Weekend Report October 13 - 14

As usual, the actual weather was in serious contradiction to the forecast. In this instance the weather was better than the gloom and doom we were told to expect. On Saturday, gliders flew both at Post Mills and at Gorham. At home base, Tony and Steve took wave tows - Tony connected and got to 8700 feet over the Connecticut river. Steve just missed and had a long glide back to earth.

Here is Rick Roelke's Saturday report from Gorham:

Today was indeed partly cloudy. As folks arrived from Franconia, reports had it solid overcast until just before you got to Gorham where it was mostly clear. The wave was here today, with flight over 14k, but not a diamond day (in a way that is a good thing, as we could not enter the airspace today). Late in the day we had a high overcast and more moisture came in. With the moisture came amazing lennies, pics to come.

Tomorrow's outlook:

Still a good sounding, but looks much wetter. We are in the clear now, seeing stars, but the forecast sounding is still calling for that to turn to low clouds and fog. I do expect the wave to be strong enough to punch a hole in the cloud cover, but the ceiling may be too low for it to be usable...

RR

On Sunday, Andy towed Steve and Jason in the Blanik to Gorham, with a weather-dictated stop at North Haverhill on the way. Rick trailered PM to Gorham and brought the pilots home. Meanwhile, four flights were made at Gorham (see next news entry).