Contest Day 1 - morning report

With the weather still not calling for substantial cumulus in the task area, CD John Good called for a 3.5 hour Area task which will keep us relatively close to Uvalde and in an area with reasonably friendly terrain. Turnpoints are Big Wells, Coyote Ranch, Chaparossa, Concan and Batesville. The distance will range between a minimum of 15o miles and a maximum of 330 miles. Launch will start at 1:15. Back to you later with impressions of the day and hopefully some scores.

Last practice day

The final day of practice is in the books. We are suffering from high temperatures (101) and blue thermals, not exactly what we want. The flying was difficult yesterday and today with thermals hard to find. we did manage to get up to almost 7000' but we had some very slow spots out to the west of Uvalde over some very unlandable terrain.

I am ready and the sailplane is performing well. I hope the weather changes and gives us some clouds to fly in. This would make it ideal.

More tomorrow on Contest Day 1.