Contest Update

Contest scores here.

July started off appropriately with a “bang”, when on Tuesday six pilots took advantage of post cold front conditions that produced lift to 7500’ msl. Tom Ruble, on only his second flight this year in the SZD 55, trounced the field with a speed of 57 mph. Get a load of his statistics: avg glide ratio 44:1 26% of the flight thermalling, 74% running and he did the whole 67 mile flight using only 8 thermals, for average glide exceeding 8 miles. Most significant, however was his 27 mile final glide from 5300 ft msl. Congratulations Tom!

Ron Clarke introduced new member Gordon Watters to the thrill of cross country soaring, taking him on a 61 mile trip in the Grob 103. While they could not contact the lift that went to 7500, they achieved very respectable speeds and proved the Grob is a competitive glider in skilled hands.

Now what we need are some days like this on the weekend for a change!

Thanks to Larry Miller for coming out to tow -- he qualifies for the MVP award for Tuesday.

-DT