On the last day of the Flytec Race and Rally a group of pilots were working
broken zero on the east side of the lake at about 2,000' just trying to stay up.
They had made the turnpoint and were getting close to goal to the west at the
Americus airport.
As they flounder about Carl Wallbank notices that suddenly Pedro and Paris
(perhaps others) head across the lake low and then James Stinnett chases after
them on this low glide. Just as James leaves the junk air that the rest of the
gaggle is in, it turns into 400 fpm up.
Carl is near the top of the cumulative results and thinks to himself, well they
just handed him the race. The guys in front of him and above him in the results
have just gone on a death glide.
As they get to the other side of the lake and down to less than 1000', he
notices that they are turning just past the tree line. He wonders if they are
really going up. Another turn and he's sure that they are going up fast. He
races to join them, but by the time he gets there he is well below Pedro and
Paris.
