An old friend just posted a NIB SBXC on RCG. It is one of the older (non-Super) versions at a very attractive price of $1200 plus shipping. Color scheme is...
Good morning cross country enthusiasts When the weather turns dreary, I stare out the window dreaming of puffy white clouds, a wildly chirping vario and the...
We are planning a cross country contest at California Valley on May 9 and 10. Dudley, the Davis contest in March sounds good, however if you have the...
Geeze John, that's too bad. We'll miss ya. . . Just kidding. Glad we brought scheduling up early. I hadn't heard about the event on May 9 & 10. Thanks for...
Marcela and Dieter have arrived at their new home in Medellin, Columbia. They are ready for website updates. Contest Schedule for 2009 is first topic I can...
Wow, I don't know what happened with the preivious email, but let me try this again: We are planning a two day XC event May 23 and 24 at California Valley and...
I have added the map of the proposed California Valley course to "files" section of this forum. The file is called "cal valley.kmz". The "files" section is...
I'm not sure why my last message got fouled up but here are the coordinates of the turnpoints: California Valley May 2009 Turnpoints TP A 35* 19.47' N...
I just noticed that I left out the southern most turnpoint TP K. The coordinates are: TURNPOINT K 34* 57.818N 119* 26.803W Note, there is no Turpoint J ...
I need a team for the Sacramento XC. I have two good planes and a Corolla with the trunk removed and seat belts installed. The equipment (and coach) is also...
Bummer Dude!! The unfavorable weather forecast for this weekend prompts us to cancel the XC contest in Davis. Since Thermal Safari is only 4 weeks away (4/18 &...
The Cal Valley XC soaring event on May 23 and 24 will be an AMA sanctioned contest. Therefore all pilots must have current AMA membership and have their AMA...
Selling my RnR MXC ship This was one of the last XC ships built by RnR and has only been flown for 3 flights. I found I did not have the time or resources...
You'll want to get these dates firmed up on your calendars. The mother of all cross country adventures is scheduled for April 18th & 19th. That's just two...
An advance scouting party (Rich Beardsley) has reconnoitered all of the five star hotels and motels in Williams and suggests, that for our very discriminating...
Looks like we're down to four teams. Rich Beardsley doesn't think he'll be able to make it. We've got some empty seats if you know of anyone who wants to go....
I heard the weather was great. Why don't one you participants give us all a brief rundown of the event. John ________________________________ From: Dudley...
John (et al) Here's an outstanding report written by Steve Henke. Steve teamed with Jim Rolle and Bruce Moore. The only correction I would add to Steve's...
final Thermal Safari Youtube vids. Quality could be better and I need to figure out a way to reduce the wind interference noise on the tiny pinhole mike on my...
Entries so far- Rich Beardsley-2.4 Greg Nordsworthy-ch35 Dudley Dufort-ch38 Jim Rolle-ch21 Dan Edwards-2.4 Dean Gradwell-2.4 Paul Gradwell-ch26 Cannot make Cal...