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Events scheduled included an aerotow<br />
in Grantsville, Utah; a scale contest at<br />
the Point of the Mountain south flying<br />
park; F3F racing and man-on-man racing<br />
further out on the point; followed by<br />
alpine soaring at Francis Peak. For those<br />
not participating in the events, open<br />
flying was available.<br />
On Thursday evening the IMSF club held<br />
a wel<strong>com</strong>e social and registration at the<br />
point of the mountain south tent. Upon<br />
arriving, we were greeted with light wind<br />
from the North so my travel/flying buddy<br />
Michael Gantner and I went over to the<br />
Point of the Mountain north flying park<br />
to see who was there and if anybody<br />
was flying. After saying hello to friends<br />
we drove up to the spine of the hill which<br />
is about 700 feet above the flight park’s<br />
parking lot. Even though the wind was<br />
light we found the lift to be more than<br />
adequate for our <strong>com</strong>bat wings and<br />
spent the next couple of hours flying<br />
along with some dynamic soaring mixed<br />
in.<br />
Friday we woke to better wind from the<br />
south than had been predicted, which<br />
had many pilots out on the slope early<br />
in the morning. By noon the wind had<br />
backed off and a lot of people went to<br />
the aerotow event. The light wind and<br />
lack of planes in the air was a great<br />
excuse for me to get out my Xplorer and<br />
get some more stick time!<br />
Sailplanes, a tow plane, and pilots on the salt flat at Grantsville, Utah for<br />
the aerotow event on Friday, the first day of the event. [Dave Garwood]<br />
<strong>Nov</strong>ember 2010 5
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