Re: Arizona Contest Results, News, Pictures?

From: Yuan Kang Lee <ykleetx_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:09:27 -0000

Here is a video taken by Bill and his son, Sam, from Vegas:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O9JpblYbfs&context=C3d633f2ADOEgsToPDskLsxjxtZkHihaR3bO29ui0h

I had a hard time taking videos because of the sky light. But their video turned out well.

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "John Kagan" <john_kagan@...> wrote:
>
> Steve Riley is preparing pics and results. More to follow shortly.
>
> We measured the site, and after correcting some of my initial miscalculations on fractions vs. feet/inches, we found that it is .1" under Cat III. It is also at 7000' of altitude, so there's that.
>
> The floor layout feels like Johnson City. Wide open space - great for gliders (no scoreboard).
>
> The air is similar to Belgrade. Lots of thermal activity during the day due to the translucent windows in the ceiling. A few years ago I would have called this "bad air". However, after getting schooled by Mr. Treger, I now see this as a new challenge to conquer. My F1D handled the thermals fairly nicely. The F1L I was proxy flying didn't.
>
> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "jim" <glider902003@> wrote:
> >
> > So the big Arizona Dome contest was this past weekend...
> > Is there ANYWHERE that results, a contest report, or pictures have been posted? Buehler?
> >
>
Received on Tue Mar 06 2012 - 11:09:30 CET

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