November 27, 1993 was flying day # 77 in our 1993 season. Although the regular season was definitely over, 7 hardy aviators braved the chill at Stanley airfield. We enjoyed 14 flights, even though 12 of them were under 8 minutes long. The longest flight was 12 minutes.
To say the launches were snappy with a good brisk climb would be an understatement. All those books are right when they talk about improved climb performance in cold air. Density altitude took on a whole new meaning for me when I flew that first launch. As I got off the wire at the top, I thought, "That's almost 2000 feet without even working up a sweat." It was impressive.
The good launches gave us enough time for either 6 complete turns, 3 wing-overs, 2 shallow stalls, 1 minute's worth of sideslip, or a combination thereof. Plus anything else that took our fancy. We made good use of our time, and went home tired, but satisfied with the day's employment.