Lafayette Esquadrille - ICE-O-LATED CL Stunt and Speed - Feb 24th

[Fred Cronenwett]

Come join us at Buder Park on Feb 24th for the ICE-O-LATED CL Stunt and Speed contest this coming Sunday

CL stunt events - Profile, Basic, beginner, Intermediate, Advanced and Expert

Fox 35 and Perky Speed

The ground is soggy here in St Louis so bring your garden shoes

A great way to start the contest season and work out some of the winter blues!

Fred

[Fred Cronenwett]

CL area at Buder Park

[Fred Cronenwett]

CL speed circle

[Fred Cronenwett]

CL carrier deck and Pavillion

[James Mills]

Hope you guys get good weather and a good turnout.

James

[Dan McEntee]

   Well, the conditions for tomorrow will be "raw" at best. here is the recent weather forecast as of this morning;
     
            http://www.usairnet.com/cgi-bin/launch/code.cgi?sta=KSTL&model=avn&state=MO&Submit=Change+Location

   It's supposed to rain all day today, and tomorrow temps in the low 40s with winds will be in the high 20s to 30s sustained, with gusts to 40 in the morning! We'll have people there but use discretion if you are thinking about making the trip. This won't be a year where we are flying in T-shirts and watching bald eagles thermal overhead! Maybe next year?? Where is this global warming when you need it???
   Type at you later,
  Dan McEntee

[john e. holliday]

The old DOC will miss it again this year.

[Dan McEntee]

The old DOC will miss it again this year.

     You are not going to be missing much Doc! Right now as I'm going to bed, it's raining hard and the wind speed at the airport (Lambert Field) is 31MPH, not gusting but sustained wind! and it's sup[posed to get worse as the day goes on, but at least the rain is supposed to quit. Maybe the wind will blow winter away and we can have a real nice, long  spring this year?
    Type at you later,
  Dan McEntee

[wwwarbird]

 Well Dan, that sucks, but I'd sure trade ya.
 
 After calm winds with a very light mist all day yesterday it progressed into a light rain from about 3 to 6pm. At 6pm it was literally like someone flipped the switch and it started snowing, HARD. I've never seen it snow so hard, right here in town you couldn't see across the street, you could have sworn you were high up on a Colorado mountain.
 About the same time the wind picked up to a steady 25-30mph gusting to 40-50+ and the snow kept right along with it. Snow quit about 4 or 5am but the wind continues to howl as I type this. Ma Nature left us with at least a foot of snow with insane drifts everywhere. We're located at the interchange of I-35 and I-90 and they're both closed for at least 50 miles in every direction. Before this round we'd already had so much snow in the past month that I'm out of room to stack it here at home. Looking out the window right now there is a drift over the roof of my truck that's also packed in tight about 3 feet high from behind by the snowplow, at least a four foot high one all across the driveway and a good two feet on the deck and the front sidewalk and steps. Still trying to work out a plan for this one. 

[john e. holliday]

Well the old DOC is sitting at the computer and looking out the window.  Bright sun light and no or very little wind.  Temps on the way o Church was in the 20's F degrees.  I still remember the first Ico-O-Lated Emmy and I attended.   30's when we pulled I.  in the 50's when Emmy and I flew,   30's on the way home.

[Dan McEntee]

    Hey Wayne-O;
    NO THANKS! We have had more snow than we were predicted to have this year, and it's been colder. As I get older, the less I like the cold. We have had some winters here in my memory that had no snow and the temps never got below freezing. We have also had the opposite end of the spectrum with sub-zero cold and snow a foot at the time. I don't know if I could ever live in the more northern areas, though. St. Louis winters aren't that bad in general.
   I never did head to the field today. My wife is sick and it's her birthday. I didn't feel real great myself and we lost power for a while. With the wind the way it was, sitting around in the car while we waited to see who would show up just didn't appeal to me. I checked the weather through out the day, and the winds blew in the 30's most of the day so the wnd chill was bad enough even though it was sunny and the temp was 39 to 40 degrees.
   Good luck to you in dealing with the snow pile up. And take it easy!
  Type at you later,
  Dan McEntee

[Fred Cronenwett]

The wind was strong (30 mph+) but all of the Perky and Fox 35 speed models were flown. Nobody showed up for Stunt but I don't blame them it was not a good day to fly CL stunt. but the speed models handled the wind really well. I will pull out the results and post them here later tonight.

It was cold, never got above 40 degs and with the wind it felt colder. But it's the challenge of trying to get a Fox 35 stunt running when it's that cold. We know it's cold but you gotta fly!

Come and join us in May for the CL speed contest when it warms up!


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Fred

[Fred Cronenwett]

the winds were strong at 20 mph or higher but both the Fox 35 and Perky's all got flown

Perky Speed
Bill Hughes           OPS Side Exhaust     92.81 mph
Bill Hughes           OPS Rear Exhaust    88.80 mph
John Moll              OPS Side Exhaust     87.89 mph
Bill Hughes           Barbini                    86.83 mph
Fred Cronenwett   OPS Rear Exhaust     79.26 mph
Best Average  - 87.09 - Bill Hughes


Fox 35 Speed (St Louis Rules)
Bill Hughes                   Fox 35 Stunt            98.26 mph
John Moll                      Fox 35 Stunt            95.35 mph
Fred Cronenwett           Fox 35 Stunt            84.67 mph
Fred Cronenwett           Fox 35 Stunt            75.45 mph
Darren Young               Fox 35 Stunt            62.08 mph
Best Average - 83.16 Mph - Fred Cronenwett

It never got above the low 40's but we all had a great time!
We know it's cold but you gotta fly!

[john e. holliday]

They are a hardy bunch.   Back ears ago I would have been there.  But old age and joints, especially knees are catching up with me.