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Volume 17, Number 16
Wednesday, January 23 2013
Cathedral Palms RV Resort, Cathedral City, near Palm Springs, California, USA
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"Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."

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Wed, Jan 23 2013, 8:04:03 am AEDT
In Maryland at Highland Aerosports

Charles Allen|Highland Aerosports Flight Park|Highland Challenge 2013

Charles Allen «Charles Allen» writes:

The dates for the 2013 Highland Challenge have been set.  For those that made it out last year it was a great time (write up here: https://OzReport.com/16.198#1) and we look forward to a repeat in 2013. If you plan to attend or are on the fence please register as it will surely be a great time.  Also if you want a t-shirt you must register by February 1.

1st Weekend -- June 15-16
2nd Weekend -- July 13-14
3rd Weekend -- July 27-28
4th Weekend -- August 24-25 (Awards Ceremony and prizes)
Alternate / Team Challenge Weekend -- September 7-8

Register here: https://sites.google.com/site/highlandchallenge2013/register

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Wed, Jan 23 2013, 8:04:45 am AEDT
Winter flying

video

http://youtu.be/R9N3HUHza8w

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Wed, Jan 23 2013, 8:05:15 am AEDT
Green Point Flyers

video

Michael Stimac «n333ms» writes:

The Green Point Flyers Association represented hang gliding at the 2013 All Aviation Expo at the USCG helo hanger, Traverse City, Michigan Jan 12th. Also on live TV (video).

http://www.9and10news.com/story/20563172/mtm-on-the-road-aviation-expo-hopes-to-inspire-young-minds

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Wed, Jan 23 2013, 11:32:35 am AEDT
Without the stopped days and CTAF violations

Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|Filippo Oppici|Gary Wirdnam|Gordon Rigg|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Paris Williams|Primoz Gricar|Robin Hamilton|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Tullio Gervasoni|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C

http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html

Top twenty all days counting:

# Name Nat Glider Total
1 Manfred Ruhmer AUT Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 9010
2 Alessandro Ploner ITA Icaro Laminar 14.1 8871
3 Filippo Oppici ITA Wills Wing T2C 144 8560
4 Attila Bertok HUN Moyes Litespeed S5 8531
5 Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli ESP Wills Wing T2C 8249
6 Grant Crossingham GBR Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 8242
7 Primoz Gricar SLO Aeros Combat 13.5 GT 8171
8 Scott Barrett AUS Airborne REV 13.5 8131
8 Balazs Ujhelyi HUN Moyes Litespeed RS4 8131
10 Antoine Boisselier FRA Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 8128
11 Jonny Durand AUS Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 8069
12 Robin Hamilton USA Moyes Litespeed RX4 8031
13 Gerd Dönhuber GER Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 7888
14 Michael Friesenbichler AUT Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 7878
15 Gordon Rigg GBR Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 7854
16 Paris Williams USA Aeros Combat GT 13.5 7842
17 Gary Wirdnam GBR Icaro Laminar 13.7 7734
18 Christian Ciech ITA Icaro Laminar 14 7641
19 Carl Wallbank GBR Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 7631
20 Mario Alonzi FRA Aeros Combat 13.2 GT 7584


What if we didn't count Task 6 which was stopped due to high winds and where CTAF violations occurred:

# Name Nat Glider Totals without T6
1 Manfred Ruhmer AUT Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 8175
2 Primoz Gricar SLO Aeros Combat 13.5 GT 8171
3 Alessandro Ploner ITA Icaro Laminar 14.1 8066
4 Attila Bertok HUN Moyes Litespeed S5 7835
5 Filippo Oppici ITA Wills Wing T2C 144 7791
6 Christian Ciech ITA Icaro Laminar 14 7641
7 Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli ESP Wills Wing T2C 7418
8 Grant Crossingham GBR Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 7400
9 Paris Williams USA Aeros Combat GT 13.5 7365
10 Scott Barrett AUS Airborne REV 13.5 7361
11 Antoine Boisselier FRA Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 7320
12 Balazs Ujhelyi HUN Moyes Litespeed RS4 7280
13 Robin Hamilton USA Moyes Litespeed RX4 7220
14 Jonny Durand AUS Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 7154
15 Tullio Gervasoni ITA Wills Wing T2C 144 7111
16 Gerd Dönhuber GER Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 7093
17 Michael Friesenbichler AUT Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 7050
18 Gordon Rigg GBR Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 7003
19 Franz Hermann SUI Aeros 13.5 6993
20 Gary Wirdnam GBR Icaro Laminar 13.7 6976


Without Task 5 and Task 6 (both of which were stopped):

# Name Nat Glider Totals without T5 and T6
1 Manfred Ruhmer AUT Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 7266
2 Primoz Gricar SLO Aeros Combat 13.5 GT 7265
3 Alessandro Ploner ITA Icaro Laminar 14.1 7158
4 Paris Williams USA Aeros Combat GT 13.5 7076
5 Attila Bertok HUN Moyes Litespeed S5 6998
6 Grant Crossingham GBR Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 6970
7 Filippo Oppici ITA Wills Wing T2C 144 6885
8 Christian Ciech ITA Icaro Laminar 14 6735
9 Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli ESP Wills Wing T2C 6715
10 Scott Barrett AUS Airborne REV 13.5 6581
11 Antoine Boisselier FRA Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 6516
12 Robin Hamilton USA Moyes Litespeed RX4 6485
13 Jonny Durand AUS Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 6479
14 Franz Hermann SUI Aeros 13.5 6420
15 Gerd Dönhuber GER Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 6386
16 Balazs Ujhelyi HUN Moyes Litespeed RS4 6364
17 Michael Friesenbichler AUT Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 6292
18 Gary Wirdnam GBR Icaro Laminar 13.7 6238
19 Tullio Gervasoni ITA Wills Wing T2C 144 6200
20 Rohan Holtkamp AUS Airborne Revolution 13.5 6167


Primoz was a complete gentleman in all my interactions with him and I told him repeatedly how much I appreciated it. Obviously he suffered greatly from any errors that I made as the meet director calling tasks on days that later became too windy.  Paris also would have done well without those days counting.  Ironically, Pedro, who filed a complaint about Task 5, faired better when all the days were counted.

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