Originally Posted by chanstevens

And as further evidence that karma exists, I have vivid memories of Peter Alway doing his thermal dance at NARAM 47 and flying an Edmonds Deltie glider just to get a qualified flight in on A-BG. He did indeed catch a thermal, one of the strongest I've ever seen on that field (my home field), and it literally spiraled off out of sight directly over the launch pads after something like 14 minutes, ridiculously out in front of the second highest team score.