Day 1 (Off to a good start, for most)

Task:
Big Spring to Brown
76 miles

Good task for many pilots with probably over half of the field making goal. Most of the Kagel crew flew well today, I'm not one of them, this time. I had a good climb at launch but that was about it. Most of the time I was in the air I was with or around Ron Wiener. I was looking to take the 2nd start clock at 2:30 but got drilled and missed a critical climb and down I went. I heard Rick going down as well around the same place that I got drilled. Most of the pilots got up just west of where we were getting sucked to the ground. The weather is supposed to be good tomorrow as well so I'll be looking for a better performance.

Pilots at goal: (click on names to download Google Earth tracks)
Phill Bloom
Ron Wiener
Chris Smith
Shawn Zabo
YaRon
Greg Kendall
Kraig Coomber
Jonny Durand
Bill Soderquist

Pilots with tail between their legs:
Jeff Chipman
Rick Holman