Monthly Archives: March 2018

Dick Johnson got this to work for him much better than I did. Charlie Spratt told me that this was a tactic he saw work time and time again in Hobbs and Uvalde when there was a big storm in the forecast. The idea behind this is a large storm is going to shut down a turnpoint at some point during the day. It could even develop at the home airport. Leaving early could get you in and out of the turnpoint

Again I will start with a common theme to reduce the pressure of this one small part of the race. You have the next 4 hours to screw it up.

Do not worry about a few hundred feet. When I team fly even being separated by a 1000 ft is not the end of the world, annoying yes, but there is a  lot of fluctuation in the air. Defiantly 200 ft is nothing to worry about (until you are on a marginal

Clearly, the start gate that is closest to the line is the best one to use. The shortest distance makes sense. Problem solved, go there.

If it was only that easy. It might be the shortest distance but it could come with a lot of disadvantages. Sometimes the best start gate to use is one that is farthest away from the course line. In an hour you are not going to be concerned with being 1/2 mile

This is the first part in a series of 'How to Lose Points'. Bright Ideas that slowed me down, lost me points or got me stuck.

Saving time by writing over my previous day's task. Sitting on the grid inputting the flight computer I would just click on the previous day's task. Click on turnpoint Number 1 change it to the current turnpoint, and continue with the task edit that way. This saved me