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| Volume 3, Issue 7 |
August, 2004
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CROSS COUNTRY SOARING (Part 3) The conditions are turning real favorable for a SILVER C Distance attempt now: * The air is drying out so thermals heights will increase.* Crops will begin to be harvested in Sept. so there will be lots of outlanding options if the need arises ! - But hurry as a delay will mean you won't be able to make an attempt until May next year if you don't do it in Sept . PREPARATION FOR THE FLIGHT ( 32 MILES ) 1) Plot out several options - best course will be downwind so consider flights to the NE , E or SE from Alex.2) Calculate how high you can tow to ( 1% rule limits your release height). 3) Familiarize yourself with the Club Barograph or a GPS recorder if you plan to use one. 4) Familiarize yourself with the SSA Awards Form (B-1) that you will need to complete. Then on a day when cloudbases are 5000msl and the winds are light MAKE A PRACTISE FLIGHT AS FOLLOWS: * Fly to Elwood airfield .* Climb back up at Elwood and fly home to Alex ( Try not to stop and thermal unless you are below glideslope to make it back) * Do this 2 times and you will have covered more than the 32 miles needed for a Silver C flight. Note : * Speed up in sink ( no more than 10 knots) * Slow down in lift ( to min sink speed -do you know what that speed is ?) * Don't fly back over any areas of sink - deviate up to 30 degrees if you have to. * Note there is an excellent N/S airstrip SE of Elwood and W of Frankton if you need it. If you complete the practise flight successfully you are ready to make a Silver Badge Distance attempt. Good luck. ENJOY. FLY SAFELY. ZA. |
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