The winds were forecasted to be out of the south southeast,
meeting requirement number one.

The lift was looking good:

The height of the lift was high:

And cloud base was high, but below the height of the lift, indicating cu's:

And, like when Jonny and
Dustin went there was an approaching cold front that was actually a lot
closer than the one forecasted for tonight here and in Georgia, so this forecast
would in fact be better as the front improves the wind speed and instability but
can cut off the lift in the evening from the clouds to the west blocking the
sun:

I had my glider set up and tied down in the pre-launch area at 9 AM. I wanted to
get going at 10 AM, one hour before Jonny launched on his record day. But the
wind was a bit too strong, maybe five miles an hour stronger than I would have
liked, and there were no cu's. The winds would have been fine with a cu filled
sky. Early cu's indicated that the conditions will be good throughout the day,
with cooler are running over the hot land.

When there were no cu's at 10 AM, I began to get discouraged. I didn't like the
glider out there waiting in the strong winds. Around 10:30 I out the glider in
the hangar, ready to take it out but definitely not happy with the winds and no
clouds.

The clouds started appearing before 11 AM and soon filled the sky. But by then I
was too discouraged. If I had left the glider out I might have been ready to go.
The rest of the crew waited until well after 1:30 PM to launch. Mitch got away
slowly. Campbell landed but then broke a weaklink at 300' AGL when he and the
tug hit 400 fpm right over the field. We all watched him thermal out. He was
still going when I wrote this. Mitch had gone down within ten miles. Jamie
Shelden decided not to launch.

At 3:40 PM:

Campbell landed at Keystone airfield ninety seven miles north of Quest Air.