Author Archives: David Stafford

Wow, Everyone had a taste of brilliant flying. But for some folks, if it could go wrong…it did. Morgan flew too close to the sun. Mike had a polarity malfunction. David flew excellently and took home all the prize money…Steve

It was a beautiful morning in the Sloflyers neighborhood. The lift was good/excellent and at first the wind was down…yes, it came up to bite us. Morgan made consistent good choices and took Overall and Landing. Bob ran the show for … Continue reading →

The EFR will be closed on Friday, 02-21-2025 and Sunday, 02-23-2025 while Cal Poly conducts aerial spraying.

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This morning during our pre contest practice it was very windy/too windy for our contest. By 10:00 it had calmed down a bit and up we went. It wasn’t easy and there were a fair share of motor restarts which … Continue reading →

Who could have imagined that with the fires and wind in Southern California, there would be no wind this morning  at our flying field. Naturally there was little lift but we did our best and everyone had a good time…Steve

As per our MOU with Cal Poly, access to the EFR is from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.  Please do not enter the Cal Poly Ranch property prior to 8:00 AM and please be off the Cal Poly Ranch property … Continue reading →

I wish I had been there. It looks like Mike ran the table. Good work everybody. It looks like our next ALES contest falls on Christmas, so our next contest will be Jan 8th 2025. Shall we keep starting at … Continue reading →

It was a beautiful morning for a contest.  The lift was  sufficient if not booming. Tony got sidelined by mechanical issues. It was curious that David, Mike and Morgan got the same landing scores. We all had a good time…Steve

It would be hard to imagine a more beautiful morning. Of course there could have been better lift. Mike once again took home the gold. A big shout out to Bob Sundberg for saving our contest by taking over the Contest Director’s … Continue reading →

The fog finally cleared and the lift reappeared, what more could you ask for on a beautiful morning for our contest. On top of this we had the surprise return of a celebrity contestant…Steve

After exchanging numerous emails with the folks at Davis, we have an answer! Contrary to the statement at the bottom of the Davis Weatherlink window on our home page, the cloud/sun symbol in the upper-left corner is only a forecast.