Flight Articles from the Weekend of Sat 7/15 & Sun 7/16 (in order of posting time stamp)
Sat [OJ] [Hammer] [Andy Palmer] [Tom P] [BobA]

John Kloer (aka OJ)
Saturday, 7/16/06
Pine to Gorman
~ 27 Miles ~ 2¾ Hours

Didn't get as high as Dean and Tom P., nor did I go as far as Acro Andy, but overall it was a fun day.

Went otb with only 8800 but connected at the Badlands and worked the sometimes lively air to Gorman where I landed with a slight negative groundspeed.

Vario log: 1240 fpm up, 1280 dn, max alt. 13279, 27 miles in 2 hrs 42 min.