Sure had a fun weekend flying Whitwell. Saturday was very nice with decent winds into launch and nice thermals all over the place. Flew with Carl Buric who...
Sunday Flying Sunday turned out to be an Ok ridge soaring day but had little useful thermal activity. On the way out to Henson's, flags and such indicated ...
Nice flight report Tony! I let the forcast keep me at home yesterday. I wish all the TTT pilots would write up flights and generally get things together on...
Hey all of you guys and gals I am in need of recipes for the TTT cookbook. I would like to get it started and hopefully finished by the May fest party. Hope...
Many of you may have read TTT member Eric Carden's great article on virtual soaring in the last issue of HG&PG or USHPA Aero or whatever. What he didn't...
I'm quite impressed with the prospect of virtually soaring the Sequachie. I had no idea Eric is so talented and has so much time on his hands. Overly...
Sure had a great time flying Whitwell today. Jono, Greg Heckman, John Freitas, Wayne Walker, Chris from Atlanta and I all had nice flights. Jono, Greg, Jonh...
Tennessee Tree Toppers Fly MailCongratulations on the good flights at Whitwell Sunday! Eric Carden and I flew together from Henson's to Lookout... ......
Wayne Walker and I flew from Whitwell yesterday. I will try to keep this email shorter than our flights. We launched, we landed. We had a great time...
Ollie et al, The virtual XC with Eric was more fun than I expected. We both had the Skype com program running so it was almost like having cell phone...
I did hit a little bit of lift. I never made it back to launch, but I climbed about 100-150 feet in a very small punchy thermal. I could only manage about...
Worthy goals Tony. Nice video Wayne. I have a few goals. I would like to chase (in the air!) Steve and Kathy Lee for over 100 miles this year. I'd also...
... Really? Saturday had one of the best south waves set up that I've seen in a long time, although you'd never get to it off of Whitwell in a dangle diver....
... As I was driving to Whitwell from Lookout, about noon eastern, from I-24 I could see the lennies, 5 or so of them, well developed and widely spaced in a...
hey everyone, here's dr. jack's advice on predicting wave lift: Keith, ... The regular NAM/RUC blipmaps are not intended to predict wave. There are a few folks...
I haven't a clue about how to predict wave with the Dr. Jack system. Guess it would be worth while to look at it. Keith, are you getting tuned into and...
... system. Guess it would be worth while to look at it. Keith, are you getting tuned into and comfortable with the soaring predictions yet? Ollie hi ollie,...
I've been enjoying this new way to communicate hanggliding information about whats happening in our area. I noticed some pilots were set up at Hensons as I...
The clinic will be February 17th and 18th. I am in serious need of some volunteers and would love to hear from anyone willing to help! The cost will be...
I just bought and installed a drogue chute (to give me more X-C landing options). I've never seen one used, though. The bridle and lines on the chute look so...
Here's my input on the carbon fiber transition. I bought a VX just in time for last summer, transitioning from a U2 160. I hook in at the bottom just like...
Hi again, Long stiffie rant so beware. I hope Roy catches this post. He's new to rigids and hasn't seen that many land since, though he's a super pilot, he...
... Roy, Would a drouge 'chute help with the long glide in a "hot field"? I use one every now and then when getting into a tight field with my U2. It makes the...
... From: olliettt1955 ... it took to set up your old U2 to put that 40 minute set up in perspective. Roy is very careful and particular.<<< Ok, I'm slow, 30...
There was a joke a couple years back at one of the Team Challenges where I was videoing Dennis Pagen and several other flex wing pilots with my little camera...
I keep getting e-mails about "Ollie's Stiffie" . They aren't making it through my porn filter. Ollie, you told me your hobby was "hang gliding". What the...
