[LASS Soaring] "A Perfect day at the Mid America Soaring Champs"

[GordySoar at aol.com]

Got there early for a change, it was already warm but hazy.   We flew 5 
rounds of 10mins with a runway landing (which is kind of deceiving since you have 
to land over a small valley dead in front of the LZ and that valley can suck 
you down or at least any energy you thought was enough to make it the zone).

We only had 15 guys today and I don't think there was one 'gimmee' round 
where everyone skied out for a max, everyone took a hit or two it seemed, well 
everyone but me and the Perfect. :-)

Even the Picolario crowd got skunked.   

There was Icon, AVA, Soprano, Escape, EVO XL, Sharon, Fusion and some woodies 
in RES.
While I had just finished the Perfect last Sunday, got about three trim 
flights on it, I decided what the heck, so it was my weapon of choice for the day 
(and the Super AVA for RES).

I don't know what to say about the Perfect in the air, but it IS definitely a 
landing machine, VERY rock solid on the approach, I was never surprised once, 
even with the turbulence of that landing area.

I got one zero landing and that was because I got to sleep at 1:30am last 
night, and was up again at 6am to head to the contest, the lack of sleep just 
stepped up right as I was coming in for a total no brainer 100.   My timer was 
counting down the last 10 seconds as it approached and I totally got mesmerized 
by the count, then failed to pull off the flap on the approach to end up 
short.

When the day was over, no "I beat Gordy" buttons were earned in Unlimited or 
RES.   But all for naught since my Ohio chums let me down for my LSF 20man 
count today.

Fingers crossed for a good day tomorrow and more pilots too :-)
Gordy
PS, had I been flying the Supra, Sharon, Giant, Superior today....likely the 
result would have been the same, since if you didn't find the lift, you didn't 
get the time, trick foil or planform or not :-)
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