration flight in
: the 1-26 on Friday. Temperature at 7,000 ft
: was 11 deg C or 51.6 deg F. Alex was a bit
: cold up there dressed in t-shirt and shorts.
: Definitely under dressed in the drafty
: 1-26. Alex would fly out from under the
: clouds, out into the sun to stay warm.
:
: Jake Smith stayed up for three hours in the
: Grob and encouraged Alex by flying with him.
:
: Friday was a great soaring day. Cloud base
: at the Finger Lakes about 7,000 ft MSL and
: Wellsville was 8700 ft. MSL. Lift was still
: good at 6:30 PM.
:
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