ISR Glide-In - 22-23 May2010 ****IT'S A GO!****

[Fred]

Well, that's this week end !  
Good warm weather, and even wind has been ordered !  \/
Meeting start at the usual place (9 Stones) or the West slope depending of the wind.
I'm aiming to be at the slope at 10am.

Roughly, who is coming ? I plan to bring a BBQ so we all can have some food at the slope    

[rogallo]

Ralph and Les from Cork.
should be there on Sat around 11.
See you then

[Alan_Perse]

I hope to come. But I have a relative coming over from Germany on the Saturday. I might be able to make it on the Sunday. Will have to wait and see.

[Happy Days]

I’m a very busy person these days. :evil:  ‘Time is money’ you know. :twisted:  I’m not at all sure I can make it :?: ……..

Oh, all right then …………..I might go for a while, …… but only if you let me win at combat! :lol:

Talking of combat; I don’t think there will be much of that going on this weekend. Forecast is for light winds so it’ll be a case of break out the “floaters”. We had a lot of thermal stuff last May as I recall, could be the same this weekend.

Joe is playing around with his men friends for the next fortnight so we’ll have to forgo his company. (He always nicks my rolls of cellotape anyway)

Who else is up for a spot of  sunbathing on the slopes? (While flying of course!)

Keith

[billscottni]

At the moment from the frozen North:

Me, John, Richard Boyd and another NIMSA member, Tommy Magee. I hope to be down late morning with Tommy (and possibly John)

[Richard Boyd]

I have finally navigated to the correct post regarding this weekends fly-in at Mt Leinster.
I looked at the forecast and it is giving a miserable 4 mph winds.
I was once told that if someone breaks wind on the East coast of the USA , by the time it reaches Ireland it turns into a gale ! minus the smell lol
I hope the good old Yanks are feeding on egg and onion sandwiches !

Richard

[bearpjk]

Fred, what day have you ordered the wind for??

Forecast is super light for the weekend

[Happy Days]

Hhmmmm………Been reading the weekends weather forecast from six different sites. They all say Saturday will have winds of < 8Kmh and variable direction.  Five say Sunday will be the same and the other says winds from the north at 15Kmh.

There might be some thermals around but the planes will have to get to the thermals from the slope and in those light conditions that could involve a lot of walking! :cry:
 
If the forecasts haven’t improved by this evening I suggest we postpone the event until next weekend. (Driving for a couple of hours or more just to get a sun tan seems a bit extravagant.)

Anyone else have any views on the matter?

K.

[Fred]

I go with the majority...

[Richard Boyd]

My Dad is in his 80th ! year . Yes 80th !!!!!!
He has his new shiny Multiplex DG600 to maiden at the weekend , but I think it is going to have to wait until the next date.
What ever alternate date is set then we will do our utmost to visit Mt L.


Richard

[bearpjk]

Hmmmmm gotta agree with the fellas, postpone seems like a good idea!!

[billscottni]

Can we decide as soon as poss?
Those of us travelling from the North would have to cancel our B&B and rebook!

Happy enough to postpone, but are we sure we'd get better the next week?

[rogallo]

I am in favour of changing the date, I will not make the following weekend though, our club is hosting a comp.

Ralph

[Happy Days]

Are we sure we’d get better the next time? Good question Bill.

If we assume that the average wind speed prediction for this weekend is less than 10Km/h then that effectively equates to no flying this weekend. In that case I'm thinking that no future weekend could be any worse, from a flyers point of view. :?

On the assumption that a future weekend might have higher wind speeds, and on the basis that it couldn’t be any worse than this weekend, I say postpone.

That raises the question of when to have the ISR Glide-In. Bearing in mind the Shannon club have their Glide-In on the 13th June, we have the choice of next weekend or the following weekend. :?:  If we put it off to the following weekend that puts us only a week away from the Shannon’s do. (Assuming they don’t postpone theirs.)

FRED,………….(oh guru of matters gliding) guide us through this maze……………..please!

(Just to add insult to injury, I was on the south slope of Big L today with 50 - 60Km/h winds at the ridge.  As Fred would say, “There were lifts everywhere!”)

Keith

[rogallo]

There are no events in July and august. How about moving the date out till then.