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Ridgely Thursday |
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| pilot | airtime, alt gain, xc | link to report |
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| Norm Price | 46 miles | report |
| Ric Niehaus | 51 miles | |
High Rock Thursday |
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| pilot | airtime, alt gain, xc | link to report |
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| Brian H | report | |
High Rock Friday |
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| pilot | airtime, alt gain, xc | link to report |
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| Cragin | all soared | report |
| Brian H, Bob G, Steve P | ||
High Point Friday |
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| pilot | airtime, alt gain, xc | link to report |
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| Sparky | all soared | report |
| JR, Sheila, Mark and Christy | ||
Sac Friday |
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| pilot | airtime, alt gain, xc | link to report |
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| Ric Niehaus | 6:22, 159 miles | report from Clint |
| others | ||
| [WRHGC] Ridgely Fri, 7 Jul 2000 20:37:27 EDT Norm Price |
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Flew Ridgely Thursday with Rick Niehaus. No thermals at all until 3:15 pm. Then weak lift up to 3500-3700 but nice looking clouds to the east and southeast. We worked very hard and eventually made those clouds. I ended up at Salisbury Md with 46 miles after a 700 ft save and Rick went a slightly different angle and got 51 miles. What a first visit to Ridgely.
Norm Price
| chga Friday @ HR? Fri, 7 Jul 2000 10:18:41 -0400 Hardwick, Brian |
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i'm thinking of going top HR again today. I was there yesterday and did okay.
| chga Friday at HR was Good 7 Jun 2000 Cragin Shelton |
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You shoulda' come on out. Only 4 pilots were there, but all satisfied with the day. Brian Hardwick and Bob Gillesse started the afternoon with sled/ extended sled. They came back up to find me and Steve Padgett set up and ready.
We watched conditions for a while, and then Brian went for it at 4. Out and up! Steve launched, Bob helped me off, and then Bob went off with help from his brother in law.
Brian got 2200 over launch in lots of good thermals. Bob worked up to 3300 over. Steve was all over and got to 1200 over in his Falcon. I lost a lift area on the ridge and couldn't find it again, so ended p with only 600 over and just shy of 20 minutes. All the others were way over an hour and a half of soaring.
Everyone loved the day.
Cragin
| chga Friday @ High Point Fri, 07 Jul 2000 23:50:02 -0400 Allen R Sparks |
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After considering the Sac and High Rock, I ended up and High Point, thanks to the coordinated efforts of JR, Sheila, Mark and Christy. I've wanted to fly this site for quite sometime and I've decided it was well worth the wait. I really like the great launch & LZ. Conditions were a bit cross from the N, but easily ridge soarable, with a few thermals to make life interesting. Sans vario (no voltage), I managed 500' over. Others did twice as well as conditions improved. After a futile attempt to run to the north end of the ridge, I bailed to the LZ for a slight overshoot of the spot, losing 5$ to Mark.
Hoping for HR on Saturday...
'Sparky
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XC from the SAC to ? Sat, 08 Jul 2000 09:42:41 -0400 Clint Le Roy |
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Well by Now most of the East Coast has heard a murmer about the XC effort of Ric Neihaus, as he left the SAC on Friday July 7th at 12:30pm and landed far away in a small town with a sign that said Norfolk VA 128 miles. Total Trip Miles = 159 Time in the Air = 6 hr. 22 minutes. Millsboro DE = Landing behind the Bidget Motel right on Rt 113.
A complete rendering of the Days flight will be published in the
Cloudbuster.
Happy Flying !!
Clint LeRoy
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