BJ Herring <<bj>>
writes:

I posted some thoughts/notes on the Oz Report forum that
might be of interest:
http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=86847#86847

Gary isn't whistling Dixie either. This place trumps every other flying site
I've been to in soarability. On top of that, the lessons learned and experience
gained there was just unbelievable.

Experiences that are the nature of the Zapata journey:

- Thermaling/Course/Speed/Route strategy conversations with multi-world record
holders

- Skill sharpening by soaring at 10am with low cloudbase, or no clouds, then
coming back to land where we started

- Flying as big of a triangle course as I dared midday as fast as I could (never
landed out once doing that!)

- Getting familiar with my 6030 and different options

- Towing behind Zippy as he based jumped off the Dragonfly

- Tons of cloudbase time and almost sixty hours of airtime in twenty flights. If
I wanted more airtime, that would have certainly been possible!

Call me if you have any questions about Zapata. I'm trying not to reflect with
rose colored glasses but it really was great. Just to counter, it's hot, but you
get used to it. The rooms are pretty bad, but being air conditioned makes them
heaven anyway. Bring a Wii for evening entertainment.

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