I've used one while riding my Harley, in Tucson, in July. It's a life
saver, but be wary of getting your parachute wet.

Dan
5J

On 7/20/23 08:27, Dave Nadler wrote:

Shortly headed back to Uvalde, because, well, everyone should go to Texas in August.
At least once.

I'm wondering if anybody is using one of these gadgets happily?
Any advice?

Thanks in advance,
Best Regards, Dave

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Shortly headed back to Uvalde, because, well, everyone should go to Texas in August.
At least once.

I'm wondering if anybody is using one of these gadgets happily?
Any advice?

Thanks in advance,
Best Regards, Dave

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On Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 10:27:05 AM UTC-4, Dave Nadler wrote:

Shortly headed back to Uvalde, because, well, everyone should go to Texas in August.
At least once.

I'm wondering if anybody is using one of these gadgets happily?
Any advice?

Thanks in advance,
Best Regards, Dave

We have some really hot and humid conditions here if South Florida and at times it becomes very uncomfortable in the cockpit of a Sailplane. I have for years used the following, take a towel and roll it tight and tie off each end. After that soak it very
well in water and make it in the shape where it fits around the back of your neck. At this point try to keep it in that shape and stick it in a freezer for overnight freezing. and when you head to the gliderport stick it in a cooler until you are ready
to fly and place the shape of the towel from the back of the neck toward the front of your neck, you can just stuff or let the two ends hang in the front of your shirt. I also use a small chest pack made of a towel and sewn up in a about an 18 x 18 inch
square and do the same thing, except I stuff that pack in the front of my shoulder straps. These Packs and rolls last quiet a while, provide great comfort on hot wx conditions and can be removed in flight if wanted and stuffed away on either side of the
rear cockpit . My wife, Eileen came up with this idea in about 1979 in Miami. Old Bob, The Purist

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On Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 12:38:24 PM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote:

On Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 10:27:05 AM UTC-4, Dave Nadler wrote:

Shortly headed back to Uvalde, because, well, everyone should go to Texas in August.
At least once.

I'm wondering if anybody is using one of these gadgets happily?
Any advice?

Thanks in advance,
Best Regards, Dave

We have some really hot and humid conditions here if South Florida and at times it becomes very uncomfortable in the cockpit of a Sailplane. I have for years used the following, take a towel and roll it tight and tie off each end. After that soak it

very well in water and make it in the shape where it fits around the back of your neck. At this point try to keep it in that shape and stick it in a freezer for overnight freezing. and when you head to the gliderport stick it in a cooler until you are
ready to fly and place the shape of the towel from the back of the neck toward the front of your neck, you can just stuff or let the two ends hang in the front of your shirt. I also use a small chest pack made of a towel and sewn up in a about an 18 x 18
inch square and do the same thing, except I stuff that pack in the front of my shoulder straps. These Packs and rolls last quiet a while, provide great comfort on hot wx conditions and can be removed in flight if wanted and stuffed away on either side of
the rear cockpit . My wife, Eileen came up with this idea in about 1979 in Miami. Old Bob, The Purist

I used the Texas Cool Vest at WGC Uvalde 2012 when I crewed; it saved me. I thought it was a lot of money until I had one!

Dan

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All --

I saw people wearing cooling vests during the Worlds at Uvalde in 2012. I saw them wearing the vests during preparations for the day during the morning.
What I am not sure about is whether contestants routinely wore them in their sailplanes during the task. Temps on the ground were usually pushing 90 oF by 9 AM and
were over 105 oF by 5 PM when most landed.

AE

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On Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 9:27:05 AM UTC-5, Dave Nadler wrote:

Shortly headed back to Uvalde, because, well, everyone should go to Texas in August.
At least once.

I'm wondering if anybody is using one of these gadgets happily?
Any advice?

Thanks in advance,
Best Regards, Dave

Dave, I use the Texas Cool vest on the ground but not in the glider. They work. They are build in Houston. WWW.Texascoolvest.com

Randy Hollenberg, "V2"

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