We came, we ventured, we flew. Saturday was good flying, albiet a bit windy.
Kudos to Ben Diss and Richard Berhends for hosting their first aerotow at the wonderful Pine Island site. Actually acres upon acres of manicured sod stretch out in all directions. Very windy on Saturday, but when Joe Enhui and I showed up and put our planes together the event started. Two tugs with slippery symetrycal airfoils fired up, and we were off and towing. Taking off into the wind proved very doable and we had several die hards joining us by mid afternoon. Sunday brought about 25 scale sailplanes to the venue and more pilots, as the day turned out to be a great one. no clouds, but CATs (Clear Air Thermals) were abundant, and many of us specked out to the limits of vision. This site wil prove, I think, to be very attractive to the Northeast region, and brought atendees from NYC, Long Island, New Jersey, Conecticutt, Philadelphia, and Central PA. Thanks again guys, for the effort and great field. John D. Endless Mountain Models [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.scalesoaring.net/EMM/rand.htm -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 10:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [RCSE] Pine Island Aerotow It's Sat morning at 9 AM. I'm sitting at the field watching my wind meter. Right now it's blowing 15 mph, gusting to 20 mph. Not good. The forecast for tomorrow looks great. The wind is supposed to die down, the sun will be shining and hopefully the thermal gods will be smiling. I suggest that for anyone planning to attend, that tomorrow will be a better day. Hope to see you then. We'll stick around for a few hours just in case some brave soul ventures out, but it's doubtful that we'll do any flying today. -Ben RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
