Happy Winter Time!

[Bill Watson]

Hardcore? Perhaps. I guess it depends on where you live.

 

[JasonM]

That is awesome!

 

[evapilotaz]

Good God I'm freezing in AZ.

We are in the upper 70's today.

 

[evapilotaz]

Oh and I'm still wearing Shorts and my pool is being built.

Awesome Picture btw.

 

[Seanaldinho]

Ole

Would love to get some glider time in right now

 

[jordane93]

Yuck.

 

[BigBadLou]

Sweet!

 

[AggieMike88]

So can you do IMC in a glider?

 

[ClimbnSink]

So can you do IMC in a glider?

Yes but you need to be Instrument airplane rated, and have a properly equipped glider. People have dabbled with it to climb in clouds in the old days, figured out it ain't any faster. Modern times the wave records flown over the Sierras are done over FL18 IFR with block altitudes.
Cool Pic. More Blanik ski shenanigans http://soaringweb.org/Soaring_Index/2002/PDF/2002_Jan_30.pdf

 

[champ driver]

Cool, and with a Wilga no less.

 

[frfly172]

Getting the chills just looking at the picture.

 

[Bill Watson]

I'd love to inspect that ski on the Blanik. I'm guessing it retracts and is probably a symphony of flush riveting like the rest of the plane.

 

[BillTIZ]

Soaring, ridge soaring in 70F on Saturday.
North winds 15G25 today and in the 50s

 

[hook_dupin]

Not quite winter yet: Alton Bay is still closed.

http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/...3/Alton-Bay-ice-airport-opens-for-2014-season