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The Soaring Laboratory: Racing the Libelle
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October 2, 2011. I recently gave a presentation at the 2011 Experimental Sailplane Homebuilders Workshop in Tehachapi, CA on the modifications I have made to my Libelle 201b and some of my experiences racing it in regional and national contests. I would also like to welcome all the visitors from the Cafe Foundation Blog. Big thanks to Dean Segler for linking back to my Blog! Until my next post.Keep Soaring. It's almost wave season! Posted by Michael Reid. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The Soaring Laboratory: February 2012
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February 6, 2012. Competitive Soaring: Brigliadori Distilled. As presented at the SSA Convention in Reno, NV I have attached my presentation below. It is a distillation of Leo and Ricky Brigliadori's book Competing in Gliders. Additionally I am working on a version that includes the audio of my talk. Please feel free to email me with your questions and comments so that we can all continue to learn how to fly faster. Keep flying, especially with the stick full forward. Posted by Michael Reid.
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Roger's Soaring Blog: August 2014
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Thursday, August 28, 2014. A few stats from my logbook. I just completed selling an old Blanik L13 for my club. This particular ship had been crashed, and totaled by the insurance company, but was really not damaged very much. As I wrote the final email to the buyer I mentioned that I would miss the ship, having made 75 flights in it. That made me wonder just how many flights I have made in which ships. So I ran some stats from my electronic logbook. Links to this post. Sunday, August 17, 2014. Both have...
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Roger's Soaring Blog: Back in the (small) saddle
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Sunday, November 23, 2014. Back in the (small) saddle. The weather looked OK for Friday: a relatively clear day between the passing of a minor front and then the arrival of Santa Ana winds. The forecast was for northeast winds, which aren't really good for either thermal flying or wave lift at this location, but it looked like ridge soaring might develop. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. Back in the (small) saddle. First flight in PW6. California, United States.
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Roger's Soaring Blog: June 2014
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Sunday, June 22, 2014. End of an Era: Orange County Soaring Association merging into Cypress Soaring Inc. OCSA's Grob 103 and PW5 will transfer to CSI. For the foreseeable future, they will both remain at Crystalaire and will be available for flight by CSI members. Current and former OCSA members may transfer to Cypress. OCSA's one viable Blanik L13 and another Blanik fuselage, wings, parts, and trailers are for sale, listed on Wings and Wheels. Contact information is in the advertisements. I found that ...
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Roger's Soaring Blog: Practical test - third time's a charm!
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Wednesday, January 19, 2005. Practical test - third time's a charm! 1-19-05 Oral and Practical test day. I get there about 8:45, they arrive at 10:00. Perfectly clear weather, warm and unfortunately stable. The instructor candidate, G, does the papers and the oral test - VERY SLOWLY and fumblingly. This takes forever! R sometimes has to correct him and make him ask coherent questions. I miss some stuff, especially airspaces and light guns. This and the cross-country flight plan take FOUR HOURS! There are...
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Roger's Soaring Blog: April 2014
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Saturday, April 12, 2014. Numerous Cumulus (not just a Few CU). Last Saturday was one of those lift-is-everywhere days at Crystalaire. Oddly, there seemed to be more moisture in the high desert air than in Orange County south of the mountains. or maybe just more uplift due to surface heating. The forecast called for north winds, which were present upstairs but not so much on the surface. So it seems that I had the bad timing to approach and land as a thermal passed through, which caused complete rotation...
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Roger's Soaring Blog: Downloads
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My document collection on Google Docs. All photos from my blog are in my public Picasa album. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. My experiences in becoming a sailplane pilot. I hope this will be helpful to other students and low-time pilots. I got my Private Pilot Certificate - Glider in January 2005. Because my experiences may reflect on other pilots, instructors, examiners etc., I won't use their names. California, United States. View my complete profile.
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Roger's Soaring Blog: March 2013
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013. In the ground portion we talked a lot about emergency procedures, aeronautical decision making, and reviewed several serious accidents (one of which was a fatal crash by a friend of ours). We spent some time talking about optimal bank angles for minimizing altitude loss (45 degrees is best), and how that applies to low-altitude turns during rope breaks etc., and how it applies in thermalling. Flight #2 was a demonstration of tow plane signals which ended up with a downwind landing.
