Day Three - Blown Out

The Expedition was PACKED!

The third day of the competition was called due to gusty, choppy conditions and an unfavorable southwest wind direction.  We all set up at Whitwell with high hopes, but our dreams were dashed as Mark Stump and Mike Barber launched, sank out, and called up to report that it "was not fun".

When we can't fly, we learn...

Mark and Mike are both talented, respected pilots so we were glad to take their advice and we all broke down, loaded up, and headed back to Henson's for spaghetti dinner and a couple of seminars.

Eric Donelson gave a lesson on choosing landing zones and Terry Presley gave a great seminar about air spaces, flight paths, and temporary flight restrictions.