http://www.kingmountaingliderpark.com/weather/
King Mountain has tremendous high pressure soaring conditions, perhaps some of the best in the world, as the high altitude westerly facing ranges develop great amounts of heat and loft it into relatively cold air at the peaks. When the valleys are heat inverted and shut down in the summer, it is... mehr

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Mike Haley, the USHPA Competition Committee Chairman wrote a few days ago (paraphrased here) that because there were five days of flying at King it was 100% valid.
Mike Haley apparently does not understand how meet validity is actually determined. At least, he didn't when he wrote this. The number of flying days is only one part of the... mehr

Here are the average distances flown at the King Mountain co-Nationals this year:
Day 1 29 milesDay 2 24 milesDay 3 29 milesDay 4 12 milesDay 5 12 miles
These values are inflated somewhat by the fact that I gave the pilots who landed in the bomb out zone credit for 3.1 miles while Lisa gave them credit for 1 mile. I did this to make it... mehr

Bill Soderquist <<billsod>> writes:
As for the weather, both meets experienced some weather issues. The task committee at both meets did a good job of sending the pilots on a course that avoided the worst overdevelopment. I commend the Big Spring task committee for threading the needle so well.
The tasks at King were limited to four... mehr

Gary Solomon <<gary>> writes:
For those of you looking at boundary layer forecasts, we have had two choices for a while now since XCSkies came on line. I used that for a while, but then took another look at Dr. Jack's univiewer. In fact the beta version which shows the forecast over a map has now become the standard univiewer.
It... mehr

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Bob Grant <<caskydog>> writes:
It was a wonderful party and the weather was exquisite with great thermals all day until 7 pm. I have photos and a story page at - http://www.skydogsports.com/dfsc/M-Ville-09.htm. mehr

Paul Allen <pokyallen> writes:
Day four started poorly. The task committee had called route 2, the most technically challenging corridor. Over development was possible. Everything needed to be working perfectly.
First, the vario mount broke. I taped it to the base tube. In order to hear it, I had to push out and turn my head sideways. That... mehr

The daily results of the King Meet are still not generally available. Why not? Does someone not want the USHPA members to see how short the distances flown at King were? Perhaps they don't want to prick the balloon of delusion.
Late Update. At 2:47 PM (MDT) Mike Haley sent me the King Mountain daily scores. I'll have more on this soon:
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Why did the King Mountain co-Nationals receive 300 points of NTSS validity when the meet could be fairly characterized as quite a bit less than fully valid?
I have asked Mike Hailey how USHPA officials reached the decision to determine that the King Mountain meet was 100% valid and award the winner 330 NTSS points, when the original calculation... mehr

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