Tom--Several of us in Birmingham are flying slope but we dont have a dam to fly off of. Where is your dam and what is the landing problem? We are not into catching them with our hands!! Our sites are for the most part const. sites and will not be with us long. The best requires a NW wind and we dont get much of that here. TIA JimAt 06:49 PM 3/9/00 -0500, Tom Long wrote: >Hi Al, >It was interesting to see this post and know that you are still in Duluth, >MN. We are still flying at the same field in Duluth, GA and enjoying a very >mild winter that has provided a lot of good flying weather. We have been >doing a lot more slope soaring at our dam site in Georgia and we've come to >believe that it is actually one of the best slope soaring sites around -- if >you can overlook the problems with landing. However, the EPP planes survive >very well. We will be glad to welcome you to our thermal field and our Dam >site any time you can work a trip to Georgia. Glad to hear you are having >good success with your HLG. >Tom Long >-----Original Message----- >From: Albert Nephew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 1:32 PM >Subject: [RCSE] Winter in CA, summer in Duluth, MN, lately > > >>On March 5, 2000 the Craft Family, perhaps in the person of Jerry, >>reported the following about the previous day: >> >>>Subject: SoCal Tehachapi F3F Race Results >> >>>The drizzle stopped around 11:30am, but now there was this >>fluffy white stuff falling from the sky. 15 minutes later, we noticed >>all >>the cars in the parking lot were the same shade of white. After >>taking >>a couple of pictures and a very brief snowball fight, we decided we >>had better get off the mountain while we still could..... >> >>MEANWHILE, in Duluth, Minnesota, famous for supplying lots of good >>building and hanger flying weather at this time of year-- to wit: >> >>Average high temp for March 4: 27 degrees F (-3 degrees C); >>Typical average snow depth March 4: 24 inches (60 cm); >>Typical ice thickness on local lakes: 18 inches (45 cm)--takes about a >>foot of ice to safely drive on it, and around here we have official ice >>roads in the winter; >>It's usually a winter camping heaven; >> >>BUT LATELY: >> >>March 4, 2000, conditions: high 60 degrees F (16 degrees C); no snow on >>the ground, and there hasn't been any since about Feb. 23, soon after >>the Big Warmup started; vehicles are staying off the ice or they are >>going through. Local HLG addicts were driving their Sunbirds all over >>the sky Saturday. They were happy. >> >>YESTERDAY (March 7) this HLG addict took advantage of the 70 degree, >>all sunshine, no clouds, humidity in the 20s, no wind except that being >>sucked into the boomer thermals, no snow on the ground, weather to find >>a couple of hours between classes and meetings to drive that Sunbird >>around the sky again, in shorts and a t-shirt (me, not the Sunbird), >>getting a need for a hit of adrenaline satisfied, and some suntan as >>well. >> >>Incidentally, the 70 degree high was an all-time high for the date, and >>the earliest 70 degrees ever in March here, the previous earliest date >>being March 22, 1945. (The all-time low was -20 for the date, in case >>you yearn to know.) >> >>The sight of a florescent pink Sunbird (light spray dusting on Model >>Research Labs mylar as supplied by Ray with the Sunbird if desired) >>climbing in a thermal on a sunny day is good for the soul. Thanks for >>the Sunbird, Dave Thornburg and Ray Hayes! >> >>I'll bet that all over the upper midwest there are glider guiders who >>feel temporarily thermal satisfied after the recent weather. >> >>Today it is raining hard, including thunderstorms--has been for >>hours--and tonight it is supposed to snow four to eight inches, so >>perhaps we will get our skiing back. >> >>And so it's back to the hanger, where the memories will continue to >>soar on the thermals. >> >>Al Nephew >>Duluth, MN >>USA >>RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and >"unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
