Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Weekend report April 30 - May 1

There was good flying on both days of the weekend, but Sunday was better.

We welcomed new member David Schafer on Saturday, and he got two lessons in the Blanik, the second of which lasted over an hour.  Dennis (DC) finally got in the air for his first flight of the season, and Greg (JR) and Evan (T8) flew together on a 400 km zigzag flight that took them to both the White Mountains and the Green Mountains.

Sunday was the day we have all been waiting for.  Excellent lift in blue conditions.  It was very good in the high ground, and Greg (JR), Dan (EA), David (JD), Rick (LEL), and Kari (2C) all made it up to Mount Washington.  Moshe (RU) explored central Vermont, with turns at Montpelier and Lebanon, where he was happy not to land.

When David got back from the mountains, he made several O&R excursions and finally landed after everyone else had gone home.


This was David's first serious cross country flight, with a credited distance of 312 km.  He flew for over 7 hours, which may be a duration record for a flight out of Post Mills.

Back in Post Mills, Pete D (3BA) and Paul (S1) made local flights, and Sonny made the mistake of flying his airplane on an outstanding soaring day.

Thanks to Don and Andy for towing, and to Darrek for improving the 1-26 trailer.

2 comments:

David Lysy said...

Not a duration record. But up there with the longest duration flights out of Post Mills in the past decade or so. I found a handful of other 7.5 hour+ flights:
by Evan in 2014 (2x), 2016, and 2021;
by Greg in 2014, 2016 (2x), 2017, 2018, and 2021 (2x),
and by Dan in 2016 and 2019.

There may be others I'm unaware of. Didn't search the logs for everyone. The longest duration I saw out of Post Mills was 8 h and 20m+ by Evan and Greg on their declared 750k VT state record (3-TP), a full 50 minutes longer than my flight. But I can't complain. :)

David Lysy said...

Also Tim Chow in 2019!