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Day 7 and final results

Sat, Jun 7 2014, 9:27:48 pm EDT

Aeros Combat|Aeros Combat GT 15|Aeros Combat L|Aeros Discus|Airwave Vision Pulse|Bob Filipchuk|Brian Boudreau|Bruce Barmakian|Charles Allen|Cory Barnwell|Dana Harris|Dan Lukaszewicz|Dave Proctor|Davis Straub|East Coast Championships 2014|Felix Cantesanu|Greg Dinauer|Greg Sessa|Highland Aerosports Flight Park|Hugh Mcelrath|Icaro Laminar Z8|J.D. Guillemette|Jim Messina|Joe Schmucker|John Claytor|John Dullahan|John Waters|Knut Ryerson|Michelle Haag|Moyes Litespeed|Moyes Litespeed S|Moyes Litesport 4|Richard Elder|Richard Milla|Soraya Rios|Tom McGowan|Tom Mcgowan|Wills Wing|Wills Wing Sport 2|Wills Wing T2C|Wills Wing Talon|Wills Wing U2

(Highland Aerosports, Ridgely, MD, USA)

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Task 7:

1.	Greg Dinauer	Aeros Combat 12.7	02:26:13	1000
2.	Davis Straub	Wills Wing T2C 144	02:26:22	994.02
3.	Charles Allen	Icaro Laminar Z8 12.8	02:40:06	837.19
4.	Tom Mcgowan	Moyes Litespeed	03:34:53	546.85

Final Totals:

1.	Bruce Barmakian	Wills Wing T2C 136	4913.06
2.	Greg Dinauer	Aeros Combat 12.7	4560.29
3.	Davis Straub	Wills Wing T2C 144	3821.55
4.	Jd Guillemette	Moyes Litespeed S4	3037.99
5.	John Waters	Aeros Combat L 15	3026.09
6.	Jim Messina	Moyes Litespeed S 4.5	2953.45
7.	Charles Allen	Icaro Laminar Z8 12.8	2941.23
8.	Bob Filipchuk	Aeros Combat GT 15	2397.18
9.	Dave Proctor	Wills Wing T2C 154	1449.28
10.	Tom Mcgowan	Moyes Litespeed	967.38
11.	John Claytor	Wills Wing Talon 160	276.18

Task 7 Sport:

1.	Hugh Mcelrath	Wills Wing Sport 2	01:39:20	1060
2.	Brian Boudreau	Wills Wing Sport 2 155	01:43:18	980.21
3.	Dana Harris	Wills Wing Sport 2 155	02:17:47	660.81
4.	Cory Barnwell	Airwave Vision Pulse	02:21:01	640.73
5.	Soraya Rios	Wills Wing Sport 2 135	02:29:32	592.70
6.	Richard Elder	Wills Wing Sport 2	03:00:45	468.69

Final Sport:

1.	Felix Cantesanu	Aeros Discus	3798.89
2.	Hugh Mcelrath	Wills Wing Sport 2	3519.46
3.	Cory Barnwell	Airwave Vision Pulse	3258.15
4.	Brian Boudreau	Wills Wing Sport 2 155	3044.54
5.	Dana Harris	Wills Wing Sport 2 155	2810.15
6.	Richard Milla	Wills Wing Sport 2	2804.88
7.	Knut Ryerson	Wills Wing Sport 2	2440.09
8.	Soraya Rios	Wills Wing Sport 2 135	2417.55
9.	Richard Elder	Wills Wing Sport 2	2203.56
10.	Greg Sessa	Wills Wing U2	1982.97
11.	Michelle Haag	Wills Wing Sport 2 135	1156.05
12.	John Dullahan	Moyes Litesport 4	649.96
13.	Dan Lukaszewicz	Wills Wing Sport 2	482.98
14.	Joe Schmucker	Wills Wing Sport 2 175	462.76

June 9, 2011, 4:06:18 pm GMT+0200

John Dullahan - local hang glider pilot

Fun with the US security services

(Highland Aerosports, Ridgely, Maryland, USA)

Highland Aerosports Flight Park|John Dullahan

John has flown in the East Coast Championships.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/26/AR2010112605034.html

http://www.fas.org/sgp/jud/dullahan.pdf

Fri, May 2 2003, 12:00:07 pm EDT

carbon fiber|competition|control frame|John Dullahan|Moyes Litespeed|nylon|site

John Dullahan <johndullahan@comcast.net> writes:

About 14 months ago I bought a year-old Litespeed 4 with about 100 hours from an active competition pilot. Since then, I put about 30 hours on the glider and have been very happy with its performance and handling. It came with a competition control frame (special downtubes and carbon fiber fared basetube).

Last Sunday, while assembling the glider at the Pulpit, a site near McConnellsburg, PA, the right downtube fell off the point of attachment to the keel. The very small nut on the bolt securing the downtube to the U-shaped housing (attached to the heart bold) had come off completely, allowing the bolt to fall out and the downtube to become detached from the keel. The nut securing the bolt on the other downtube was loose as well, but was still on the bolt.

I found the loose bolt and reattached the nut. (On the right downtube, a very thin screwdriver must be used to get past the VG cord and reach the deeply-recessed bolt. The bolt is tightened into the nut, which will not turn as it secured in a small area). The left side also needs a thin screwdriver however it's easier to reach due to the absence of the VG cord. Even when fully tightened, the bolts do not extend beyond the nylon locknuts (the bolt ends are level with the nylon; showing no threads at all).

Since these bolts are critical points and probably loosened over an extended period, I would have detected them had I been conducting complete and through pre-flight checks as called for in the Litespeed manual. Therefore my own negligence led to the unsettling sight of a downtube falling from the glider during assembly. The nuts, however, are very small and may be overlooked by pilots using similar control frames on Litespeed 4s (I don't know if the Litespeed 5 competition control frames have similar bolts).

If tightening them does not result in about three threads showing beyond the nylon, I strongly recommend removing them and using Locktite to add an additional measure of security, then inspecting them carefully during preflight checks.

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