It's officially winter, and the days are getting longer now.
In case you were wondering, the definition of "meteorological winter" is the period of the three coldest months of the year. In this hemisphere, that would be the months of December, January, and February. Duh.
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Thursday, December 15, 2016
Solstice Wave
Took my (AT) first wave flight out of Springfield, VT for the winter during the solstices (actually a week early). Up north it was completely socked in, to the south there was no clouds but at Okemo there was just the right amount of clouds. Wave was 1-2 kts down low, increased to 3-4 kts up to 13,000', and then slowed back down above 13,000'. I was still climbing at 1-2 kts at 15,000' when I headed down to tow the next flight.
Walter and Peter Kelley took the next flight (i1) but couldn't connect to wave. Then Walter flew with Bob Morehardt (i1) for about an hour and a half but could only get to 8,500'.
Looking North - too cloudy
Looking South - too clear
Looking at VSF from 9 nm away, 2 nm up and 50 kt tailwind - final glide even for a space shuttle
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