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And the final word. Andy found THREE strong thermals right near the airport and had the pleasure of a long and continuous CLOUD STREET all the way to his declared final landing location. It was a perfect day!!! John Lincoln
Dennis, Since you asked I didn’t go very far. 12 miles NW and 10 miles WSW. The Cu’s weren’t reliable enough for me to want to venture beyond that. The first time I fell out of the band I covered 7 miles before I found a workable thermal 4K AGL to 2.4K. When I did find a thermal I noticed that all the Cu’s I had flown under had all vanished. The wind was from the SW but I had trouble heading toward DeKalb so shied away from that direction. See you tomorrow. John Lincoln
We had 6 flights today. Thanks to Gary for towing. Petr had 3 flights for a total of 2:16. Dennis Burke and Greg Tomczyk also flew. It wasn’t nearly as good as it looked. The Sky Sight forecast was for 3.3 knots of lift to 4400 agl. My average for the day was 1.2 knots. I did have some lift in the 2.2 knot range and one that got to 4.1, but in general it was weak. Cloud base started at 4000 agl and went down to 3400 by the end of the day. There was a very definite band to stay in earlier in the day. 3500 to 4000 agl was the place to be. Get below that and it took a long time to find a thermal that would lift you back up. Later in the day as cloud base lowered the workable band just seemed to disappear and I worked lift when I found it. All that said I still enjoyed getting to fly. It’s been a while for me as I’ve been helping Val with her recovery from total knee replacement surgery. Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday. John Lincoln
I’d love to fly today, but I have other appointments. I hope all who do fly have a great time. John Lincoln
Nick, Congratulations on passing and receiving your ASEL certification. Your on your way!!! And please don’t just stop by. I hope you remain a member, come out and fly, get your silver, gold and diamond badges. There are still a lot of things you can do and learn from soaring!! John Lincoln
And a BIG BIG Thank You also from your maintenance guy. Like I have said in the past, it is you, the members, who keep this club afloat maintenance wise.
Again THANK YOU,
John Lincoln
Rich, The PW-5 is a great cross country starter ship. It thermals quite nicely, benign stall and easy to land with great spoilers. At 32:1 it has the legs to get out a ways and still get back. It’s only drawback might be its weight which is on the light side and that will affect penetration into a head wind. So to practice don’t pick a day with winds aloft that exceed 10 to 12 knots, and if you do then fly up wind first. The performance means that you should easily get back from say Aero Lake or Dacy from 4500 msl. The next time you happen to be at 4500 msl look for those places and it will give you a feel for just how flat the newer ships fly. John L
