Day 3 had lots going on, I will just give teasers here. The Sprint saw Drews brother Eddie 8th in goal, Drew made it, as did Flash in the most remarkable way. In the launch gaggle he takes a frontal which rips open the center bottom surface of his Alpina. He heads towards Hunter LZ cautiously ready to throw his reserve if needed. On the way there he decided the glider still works okay, thermals up for the start and flies all the way to goal. Remarkable.
Everyone else had varying results. I made goal at Emigrant Lake, but we had a mandatory 6000' ceiling for Medford airspace and I hit the mark too high and lost a third of my days score. On arrival at the goal LZ Krista Auerbach had a hard landing and got hurt pretty bad, hope not too bad. Also there was a hard landing resulting in a broken ankle, and some reserve tosses. A busy day for sure. Sunny, cloudless and high pressure. It is definitely summer.
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I wasn't planning on flying in this year's Rat Race, but when I started going through my pictures from last year and reliving all th... -
Day 5: We get another late task start, so the day is short. The Sprinters are doing great with Flash holding down a top ten spot. Us Racers ...
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The winds at Woodrat were forecast to blow 20 knots, so the task today was cancelled. Many pilots took advantage of this by doing some other...
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