[RCSE] SWC

[Darwin N. Barrie]

Well, much of it has been said already. The weather was great, light winds, warm and lots of thermals. As noted the excitement of the day was an ICON going into the wires and knocking power out to 20,000 people. The second interesting note of the day was JOE WURTS making the shame with landing waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay out from the LZ. Also, DP had a 5 minute flight on a 10 minute add'em up. They are mortal.   The results are not important because of the add'em up. Tomorrow should be much more of the same conditions.   Regarding the Supra's, they fly well and launch great. At this point no specific model has an advantage over another.   The sun was intense. So intense that Ed Whyte is now Ed Red!!! For those of you stuck in the middle of cold country, give this event a thought. Today was classic Phx metro weather. The only downside to the venue is the 116 days without rain. The grass was not green and things were a little dustier than normal.   Darwin N. Barrie Chandler AZ