Day 1 was a difficult day.  The day was blue with cirrus moving in over head.  The standard class started last, we had to climb quickly and go out on course as fast as possible.  The trick was to stay in the sun and try to find streets of reduced sink.  The entire standard class landed out, Dave (F1) came in first with over 100 miles,  Sergei flew for 98 (TR) miles which should have put him in second but like Dave he landed out in a farmers field.  I managed 94 miles, but landed at an airport wich gave me a 25pt bonus to move me into 2nd place for the day.  The scores are available on the SSA website here.  Click here to see the flight on the OLC.

Thanks to Frank Paynter and Mark Hawkins SPOT tracking is now available for all pilots flying with a SPOT messenger.  The URL's for Google Maps and Google Earth are available below.

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Tuesday was a no fly day, there forecast was calling for severe thunderstorms in the area with complete overcast.  Sergei, Derek and I decided to go to the US Airforce Museum in Daton.  It is a huge favility and is definately worth the trip.