Avenal Final Day with Landout

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23 күн бұрын

Final day of my first soaring race,the Avenal CA, 2024 contest, put on by the Central California Soaring Association.
Today's task was a 256 nm / 475 km task. I was in the second start group which gave us at the back less time to complete it before the thermals weakened than the faster pilots.
Three of us landed at Cocoran, CA - which was a pretty nice place to be if you culdn't make it home. An aero retrieve came for each of us to take us back to Avenal.
For more detail, see this flight's trace on WeGlide at: www.weglide.org/flight/388479
Bring the Sky', 'Life In Motion' , ' Clear Skies' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

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@gregchick3311 20 күн бұрын

I'm too chicken to fly like that, but if I was a pro, I guess it would be less scary. Thanks for the video Bill, hope to see you soon.

@erikburrows 20 күн бұрын

That looks like great fun!

@Astirritsa 19 күн бұрын

Thanks for putting this together Bill.

@BillPalmer 19 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@swas33 20 күн бұрын

Had a great time flying with you at Avenal.

@BillPalmer 20 күн бұрын

likewise. I hope to meet up again sometime soon.

@christopherstevenson9737 20 күн бұрын

Another nice soaring video Bill. Each one a bit better the last. Good flying passing the other pilot (14:53)!! Surprisingly low cloud base! 65 miles to return…yikes.!

@BillPalmer 20 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. The ground is at a very low elevation so I kept telling myself, "well, this is like being at 8500 feet home" :-)

@Paul-vh6ul 20 күн бұрын

Good decision to land at Cocoran. I was expecting an off-airport landing.

@BillPalmer 19 күн бұрын

I definitely wanted to avoid that. The aero retrieve from there was a nice surprise. I had expected the retrieve crew to start heading out with the trailers.

@BirdBrainGT 20 күн бұрын

Do you ever you the second thermal assist page on the clear nav vario . the Hollow circles. I call that one your using the soda can. I find the second thermal assist screen to be more like what you see on the oudie. Anyways nice flight always nice to see your videos!. And congrats on your first contest!

@BillPalmer 20 күн бұрын

Yea, sometimes. Between the “soda can” and the Oudie, plus my own intuition it’s usually sufficient.