At 09:55 PM 12/10/2002, Karl Miller wrote:
Hi all,
Just thought I would post about a great soaring day here in balmy
Chicago. Sunday arrived with sunny skies and high of 27 degrees! Winds out of the NE 10 to 15 mph. I called my friend Don Woelfel and said lets go to the local field I will bring my winch.It was about 1:00 and one power flyer was packing it in. I proceeded to launch my trusty Victory C right into a thermal for a 12 minute ride. Back to Don's car to warm up the fingers back up normal operating temperature. The next flight was even better as I worked several thermals following them downwind way over the trees till I had to come back through the cold windy(sinky) air.Each time I thought I was almost done I would find some more lift; one time at about 50 feet and worked it back up to above 1,000 feet.This flight lasted over 20 minutes and my fingers were getting numb and stinging so I brought it down.
It sure felt good to be in the air and working thermals again.I know it's going to be a long cold Winter here but as long as the sun is shining there is usually lift and I will be out flying if the Snow isn't to deep!
See you in lift,
Karl Miller
Did Don just stay in the car and have a few smokes watching you fly? 8-)
Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, AMA 592537 LSF 7560 Level III ICQ 6997780 R/C Soaring Page at www.jimbacus.net 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.
