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Nice Day at 3500 Ft #9136804 11/11/24 01:35 PM
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Over Waller, Tx, or thereabouts. Lift was pretty slow at about 2 knots when I could find it. I'm heading over to that cloud on the left.

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Is that a Glider?


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Yeah, a HPH 304C Wasp


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Cool. Long time ago I worked with several glider pilots, one was related to Johnson. Worked with Gibbons to make a diff barometer for the wings. Often offered a ride but passed.

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That looks like so much fun.


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Fun until you get sucked up into a storm cloud.

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That is cool!!!


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Did you get towed up? I flew a few times many years ago. It was just too hot for me to enjoy it. Up here in northTexas, you just couldn't get any lift unless it was hot and you could catch a thermal off a highway or some other pavement. It's pretty flat so not as much updraft as you might get somewhere with some help from the ground. It was fun, I would just like to do it when it was 70 degrees instead of 100.

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Originally Posted by jetdad
Did you get towed up? I flew a few times many years ago. It was just too hot for me to enjoy it. Up here in northTexas, you just couldn't get any lift unless it was hot and you could catch a thermal off a highway or some other pavement. It's pretty flat so not as much updraft as you might get somewhere with some help from the ground. It was fun, I would just like to do it when it was 70 degrees instead of 100.


Lift down here, just West of montgomery county, is typically moderate (~300 to 400 FPM). But it all depends on the day and how well one can center a thermal. We have a few of the competition/task guys that can go 100+ kilometers on a day I wouldnt think of going further that glide distance back home. These guys are really good. Last month I was flying down in Marfa and got up to 12.6K. Temps up there were near freezing as you well know.

Jetdad, having read a few of your other posts, and with all respect due, your roundout is my thermalling altitude! clap


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Originally Posted by duffas
Fun until you get sucked up into a storm cloud.

Amen to that. It pays to understand ameteur meterology and watch for overdevelopment. That, and a darn good pair of airbrakes.


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Cool pic Dave, just like you to be up there!!!!

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Im gonna go again later today Billy. But the forecast is terrible weather (for gliders) - Clear, sunshine, light winds, and no turbulance. It'll be a race to see who lands first - me or the towplane. But, it needs to be flown, this sailplane is SLICK in the air and requires practice and recency.


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Guy I worked with got sucked up. Had to do a wild slip to get out of the storm cloud over Rockwall.

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