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2023 Corryong Cup »
Results
Corryong Cup 2023|Olav Opsanger|Rohan Holtkamp|Scott Barrett|Stuart Cathcart
«Scott Barrett» writes:
The Corryong Cup had great conditions, with fast racing in the NSW/Victorian Alps in Australia. Results are here: https://xc.highcloud.net/comp_overall.html?comPk=363
1. Scott Barrett, Aeros GT13.5
2. Olav Opsanger, Moyes RX3,5 Pro
3. Rohan Holtkamp, Aeros GT13.5
and the big prize was the B grade won by Stuart Cathcart, Moyes RX Pro.
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2022 Forbes Flatlands »
Day 8, final day
Forbes Flatlands 2022|Vicki Cain
(Bill Moyes International Airport, Forbes, NSW, Australia)
Vicki writes:
And that's a wrap! Forbes '22 is done!
With the final day canned due to predicted overdevelopment and the safety committee pulling the pin, it was time for an air conditioned presentation at the Forbes Aeroclub!
Open class results:
1st - Attila Bertok - Moyes Litespeed RX5 Pro - 6710 points
2nd - Jonnie Durrand - Moyes Litespeed RX3.5pro - 5945 points
3rd - Scott Barrett - Aeros Combat - 5620 points
Sports class:
1st - Richard Hughes - Moyes Gecko 155 - 4290 points
2nd - Peter Garrone - Moyes Gecko 155 - 3583 points
3rd - Richard McLeod - Wills Wing Sport 2 - 2306 points
Results:
Open Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=333
Sport Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=334
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Day 7
Forbes Flatlands 2022|Vicki Cain|XC
(Bill Moyes International Airport, Forbes, NSW, Australia) (KTWO WP, Wirrinya, NSW, Australia) (LEAFY WP, Bogan Gate, NSW, Australia) (FORRES WP, Daroobalgie, NSW, Australia)
Vicki writes:
Today was a mammoth effort for everyone involved with some pilots flying for over 30 hours in the last 7 days.
Unfortunately today Steve Docherty managed to meet up with the resident angry eagle and took some battle scars in flight.
Craig Taylor writes:
Day 7 saw us flying our 7th consecutive task with light winds and blue skies. A closed quadrilateral course back to BMIA of 137km in the shape of a Rogallo wing was thought up by the clearly getting rather bored task committee.
Strong climbs to 10,000 feet were promised, however it quickly became clear straight off the rope that the oppressive inversion would instead make the day a slow and tedious one. With the field packed together like sardines under a 4000ft ceiling, and the flock jostling for position, the first start gate came and went with no takers, with the field moving off somewhat lethargically on the second at 2:30pm.
Trent charged out ahead and found the climbs for much of the first leg, with the inversion slowly lifting to 5000ft.
After rounding Ktwo the first TP, Scott managed to find a boomer to 7 grand, quickly joined by the lead gaggle, whilst the rest continued to struggle under the inversion for much of leg 2. Those patient enough to hang in the 100-ups and doddle along course were finally and rather suddenly rewarded at the second turn with clouds, and the promised strong climbs to 10 grand. Jonny picked a 9-up and skied out, with Attila, Blenkie, Jonas and myself making up the lead gaggle.
Finally we could pull in the bar, and the race was on! That feeling however was quickly dispensed as the third leg took us straight across a big blue hole and we were back to crappy lift and long, toe pointing glides. Attila, knowing that he’s got the trophy already all but bagged, became a passenger and let the rest of us do the hard work. Scott rejoined, and together we made a low save 12 kms out from the final turn point, providing the gaggle with some much needed beeps.
It was getting late however, and this would be one of our last climbs, topping out at a truly inadequate 4000ft. It was becoming apparent that reaching goal was becoming out of reach. We struggled on, turning in pretty much anything that wasn’t sinking, and gained a few more kilometers.
I snagged a little bubble just big enough for one, and managed to top out at 5 grand 6 kms from the final turn. Then the glide to the deck was on, landing well after 7pm for a long day in the saddle. Attila won the day 10km short, me second, followed by Jonas, Blinkie, Scott, Jonny, Noma, and several others closely behind. It was a long hard day indeed.
Results:
Open Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=333
Sport Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=334
Day 7 open class (not complete with some scores missing):
# | Pilot | Kms | Tot |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | 132.31 | 0 |
2 | Craig Taylor | 130.79 | 916 |
3 | Steve Blenkinsop | 128.34 | 907 |
4 | Scott Barrett | 126.68 | 903 |
5 | Yasuhiro Noma | 123.79 | 892 |
6 | Jon Durand | 118.59 | 871 |
7 | Steve Docherty | 116.36 | 0 |
8 | Mikhail Karmazin | 109.12 | 834 |
9 | Rob de Groot | 103.46 | 769 |
10 | Trent Brown | 59.15 | 339 |
11 | Guy Hubbard | 45.69 | 0 |
12 | Peter Burkitt | 16.99 | 148 |
13 | Michael Free | 13.55 | 137 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jon Durand | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 5930 |
2 | Attila Bertok | Moyes RX 5 Pro | 5792 |
3 | Scott Barrett | Aeros Combat | 5626 |
4 | Trent Brown | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 5185 |
5 | Yasuhiro Noma | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 4658 |
6 | Craig Taylor | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 4595 |
7 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 4236 |
8 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 3543 |
9 | Mikhail Karmazin | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 3021 |
10 | Rob de Groot | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 2792 |
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Day 7 task
Forbes Flatlands 2022|Vicki Cain
(Bill Moyes International Airport, Forbes, NSW, Australia) (KTWO WP, Wirrinya, NSW, Australia) (LEAFY WP, Bogan Gate, NSW, Australia) (FORRES WP, Daroobalgie, NSW, Australia)
Vicki sends:
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Day 6 updated
Forbes Flatlands 2022|Jonas Lobitz|triangle|XC
(Bill Moyes International Airport, Forbes, NSW, Australia) (Trangie WP, NSW, Australia) (Gilgandra WP, NSW, Australia)
Jonas writes:
The Forecast
Today’s forecast was similar to yesterday with 20-30km/h winds from the south west, 6-700fpm climbs up to 9000ft with scattered CU’s and patchy lift in some areas. However, there wasn’t the approaching trough line from the west that we had to navigate yesterday.
The Task
The task committee called a 192km dogleg task to Gilgandra, to the North East of Forbes with a 20km turn point radius at Trangie to keep the field away from the Naromine and Dubbo airspace.
The Race
Launch at Bill Moyes International opened at 1PM. The lift was blue and patchy in the start gate and the thermal cores were moving around a lot. Essentially the entire field took the first start at 2PM just as clouds were starting to develop down the course line.
Jonny Durand led the pack for the majority of the first leg, Trent Brown, Scott Barrett, Jonas Lobitz were closely on his heels. The CU’s were lining up well on the way to the first turn point with tight and punchy cores up to 7-800fpm topping out over 8000ft as we sped down the course line with the strong tail wind.
However, the clouds became more sparse about 30kms from the first turn point, we hit the blue and things slowed down with pilots having to stop in 3-400fpm climbs. Most of the field including Attila Bertok, Trent Brown, Scott Barrett, Craig Taylor, Steve Dogherty, Jonas Lobitz amongst others converged just after the first turnpoint in the blue before climbing out under a developing cloud about 50kms from goal.
From this position we were confident we’d make goal needing perhaps only one last climb before going out on final. Trent Brown led the charge from cloud base as we dove out over the forest towards Gilgandra. There was a large patch of overdevelopment and a Cu Nim building to our east, making its way towards course line.
Our glide numbers started falling as the overdevelopment encroached. The lift significantly weakened, and the wind switched round to the east, so the pilots now had a solid cross wind to battle. Attila Bertok took a slightly different line further to the west and managed to avoid the worst of the sink crossing the finish line in first place while the rest of the field struggled low in weak 50-100fpm lift in the strong cross wind.
Jonas Lobitz was a little higher and hit a light climb 8kms out from goal which was just enough to make it into the 2km goal cylinder. The rest of the pilots landed several kms short.
Results:
Open Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=333
Sport Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=334
Day 6 open class updated:
# | Pilot | Time | Kms | Tot |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | 3:30:15 | 202.01 | 1000 |
2 | Jonas Lobitz | 3:51:16 | 202.01 | 915 |
3 | Scott Barrett | 198.63 | 719 | |
4 | Trent Brown | 195.70 | 706 | |
5 | Jon Durand | 195.88 | 700 | |
6 | Yasuhiro Noma | 192.83 | 693 | |
7 | Craig Taylor | 187.63 | 675 | |
8 | Steve Docherty | 187.99 | 674 | |
9 | Steve Blenkinsop | 195.73 | 672 | |
10 | Peter Burkitt | 138.48 | 358 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | Moyes RX 5 Pro | 5792 |
2 | Jon Durand | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 5059 |
3 | Trent Brown | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 4846 |
4 | Scott Barrett | Aeros Combat | 4723 |
5 | Yasuhiro Noma | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 3766 |
6 | Craig Taylor | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 3679 |
7 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 3543 |
8 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 3329 |
9 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 2598 |
10 | Mikhail Karmazin | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 2187 |
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Day 6
Forbes Flatlands 2022|triangle|Vicki Cain|XC
(Bill Moyes International Airport, Forbes, NSW, Australia) (Trangie WP, NSW, Australia) (Gilgandra WP, NSW, Australia)
Vicki writes:
Today has been the hottest day of the competition so far and the conditions in the paddock were temperatures exceed 40°C.
With the increase in temperatures we had no clouds for today's task, a dogleg heading north to Trangie with a goal at Gilgandra for a total distance just over 200km!
With many pilots landing out today they're all late returning home so no wrap up today! Maybe one in the morning.
It looks like Attila and Jonas were the only 2 to make goal today after a whole gaggle landed within 5/10km of goal as the slower conditions and SE wind drifted them off course line. Attila will extend his lead but the mid field battle is hotting up.
Notable mention to Scotty Ireland for making goal in the sports class, unfortunately the two eagles that tried to help him along the way left quite their mark on his glider.
Results:
Open Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=333
Sport Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=334
Day 6 open class (not complete with many scores missing):
# | Pilot | Glider | Time | Kms | Tot |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | 3:30:15 | 202.01 | 1000 | |
2 | Scott Barrett | Aeros | 198.63 | 0 | |
3 | Jon Durand | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 195.88 | 731 | |
4 | Steve Blenkinsop | RX3.5 | 195.73 | 0 | |
5 | Trent Brown | RX3. 5 | 195.70 | 736 | |
6 | Yasuhiro Noma | 192.83 | 724 | ||
7 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RS3.5 Pro Skylite | 187.99 | 0 | |
8 | Craig Taylor | Moyes RX3.5 Pro | 187.63 | 706 | |
9 | Peter Burkitt | Moyes RX5 Pro | 138.48 | 574 | |
10 | Rob de Groot | Moyes RX3.5 | 123.60 | 373 | |
11 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RX3.5 Pro | 52.29 | 0 | |
12 | Mikhail Karmazin | RX35 | 51.40 | 143 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | Moyes RX 5 Pro | 5792 |
2 | Jon Durand | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 5090 |
3 | Trent Brown | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 4876 |
4 | Scott Barrett | Aeros Combat | 4004 |
5 | Yasuhiro Noma | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 3797 |
6 | Craig Taylor | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 3710 |
7 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 2869 |
8 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 2657 |
9 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 2448 |
10 | Peter Burkitt | Moyes RX 5 Pro | 2353 |
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Day 4
Forbes Flatlands 2022|Vicki Cain
(Bill Moyes International Airport, Forbes, NSW, Australia) (Caragabal WP, NSW, Australia) (Gooloogong WP, NSW, Australia)
Vicki writes:
We are officially into the new year and we start things off with amazing conditions and a primo Forbes triangle task!
Today's task starts at BMIA with a 5km exit cylinder, 1stturnpoint sends the competitors south west for 54km to "Caraga" with a 3km entry cylinder, next up is a 61km leg heading east to brush past the northern end of the Coninbla national park with another 3km entry radii, the final leg is an into wind push back to BMIA for another 50km.
With back to back 1000 point scores Attila takes another decisive win on his Moyes Litespeed RX5pro, second was Jonnie Durrand followed closely By Scott Barrett.
Attila's round up of the day:
"After a slow start unable to catch the forming gaggle in the start cylinder I was forced to take the start in a sub optimal position some 5-600m lower than the rest."
"Leaving the start we had very good clouds and it was very easy making it to the first turnpoint at Caraga, linking clouds and flying fast, after the poor start I started to feel better about the task, heading to the second turnpoint I had great clouds again for about ¾ of the 2ndleg, until I reached the turnpoint I was flying alone, unaware of where my competitors were."
"Leaving the first turnpoint I manage to get a visual on some other pilots coming up from low, at this point I realized I had at least a 6km lead and at least a full climb ahead, a nice place to be."
"Reaching the second turnpoint I was having to fight cloud suck, another good feeling! The clouds had started to disappear and by the time I had taken the turnpoint it was blue all the way home."
"There were some slight caps in the inversion layer and the big climbs left some small wisps to navigate the way home, on the last leg I was a little slower than the previous 100km and actually flew back down course line to take my final climb, I left at around 8-1 as the climbs were good and plentiful, it was seemingly a perfect final glide until a monster 1000ftpm climb threw me into orbit and ruined my goal line arrival style points!"
"Never the less a beautiful day in Forbes and another perfect score."
Results:
Open Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=333
Sport Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=334
Day 3 open class:
# | Pilot | Time | Tot |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | 3:22:45 | 1000 |
2 | Jon Durand | 3:27:26 | 924 |
3 | Scott Barrett | 3:30:06 | 891 |
4 | Trent Brown | 4:12:14 | 692 |
5 | Craig Taylor | 4:32:49 | 570 |
6 | Yasuhiro Noma | 4:34:20 | 558 |
7 | Steve Blenkinsop | 4:39:31 | 540 |
Cumulative
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | Moyes RX 5 Pro | 3843 |
2 | Scott Barrett | Aeros Combat | 3687 |
3 | Jon Durand | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 3486 |
4 | Trent Brown | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 3140 |
5 | Craig Taylor | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 2695 |
6 | Yasuhiro Noma | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 2424 |
7 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 2396 |
8 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 2259 |
9 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 1821 |
10 | Peter Burkitt | Moyes RX 5 Pro | 1455 |
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Day 5, what's with the zeros?
Forbes Flatlands 2022|triangle|Vicki Cain|XC
(Bill Moyes International Airport, Forbes, NSW, Australia) (Alectown WP, NSW, Australia) (Trangie WP, NSW, Australia)
Vicki writes:
It's groundhog day! Today was a tough one!
The forecast had a few possibilities of rain with some fairly solid lines of showers predicted, this left the task committee a pretty hard job! They smashed it and got a perfect task between two lines of showers
Today we start once again at BMIA and head NNE to our first turnpoint at "Alec" a small town on the A39 highway running reciprocal to the Goobang national park, with a radii of 1km. Once tagging this turn point some 50km away from Forbes it's time to run north following the range for just over 100km before arriving at goal with a radii of 2.5km at the town of Trangie (turnpoint "Trang").
Our amazing ground crew got everyone off the deck within 30 minutes today with no one needing a reflight! Great work in temperatures exceeding 37°C.
Jonny Durand gives us today's wrap up!
"Conditions were a little tricky around launch and 10 minutes before the start nearly everyone was together and all did our own thing with no one ending up with the perfect start."
"First leg was good if you stayed high I managed to pull away from most pilots after hitting some strong climbs. Once rounding Alectown we faced a 101kms cross tailwind leg to Trangie, the sky blued up on course line and I was forced to go more upwind, The lift became broken and I was never able to reach cloudbase again."
"Attila had a similar story to me whilst the day winner Trent claimed to have a good run getting 700fpm climbs and even a 1000fpm climb on the second leg. Both of them flew over me and Trent will beat Attila by a couple of minutes with me 10 minutes behind Attila."
"Around 8 pilots in goal with Scott landing out. It was not the day to be low and trying to push and catch up."
While Attila extends his lead the leader board takes a change for 2ndand 3rdplaces with pretty much all spots up for grabs!
Results:
Open Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=333
Sport Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=334
Day 5 open class (unclear why the zeros):
# | Pilot | Glider | Time | Kms | Tot |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Trent Brown | RX3. 5 | 2:53:12 | 160.97 | 1000 |
2 | Attila Bertok | Moyes | 2:57:47 | 160.97 | 941 |
3 | Jon Durand | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 3:08:28 | 160.97 | 861 |
4 | Yasuhiro Noma | 3:46:26 | 160.97 | 636 | |
5 | Jonas Lobitz | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 3:54:23 | 160.97 | 596 |
6 | Mikhail Karmazin | RX35 | 3:53:34 | 160.97 | 593 |
7 | Rob de Groot | Moyes RX3.5 | 96.16 | 325 | |
8 | Peter Burkitt | Moyes RX5 Pro | 112.19 | 320 | |
9 | Craig Taylor | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 99.62 | 305 | |
10 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RX3.5 | 3:52:23 | 160.97 | 0 |
10 | Michael Free | 34.89 | 0 | ||
10 | Scott Barrett | AEROS GT | 106.28 | 0 | |
10 | Steve Blenkinsop | RX3.5 | 5:05:58 | 160.97 | 0 |
10 | Steve Docherty | MOYES RX3.5 PRO SKYLITE | 4:21:13 | 160.97 | 0 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | Moyes RX 5 Pro | 4784 |
2 | Jon Durand | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 4347 |
3 | Trent Brown | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 4140 |
4 | Scott Barrett | Aeros Combat | 3687 |
5 | Yasuhiro Noma | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 3060 |
6 | Craig Taylor | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 3000 |
7 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 2396 |
8 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 2259 |
9 | Mikhail Karmazin | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 2032 |
10 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 1821 |
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Day 3
Forbes Flatlands 2022|triangle|Vicki Cain|XC
(Bill Moyes International Airport, Forbes, NSW, Australia) (Billa WP, Trundle, NSW, Australia) (Skulls WP, Fifield, NSW, Australia) (Bogan LZ, Gunningbland, NSW, Australia)
Vicki writes:
We are well underway for the Forbes Flatlands 2022 and for the last task of the year!
Task 3 sees a Triangle task starting off from BMIA we had a classic looking Forbes day, Cu's forming from the early AM, slight breeze and beautiful temperatures!
The first leg of the task heads the competitors NNW to "Billa" a 400m radius turnpoint 74km away, arriving at the most northern point it's time to hang a U-turn and head 35km SW for "Skulls" another 400m radii before heading east and into the slight head wind arriving at the goal "Bogan"
Guy hubbard reports the conditions today to be quite technical and punishing when low but great clouds and approximately 15/20% cloud cover, cloud base topping out around mid day of 8500ft!
Attila turns on the heat flying his Litespeed RX5Pro taking today's win by over 20 minutes followed by Scott Barrett and Jonny Durrand rounding out the podium for the day!
The scores are compressing for the top spot and it's all to play for on the final days!
Results:
Open Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=333
Sport Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=334
Day 3 open class:
# | Pilot | Glider | Time | Tot |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | Moyes | 3:03:24 | 1000 |
2 | Scott Barrett | Aeros | 3:22:25 | 846 |
3 | Jon Durand | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 3:33:16 | 765 |
4 | Trent Brown | Moyes RX 3.6 | 3:33:52 | 748 |
5 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RX 3.5 | 3:34:16 | 740 |
6 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro Skylight | 3:50:57 | 660 |
7 | Craig Taylor | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 3:52:38 | 648 |
8 | Yasuhiro Noma | 4:06:49 | 581 | |
9 | Mikhail Karmazin | Moyes RX 3.5 | 4:07:43 | 563 |
10 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes RX 3.5 | 4:16:33 | 534 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | Moyes RX 5 Pro | 2843 |
2 | Scott Barrett | Aeros Combat | 2796 |
3 | Jon Durand | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 2562 |
4 | Trent Brown | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 2448 |
5 | Craig Taylor | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 2125 |
6 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 1972 |
7 | Yasuhiro Noma | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 1866 |
8 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 1719 |
9 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 1606 |
10 | Rob de Groot | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 1422 |
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Day 2
Forbes Flatlands 2022|Vicki Cain
(Bill Moyes International Airport, Forbes, NSW, Australia) (Ootha, NSW, Australia) (Tallimba, NSW, Australia)
Vicki writes:
Today is task 2 and with the cobwebs blown away we set a slightly more challenging 145km crosswind task to Tallim (Tallimba town) with a first turnpoint to the west at "ootha".
Winds in the paddock were a fairly consistent 10/15kmh E - ESE with Cu's showing a promising looking sky ahead.
Soon enough all competitors were in the air and seeing cloud base of around 7000ft (2100m) making the first turnpoint in good time with a reasonable tailwind, the task became more challenging as the pilots had to turn 90° heading SSW, on the plus side increasing Cu's to show the way but having to glide east of course line so as not to drift away from the optimised course line when thermalling.
We have a large radius around goal (17km) because we are not sure how the local area has been affected by the local floods, this give competitors better options for landing fields but makes final glide a little trickier!
Scott Barrett takes the win on day 2 followed by Trent Brown around 5 minutes behind and Attila Bertok in 3rd place.
Our day winner Scott Barrett and Craig Taylor in goal!
Results:
Open Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=333
Sport Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=334
Day 2 open class:
# | Pilot | Glider | Time | Tot |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Scott Barrett | Aeros | 2:43:50 | 996 |
2 | Trent Brown | RX3. 5 | 2:47:30 | 955 |
3 | Attila Bertok | Moyes RX 5 Pro | 2:51:23 | 906 |
4 | Jon Durand | Moyes RX Pro 3.5 | 3:04:12 | 793 |
5 | Craig Taylor | Moyes RX3.5 | 3:18:49 | 719 |
6 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes | 3:35:01 | 615 |
7 | Yasuhiro Noma | Moyes | 3:58:15 | 523 |
8 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 3.5 PRO SKYLITE | 4:01:58 | 499 |
9 | Steve Blenkinsop | Litespeed RX3.5 | 4:09:11 | 441 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Scott Barrett | Aeros Combat | 1951 |
2 | Attila Bertok | Moyes RX 5 Pro | 1843 |
3 | Jon Durand | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 1793 |
4 | Trent Brown | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 1700 |
5 | Craig Taylor | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 1478 |
6 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 1311 |
7 | Yasuhiro Noma | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 1287 |
8 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 1185 |
9 | Rob de Groot | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 1098 |
10 | Peter Burkitt | Moyes RX 5 Pro | 953 |
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Day 1
Forbes Flatlands 2022|photo|Vicki Cain
(Bill Moyes International Airport, Forbes, NSW, Australia) (Goonumbla WP, NSW, Australia) (Alectown WP, NSW, Australia)
With no foreign pilots the Forbes Flatlands is a much smaller meet with only thirteen open class pilots and six sport class pilots.
The day was blue as seen in this photo from Vicki:
Results:
Open Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=333
Sport Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=334
Day 1 open class:
# | Pilot | Glider | Time | Tot |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jon Durand | 2:54:31 | 1000 | |
2 | Scott Barrett | 2:58:46 | 955 | |
3 | Attila Bertok | Moyes | 3:00:56 | 937 |
4 | Rob De Groot | Moyes RX 3.5 | 3:16:24 | 825 |
5 | Steve Docherty | 3:18:20 | 812 | |
6 | Yasuhiro Noma | 3:25:48 | 764 | |
7 | Craig Taylor | 3:26:36 | 759 | |
8 | Trent Brown | Trent | 3:26:38 | 745 |
9 | Steve Blenkinsop | Litespeed RX3.5 | 3:28:59 | 744 |
10 | Peter Burkitt | Moyes RX5 | 3:33:06 | 710 |
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The field is mowed and ready to go
competition|Forbes Flatlands 2022|Vicki Cain
(Forbes Aeroclub, NSW, Australia)
Vicki writes:
Forbes is happening this year and Bill and Molly will be joining us!
While we were not anticipating any international participation, we are pleased that Forbes will continue in 2022, albeit a smaller competition than we are use to!
It’s been wet at Forbes the past months though the paddock is mowed and ready to tow and we are hoping for some super weather and flights!
We look forward to seeing our friends and hosting a great competition!
Practice flying Tuesday 28th January 2021
1st Competition day Wednesday 29th January 2021
Last Competition day Wednesday 5th January 2021
Headquarters this year will be at the Forbes Aeroclub.
Full details and registration at our website: http://www.forbesflatlands.com/
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2021 Barraba Big Toe Hang Gliding Competition
The podium
Barraba Big Toe 2021
See results in previous article.
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2021 Barraba Big Toe Hang Gliding Competition
Last Task
Barraba Big Toe 2021
(Barraba airport, NSW, Australia)
http://www.williamolive.com/comps/barraba/comp results 2018.html
# | Name | Glider | Distance | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Peter Burkitt | Moyes RX 5 Pro | 15.04 | 35.3 |
2 | John Harriot | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 12.16 | 30.8 |
3 | Rory Duncan | Airborne Rev | 8.82 | 25.5 |
4 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 8.63 | 25.2 |
5 | Rick Martin | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 8.57 | 25.1 |
6 | Mikhail Karmazin | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 7.01 | 21.4 |
7 | Adrian Bosco | Moyes RX5 Pro | 6.59 | 20.3 |
Final Results:
# | Name | Glider | T 1 | T 2 | T 3 | T 4 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Scott Barrett | Aeros GT | 1000.0 | 649.1 | 763.7 | 15.8 | 2429 |
2 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 869.3 | 698.7 | 708.4 | 25.2 | 2302 |
3 | Rory Duncan | Airborne Rev | 558.4 | 505.2 | 926.2 | 25.5 | 2015 |
4 | Vic Hare | Wills Wing T3 144 | 245.4 | 751.0 | 1000.0 | 15.8 | 2012 |
5 | Steven Crosby | Moyes RX 5 Pro | 428.4 | 712.7 | 572.6 | 0.0 | 1714 |
6 | Mikhail Karmazin | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 785.3 | 660.4 | 242.0 | 21.4 | 1709 |
7 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 434.1 | 717.8 | 460.1 | 15.8 | 1628 |
8 | Rick Martin | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 614.6 | 581.0 | 305.2 | 25.1 | 1526 |
9 | Peter Adriaans | Moyes RX5 Pro | 489.7 | 514.2 | 475.6 | 15.8 | 1495 |
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2021 Barraba Big Toe Hang Gliding Competition
They stopped to help
Barraba Big Toe 2021|Peter Burkitt|scoring|Scott Barrett|Troy Horton|William "Billo" Olive
(Barraba airport, NSW, Australia)
Regarding the zeros on the second task, Billo writes:
I'll have to average those pilots (Scott, Pete and Troy) for round two after the final round. So, not fixed until then. Assisted a pilot after deployment. The pilot who deployed is OK, but won't be flying further this comp.
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2021 Barraba Big Toe Hang Gliding Competition
Third Task
Barraba Big Toe 2021
(Barraba airport, NSW, Australia)
http://www.williamolive.com/comps/barraba/comp results 2018.html
# | Name | Glider | Time (h:m:s) |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vic Hare | Wills Wing T3 144 | 01:32:52 | 1000.0 |
2 | Scott Barrett | Wills Wing Sport 2 155 | 02:05:30 | 774.4 |
3 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 02:14:52 | 721.6 |
4 | Steven Crosby | Moyes RX 5 Pro | 02:39:19 | 591.9 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | T 1 | T 2 | T 3 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 869.3 | 386.3 | 721.6 | 1977 |
2 | Scott Barrett | Wills Wing Sport 2 155 | 1000.0 | 0.0 | 774.4 | 1774 |
3 | Vic Hare | Wills Wing T3 144 | 245.4 | 414.2 | 1000.0 | 1660 |
4 | Steven Crosby | Moyes RX 5 Pro | 428.4 | 393.6 | 591.9 | 1414 |
5 | Mikhail Karmazin | Moyes RX 3.5 | 785.3 | 366.8 | 235.4 | 1388 |
6 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 434.1 | 396.4 | 478.4 | 1309 |
7 | Peter Adriaans | 489.7 | 289.1 | 494.8 | 1274 | |
8 | Rick Martin | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 614.6 | 325.5 | 306.6 | 1247 |
9 | Neale Halsall | 459.4 | 326.2 | 146.3 | 932 | |
10 | Rory Duncan | Moyes RX 5 Pro | 558.4 | 284.4 | 0.0 | 843 |
Still wondering about task 2.
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2021 Barraba Big Toe Hang Gliding Competition
Second Task - not all accounted for
Barraba Big Toe 2021
(Barraba airport, NSW, Australia)
http://www.williamolive.com/comps/barraba/2021/gap_task_result_2021-11-17.html
# | Name | Glider | Distance (km) |
Altitude (m) |
Adj. Distance (km) |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vic Hare | Wills Wing T3 144 | 61.17 | +1906 | 70.70 | 417.7 |
2 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 60.56 | +1511 | 66.27 | 399.8 |
3 | Steven Crosby | Moyes RX 5 Pro | 58.62 | +1600 | 66.33 | 396.8 |
4 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 57.65 | +1480 | 64.95 | 389.5 |
5 | Mikhail Karmazin | Moyes RX 3.5 | 58.84 | +627 | 61.62 | 370.0 |
6 | Neale Halsall | 48.88 | +1622 | 56.99 | 329.0 | |
7 | Paul Bissett-Amess | 50.43 | +1177 | 56.25 | 322.8 | |
8 | Peter Adriaans | 47.27 | +1209 | 53.32 | 294.1 | |
9 | Rory Duncan | Moyes RX 5 Pro | 53.04 | +0 | 53.04 | 289.4 |
10 | John Harriot | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 48.10 | +0 | 48.10 | 240.3 |
Pilots not yet processed |
---|
Rick Martin |
John Spencer |
Troy Horton |
Peter Burkitt |
Scott Barrett |
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Barraba Big Toe Hang Gliding Competition
14th November to 20th November 2021
Barraba Big Toe 2021
(Barraba airport, NSW, Australia)
https://wow.asn.au/comps/web/bbt2021
The Barraba Big Toe is a Trike Aero Tow Category 2, AA rated competition held at Barraba (near Manilla NSW).
This region offers big air thermals and is ideal for getting in some big flights early in the season. As it is early season, the thermals should be a bit softer round the edge while still pumping in the middle. New Comp 2020, tasks averaged around 100km with 1000ups achieved (and it was a wet season).
Barraba in late Spring is a perfect location for inland flying. Great lift, not quite as rowdy as peak summer. The area offers wide open landing fields and plenty of options for tasks.
Camping is $10 per night for pilots and support staff at Aerodrome, toilets, and power for radio gear available.
http://www.williamolive.com/comps/barraba/2021/gap_task_result_2021-11-16.html
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Scott Barrett | Wills Wing Sport 2 155 | 02:11:34 | 1000.0 |
2 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 02:33:33 | 859.6 |
3 | Mikhail Karmazin | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:51:27 | 769.3 |
4 | Rick Martin | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 03:32:04 | 585.9 |
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2021 Dalby Big Air »
2021 Dalby Big Air
Final Results
Dalby Big Air 2021|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Steve Blenkinsop
http://williamolive.com/comps/dalby/comp results.html
Final Results:
# | Name | Glider | T 1 | T 2 | T 3 | T 4 | T 5 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jonny Durand Jnr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 963.6 | 873.0 | 36.8 | 937.6 | 958.1 | 3769 |
2 | Scott Barrett | Aeros GT | 1000.0 | 892.5 | 36.3 | 860.0 | 974.5 | 3763 |
3 | Rohan Taylor | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 879.1 | 904.1 | 16.5 | 862.0 | 920.6 | 3582 |
4 | Josh Woods | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 774.9 | 877.1 | 22.8 | 901.4 | 921.1 | 3497 |
5 | Craig Taylor | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 875.6 | 588.9 | 36.2 | 878.7 | 935.0 | 3314 |
6 | Tony Cross | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 870.3 | 863.7 | 36.2 | 637.9 | 825.9 | 3234 |
7 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 283.5 | 762.2 | 32.1 | 945.1 | 851.6 | 2875 |
8 | Rory Duncan | Moyes RX3 Pro | 37.7 | 936.1 | 43.0 | 912.7 | 900.3 | 2830 |
9 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 978.0 | 39.0 | 36.1 | 864.1 | 900.9 | 2818 |
10 | Jason Kath | Wills Wing T2c 144 | 588.3 | 826.6 | 16.5 | 961.9 | 307.3 | 2701 |
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2021 Dalby Big Air »
Task 3, 4, and 5
Dalby Big Air 2021|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Nick Purcell|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown
http://williamolive.com/comps/dalby/comp results.html
Results from task 3:
# | Name | Glider | Distance (km) | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rory Duncan | Moyes RX3 Pro | 14.26 | 43.0 |
2 | Peter Burkitt | Moyes RX 5 Pro | 11.56 | 38.3 |
3 | Jonny Durand Jnr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 10.76 | 36.8 |
4 | Scott Barrett | Aeros GT | 10.52 | 36.3 |
5 | Tony Cross | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 10.46 | 36.2 |
5 | Craig Taylor | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 10.47 | 36.2 |
7 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 10.42 | 36.1 |
8 | Hossain Tefaili | Moyes RX 4 | 10.37 | 36.0 |
9 | Trent Brown | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 10.27 | 35.6 |
10 | Peter Adriaans | Moyes RX 5 Pro | 10.13 | 35.2 |
Task 4:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jason Kath | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 01:14:41 | 961.9 |
2 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 01:14:46 | 945.1 |
3 | Jonny Durand Jnr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 01:14:46 | 937.6 |
4 | Oliver Chitty | Moyes RX5 Pro | 01:15:07 | 926.5 |
5 | Rory Duncan | Moyes RX3 Pro | 01:15:14 | 912.7 |
6 | Josh Woods | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 01:15:37 | 901.4 |
7 | Craig Taylor | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 01:17:44 | 878.7 |
8 | Vic Hare | Ww T2C 136 | 01:18:12 | 865.9 |
9 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 01:19:04 | 864.1 |
10 | Rohan Taylor | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 01:18:40 | 862.0 |
Task 5
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Scott Barrett | Aeros GT | 02:14:31 | 974.5 |
2 | Jonny Durand Jnr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 02:15:16 | 958.1 |
3 | Craig Taylor | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 02:17:23 | 935.0 |
4 | Josh Woods | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 02:17:54 | 921.1 |
5 | Steve Crosby | Moyes RX 5 | 02:17:36 | 920.7 |
6 | Rohan Taylor | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 02:18:13 | 920.6 |
7 | Nick Purcell | Moyes Rs 4 | 02:11:59 | 912.8 |
8 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 02:20:11 | 900.9 |
9 | Rory Duncan | Moyes RX3 Pro | 02:20:12 | 900.3 |
10 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 02:26:04 | 851.6 |
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2021 Dalby Big Air »
2021 Dalby Big Air
Task 2
Dalby Big Air 2021|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown
http://williamolive.com/comps/dalby/comp results.html
Results from task 2:
# | Name | Glider | SS | ES | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rory Duncan | Moyes RX3 Pro | 13:15:00 | 15:47:54 | 02:32:54 | 936.1 |
2 | Trent Brown | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 13:15:00 | 15:51:32 | 02:36:32 | 910.2 |
3 | Rohan Taylor | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 13:00:00 | 15:46:57 | 02:46:57 | 904.1 |
4 | Scott Barrett | Aeros GT | 13:00:00 | 15:51:32 | 02:51:32 | 892.5 |
5 | Josh Woods | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 13:15:00 | 15:56:06 | 02:41:06 | 877.1 |
6 | Jonny Durand Jnr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 13:15:00 | 15:56:38 | 02:41:38 | 873.0 |
7 | Tony Cross | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 12:45:00 | 15:47:40 | 03:02:40 | 863.7 |
8 | Jason Kath | Wills Wing T2c 144 | 13:00:00 | 15:59:17 | 02:59:17 | 826.6 |
9 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 12:30:00 | 15:54:11 | 03:24:11 | 762.2 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | T 1 | T 2 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Scott Barrett | Aeros GT | 1000.0 | 892.5 | 1893 |
2 | Jonny Durand Jnr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 962.9 | 873.0 | 1836 |
3 | Rohan Taylor | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 876.9 | 904.1 | 1781 |
4 | Tony Cross | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 868.0 | 863.7 | 1732 |
5 | Josh Woods | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 771.0 | 877.1 | 1648 |
6 | Craig Taylor | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 873.4 | 588.9 | 1462 |
7 | Trent Brown | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 521.9 | 910.2 | 1432 |
8 | Jason Kath | Wills Wing T2c 144 | 581.3 | 826.6 | 1408 |
9 | Rick Martin | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 735.5 | 530.2 | 1266 |
10 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 277.2 | 762.2 | 1039 |
Day 4 canceled due to high winds.
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2021 Dalby Big Air »
2021 Dalby Big Air
Scot Barrett
Dalby Big Air 2021|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Trent Brown
http://williamolive.com/comps/dalby/comp results.html
Results from task 1:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Distance (km) | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Scott Barrett | Aeros GT | 01:56:05 | 66.32 | 1000.0 |
2 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 4 Pro | 01:58:34 | 66.32 | 979.2 |
3 | Jonny Durand Jnr | 02:00:38 | 66.32 | 965.6 | |
4 | Rohan Taylor | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 02:15:18 | 66.32 | 885.8 |
5 | Craig Taylor | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:15:58 | 66.32 | 882.5 |
6 | Tony Cross | Airborne REV 13.5 | 02:16:59 | 66.32 | 877.5 |
7 | Rick Martin | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:44:13 | 66.32 | 754.5 |
8 | Jason Kath | Wills Wing T2c 144 | 66.24 | 611.3 | |
9 | Trent Brown | Moyes RX 3.5 | 55.50 | 549.3 |
Don't know if Jonny is flying a Gecko or not. Looks like he caught up to three other pilots after taking a clock fifteen minutes later. Steve Blenkinsop is back flying after injuries from his bicycle incident. Missing goal by 80 meters must have been a let down for Jason.
Sport Class flew a shorter version of the open task but pilots didn't make it back to Dalby. Interesting to see a U2 in the lead over the Geckos.
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Scott Barrett's big flight from Dalby
Scott Barrett's big flight from Dalby
For the Oceana record
Dragonfly|record|Scott Barrett|weather
Bruce the tug pilot writes:
On the 8th December 2018 Scott Barrett on an Airborne C4, Michael (Jako) Jackson on a Moyes 5S, Viv Clements (Dalby President), on a Icaro Laminar 14.1 along with six of our regular local pilots came to Dalby with the possibility of a good flight according to the Met forecast.
I launched Viv for a test flight at 8.45am. "I will come back and land," he said, "I only need five minutes to check her out as it is not my glider, it's Swendo's"." I landed and towed Scott, then Jako. Around 9.00 am Viv came back, did not land but hooked up with Scott who had flown east to his start circle, then drifted back to Jako. They drifted out of town at about only 2300 feet above ground.
I don't worry much about wind under 35 kph so I don't really know what the actual velocity was. I let the boys estimate that. If anyone but Scott Barrett, or one or two others, had rung me and said, "I would like to launch at around 8.30 am", I may have stayed in bed a little longer, but Annie's dad and I hit the road at 4.45 am. Towing my Dragonfly trailer we arrived at Dalby at 8.06 am and ran out some ropes.
Smokey arrived at 9.00 am and we then towed the other six. The rest is history. Scott's 500k nominated goal with paper work. Jako (Michael Jackson) 500k, no paperwork, Viv Clements (Dalby President) 400.8k. Congratulations to all, you are incredible athletes. Now Viv is a Kiwi and we all know that bird can't fly, but this one can. As Boof always said, "How good is Dalby!"
The HGFA sends out:
A Lismore pilot and member of the Hang Gliding Federation of Australia, has set an Australian Hang Gliding record, soaring 500km to a declared goal over the spectacular Queensland outback – a total of 10 hours in the air.
Reaching ground speeds of over 100km/hr, Scott Barrett from Northern NSW flew sky high, taking off in an unpowered hang glider from the Dalby Hang Gliding Club and landing in Charleville on December 8.
The 10-hour flight has broken the previous record by 150km. Scott made the record flight by starting out being towed up behind an ultralight aircraft.
“I released from the tow at 2000ft above the Dalby airport and made my way alone over the big open Queensland skies - over the cotton fields, the gas fields, the scrublands and huge cattle stations,” he said.
“It’s wide open and dry and perfect for an awesome flight - it gets a little remote but it is beautiful country to fly over.”
Three pilots flew independently on the day; Viv Clements of Brisbane made a 400km flight, Michael Jackson of Brisbane also made a great unprecedented flight to the same declared goal at Charleville, but with a different start point, making his distance just a little shorter.
“I had a number of encounters with Wedge Tailed Eagles who made an effort to come and fly inquisitively and cooperatively with me,” said Scott.
“It’s amazing what is out there and how big the stations are. I was not following any roads, just looking where I needed to find the next rising air or plotting a course to get past forests and maintaining a focus on getting to goal safely. This has been a most memorable experience.
“I had a lot of water, oxygen and survival equipment for the flight. I was carrying CB and airband radios, a spot tracker, EPIRB, parachutes, food, blankets and other essentials. But in the end, I landed at the goal and retrieval was easy. I had steered a hang glider around for 10 hours, but it had also taken a year of waiting for the right weather and I was happy and tired.
“I’ve enjoyed going and flying the record, and the terrain that I flew over. I will always remember it was really spectacular. Watching the sunset from just under a 10,000 ft cloud base late in the day and gliding the last 40km to goal, was a special moment. I could not yet see my goal as it was too hazy that late in the day, but my instruments told me I would make it as I glided slowly and silently through beautiful smooth air and enjoyed the view. An Australian record was awaiting and I had time to enjoy just being there alone in the air.”
Information on record attempt:
Record type - distance to a declared goal, for a class 1 (flexwing) hang glider
Distance achieved – 500km, previous record was 343km set in Victoria
Aircraft - unpowered hang glider, a class 1 flexwing hang glider. Make: Airborne Wind sports C4-13
Start - Dalby Hang Gliding Club, Dalby Airfield in Darling Downs QLD.
Finish - Charleville QLD
Launch method: aero tow (using 90m of rope behind an Ultralight aircraft)
Maximum height 10,000ft
Average speed 50km/hr, maximum ground speed - over 100kph.
Time in the air 10 hours.
There is no previous record.
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Oceana record claims
Oceana record claims
Pilots continue going long in Australia this season
CIVL|record|Scott Barrett
FAI Records <<record>> sends:
Sub-class : O-1 / HG with a rigid primary structure / controlled
by weight shift
Type of record : Straight distance to a declared goal
Course/location : Dalby - Charleville, Queensland (Australia)
Performance : 500.00 km (311 miles)
Pilot : Scott Barrett (Australia)
Aircraft : C 4 13 / Airborne
Date : 08.12.2018
Current record : 343,3 km (28.11.2018 - Adam Stevens, Australia)
Sub-class : O-1 / HG with a rigid primary structure / controlled by weight shift
Type of record : Straight distance
Course/location : Dalby - Charleville, Queensland (Australia)
Performance : 507.00 km (315 miles)
Pilot : Scott Barrett (Australia)
Aircraft : C 4 13 / Airborne
Date : 08.12.2018
Current record : no record set yet
The claimed distances look pretty approximate which is okay in the required preliminary report to CIVL. A detailed record submission to CIVL should follow.
The current record is not held by Adam Stevens, which is just a record claim, not the current record (which has actually not been set).
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2018 NSW State Titles - Results »
Ollie Chitty wins the day and the competition
(west LP, Mt Borah, Manilla, NSW, Australia)
Don Cramer|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|New South Wales State Titles 2018|Scott Barrett|video
http://www.williamolive.com/manilla/index.html
Task 5:
# | Name | Glider | Distance | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Oliver Chitty | Moyes RX5 Pro | 79.24 | 865 |
2 | Scott Barrett | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 67.31 | 784 |
3 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 60.64 | 732 |
4 | Rob De Groot | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 56.51 | 696 |
5 | Josh Woods | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 56.37 | 695 |
6 | Jon Durand Jnr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 55.96 | 690 |
7 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 4 Pro | 55.80 | 689 |
8 | Rory Duncan | Moyes RX 3 Pro | 49.56 | 599 |
9 | Chris Czajkowski | Moyes RX 5 | 49.85 | 598 |
10 | Don Cramer | Wills Wing T2C | 31.39 | 462 |
Final:
# | Name | Glider |
---|---|---|
1 | Oliver Chitty | Moyes RX5 Pro |
2 | Scott Barrett | Icaro Laminar 14.1 |
3 | Jon Durand Jnr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro |
4 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro |
5 | Josh Woods | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro |
6 | Rory Duncan | Moyes RX 3 Pro |
7 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 4 Pro |
8 | Rob De Groot | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro |
9 | Rick Martin | Moyes RX 3.5 |
10 | Richard Heffer | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro |
5 topics in this article: Don Cramer, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, New South Wales State Titles 2018, Scott Barrett, video
2018 NSW State Titles - Results »
Scott Barrett moves back into first place, Jonny wins the day
Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|New South Wales State Titles 2018|Scott Barrett
http://www.williamolive.com/manilla/index.html
Task 4:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jon Durand Jnr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 02:09:45 | 935 |
2 | Scott Barrett | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 02:02:21 | 896 |
3 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 02:23:20 | 817 |
4 | Rory Duncan | Moyes RX 3 Pro | 02:17:49 | 809 |
5 | Harrison Rowntree | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 02:18:13 | 800 |
6 | Josh Woods | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 02:27:56 | 790 |
7 | Oliver Chitty | Moyes RX5 Pro | 02:31:35 | 774 |
8 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 4 Pro | 02:35:27 | 734 |
9 | Rob De Groot | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 02:57:06 | 652 |
10 | Chris Czajkowski | Moyes RX 5 | 02:56:39 | 649 |
Cumulative
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Scott Barrett | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 3468 |
2 | Oliver Chitty | Moyes RX5 Pro | 3454 |
3 | Jon Durand Jnr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 3342 |
4 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 3177 |
5 | Rory Duncan | Moyes RX 3 Pro | 3073 |
6 | Josh Woods | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 3005 |
7 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 4 Pro | 2602 |
8 | Harrison Rowntree | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 2332 |
9 | Rick Martin | Moyes RX 3.5 | 2220 |
10 | Richard Heffer | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 2169 |
3 topics in this article: Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, New South Wales State Titles 2018, Scott Barrett
2018 NSW State Titles - Results »
Jonny wins
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Niki is not flying.
http://www.williamolive.com/manilla/index.html
Task 3:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jon Durand Jnr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 02:03:39 | 1000 |
2 | Oliver Chitty | Moyes RX5 Pro | 02:10:12 | 896 |
3 | Harrison Rowntree | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 02:10:42 | 885 |
4 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 02:18:47 | 778 |
5 | Scott Barrett | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 02:19:06 | 772 |
6 | Josh Woods | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 02:22:24 | 747 |
7 | Rory Duncan | Moyes RX 3 Pro | 02:31:20 | 693 |
8 | Dustan Hansen | Airborne REV14.5 | 02:39:07 | 640 |
9 | Les Bestt | Airborne Rev 14.5 | 03:01:51 | 569 |
10 | Richard Heffer | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 03:03:18 | 563 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Oliver Chitty | Moyes RX5 Pro | 2680 |
2 | Scott Barrett | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 2572 |
3 | Jon Durand Jnr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 2407 |
4 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 2360 |
5 | Rory Duncan | Moyes RX 3 Pro | 2264 |
6 | Josh Woods | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 2215 |
7 | Dustan Hansen | Airborne Rev 14.5 | 1953 |
8 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 4 Pro | 1868 |
9 | Richard Heffer | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 1728 |
10 | Rick Martin | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1681 |
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2018 NSW State Titles - Results »
Ollie Chitty wins the second task
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It was a UK kind of day:
http://www.williamolive.com/manilla/index.html
Task 2:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Oliver Chitty | Moyes RX5 Pro | 00:59:30 | 869 |
2 | Scott Barrett | Icaro Lmina 14.1 | 01:12:43 | 799 |
3 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 01:12:58 | 798 |
4 | Rick Martin | Moyes Gecko 155 | 677 | |
5 | Paul Bissett-Amess | Moyes RX 3.5 | 672 | |
6 | Rory Duncan | Moyes RX 3 Pro | 669 | |
7 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 4 Pro | 626 | |
8 | Brodrick Osborne | Moyes Rs 4 | 607 | |
9 | Jon Durand Jnr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 594 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Scott Barrett | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 1799 |
2 | Oliver Chitty | Moyes RX5 Pro | 1784 |
3 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 1581 |
4 | Rory Duncan | Moyes RX 3 Pro | 1568 |
5 | Josh Woods | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 1465 |
6 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 4 Pro | 1417 |
7 | Jon Durand Jnr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 1403 |
8 | Dustan Hansen | Airborne Ev 14.5 | 1310 |
9 | Paul Bissett-Amess | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1269 |
10 | Rob De Groot | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 1211 |
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2018 NSW State Titles - Results »
Scott Barrett wins the first day
Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|New South Wales State Titles 2018|Niki Longshore|Scott Barrett
http://www.williamolive.com/manilla/index.html
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Scott Barrett | 01:51:45 | 1000 | |
2 | Oliver Chitty | Moyes RX5 Pro | 01:57:30 | 914 |
3 | Rory Duncan | Moyes RX 3 Pro | 01:58:01 | 898 |
4 | Josh Woods | Moyes Ls RX 3.5 | 01:59:40 | 880 |
5 | Jon Durand Jnr | Moyes Ls RX 3.5 Pro | 02:10:39 | 807 |
6 | Steve Docherty | Moyes RX 4 Pro | 02:10:41 | 789 |
7 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes Ls RX 3.5 | 02:12:24 | 780 |
8 | Bruce Wynne | Moyes Gecko 170 m | 02:13:18 | 760 |
9 | Niki Longshore | Moyes Ls RX Pro 3.5 | 02:15:15 | 749 |
10 | Dustan Hansen | Airborne Ev 14.5 | 02:21:19 | 723 |
11 | Rob De Groot | Moyes Ls RX 3.5 | 02:31:12 | 705 |
12 | Chris Czajkowski | 02:35:31 | 640 | |
13 | Paul Bissett-Amess | Moyes Ls RX 3.5 | 02:49:23 | 592 |
13 | Shane Duncan | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 02:48:12 | 592 |
15 | Richard Heffer | Moyes Ls RX Pro 3.5 | 02:50:12 | 576 |
16 | Rick Martin | Moyes Gecko 155 | 03:15:26 | 478 |
4 topics in this article: Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, New South Wales State Titles 2018, Niki Longshore, Scott Barrett
CASA wants to expand controlled airspace
CASA wants to expand controlled airspace
The CTAF's in Australia
Scott Barrett
HGFA Operations <ops> writes:
CASA Proposal for Multicom Frequency usage below 5000ft and Expanded CTAF's: The first element of the proposal will have little effect on our operations. However, the second element to increase the size of CTAF's to double their current size, is completely untenable and will severely affect and limit our operations throughout Australia.
We have drafted a formal response to this proposal, which will be submitted to CASA shortly and will be publish on the HGFA website.
We ask that you take the opportunity to provide your feedback, via the CASA survey form or email, supporting our efforts to maintain your current flight privileges.
Please go to the bottom of the CASA proposal and click on the "Online Survey" link, then follow the directions. Alternatively, you can draft your own email and send it to: <regulatoryconsultation>. Please make sure that your subject line is: "Proposal - Frequency use at low level in Class G airspace". You will also need to provide your name and HGFA number for it to be accepted.
Please feel free to utilise all, or sections of the official HGFA response to create your own. Thank you.
CTAF's are essentially the controlled airspaces around untowered (small, rural) airfields.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_traffic_advisory_frequency
Thanks to Scott Barrett.
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The 2017 Dalby Big Air
April 15, 2017, 8:53:14 EST -0400
The 2017 Dalby Big Air
Day 7, task 5, Scott Barrett wins again
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Flying a Wills Wing T2C 144 borrowed from Glen McFarlane, Scott Barrett wins a second day at the 2017 Dalby Big Air, by a wide margin.
http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/2017/comp%20results.html
Task 5, day 7:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Scott Barrett | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 01:52:34 | 992 |
2 | Rory Duncan | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 01:57:31 | 914 |
3 | Harrison Rowntree | Moyes RX 3.5 | 01:57:32 | 906 |
4 | Josh Woods | Moyes RX PRO 3.5 | 02:00:31 | 875 |
5 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:01:54 | 874 |
6 | Tony Armstrong | Moyes RX PRO 3.5 | 02:00:36 | 867 |
7 | Konrad Heilmann | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:03:21 | 833 |
8 | Rod Flockhart | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:07:37 | 797 |
9 | Brodrick Osborne | Moyes RS 4 | 02:05:52 | 793 |
10 | steve crosby | Moyes RX 5 | 02:06:08 | 787 |
Final results:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Josh Woods | M | AUS | Moyes RX PRO 3.5 | 4330 |
2 | Steve Blenkinsop | M | AUS | Moyes RX3.5 | 4232 |
3 | Scott Barrett | M | AUS | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 4041 |
4 | Harrison Rowntree | M | AUS | Moyes RX 3.5 | 4035 |
5 | Tony Armstrong | M | AUS | Moyes RX PRO 3.5 | 3993 |
6 | Jason Kath | M | AUS | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 3920 |
7 | Jonny Durand | M | AUS | Moyes RX PRO 3.5 | 3878 |
8 | Rory Duncan | M | AUS | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 3726 |
9 | Guy Hubbard | M | AUS | Moyes RX 3.5 | 3591 |
10 | Nick Purcell | M | AUS | Moyes RS 4 | 3569 |
11 | Niki Longshore | F | USA | Moyes RX PRO 3.5 | 3513 |
Jonny Durand who was in second place ahead of Josh Woods did not make goal on the last day. Steve Blenkinsop who was in first place was slow getting to goal after four tasks. Niki Longshore was fourteenth into goal dropping one place to eleventh.
Jonny won the first day with Steve in third, Scott in fourth and Josh in fifth with Niki in eighteenth. Steve won the second task with Josh in fourth, a tie, Niki in sixth and Jonny in eighth. Scott didn't make goal on that day.
Scott won the third task, with Steve in third, Josh in sixth, Jonny in seventh, and Niki just short of goal.
Jonny won the fourth task with Steve in third, Josh in eighth, Niki in tenth and Scott in thirteenth.
So Jonny won two tasks, Scott won two tasks, and Steve won one task. Both Scott and Jonny did not make goal on one of the tasks. Josh made goal and placed in the top ten on every task. Niki missed goal on one day.
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7 topics in this article: Facebook, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Konrad Heilmann, Nick Purcell, Niki Longshore, Scott Barrett, Steve Blenkinsop
The 2017 Dalby Big Air
April 14, 2017, 7:43:11 EST -0400
The 2017 Dalby Big Air
Day 6, task 4
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First three to make goal:
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http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/2017/comp results.html
Task 4, day 6:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jonny Durand | Moyes RX PRO 3.5 | 02:36:27 | 943 |
2 | Tony Armstrong | Moyes RX PRO 3.5 | 02:50:07 | 906 |
3 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes RX3.5 | 02:51:14 | 888 |
4 | Jason Kath | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 02:41:17 | 874 |
5 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:53:21 | 873 |
6 | Rory Duncan | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 02:56:50 | 844 |
7 | Harrison Rowntree | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:59:37 | 821 |
8 | Josh Woods | Moyes RX PRO 3.5 | 03:01:13 | 806 |
9 | Nick Purcell | Moyes RS 4 | 03:02:24 | 805 |
10 | Niki Longshore | Moyes RX PRO 3.5 | 03:03:05 | 802 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes RX3.5 | 3616 |
2 | Jonny Durand | Moyes RX PRO 3.5 | 3523 |
3 | Josh Woods | Moyes RX PRO 3.5 | 3455 |
4 | Jason Kath | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 3222 |
5 | Harrison Rowntree | Moyes RX 3.5 | 3129 |
6 | Tony Armstrong | Moyes RX PRO 3.5 | 3126 |
7 | Scott Barrett | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 3049 |
8 | Nick Purcell | Moyes RS 4 | 2836 |
9 | Rory Duncan | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 2812 |
10 | Niki Longshore | Moyes RX PRO 3.5 | 2756 |
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The 2017 Dalby Big Air
April 13, 2017, 11:28:48 EST -0400
The 2017 Dalby Big Air
Day 5, task 3, Scott Barrett wins the day
Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Nick Purcell|Niki Longshore|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Steve Blenkinsop
http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/2017/comp results.html
After just missing goal on task 2, Scott wins the day:
Task 3:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Scott Barrett | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 02:07:26 | 1000 |
2 | Tony Armstrong | Moyes RX PRO 3.5 | 02:14:15 | 910 |
3 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes RX3.5 | 02:14:24 | 908 |
4 | Rory Duncan | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 02:14:50 | 893 |
5 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:15:00 | 880 |
6 | Josh Woods | Moyes RX PRO 3.5 | 02:15:35 | 876 |
7 | Jonny Durand | Moyes RX PRO 3.5 | 02:14:44 | 814 |
8 | Jason Kath | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 02:28:22 | 811 |
9 | Craig Taylor | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:28:26 | 799 |
10 | Harrison Rowntree | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:35:29 | 737 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | T 1 | T 2 | T 3 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes RX3.5 | 863 | 956 | 908 | 2727 |
2 | Josh Woods | Moyes RX PRO 3.5 | 851 | 920 | 876 | 2647 |
3 | Jonny Durand | Moyes RX PRO 3.5 | 1000 | 764 | 814 | 2578 |
4 | Jason Kath | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 871 | 664 | 811 | 2346 |
5 | Harrison Rowntree | Moyes RX 3.5 | 839 | 729 | 737 | 2305 |
5 | Scott Barrett | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 858 | 447 | 1000 | 2305 |
7 | Tony Armstrong | Moyes RX PRO 3.5 | 366 | 943 | 910 | 2219 |
8 | Nick Purcell | Moyes RS 4 | 384 | 920 | 724 | 2028 |
9 | Rory Duncan | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 341 | 732 | 893 | 1966 |
10 | Andrew Barnes | Moyes RX 3.5 | 745 | 680 | 533 | 1958 |
Niki Longshore writes:
One of the many faces of competition. Final glide is always a tense moment and such a frustration when it doesn't work out. Had to stop for a climb 8km out and never got back up.
6 topics in this article: Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Nick Purcell, Niki Longshore, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Steve Blenkinsop
The 2017 Dalby Big Air
April 9, 2017, 8:05:34 EST -0400
The 2017 Dalby Big Air
First day (Sunday, Australia time/day)
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http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/2017/comp%20results.html
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jonny Durand | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:28:09 | 1000 |
2 | Jason Kath | Wills Wing T2C | 02:39:43 | 868 |
3 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Technora | 02:39:59 | 860 |
4 | Scott Barrett | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:40:01 | 854 |
5 | Josh Woods | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:40:10 | 848 |
6 | Harrison Rowntree | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:40:44 | 835 |
7 | Konrad Heilmann | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:44:03 | 805 |
8 | Matthew Barlow | Moyes RS 4 | 02:45:08 | 793 |
9 | Andrew Barnes | Moyes LS RS 3.5 | 02:53:18 | 739 |
10 | Viv Clements | Laminar 14.8 | 02:55:16 | 727 |
Niki Longshore was in goal in 17th. Twenty two in goal.
7 topics in this article: Facebook, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Konrad Heilmann, Moyes Litespeed RX, Niki Longshore, Scott Barrett, Steve Blenkinsop
Scott Barrett podcasting
Scott Barrett podcasting
The paraglider pilots try to learn from a hang glider pilot
PG|Scott Barrett
http://aupgsquad.blogspot.com.au/2015/08/podcast-scott-barrett.html
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Scott Barrett's interview
Scott Barrett's interview
His world record distance to goal flight on Virpi's ATOS
record|Scott Barrett
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Audio. Thanks to Virpi.
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New ATOS distance to goal record
New ATOS distance to goal record
Scott Barrett goes out into the outback, 581 km (361 miles)
record|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett
Scott Barrett <<scottbarrettc4>> writes:
Goal:
The task was designed to be a class 5, distance to declared goal of around 570k with start and goal cylinders of 400m, great circle distance is a bit more. Start is a road intersection perhaps 1 k SE of Boort airfield in Central Victoria, the flight goes through NSW and into South Australia.
There were good climbs and a good pace, but the day had many challenges and changes of pace, it was a blue day, but I had to go through the trough that had recently dumped rain along the course, there was water laying on the ground in many places and the high level cloud shaded out sections making some slow going. There were forest crossings, lake systems to negotiate without getting into the thermal shadows of the lakes. I got low once, it was turbulent and it was the first time I had flown in turbulence in a rigid.
I had less than ten hours experience on the VQ and I was impressed with how it felt in turbulence, it did as it was told with light control pressures even if the air got bumpy. I could tell it was turbulent because of the negative g, but the pitch was really stable, damped and felt secure. On this day I had the choice to fly a VQ rigid or an RX flexi. I was very pleased that I did not choose to borrow the Moyes RX which just sat on the car roof for the trip, the RX just doesn’t feel as secure in rough air and it takes a lot more energy out of the pilot.
There are beautiful, sparse remote areas that I overflew, the roads came and went underneath me (very occasionally), but I was just linking the thermals and did not ever follow roads. The later the day got, the more enjoyable it was, I was slowing down and going higher as the lift got more gentle and the ground underneath became more desolate. I flew under more high cloud associated with the trough and patiently drifted along with the “1:1 map” moving underneath me.
Now the dry sand turned into shaded out scrub and grass land. There were hills in the distance, at Broken Hill to my East, the Flinders ranges silhouetted the Western skyline and there were some hills poking out of the Flatland ahead of me. As I made my way up onto final glide, the clouds allowed sunbeams to pass through hitting the floor of the otherwise shaded desert. I made long slow glides. There was lift in the shade and my final glide was improving, I was going to make it in for sure. Up until going onto final glide slope it had been a race against the sun going down, only when reaching final glide did the urgency disappear, already having the feeling of having made it and there is no longer any rush. So when the lift continued to be provided to me, I was happy to circle around and over cook the final, I would go no further than goal, but there was no reason not to just hang out, watch, enjoy.
During the day, I had vowed to stay high and await the thermals to stop, the wind to die down, for a nice landing time and the longer I can just hang out, the better it will get. Goal was intended to be Mooleulooloo airstrip, but when I got there, the coords were past the airstrip, lee side of the first hill I would have to overfly. So I flew into the lee side goal cylinder happy to have the height to fly back to land beside the windsock on the strip. Conditions were gentle and smooth for a beautiful landing.
Mooleulooloo airstrip was carefully chosen, it is on the last sheep station on the last road, it is two wheel drive access and easy to get to, it just takes a lot of drive time, about two hours from Broken Hill. It was physically possible to go further, but the chosen goal is a sensible place to stop, as after that there are no more roads and it would be rather inconvenient. Anyway the aim was achieved; a class 5 world record distance to a declared goal, it extended the record by approximately another 190km and that was enough.
I was advised to delay the retrieve making access the station at night because of the huge numbers of kangaroos on the road and you don't want to take the wrong turn in the dark, otherwise someone would have to look for you. The last phone reception is around 70km away. So I stayed the night and thank the Treloars of Mooleulooloo Station for a shower, bed three good meals, welcoming social company. The next day I was treated to a very interesting tour of the place before my retrieve arrived. Thanks to the Treloars my hosts at goal; all of the team, including tug driver Peter Eicher, dolly runner Marlice Eicher and team mate task setter Rohan Holtkamp. Special thanks to Virpi for a successful five day round trip drive and job well done.
The previous record was 379 km (235 miles) set by Benjamin Herring in Zapata in 2008.
http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=15125
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New ATOS distance to goal record
New ATOS distance to goal record
The world record announcement
PG|record|Scott Barrett
FAI sends:
Sub-class: O-5 (HG with a rigid primary structure / movable
control surface(s) without pilot surrounding structures and fairings.)
Type of record: Straight distance to a declared goal
Course/location: Yando, Vic (Australia) - Mooleulooloo (Australia)
Performance: 581.00 km
Pilot: Scott Barrett (Australia)
Aircraft: Atos VQ / AIR
Date: 11.12.2014
Current record: 378.9 km (10.08.2008 - Benjamin Herring, USA)
It was a windy day, so not too far from there, another record was attempted, an Oceania regional record.
Sub-class: O-3 (Paragliders)
Type of record: Straight distance
Course/location: Deniliquin, NSW (Australia)
Performance: 378.00 km
Pilot: Garth Simon Camac (Australia)
Paraglider: Mantra M6 / Ozone
Date: 11.12.2014
I have Scott's story, but he wants to continue editing it.
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Scott Barrett sets world record on Virpi's ATOS
Scott Barrett sets world record on Virpi's ATOS
A five day adventure
record|Scott Barrett
SPOT page here.
Started one kilometer southeast of Boort airfield and landed at the goal at Mooleulooloo airstrip, the last sheep station on the last road. This is the new distance to goal world record (568 km).
Scott's story soon.
On route:
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Scott Barrett flies 580 km on an ATOS
Scott Barrett flies 580 km on an ATOS
Northwest from Victoria
Scott Barrett
SPOT page here. 360 miles.
Starts near Boort and lands near the Flinders Range, north east of Adelaide.
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2014 Corryong Cup »
Thu, Jan 9 2014, 5:10:09 pm EST
2014 Corryong Cup
They flew starting Monday
Corryong Cup 2014|Scott Barrett|Wills Wing
Corryong Cup 2014|Scott Barrett|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
Corryong Cup 2014|Scott Barrett|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDN60801/IDN60801.94919.shtml
The winds calmed down and a number of pilots (but not all) flew on Monday. Much calmer winds Tuesday and Wednesday for good flight. Half in goal on Tuesday. Looks like the winds stayed light at least through Thursday.
The Corryong Cup takes place on Mt. Elliot, which is a foot launch site right above the small tourist (Man from Snowy River) and logging (plantations) town of Corryong. I got to watch the launches on Wednesday. Three launches were excellent: Scott Barrett's, Blaino's, and Steve Blenkisop's, and none of them are in the competition.
Words of advice to a launch director:
1) Get the pilot's surname for your check off list before they get to launch. No need to stop them when they get to launch to get their name.
2) Let the pilot assess the situation without adding to the dialog already going on in their head.
3) Don't ask them if they have done a cross wind launch, especially when everyone actually launches straight down hill with the glider pointed straight down hill.
4) The pilot can see the streamers also and doesn't need to be told which direction they are pointing.
5) There is no need for the pilot to put the glider down first on the launch.
Following these simple suggestions would have reduced the three hour launch time for 60-70 pilots by an hour. The situation at the launch indicates to me that foot launch sites with with restricted launch access (unlike, say, Montecucco with three launches and very reliable launch conditions) are not appropriate for high level competition. Aerotowing looks a lot better compared to being stuck fully dressed in a line for two hours.
It was great to see so many pilot on Mt. Elliot and all setup behind launch:
Walking toward launch:
There's launch:
Launch with the town of Corryong in the distance:
Flying with a tablet:
Rory Duncan, a light weight pilot on a Wills Wing T2C 136. No small Airborne glider:
The edge of the Wills Wing T2C 136:
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Scott Barrett and the Eagle
Scott Barrett and the Eagle
In the Spring they are temperamental
(Broken Back launch, Hunter Valley, Australia)
Scott Barrett
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/1821444/hang-glider-flies-with-eagle/?cs=391
You'll find a slide show there.
Scott says:
"I’d been taking pictures of a young wedge-tailed eagle that was flying with me," Mr. Barrett said. "Then all of a sudden, whack, he flew into my wingtip."
"You could feel the whole thing shake and it was a bit of a shock; he certainly didn’t miss."
Despite the majestic bird’s powerful talons ripping a part of his glider, the damage thankfully wasn’t enough to force an emergency landing.
Mr. Barrett continued on his way and decided to make friends with his attacker, who accompanied him on his way to reaching 6000 feet.
"I’m no match for a wedge-tailed eagle," he said.
"But he settled down as soon as he realised I wasn’t there to steal his rabbits."
"They’re usually very placid, intelligent and can be very affectionate to each other. In the spring they just get a bit temperamental."
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Scoring the Worlds
Scoring the Worlds
Does it matter what scoring system we use there?
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|Filippo Oppici|Gary Wirdnam|Gordon Rigg|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Manfred Ruhmer|Paris Williams|Primoz Gricar|Robin Hamilton|Rob Kells|Scott Barrett|Wesley "Wes" Hill
I can choose among a wide variety of scoring formulas in FS to score a given competition. At the Worlds in 2013 Wesley Hill used the GAP 2002 version of GAP 2011 which provides for 'leading' points and arrival position points and well as speed and distance points. Presumably the pilots were fooled into thinking that leading actually gave them valuable points seeing that GAP 2002 was being used as the scoring system. This is in contrast to the previous case (2012 Rob Kells) where I chose a competition that was originally scored using arrival time points.
Here are the results:
GAP 2002 | OzGAP 2005 | GAP 2000 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | 9010 | Manfred Ruhmer | 8939 | Manfred Ruhmer | 8911 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | 8871 | Alessandro Ploner | 8840 | Alessandro Ploner | 8792 |
3 | Filippo Oppici | 8560 | Filippo Oppici | 8611 | Filippo Oppici | 8508 |
4 | Attila Bertok | 8531 | Attila Bertok | 8545 | Attila Bertok | 8479 |
5 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | 8249 | Grant Crossingham | 8374 | Grant Crossingham | 8213 |
6 | Grant Crossingham | 8242 | Primoz Gricar | 8240 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | 8191 |
7 | Primoz Gricar | 8171 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | 8234 | Primoz Gricar | 8151 |
8 | Balazs Ujhelyi | 8131 | Balazs Ujhelyi | 8195 | Scott Barrett | 8076 |
8 | Scott Barrett | 8131 | Scott Barrett | 8152 | Antoine Boisselier | 8063 |
10 | Antoine Boisselier | 8128 | Antoine Boisselier | 8140 | Balazs Ujhelyi | 8050 |
11 | Jonny Durand | 8069 | Robin Hamilton | 8044 | Jonny Durand | 7960 |
12 | Robin Hamilton | 8031 | Jonny Durand | 8018 | Robin Hamilton | 7916 |
13 | Gerd Dönhuber | 7888 | Michael Friesenbichler | 7884 | Gerd Dönhuber | 7801 |
14 | Michael Friesenbichler | 7878 | Paris Williams | 7883 | Michael Friesenbichler | 7762 |
15 | Gordon Rigg | 7854 | Gerd Dönhuber | 7820 | Paris Williams | 7745 |
16 | Paris Williams | 7842 | Gordon Rigg | 7778 | Gordon Rigg | 7714 |
17 | Gary Wirdnam | 7734 | Gary Wirdnam | 7718 | Gary Wirdnam | 7658 |
18 | Christian Ciech | 7641 | Mario Alonzi | 7683 | Christian Ciech | 7533 |
19 | Carl Wallbank | 7631 | Christian Ciech | 7614 | Carl Wallbank | 7516 |
20 | Mario Alonzi | 7584 | Carl Wallbank | 7611 | Mario Alonzi | 7516 |
The first four positions are the same and then we get into some swapping.
The full results are found here, here and here.
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Setting the nominal distance, part 3. »
Setting the nominal distance
Going big
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|Filippo Oppici|Gary Wirdnam|Gordon Rigg|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Manfred Ruhmer|Paris Williams|Primoz Gricar|Robin Hamilton|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|scoring|Scott Barrett
If you expect to set tasks at about 200 km, what should you set the Nominal Distance at?
Given the Dmax = 200 km, Dmin = 5 km, Gnom = 20 the line above gives the relationship between the meet director's choice of nominal distance and the average distance required for full validity.
Given the Dmax = 200 km, Dmin = 5 km, Dnom = 120 km, the chart below gives the relationship between the meet director's choice of percentage of pilots at goal and the required average distance flown for full validity:
Full Distance Validity also depends on what percentage of the pilots fly further than the minimum distance. Given the Dmax = 200 km, Dmin = 5 km, Dnom = 120 km, and Gnom = 20, we get the following relationship:
Looking at the 2013 Worlds:
If the nominal distance had instead of being set to 80 km had been set to 120 km, the Distance Validity would have still been at least equal to 1 each day, despite the fact that day five and six were stopped. So nether of us would have set the Nominal Distance long enough to differentiate between days where we went below average and those where we were above average.
If we had set the nominal distance to 180 km, we would have had an average flown distance of those flying further than the minimum distance of 130 km for the Distance validity to equal 1. We would have noted before the first task that we were probably setting the first task (and task 2, 3, and 5) at too short a distance. In addition, the second, third, fifth and sixth days would have been devalued. The fifth and sixth days because the task was stopped. The second and third because the tasks were called too short.
It was only after the fifth task that we started calling tasks long enough to get pilots to fly far enough to be completely valid assuming that pilots could in fact on average fly 180 km on an average day.
If we had set the nominal distance value equal to 180 km then these would be the Distance Validity values for each of the days:
The two days that were stopped are devalued the most, which is what we would hope for.
This would have been the results if we had chosen that 180 km as the Nominal Distance:
# | Name | |
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | 8505 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | 8389 |
3 | Filippo Oppici | 8090 |
4 | Attila Bertok | 8073 |
5 | Primoz Gricar | 7867 |
6 | Grant Crossingham | 7819 |
7 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | 7785 |
8 | Balazs Ujhelyi | 7696 |
9 | Scott Barrett | 7694 |
10 | Antoine Boisselier | 7666 |
11 | Jonny Durand | 7615 |
12 | Robin Hamilton | 7604 |
13 | Paris Williams | 7515 |
14 | Gerd Dönhuber | 7456 |
15 | Michael Friesenbichler | 7440 |
16 | Gordon Rigg | 7402 |
17 | Christian Ciech | 7375 |
18 | Gary Wirdnam | 7306 |
19 | Carl Wallbank | 7172 |
20 | Rohan Holtkamp | 7169 |
You can find the actual results here or here.
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Stopped tasks and more
Stopped tasks and more
If you don't like what happens to the scoring when tasks are stopped
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|Filippo Oppici|Gary Wirdnam|Gordon Rigg|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Kraig Coomber|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Paris Williams|Primoz Gricar|Robin Hamilton|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
Proposals for scoring stopped tasks here and lots more proposed scoring software changes.
Does it matter? Let's do a little comparison.
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 |
Not counting day 5, the day that Pedro protested:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Totals without T5 |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 8101 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 7963 |
3 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7812 |
4 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 7694 |
5 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 7654 |
6 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 7553 |
7 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | ESP | Wills Wing T2C | 7546 |
8 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7394 |
8 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 7351 |
10 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7324 |
11 | Robin Hamilton | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 7296 |
12 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 7265 |
13 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 7215 |
14 | Gerd Dönhuber | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7181 |
15 | Michael Friesenbichler | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7120 |
16 | Gary Wirdnam | GBR | Icaro Laminar 13.7 | 6996 |
17 | Kraig Coomber | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 6951 |
18 | Gordon Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 6946 |
19 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | Aeros Combat 13.2 GT | 6924 |
20 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Revolution 13.5 | 6777 |
You can see my earlier comparison here.
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The 2013 Worlds imagined
The 2013 Worlds imagined
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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2013 Worlds »
2013 Worlds
Final results
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Filippo Oppici|Gary Wirdnam|Gordon Rigg|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Kathleen Rigg|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Paris Williams|Robin Hamilton|Scott Barrett|Tove Heaney|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Worlds 2013
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
Total:
# | 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 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 8131 |
8 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 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 |
Teams:
# | Name | Total |
---|---|---|
1 | ITA | 26212 |
2 | USA | 26140 |
3 | GBR | 25215 |
4 | AUS | 24849 |
5 | GER | 24754 |
Women:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Corinna Schwiegershausen | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 5930 |
2 | Kathleen Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 4414 |
3 | Tove Heaney | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 3849 |
19 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Attila Bertok, Christian Ciech, Corinna Schwiegershausen, Filippo Oppici, Gary Wirdnam, Gordon Rigg, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Kathleen Rigg, Manfred Ruhmer, Moyes Litespeed RX, Paris Williams, Robin Hamilton, Scott Barrett, Tove Heaney, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C, Worlds 2013
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Results from the last day
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|Filippo Oppici|Gary Wirdnam|Gordon Rigg|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Manfred Ruhmer|Mitchell "Mitch" Shipley|Moyes Litespeed RX|Paris Williams|Primoz Gricar|Robin Hamilton|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown|Tullio Gervasoni|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Worlds 2013|Zac Majors
The last day:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lukas Bader | GER | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 03:54:53 | 1000 |
2 | Joerg Bajewski | GER | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 03:57:03 | 946 |
2 | Zac Majors | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 03:57:16 | 946 |
4 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 03:58:03 | 942 |
5 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 03:57:27 | 941 |
6 | Matjaz Klemencic | SLO | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:58:56 | 939 |
7 | Anton Struganov | RUS | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 03:57:58 | 926 |
8 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:59:07 | 915 |
9 | Jonas Lobitz | NZL | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:59:39 | 911 |
10 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 04:01:52 | 896 |
11 | Carl Wallbank | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 04:05:18 | 885 |
12 | Robin Hamilton | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 04:10:10 | 859 |
13 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 04:10:12 | 858 |
14 | Michael Friesenbichler | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 04:08:07 | 851 |
14 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 04:08:39 | 851 |
16 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 04:14:49 | 841 |
17 | Gary Wirdnam | GBR | Icaro Laminar 13.7 | 04:12:40 | 825 |
18 | Gordon Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 04:16:16 | 807 |
19 | Dave Matthews | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 04:16:25 | 801 |
20 | Jochen Zeischka | BEL | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 04:18:23 | 796 |
21 | Gijs Wanders | NED | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 04:20:39 | 783 |
22 | Anthony Stephens | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 04:22:17 | 780 |
23 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 04:32:08 | 753 |
24 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14 | 04:32:37 | 751 |
25 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | ESP | Wills Wing T2C | 04:32:25 | 750 |
26 | Tullio Gervasoni | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 04:36:03 | 731 |
27 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 04:42:03 | 722 |
28 | Péter Szász | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S3.5 | 04:42:19 | 710 |
29 | Gerd Dönhuber | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 04:46:19 | 696 |
30 | Dan Vyhnalik | CZE | Aeros Combat 09 GT 13.5 | 04:45:31 | 692 |
31 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 04:54:46 | 680 |
32 | Roland Wöhrle | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 04:53:14 | 676 |
33 | Nils Aage Henden | NOR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 04:51:26 | 671 |
34 | Olav Lien Olsen | NOR | Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 | 04:54:16 | 667 |
35 | Olav Opsanger | NOR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 04:52:52 | 665 |
35 | Mitch Shipley | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 04:48:18 | 665 |
37 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Revolution 13.5 | 05:07:57 | 646 |
38 | Steve Blenkinsop | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 04:55:58 | 636 |
39 | Trent Brown | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 05:05:52 | 609 |
40 | Glauco Pinto | BRA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 05:21:30 | 567 |
41 | Francis Gafner | SUI | Aeros Combat 13.2 GT | 05:25:27 | 556 |
42 | Seppi Salvenmoser | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 05:38:30 | 541 |
24 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Attila Bertok, Christian Ciech, Filippo Oppici, Gary Wirdnam, Gordon Rigg, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Manfred Ruhmer, Mitchell "Mitch" Shipley, Moyes Litespeed RX, Paris Williams, Primoz Gricar, Robin Hamilton, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Steve Blenkinsop, Trent Brown, Tullio Gervasoni, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C, Worlds 2013, Zac Majors
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Chasing Roos
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Carol Binder|Filippo Oppici|Flytec 6030|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Kraig Coomber|Manfred Ruhmer|Robin Hamilton|Scott Barrett|Worlds 2013|Zac Majors
I get out to the goal line finish at the airfield at 5 PM. Will competitors make it around the 180+ km course (starting at the edge of the start cylinder) in three hours. The cu's were good at noon but they are gone near the goal and a good ways to the north at 5 PM and there is a head wind.
We hang out under the Red Bull tent until Vicki among forty people spots a glider on the horizon. I run out to the goal line with my lawn chair and set myself up right in the middle. Whoosh, and it is Lukas Bader across all by himself. A minute or so later it's Joergi, a one two finish for the German team like the one two finish yesterday for the Italians. Then right away it's Zac Majors, the first American in.
I go and talk to Zac as slowly a few other pilots come in one at a time sometimes two including Scott Barrett. Zac says that Christian left the thermal that Zac was in high, then later Alex Ploner left and then the thermal turned on to 1,100 fm and they circled up to 12,500'. Later Joergi told me that they had to be sure to stay below 14,000', the best conditions of the competition, even without the cu's.
Zav said that they went on final glide north of the Bogan turnpoint, which is 26 km out. We threw that turnpoint in to keep pilots out of the Parkes CTAF which was closed to us between 16:55 and 18:55 as there is a regional plane landing or taking off there at 17:55.
Zac said at two times he thought that he wasn't going to make it with his 6030 showing that he was making 3.4:1. And he just did make it.
Then Paris and Robin Hamilton come in together. I think Filippo comes in just before them or just after. Three Americans and one Italian in goal. The Americans needing 134 points per pilot to get first place. It looks like Filippo will take third place.
Robin says that he saw Manfred chasing Roos north up the course line. Kraig Coomber was way ahead of everyone, maybe 10 km ahead but pushed too hard and landed just north of Bogan turnpoint.
We keep waiting and then it's Manfred coming in with no on else around. We wait some more and I leave the goal line for the Red Bull tent, shade, and some Red Bull Cranberry favored to help write this article. Finally an Icaro glider is spotted in the distance. And soon Christian and Alex cross the line.
So Manfred has won the Worlds again. Alex likely second. The Americans and the Italians in a tight race for the first team place, with the British (with all their male pilots at goal) in third most likely. Attila was in but I didn't see Jonny.
Top Australian pilot - likely to be Scott Barrett.
The new World Champion (photo by Carol Binder):
11 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Carol Binder, Filippo Oppici, Flytec 6030, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Kraig Coomber, Manfred Ruhmer, Robin Hamilton, Scott Barrett, Worlds 2013, Zac Majors
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A very tight competition
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Chisato Nojiri|Christian Ciech|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Filippo Oppici|Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet|Gordon Rigg|Jamie Shelden|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Kathleen Rigg|Kraig Coomber|Lisa Bradley|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Paris Williams|Primoz Gricar|Robin Hamilton|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Tove Heaney|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Worlds 2013
Task 9:
1 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14 | 05:16:07 | 1000 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 05:23:15 | 956 |
3 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 05:36:06 | 905 |
4 | Kraig Coomber | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 05:36:58 | 901 |
5 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 05:37:22 | 898 |
5 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Revolution 13.5 | 05:37:31 | 898 |
7 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | ESP | Wills Wing T2C | 05:39:36 | 885 |
8 | Petr Benes | CZE | Aeros Combat 09 14.2 | 05:40:37 | 879 |
9 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 05:39:42 | 875 |
10 | Roland Wöhrle | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 05:47:33 | 863 |
11 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 05:46:09 | 862 |
11 | Carl Wallbank | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 05:46:10 | 862 |
13 | Lukas Bader | GER | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 05:47:04 | 860 |
14 | Robin Hamilton | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 05:48:37 | 856 |
15 | Olav Opsanger | NOR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 05:48:58 | 854 |
16 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 05:53:30 | 849 |
17 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 05:50:28 | 848 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 8163 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 8148 |
3 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7820 |
4 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 7775 |
5 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 7705 |
6 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | ESP | Wills Wing T2C | 7496 |
7 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7385 |
8 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7324 |
9 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | Aeros Combat 13.2 GT | 7277 |
10 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 7228 |
11 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 7227 |
12 | Gerd Dönhuber | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7185 |
13 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 7183 |
14 | Robin Hamilton | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 7168 |
15 | Kraig Coomber | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7166 |
16 | Gordon Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7040 |
17 | Michael Friesenbichler | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7020 |
18 | Seppi Salvenmoser | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7006 |
19 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 6977 |
20 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Revolution 13.5 | 6918 |
Team:
# | Name | Total |
---|---|---|
1 | ITA | 23874 |
2 | USA | 23464 |
3 | AUS | 22611 |
4 | GBR | 22577 |
5 | AUT | 22347 |
Women:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Corinna Schwiegershausen | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 5509 |
2 | Kathleen Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 4048 |
3 | Tove Heaney | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 3696 |
4 | Francoise Dieuzeide-banet | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 3316 |
5 | Chisato Nojiri | JPN | Aeros Combat 09 12.8 | 2919 |
6 | Linda Salamone | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 2198 |
7 | Jamie Shelden | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 1179 |
8 | Lisa Bradley | NZL | Aeros Discus 12 | 1123 |
26 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Attila Bertok, Chisato Nojiri, Christian Ciech, Corinna Schwiegershausen, Filippo Oppici, Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet, Gordon Rigg, Jamie Shelden, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Kathleen Rigg, Kraig Coomber, Lisa Bradley, Manfred Ruhmer, Moyes Litespeed RX, Paris Williams, Primoz Gricar, Robin Hamilton, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Tove Heaney, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C, Worlds 2013
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Results
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Chisato Nojiri|Christian Ciech|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Davide Guiducci|Filippo Oppici|Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet|Gary Wirdnam|Gordon Rigg|Jamie Shelden|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Kathleen Rigg|Kraig Coomber|Lisa Bradley|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Paris Williams|Robin Hamilton|Scott Barrett|Tove Heaney|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Worlds 2013|Zac Majors
Task 8:
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 03:53:56 | 997 |
2 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 03:54:19 | 983 |
3 | Petr Benes | CZE | Aeros Combat 09 14.2 | 03:54:21 | 979 |
4 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:54:23 | 975 |
5 | Peter Neuenschwander | SUI | Aeros Combat 13.5 | 03:55:22 | 962 |
5 | Zac Majors | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 03:55:25 | 962 |
7 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 03:55:28 | 960 |
7 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 03:55:28 | 960 |
9 | Kraig Coomber | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:55:31 | 947 |
10 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 03:55:34 | 946 |
11 | Walter Mayer | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 03:55:39 | 945 |
12 | Davide Guiducci | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 03:56:17 | 938 |
13 | Gary Wirdnam | GBR | Icaro Laminar 13.7 | 03:55:59 | 934 |
14 | Robin Hamilton | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 03:56:36 | 931 |
15 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14 | 03:56:42 | 930 |
15 | Matjaz Klemencic | SLO | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:56:25 | 930 |
15 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 03:56:58 | 930 |
18 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 03:57:12 | 919 |
19 | Michael Friesenbichler | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:57:33 | 916 |
20 | Joerg Bajewski | GER | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 03:57:34 | 912 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 7464 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 7192 |
3 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 6922 |
4 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 6900 |
5 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 6856 |
6 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 6710 |
7 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | Aeros Combat 13.2 GT | 6676 |
8 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | ESP | Wills Wing T2C | 6611 |
9 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 6537 |
10 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 6491 |
11 | Gerd Dönhuber | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 6490 |
12 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 6462 |
13 | Michael Friesenbichler | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 6381 |
14 | Seppi Salvenmoser | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 6369 |
15 | Gordon Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 6336 |
16 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 6322 |
17 | Gary Wirdnam | GBR | Icaro Laminar 13.7 | 6317 |
18 | Robin Hamilton | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 6312 |
19 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 6303 |
20 | Kraig Coomber | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 6265 |
Teams:
Name | Total | |
---|---|---|
1 | ITA | 21068 |
2 | USA | 21033 |
3 | AUT | 20372 |
4 | AUS | 20301 |
5 | GBR | 20148 |
Women:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Corinna Schwiegershausen | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 5074 |
2 | Kathleen Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 3616 |
3 | Tove Heaney | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 3451 |
4 | Francoise Dieuzeide-banet | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 2968 |
5 | Chisato Nojiri | JPN | Aeros Combat 09 12.8 | 2568 |
6 | Linda Salamone | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 1954 |
7 | Jamie Shelden | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 1035 |
8 | Lisa Bradley | NZL | Aeros Discus 12 | 1014 |
26 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Attila Bertok, Chisato Nojiri, Christian Ciech, Corinna Schwiegershausen, Davide Guiducci, Filippo Oppici, Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet, Gary Wirdnam, Gordon Rigg, Jamie Shelden, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Kathleen Rigg, Kraig Coomber, Lisa Bradley, Manfred Ruhmer, Moyes Litespeed RX, Paris Williams, Robin Hamilton, Scott Barrett, Tove Heaney, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C, Worlds 2013, Zac Majors
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The results from the seventh task
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Chisato Nojiri|Christian Ciech|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Filippo Oppici|Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet|Gary Wirdnam|Gordon Rigg|Jamie Shelden|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Kathleen Rigg|Lisa Bradley|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Paris Williams|Primoz Gricar|Robin Hamilton|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Suan Selenati|Tove Heaney|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Worlds 2013|Zac Majors
Paris and Manfred tie for first place.
Task 7:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 03:10:01 | 968 |
1 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 03:10:01 | 968 |
3 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 03:10:06 | 959 |
4 | Franz Hermann | SUI | Aeros 13.5 | 03:10:52 | 940 |
5 | Christian Bartschi | SUI | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 03:10:54 | 936 |
6 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 03:10:56 | 933 |
7 | Zac Majors | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 03:12:17 | 915 |
8 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 03:12:51 | 906 |
9 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:14:09 | 893 |
10 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14 | 03:14:10 | 891 |
11 | Michael Friesenbichler | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:14:47 | 880 |
12 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 03:14:49 | 877 |
13 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | Aeros Combat 13.2 GT | 03:15:07 | 872 |
14 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:16:58 | 856 |
15 | Gerd Dönhuber | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:18:34 | 837 |
15 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 03:30:20 | 837 |
17 | Suan Selenati | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 03:19:28 | 827 |
18 | Miroslav Cap | CZE | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 03:19:22 | 826 |
19 | Petr Benes | CZE | Aeros Combat 09 14.2 | 03:32:33 | 825 |
20 | Roland Wöhrle | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:20:34 | 818 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 6467 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 6229 |
3 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 5947 |
4 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 5944 |
5 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 5934 |
6 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | Aeros Combat 13.2 GT | 5920 |
7 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 5787 |
8 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | ESP | Wills Wing T2C | 5724 |
9 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 5696 |
10 | Gerd Dönhuber | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 5612 |
11 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 5570 |
12 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 5543 |
13 | Seppi Salvenmoser | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 5463 |
14 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Revolution 13.5 | 5462 |
15 | Michael Friesenbichler | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 5461 |
16 | Dan Vyhnalik | CZE | Aeros Combat 09 GT 13.5 | 5460 |
17 | Gordon Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 5445 |
18 | Gary Wirdnam | GBR | Icaro Laminar 13.7 | 5377 |
19 | Robin Hamilton | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 5376 |
20 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 5372 |
Teams:
# | Id | Name | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ITA | 18230 | |
2 | USA | 18184 | |
3 | AUS | 17662 | |
4 | AUT | 17505 | |
5 | GBR | 17418 |
Women:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Corinna Schwiegershausen | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 4224 |
2 | Tove Heaney | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 3058 |
3 | Kathleen Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 2951 |
4 | Francoise Dieuzeide-banet | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 2726 |
5 | Chisato Nojiri | JPN | Aeros Combat 09 12.8 | 2266 |
6 | Linda Salamone | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 1782 |
7 | Lisa Bradley | NZL | Aeros Discus 12 | 1000 |
8 | Jamie Shelden | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 772 |
28 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Attila Bertok, Chisato Nojiri, Christian Ciech, Corinna Schwiegershausen, Filippo Oppici, Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet, Gary Wirdnam, Gordon Rigg, Jamie Shelden, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Kathleen Rigg, Lisa Bradley, Manfred Ruhmer, Moyes Litespeed RX, Paris Williams, Primoz Gricar, Robin Hamilton, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Suan Selenati, Tove Heaney, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C, Worlds 2013, Zac Majors
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2013 Worlds
The results from the sixth task
Akiko Suzuki|Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Chisato Nojiri|Christian Ciech|Conrad Loten|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Filippo Oppici|Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet|Gordon Rigg|Jamie Shelden|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Kathleen Rigg|Lisa Bradley|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Primoz Gricar|Robin Hamilton|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Tove Heaney|Trent Brown|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Worlds 2013|Zac Majors
Chasing the English: http://pressbhgc.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/sunday-13th-january-2013-here-we-go.html
Task 6:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Dist. | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zac Majors | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 131,09 | 917 |
2 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 131,09 | 915 |
3 | Lukas Bader | GER | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 131,11 | 914 |
4 | Adam Stevens | AUS | Airborne Revolution 13.5 | 130,81 | 912 |
5 | Trent Brown | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 130,62 | 911 |
6 | Olav Lien Olsen | NOR | Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 | 120,87 | 854 |
7 | Seppi Salvenmoser | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 120,58 | 853 |
8 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 120,32 | 851 |
8 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 120,30 | 851 |
8 | Conrad Loten | NZL | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 120,24 | 851 |
8 | Carl Wallbank | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 120,25 | 851 |
8 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 120,27 | 851 |
8 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | ESP | Wills Wing T2C | 120,25 | 851 |
14 | Max Turiaco | BRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 120,16 | 850 |
14 | Gordon Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 120,22 | 850 |
16 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 119,48 | 840 |
17 | Michael Friesenbichler | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 119,09 | 834 |
18 | Robin Hamilton | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 119,02 | 832 |
19 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | Aeros Combat 13.2 GT | 118,93 | 830 |
20 | Walter Mayer | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 118,72 | 826 |
20 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Revolution 13.5 | 118,72 | 826 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 5515 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 5358 |
3 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 5166 |
4 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 5101 |
5 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 5054 |
6 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 5052 |
7 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | Aeros Combat 13.2 GT | 5047 |
8 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | ESP | Wills Wing T2C | 5018 |
9 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Revolution 13.5 | 4950 |
10 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 4949 |
11 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 4902 |
12 | Franz Hermann | SUI | Aeros 13.5 | 4855 |
13 | Gerd Dönhuber | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 4778 |
14 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14 | 4738 |
15 | Christian Voiblet | SUI | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 4725 |
16 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 4723 |
17 | Dan Vyhnalik | CZE | Aeros Combat 09 GT 13.5 | 4709 |
18 | Seppi Salvenmoser | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 4681 |
19 | Gordon Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 4672 |
20 | Yuji Suzuki | JPN | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 463 |
Teams:
# | Id | Name | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ITA | 15621 | |
2 | USA | 15519 | |
3 | AUS | 15303 | |
4 | GBR | 14999 | |
5 | AUT | 14897 |
Women:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Corinna Schwiegershausen | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 3542 |
2 | Tove Heaney | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 2392 |
3 | Kathleen Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 2236 |
4 | Francoise Dieuzeide-banet | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 2143 |
5 | Chisato Nojiri | JPN | Aeros Combat 09 12.8 | 2032 |
6 | Linda Salamone | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 1749 |
7 | Jamie Shelden | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 757 |
8 | Lisa Bradley | NZL | Aeros Discus 12 | 674 |
28 topics in this article: Akiko Suzuki, Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Attila Bertok, Chisato Nojiri, Christian Ciech, Conrad Loten, Corinna Schwiegershausen, Filippo Oppici, Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet, Gordon Rigg, Jamie Shelden, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Kathleen Rigg, Lisa Bradley, Manfred Ruhmer, Moyes Litespeed RX, Primoz Gricar, Robin Hamilton, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Tove Heaney, Trent Brown, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C, Worlds 2013, Zac Majors
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2013 Worlds
The Task 5 results
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Chisato Nojiri|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Filippo Oppici|Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet|Jamie Shelden|Kathleen Rigg|Lisa Bradley|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Primoz Gricar|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Tove Heaney|Tullio Gervasoni|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Worlds 2013
Task 5:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Dist. | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 156,38 | 916 |
2 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 154,94 | 911 |
3 | Dan Vyhnalik | CZE | Aeros Combat 09 GT 13.5 | 154,23 | 906 |
4 | Tullio Gervasoni | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 153,33 | 901 |
5 | Petr Benes | CZE | Aeros Combat 09 14.2 | 153,31 | 899 |
6 | Seppi Salvenmoser | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 152,43 | 897 |
7 | Christian Voiblet | SUI | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 152,33 | 894 |
8 | Carl Wallbank | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 152,10 | 893 |
9 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 152,06 | 892 |
10 | Jonas Lobitz | NZL | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 151,96 | 891 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 4666 |
2 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 4513 |
3 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 4502 |
4 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 4361 |
5 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 4282 |
6 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 4258 |
7 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 4210 |
8 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | Aeros Combat 13.2 GT | 4203 |
9 | Franz Hermann | SUI | Aeros 13.5 | 4175 |
10 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Revolution 13.5 | 4154 |
Team:
# | Name | Total |
---|---|---|
1 | ITA | 13265 |
2 | SUI | 12846 |
3 | USA | 12822 |
4 | AUS | 12625 |
5 | AUT | 12356 |
6 | GBR | 12346 |
Women:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Corinna Schwiegershausen | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 3200 |
2 | Tove Heaney | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 1813 |
3 | Francoise Dieuzeide-banet | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 1793 |
4 | Chisato Nojiri | JPN | Aeros Combat 09 12.8 | 1496 |
5 | Linda Salamone | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 1455 |
6 | Kathleen Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 1434 |
7 | Jamie Shelden | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 721 |
8 | Lisa Bradley | NZL | Aeros Discus 12 | 506 |
20 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Attila Bertok, Chisato Nojiri, Corinna Schwiegershausen, Filippo Oppici, Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet, Jamie Shelden, Kathleen Rigg, Lisa Bradley, Manfred Ruhmer, Moyes Litespeed RX, Primoz Gricar, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Tove Heaney, Tullio Gervasoni, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C, Worlds 2013
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2013 Worlds
Results
Akiko Suzuki|Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|Davide Guiducci|Filippo Oppici|Gary Wirdnam|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Paris Williams|Primoz Gricar|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Suan Selenati|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Worlds 2013
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
Task 4 results:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 03:11:56 | 954 |
2 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:12:22 | 947 |
3 | Christian Zehetmair | GER | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 03:12:24 | 942 |
4 | Gerd Dönhuber | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:12:54 | 936 |
5 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 03:13:32 | 930 |
6 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Revolution 13.5 | 03:13:22 | 928 |
7 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 03:13:35 | 924 |
8 | Franz Hermann | SUI | Aeros 13.5 | 03:13:39 | 920 |
9 | Roland Wöhrle | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:13:51 | 917 |
10 | Christian Bartschi | SUI | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 03:13:55 | 916 |
11 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 03:14:00 | 911 |
12 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 03:14:12 | 910 |
13 | Shogo Ota | JPN | Aeros Combat 09GT 13.5 | 03:14:51 | 900 |
14 | Davide Guiducci | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 03:15:00 | 898 |
15 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 03:15:02 | 897 |
16 | Jonas Lobitz | NZL | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:15:04 | 894 |
17 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:15:10 | 893 |
18 | Olav Opsanger | NOR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:08:19 | 892 |
19 | Olav Lien Olsen | NOR | Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 | 03:15:22 | 889 |
20 | Carl Wallbank | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:15:37 | 887 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 3755 |
2 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 3638 |
3 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 3634 |
4 | Franz Hermann | SUI | Aeros 13.5 | 3633 |
5 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 3609 |
6 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | Aeros Combat 13.2 GT | 3556 |
7 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 3472 |
8 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | ESP | Wills Wing T2C | 3463 |
9 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 3441 |
10 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 3439 |
11 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 3400 |
12 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 3394 |
13 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Revolution 13.5 | 3333 |
14 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 3312 |
15 | Yuji Suzuki | JPN | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 3310 |
16 | Gerd Dönhuber | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 3273 |
17 | Suan Selenati | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 3255 |
18 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14 | 3158 |
19 | Christian Voiblet | SUI | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 3140 |
20 | Gary Wirdnam | GBR | Icaro Laminar 13.7 | 3133 |
Teams:
# | Name | Total |
---|---|---|
1 | ITA | 10581 |
2 | USA | 10549 |
3 | SUI | 10303 |
4 | AUS | 10290 |
5 | GER | 9918 |
20 topics in this article: Akiko Suzuki, Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Attila Bertok, Christian Ciech, Davide Guiducci, Filippo Oppici, Gary Wirdnam, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Manfred Ruhmer, Moyes Litespeed RX, Paris Williams, Primoz Gricar, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Suan Selenati, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C, Worlds 2013
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The third task, results
Akiko Suzuki|Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|Filippo Oppici|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Kraig Coomber|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Paris Williams|Primoz Gricar|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Suan Selenati|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Worlds 2013|Zac Majors
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
Results Task 3:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zac Majors | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 02:27:33 | 970 |
2 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 02:27:50 | 956 |
3 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 02:28:13 | 948 |
4 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 02:28:15 | 941 |
5 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 02:28:51 | 933 |
6 | Peter Neuenschwander | SUI | Aeros Combat 13.5 | 02:29:19 | 923 |
7 | Franz Hermann | SUI | Aeros 13.5 | 02:29:32 | 915 |
8 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14 | 02:29:58 | 912 |
9 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 02:30:00 | 906 |
9 | Carl Wallbank | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 02:30:06 | 906 |
11 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 02:30:35 | 898 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 2801 |
2 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 2724 |
3 | Franz Hermann | SUI | Aeros 13.5 | 2713 |
4 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 2708 |
5 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 2689 |
6 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 2685 |
6 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | ESP | Wills Wing T2C | 2685 |
8 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | Aeros Combat 13.2 GT | 2680 |
9 | Christian Voiblet | SUI | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 2672 |
10 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 2548 |
11 | Yuji Suzuki | JPN | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 2541 |
12 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 2503 |
13 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 2492 |
14 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2483 |
15 | Suan Selenati | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2466 |
16 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 2452 |
17 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Revolution 13.5 | 2405 |
18 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14 | 2373 |
19 | Kraig Coomber | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 2348 |
20 | Dan Vyhnalik | CZE | Aeros Combat 09 GT 13.5 | 2343 |
Teams:
1 | USA | 7954 |
2 | ITA | 7848 |
3 | SUI | 7700 |
4 | AUS | 7605 |
5 | GBR | 7231 |
6 | AUT | 7219 |
7 | FRA | 7177 |
8 | GER | 7123 |
9 | JPN | 6771 |
10 | CZE | 6765 |
20 topics in this article: Akiko Suzuki, Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Attila Bertok, Christian Ciech, Filippo Oppici, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Kraig Coomber, Manfred Ruhmer, Moyes Litespeed RX, Paris Williams, Primoz Gricar, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Suan Selenati, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C, Worlds 2013, Zac Majors
Scoring the Worlds
Scoring the Worlds
Be careful with what you see.
Christian Ciech|record|Scott Barrett|Wesley "Wes" Hill
When Wesley Hill was scoring the Worlds last night he was confronted with Scott Barrett's track log that looked exactly like this although at that time he also was displaying Christian Ciech's track log in addition to Scott's:
First, he had been told by Scott that he beat Christian into the goal (which has been confirmed). Second, he has downloaded Scott's Garmin GPS because Scott's vario went out on him half way through the flight (pretty amazing that Scott won the day flying without a vario).
Third, it was extremely difficult to believe that at 17:59:03 Scott turned directly 90 degrees at very high speed to his course line and thirty second later was heading away from the goal. That did not "look" right.
Fourth, a track log that had been recording at one or two second intervals was now displaying to adjacent track log points at thirty seconds apart.
We assumed that there were issues with the Garmin correctly recording Scott's position likely due to his body covering the Garmin up as he pulled in hard and raced to goal. But is seemed very unlikely that he was going 600 to 1800 kmh as GPS Dump was calculating.
The FS program scored Scott based in its calculation of when he crossed the circumference of the 400 meter goal cylinder, but we doubted the validity of the calculation given the odd looking track log data displayed by FS.
Wesley was clear that track log data points that he could see in the track log file in GPSDump were not being displayed by FS. He attempted to delete some points to get FS to recalculate the goal cylinder entry time. That helped but it was still not the best solution and it looked like he would have to calculate the goal cylinder crossing time manually.
I asked him to create an IGC file from Scott's KML track log file and display it in SeeYou. Here's what we got:
Obviously Scott's Garmin GPS lost track of where he was for an interval.
Zooming in a bit closer at the goal:
The Garmin GPS was recording position fine until, at 17:58:10 at 2.55 km from the edge of the start cylinder with Scott flying at 70 mph, the recorded track log started jiggling. Estimated speeds at that point turned to about 250 mph as his actual location was no longer being properly recorded.
We saw right away that FS was not correctly displaying the track log data and no longer believed the calculation for his goal cylinder crossing time.
I left at that point with Wesley ready to deal with the data and come up with the best estimate possible from the actual data, given that the data was bad but the best that we had.
The first data point from the track log inside the goal cylinder was 17:59:38. That is what Wesley has used as Scott's goal cylinder circumference crossing time, although obviously he would have crossed before that and Christian has stated that Scott made goal before him.
Today I took Scott's original KML track log file and the IGC file made from it and decided to try to figure out why FS had apparently lead us astray. It turned out to be a very simple answer.
Check out the last item in this FS dialog box:
Indeed FS had "filtered" out track log points that didn't "look" right. It appeared to Wesley and I to also make an interpolation of Scott's goal cylinder crossing time that was incorrect from these filtered track log points.
Once I unchecked this last check box and reopened the FS display of the track log, I got the same picture as SeeYou displayed of Scott tracklog.
I then went one step further. I decided to see if I could use the last apparently good track log data point, Scott's airspeed at the point, and the distance to goal, and assuming that he kept that air speed and knowing from Christian that Scott had indeed beat him to goal come up with a "better" calculation of his goal cylinder crossing time.
Assuming that he is flying at 112.7 km/h (70 mph) and he has to go 2.55 km, he is able to do that in 1 minute and 21.46 seconds so that his goal cylinder crossing time would be 17:59:31 (6 seconds less than Wesley's use of the value shown on Scott's track log). If he in fact (and most likely) flew even faster (as he beat Christian's time of 17:59:26) at 80 mph he would have had a 17:59:21 crossing time.
The points difference between Scott and Christian (4th and 1st place) was 21 points out of 968. Wesley chose the most conservative value for Scott's goal cylinder crossing time (a data point inside the goal cylinder). Using an interpolation from the data (bad as it is) would have put the crossing time at 17:59:36 (approximately). This calculation seems to be to be valid, while mine is speculative (although witness based).
I would argue that Scott deserves few more points with a "better" calculation.
I then went yet another step further. I looked at the section of the track log that was displaced to the south. This is it:
An analysis of this section shows that Scott was traveling at 75 to 77 mph directly toward the goal for .9 km (ignoring the displacement) with the bottom track log point at 17:59:33. It apparently took five seconds for the Garmin GPS to properly record the correct location.
Software is not perfect and human beings are still required to evaluate the results of the calculations as well as the recordings of the instruments.
4 topics in this article: Christian Ciech, record, Scott Barrett, Wesley "Wes" Hill
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2013 Worlds
Day two blown out
Christian Ciech|record|Scott Barrett|weather|Worlds 2013
Scott Barrett unofficially wins day one. He beat Christian Ciech into goal, as per Christian Ciech, and started at the same start window as Christian. Due to problems with his backup Garmin vario (likely covered by his body) as he raced to goal, he didn't have the best recordings of his position at each time interval, so that his track log showed him 14 seconds behind Christian, which is the time that the scorekeeper had to use.
http://www.weatherzone.com.au/station.jsp?lt=site&lc=65103&list=ob
Wind at the airfield on day two, 20 knots gusting to 33 knots. 105 degrees at 2:30 PM and forecasted to get to 108. Tomorrow a very pleasant 86 degrees with winds at 10 knots out of the south southwest.
5 topics in this article: Christian Ciech, record, Scott Barrett, weather, Worlds 2013
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2013 Worlds
The first day results
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|video|Worlds 2013
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14 | 03:14:26 | 968 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 03:14:28 | 956 |
3 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 03:14:36 | 950 |
4 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 03:14:38 | 947 |
5 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:14:42 | 939 |
6 | Christian Voiblet | SUI | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 03:20:40 | 936 |
7 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | Aeros Combat 13.2 GT | 03:15:01 | 928 |
8 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 03:29:24 | 877 |
9 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Revolution 13.5 | 03:18:09 | 876 |
10 | Franz Hermann | SUI | Aeros 13.5 | 03:29:27 | 868 |
Dave May's video from launch and landing on the first day:
http://www.warrenwindsports.com.au/blog/travel-flying-xc/hg-world-championships
11 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Christian Ciech, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Manfred Ruhmer, Moyes Litespeed RX, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, video, Worlds 2013
Who won the first day at the Worlds?
Who won the first day at the Worlds?
Strange happenings with track logs
Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|record|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett
Software is nice, but it isn't always correct. When I'm scorekeeping I often have to manually score a pilot from an obviously messed up track log when the scoring software can't make the correct calculation. I can usually figure out the time that he crossed the goal line even if the software can't.
Scoring software isn't perfect and can't handle all the possible cases of messed up data that gets thrown at it. The scorekeeper just has to use his judgment to fix problems.
Scott Barrett apparently had his flight instrument go out on him half way into the flight and he had to rely on his backup GPS to record the flight for him (and other pilots to help him find the thermals as he had no vario). Apparently he was first in today (amazing given how much of the flight he flew without a vario) but there are some strange happenings with the track log and even stranger things happening with the FS program not displaying all the track log data.
Apparently Scott made goal (400 meter virtual cylinder) in front of Christian Chiech, but the obviously odd track log data (which appears to be correctly displayed in SeeYou) has him 14 seconds behind to the best of our calculation (so far) given the odd nature of the data.
The assumption is that he was covering the backup Garmin with his body while pulling in fast for final glide and the Garmin was not getting good satellite position fixes.
Anyway it was very tight in the top places at goal today with about fifty pilots in goal.
Christian, Alex, Jonny, Rohan, Scott, Christian Voiblet, were some of the top scoring pilots today.
It was very disconcerting to see that FS did not display all the data (track log points) that were in the track log file. It was interesting to note that the IGC file created from the KML file used by FS when displayed in SeeYou did display all these wayward track log points and that really told us how screwed up the track log was (and how FS is a little less than trust worthy).
We assume that the track log continued to display the poor satellite reception that the Garmin was recording so that even though there are some reasonable looking tracklog points they aren't necessarily reflective of where Scott was at the time recorded for these points.
Again, judgment is needed to determine the more accurate result, but you are limited by the bad data and must make the best of it that you can. You don't just adjust it to reflect what pilots think that they saw.
4 topics in this article: Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, record, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett
Italians reject cars, Americans take anything that they can get
Italians reject cars, Americans take anything that they can get
Maybe the Germans outshone them.
Manfred Ruhmer|Scott Barrett
So we start our first reporting from the 2013 Worlds in Forbes, NSW, Australia.
Scott Barrett was asked to set up two cars for the Italian team, and after making all the payments for insurance and registration, and getting the cars ready to go, the Italians didn't like what they saw. So they decided to get rental cars. Leaving Scott holding the bag.
Fortunately with a few phones calls, emails and FB, the Americans came to the rescue to take what the Italians did not want.
The German team has Mercedes as a sponsor and were given at no cost two vans in Sydney. Maybe the Italians felt that they had to keep up with the Germans.
Lots of gossip here, but none that I am allowed to publish.
Windy the last two days but the winds have died out in the late afternoon for some good flying. Many pilots in town now. Manfred is here after he said he would never come to fly in Australia again (after flying at Hay). Should have lighter winds today.
2 topics in this article: Manfred Ruhmer, Scott Barrett
Gulgong and Australian ranking
Gulgong and Australian ranking
Not the strongest team?
CIVL|Curt Warren|Grant Heaney|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Nick Purcell|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown|World Pilot Ranking Scheme
The Australian current WPRS rankings:
http://civlrankings.fai.org/FL.aspx?a=326&l=0&ladder_id=1&ranking_date=2012-12-01&nation_id=18
Rank | Name | Points |
---|---|---|
1 (20) |
Steve Blenkinsop
CIVL ID: 7701
|
238,2 |
2 (26) |
Curt Warren
CIVL ID: 6077
|
218,9 |
3 (29) |
Jon Durand Jnr
CIVL ID: 2231
|
215,5 |
3 (29) |
Adam Stevens
CIVL ID: 17640
|
215,5 |
5 (34) |
Rohan Holtkamp
CIVL ID: 7544
|
210,0 |
5 (34) |
Scott Barrett
CIVL ID: 7601
|
210,0 |
7 (40) |
Trent Brown
CIVL ID: 7853
|
197,8 |
8 (66) |
Grant Heaney
CIVL ID: 6441
|
169,2 |
9 (74) |
Dave May
CIVL ID: 10331
|
163,5 |
10 (85) |
Nick Purcell
CIVL ID: 7229
|
152,4 |
Results from Airborne Gulgong Classic: http://civlrankings.fai.org/FL.aspx?a=334&l=0&competition_id=2759
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11 topics in this article: CIVL, Curt Warren, Grant Heaney, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Nick Purcell, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Steve Blenkinsop, Trent Brown, World Pilot Ranking Scheme
Australian National Team
Australian National Team
Teams are now at six members
Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Trent Brown
Three from each camp.
Rohan Holtkamp, Scott Barrett, Jonny Durand, Adam Stevens, Steve Blenkinsop and Trent Brown
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6 topics in this article: Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Trent Brown
2012 Canungra Classic »
2012 Canungra Classic
Last day blown out
Attila Bertok|Canungra Classic 2012|John Smith|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown
http://www.triptera.com.au/canungra/classic2012/CompResults.html
http://www.kathrynoriordan.com/
Final Results:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | Moyes RS 4 | 4277 |
2 | Rohan Holtkamp | Airborne REV 13.5 | 3845 |
3 | Jon Durand Jnr | Moyes LS RX 3.5 | 3653 |
4 | Trent Brown | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 3651 |
5 | Adam Stevens | Airborne REV | 3620 |
6 | Yasuhiro Noma | Moyes Litespeed RX 3 | 3619 |
7 | John Smith | Moyes RS 4 | 3598 |
8 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 3519 |
9 | Scott Barrett | Airborne REV 13.5 | 3504 |
10 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RS 4 | 3249 |
Now, what is the line up for the five (maybe six later) member Australian national team that will go to Forbes?
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10 topics in this article: Attila Bertok, Canungra Classic 2012, John Smith, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Moyes Litespeed RX, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Steve Blenkinsop, Trent Brown
2012 Canungra Classic »
2012 Canungra Classic
Eleven at goal
Attila Bertok|Canungra Classic 2012|Curt Warren|John Smith|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown
http://www.triptera.com.au/canungra/classic2012/CompResults.html
http://www.kathrynoriordan.com/
Jonny, Red Bull girls, just before the sixth task.
Task 6:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Curt Warren | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 02:25:57 | 1000 |
2 | Attila Bertok | Moyes RS4 | 02:27:49 | 930 |
3 | Rohan Holtkamp | Airborne REV13.5 | 02:27:42 | 921 |
4 | Jon Durand Jnr | Moyes LS RX3.5 | 02:46:23 | 853 |
5 | Yasuhiro Noma | Moyes Litespeed RX 3 | 02:45:59 | 835 |
6 | Jon snr Durand | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 02:47:34 | 825 |
7 | John Smith | Moyes RS4 | 02:53:21 | 820 |
8 | Adam Stevens | Airborne REV | 03:00:33 | 784 |
9 | Scott Barrett | Airborne REV13.5 | 02:56:16 | 773 |
10 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 02:58:46 | 766 |
Total:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | Moyes RS4 | 4277 |
2 | Rohan Holtkamp | Airborne REV13.5 | 3845 |
3 | Jon Durand Jnr | Moyes LS RX3.5 | 3653 |
4 | Trent Brown | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 3651 |
5 | Adam Stevens | Airborne REV | 3620 |
6 | Yasuhiro Noma | Moyes Litespeed RX 3 | 3619 |
7 | John Smith | Moyes RS4 | 3598 |
8 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 3519 |
9 | Scott Barrett | Airborne REV13.5 | 3504 |
10 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RS4 | 3249 |
12 topics in this article: Attila Bertok, Canungra Classic 2012, Curt Warren, John Smith, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand snr, Moyes Litespeed RX, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Steve Blenkinsop, Trent Brown
2012 Canungra Classic »
2012 Canungra Classic
Many at goal
Adam Parer|Attila Bertok|Canungra Classic 2012|John Smith|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown
http://www.triptera.com.au/canungra/classic2012/CompResults.html
http://www.kathrynoriordan.com/
Task 5:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | Moyes RS4 | 02:33:21 | 999 |
2 | Scott Barrett | Airborne REV13.5 | 02:35:34 | 945 |
3 | Rohan Holtkamp | Airborne REV13.5 | 02:35:43 | 936 |
4 | Adam Parer | Moyes LS RX 3.5 | 02:52:15 | 793 |
5 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RS4 | 02:52:22 | 792 |
6 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 02:50:28 | 791 |
7 | David Stevens | Moyes Litespeed | 02:44:13 | 790 |
8 | Trent Brown | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 02:47:40 | 781 |
9 | Rod Flockhart | Moyes RS3.5 | 02:47:59 | 773 |
10 | Jon Durand Jnr | Moyes LS RX3.5 | 02:49:24 | 766 |
Total:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | Moyes RS4 | 3347 |
2 | Trent Brown | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 3072 |
3 | Rohan Holtkamp | Airborne REV13.5 | 2924 |
4 | Adam Stevens | Airborne REV | 2836 |
5 | Jon Durand Jnr | Moyes LS RX3.5 | 2800 |
6 | Yasuhiro Noma | Moyes Litespeed RX 3 | 2784 |
7 | Adam Parer | Moyes LS RX 3.5 | 2780 |
8 | John Smith | Moyes RS4 | 2778 |
9 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 2753 |
10 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RS4 | 2752 |
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11 topics in this article: Adam Parer, Attila Bertok, Canungra Classic 2012, John Smith, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Moyes Litespeed RX, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Steve Blenkinsop, Trent Brown
ABC hang gliding promotion
ABC hang gliding promotion
The Newcastle boys, first and second
(Dalby Airport, Queensland, Australia)
Scott Barrett
Scott Barrett <<scottbarrettc4>> writes:
Promoting hang gliding through the mainstream media is easy just by using local content. Here is the story: http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/05/01/3492822.htm?site=newcastle.
http://csirosolarblog.com/2012/05/03/solargas-engineer-wins-national-race-in-a-solar-powered-sport/
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Dalby Big Air
Dalby Competition
The podium
(Dalby Airport, Queensland, Australia)
Cameron Tunbridge|David Seib|Rob Hibberd|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|William "Billo" Olive
Billo sends:
Scott Barrett, Conrad Lotten, and Adam Stevens, in that order. .
Everyone who picked up a trophy at Dalby; from left to right, Shelley Heinrich, Gavin Myers, Adam, Scott, Conrad and Kathryn. Kathyn is holding the "David Seib memorial trophy", a new perpetual trophy from the Dalby club.
Rob Hibberd <<RobH>> sends:
Scott Barrett flying brilliantly won the comp with a good margin on his Airborne Rev 13.5. He was 299 points in front of 2nd place getter Conrad Lotan on a Moyes Litespeed. Adam Stevens was once again showing good form and came 3rd overall on a Rev 13.5. Rohan Holtkamp climbed back up to 4th place after narrowly missing goal on a crucial day. Cameron Tunbridge made it to 13th place on the 14.5 Rev and Phil Schroeder was 19th place.
Paul Barry wrote: Great effort from the Airborne pilots. A combination of great pilots and excellent gliders. Only 7 Revs in the comp and they took out 3 of the top 4 spots with the rest doing pretty well too.
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7 topics in this article: Cameron Tunbridge, David Seib, Rob Hibberd, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, William "Billo" Olive
Dalby Big Air
Dalby Competition
Scott Barrett wins the last day and wins the competition
(Dalby Airport, Queensland, Australia)
Conrad Loten|Curt Warren|John Smith|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown
Conrad Loten|Curt Warren|John Smith|Moyes Litespeed RX|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown
Conrad Loten|Curt Warren|John Smith|Moyes Litespeed RX|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown
http://www.warrenwindsports.com.au/blog
http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/comp results.html
Conrad Lotten was a mere seventeen points behind in second place but dropped back on the last day coming in twentieth as thirty pilots made goal. Scott was the fastest into goal starting a bit later than Curt who came into goal first but was second for the day. Rohan Holtkamp was third for the day just behind Curt.
# | Name | Glider | T 1 | T 2 | T 3 | T 4 | T 5 | T 6 | T 7 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Scott Barrett | airborne rev 13.5 | 747 | 803 | 470 | 893 | 889 | 861 | 977 | 5640 |
2 | Conrad Loten | moyes litespeed rs 3.5 | 779 | 866 | 256 | 902 | 913 | 930 | 715 | 5361 |
3 | adam stevens | airbone rev 13.5 | 824 | 709 | 450 | 889 | 819 | 740 | 753 | 5184 |
4 | Rohan Holtkamp | airborne rev 13.5 | 870 | 825 | 175 | 496 | 992 | 854 | 960 | 5172 |
5 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 | 558 | 855 | 341 | 831 | 874 | 840 | 770 | 5069 |
6 | Curt Warren | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 296 | 881 | 244 | 784 | 886 | 934 | 967 | 4992 |
7 | Trent Brown | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 688 | 835 | 99 | 894 | 854 | 678 | 859 | 4907 |
8 | john smith | moyes litespeed rs 4 | 821 | 865 | 292 | 889 | 807 | 378 | 755 | 4807 |
9 | jonas lobitz | moyes litespeed rx 3.5 | 781 | 336 | 136 | 968 | 870 | 801 | 882 | 4774 |
10 | Len Paton | moyes litespeed rs 4 | 744 | 975 | 189 | 673 | 759 | 610 | 780 | 4730 |
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8 topics in this article: Conrad Loten, Curt Warren, John Smith, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Steve Blenkinsop, Trent Brown
Dalby Competition
Dalby Competition
FS scoring
(Dalby Airport, Queensland, Australia)
Scott Barrett
Scott Barrett in the lead after four days.
http://www.warrenwindsports.com.au/blog/dave-may
http://www.warrenwindsports.
http://www.kathrynoriordan.com/
http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/comp results.html
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Budgewoi
Budgewoi
Five miles of almost empty beach and dunes
(Budgewoi+Peninsula+New+South+Wales,+Australia)
Scott Barrett|Tullio Gervasoni
On Sunday Scott Barrett, Tullio, Carl, a local pilot, and I went to Budgewoi for a bit of dune gooning. The wind was strong out of the south east and the place had a party atmosphere and numerous pilots were there to play with the dunes.
Looking north
Looking south back to the launch area.
Here, typical of Australia outside the main urban areas on a sunny and warm Sunday afternoon, there is a beach five miles long and other than a few folks walking along the beach it is empty.
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2 topics in this article: Scott Barrett, Tullio Gervasoni
Forbes Flatlands - final results »
Forbes Flatlands - final results
Rohan wins, Attila second, Scott third
Aeros Combat|Attila Bertok|Curt Warren|Davide Guiducci|Forbes Flatlands|Gerolf Heinrichs|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Trent Brown|Tullio Gervasoni|Wills Wing T2C
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
Task eight:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | SS | ES | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gerolf Heinrichs | AUT | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:31:17 | 18:14:24 | 03:43:07 | 1000 |
2 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 14:30:54 | 18:31:07 | 04:00:13 | 881 |
3 | Jonas Lobitz | NZL | Moyes RS 3.5 | 14:31:14 | 18:35:18 | 04:04:04 | 870 |
4 | Peter Dall | AUS | Airborne Rev 14.5 | 14:44:05 | 18:39:30 | 03:55:25 | 869 |
5 | Curt Warren | AUS | Moyes RS 4 | 15:00:00 | 18:56:52 | 03:56:52 | 801 |
5 | Davide Guiducci | ITA | Moyes RS 3.5 | 14:35:58 | 18:50:30 | 04:14:32 | 801 |
7 | Matthew Barlow | NZL | Moyes RS 4 | 14:31:10 | 18:50:06 | 04:18:56 | 795 |
7 | Trent Brown | AUS | Moyes RS 3.5 | 14:42:40 | 18:55:39 | 04:12:59 | 795 |
9 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 14:35:43 | 18:52:23 | 04:16:40 | 791 |
10 | Franz Herrmann | SUI | Aeros Combat 13.5 | 14:35:39 | 18:55:08 | 04:19:29 | 784 |
Total:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 6628 |
2 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 6516 |
3 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 5847 |
4 | Adam Stevens | AUS | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 5739 |
5 | Hans Kiefinger | GER | Aeros GT 13.2 | 5707 |
6 | Tullio Gervasoni | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 5676 |
7 | Roland Wöhrle | GER | Moyes RS 3.5 | 5665 |
8 | Jonas Lobitz | NZL | Moyes RS 3.5 | 5633 |
9 | Trent Brown | AUS | Moyes RS 3.5 | 5626 |
10 | Lukas Bader | GER | Moyes RS 4 | 5603 |
Having forgotten that the first turnpoint in the swamp was 5 KM instead of 400 meters Rohan found himself low at about 100 meters while those who remembered were thermaling back up behind him.
12 topics in this article: Aeros Combat, Attila Bertok, Curt Warren, Davide Guiducci, Forbes Flatlands, Gerolf Heinrichs, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Trent Brown, Tullio Gervasoni, Wills Wing T2C
Forbes Flatlands - task seven results »
Forbes Flatlands - task seven
A tight contest
Airborne Rev|Attila Bertok|Curt Warren|Davide Guiducci|Forbes Flatlands|Gerolf Heinrichs|John Smith|Primoz Gricar|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Trent Brown|Tullio Gervasoni|Wills Wing T2C
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
Task Seven:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | SS | ES | Time | km/h | Dist. | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Curt Warren | AUS | Moyes RS 4 | 14:40:50 | 18:17:19 | 03:36:29 | 45.6 | 174.5 | 999 |
2 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 14:26:02 | 18:21:58 | 03:55:56 | 41.9 | 174.5 | 945 |
3 | Gerolf Heinrichs | AUT | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:27:13 | 18:22:51 | 03:55:38 | 41.9 | 174.5 | 941 |
4 | Davide Guiducci | ITA | Moyes RS 3.5 | 14:39:24 | 19:01:57 | 04:22:33 | 37.6 | 174.5 | 886 |
5 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 14:38:35 | 19:02:20 | 04:23:45 | 37.5 | 174.5 | 882 |
6 | Roland Wöhrle | GER | Moyes RS 3.5 | 14:25:34 | 19:02:24 | 04:36:50 | 35.7 | 174.5 | 867 |
7 | Tullio Gervasoni | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 14:26:45 | 19:02:33 | 04:35:48 | 35.8 | 174.5 | 866 |
8 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 14:38:43 | 174.5 | 807 | |||
9 | Trent Brown | AUS | Moyes RS 3.5 | 14:24:22 | 172.6 | 802 |
Total:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 5837 |
2 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 5635 |
3 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 5095 |
4 | Adam Stevens | AUS | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 5036 |
5 | Hans Kiefinger | GER | Aeros GT 13.2 | 4951 |
6 | Tullio Gervasoni | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 4939 |
7 | Roland Wöhrle | GER | Moyes RS 3.5 | 4906 |
8 | John Smith | NZL | Moyes RS 4 | 4902 |
9 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 4893 |
10 | Lukas Bader | GER | Moyes RS 4 | 4851 |
14 topics in this article: Airborne Rev, Attila Bertok, Curt Warren, Davide Guiducci, Forbes Flatlands, Gerolf Heinrichs, John Smith, Primoz Gricar, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Trent Brown, Tullio Gervasoni, Wills Wing T2C
Forbes Flatlands - task seven »
Forbes Flatlands - task seven
Weak at the end of the day
Curt Warren|Forbes Flatlands|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Tullio Gervasoni
The task was 183 km, with an opening quarter head wind first leg to the northwest west of Trundle, then east over a small range to the weak lift area around Yeoval, then twenty two kilometers south southeast to Comnock. The forecast was for high clouds and weak lift near the end of the day. The pilots wouldn't be getting too high, maybe 7,000' but possibly 9,000' if the clouds don't get too thick.
The towing goes very smoothly for most pilots, and there is plenty of lift in the blue with half the sky sporting high cloud. The winds are a bit strong at first out of the west, but pilots force their way west and stay high getting near the edge of the start cylinder. The winds die out in the tow paddock as the towing ends.
Pilots have a struggle in the light lift conditions with the high clouds spreading and thickening up. We expected pilots in earlier in the day, but it is four hours before Curt Warren comes in first after 6:15 PM. Attila six minutes later with Gerolf coming in very low and just landing on the goal line behind Attila.
Then a pause, before Scott Barrett comes in but lands 10 meters short. After that Davide, Rohan, Roland and Tullio come in. After that, no news.
Attila started the day in second (Scott in forth) and Rohan in first. The contest should tighten up a little for the last day.
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5 topics in this article: Curt Warren, Forbes Flatlands, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Tullio Gervasoni
Forbes Flatlands - task six results »
Forbes Flatlands - task six
207 kilometers to the north around Narromine
(Forbes airfield, NSW, Australia)
Attila Bertok|Curt Warren|Davide Guiducci|Forbes Flatlands|John Smith|Julia Kucherenko|Mitchell "Mitch" Shipley|Primoz Gricar|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Wills Wing T2C
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
Task six:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | SS | ES | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | Hun | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 14:38:59 | 17:56:46 | 03:17:47 | 958 |
2 | Curt Warren | Aus | Moyes Rs 4 | 14:38:58 | 17:57:12 | 03:18:14 | 937 |
3 | Jonas Lobitz | Nzl | Moyes Rs 3.5 | 14:39:41 | 18:01:25 | 03:21:44 | 889 |
4 | Julia Kucherenko | Rus | Aeros Combat 12 | 14:16:00 | 17:53:24 | 03:37:24 | 870 |
5 | Mitch Shipley | Usa | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 14:48:36 | 18:11:01 | 03:22:25 | 852 |
6 | Rohan Holtkamp | Aus | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 14:18:12 | 17:56:56 | 03:38:44 | 838 |
7 | Anton Struganov | Rus | Aeros Combat L 13,7 09 | 14:15:49 | 17:57:04 | 03:41:15 | 825 |
8 | Roland Wöhrle | Ger | Moyes Rs 3.5 | 14:15:56 | 17:57:11 | 03:41:15 | 821 |
9 | Davide Guiducci | Ita | Moyes Rs 3.5 | 14:39:10 | 18:10:26 | 03:31:16 | 818 |
10 | Lukas Bader | Ger | Moyes Rs 4 | 14:15:38 | 17:57:55 | 03:42:17 | 808 |
Total:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rohan Holtkamp | Aus | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 4952 |
2 | Attila Bertok | Hun | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 4689 |
3 | Adam Stevens | Aus | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 4423 |
4 | Scott Barrett | Aus | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 4280 |
5 | Anton Struganov | Rus | Aeros Combat L 13,7 09 | 4187 |
6 | Hans Kiefinger | Ger | Aeros GT 13.2 | 4146 |
7 | John Smith | Nzl | Moyes Rs 4 | 4136 |
8 | Lukas Bader | Ger | Moyes Rs 4 | 4113 |
9 | Primoz Gricar | Slo | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 4105 |
10 | Steve Blenkinsop | Aus | Moyes Rs 3.5 | 4072 |
The 2007 World Champion wins the day. Julia comes back from disappointing results on previous days. Scott Barrett doesn't make it to goal. Mitch Shipley continues to do well. Rohan easily holds on to first place overall. Curt comes in second as he did on the first day. Forty six in goal.
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12 topics in this article: Attila Bertok, Curt Warren, Davide Guiducci, Forbes Flatlands, John Smith, Julia Kucherenko, Mitchell "Mitch" Shipley, Primoz Gricar, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Wills Wing T2C
Forbes Flatlands - task five results »
Forbes Flatlands - task five
A white sky with high diffuse clouds
Attila Bertok|Cameron Tunbridge|Conrad Loten|Forbes Flatlands|Grant Heaney|John Smith|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Mitchell "Mitch" Shipley|Primoz Gricar|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown|Tullio Gervasoni|Wills Wing T2C
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
Rohan and Scott, flying Airborne REV's, win the day again and go back to one and two in the overall lead. Jonny out of the competition.
Task 5:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | SS | ES | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 14:34:49 | 18:27:50 | 03:53:01 | 983 |
2 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 14:32:15 | 18:27:27 | 03:55:12 | 970 |
3 | Steve Blenkinsop | AUS | Moyes RS 3.5 | 14:30:04 | 18:28:15 | 03:58:11 | 937 |
4 | Mitch Shipley | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 14:29:29 | 18:28:14 | 03:58:45 | 936 |
4 | Roland Wöhrle | GER | Moyes RS 3.5 | 14:26:58 | 18:27:30 | 04:00:32 | 936 |
6 | Trent Brown | AUS | Moyes RS 3.5 | 14:37:24 | 18:33:20 | 03:55:56 | 933 |
7 | Conrad Loten | NZL | Moyes RS 3.5 | 14:30:45 | 18:32:51 | 04:02:06 | 922 |
8 | Rod Flockhart | AUS | Moyes RS 3.5 | 14:38:00 | 18:34:32 | 03:56:32 | 920 |
9 | Cameron Tunbridge | AUS | Airborne Rev 14.5 | 14:33:02 | 18:33:16 | 04:00:14 | 913 |
10 | John Smith | NZL | Moyes RS 4 | 14:32:47 | 18:33:26 | 04:00:39 | 903 |
Totals:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 4114 |
2 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 3863 |
3 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 3731 |
4 | Steve Blenkinsop | AUS | Moyes RS 3.5 | 3647 |
5 | Adam Stevens | AUS | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 3625 |
6 | Cameron Tunbridge | AUS | Airborne Rev 14.5 | 3585 |
7 | Hans Kiefinger | GER | Aeros GT 13.2 | 3536 |
8 | John Smith | NZL | Moyes RS 4 | 3408 |
9 | Anton Struganov | RUS | Aeros CombatL 13,7 09 | 3362 |
10 | Grant Heaney | AUS | Moyes RS 3.5 | 3360 |
11 | Tullio Gervasoni | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 3350 |
12 | Conrad Loten | NZL | Moyes RS 3.5 | 3325 |
13 | Lukas Bader | GER | Moyes RS 4 | 3312 |
14 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 3299 |
15 | Trent Brown | AUS | Moyes RS 3.5 | 3279 |
Wednesday cancelled due to high winds. It looks like we'll have three good final days.
Forbes Flatlands - task five »
Forbes Flatlands - task five
221 kilometer task in white skies
Forbes Flatlands|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett
The conditions looked a bit worse than the forecast with high diffuse large scale cloud over the tow paddock. Lighter winds than the previous day made for less anxiety in the tow paddock. Pilots got away quickly and hung together in the iffy conditions. Pilots starting getting to goal around 6:30 after the start window opened at 2:15 PM. We did expect a four hour task.
Scott Barrett across the line first, followed by Roland, Mitch, Rohan, Blenky. Over twenty four arrive at goal.
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Forbes Flatlands - task four results »
Forbes Flatlands - task four
So many at goal
Airborne Rev|Attila Bertok|Forbes Flatlands|Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet|Grant Heaney|Jamie Shelden|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Phil Schroder|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Tullio Gervasoni|Wills Wing T2C
Happy pilots in goal: http://naughtylawyertravels.blogspot.com/2012/01/smiles.html
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
Task 4:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | SS | ES | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Wolfgang Siess | AUT | Wills Wing T2C | 14:45:39 | 16:50:52 | 02:05:13 | 946 |
2 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 14:32:59 | 16:43:35 | 02:10:36 | 942 |
3 | Jon snr Durand | AUS | Moyes RS 4 | 14:45:00 | 16:56:26 | 02:11:26 | 871 |
4 | Jean Souviron | FRA | Moyes RS 3.5 | 14:33:36 | 16:52:42 | 02:19:06 | 867 |
5 | Francoise Dieuzeide-banet | FRA | Moyes RX 3 | 14:43:29 | 16:55:54 | 02:12:25 | 865 |
6 | Christian Baertschi | SUI | Aeros Combat 13.5 | 14:44:14 | 16:56:55 | 02:12:41 | 856 |
7 | Phil Schroder | AUS | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 14:42:15 | 16:57:42 | 02:15:27 | 836 |
8 | Grant Heaney | AUS | Moyes RS 3.5 | 14:42:03 | 16:59:10 | 02:17:07 | 827 |
9 | Artur Dzamikhov | RUS | Moyes RS3.5 | 14:44:14 | 17:01:07 | 02:16:53 | 823 |
10 | Guy Hubbard | AUS | Moyes RS 4 | 14:48:06 | 17:03:54 | 02:15:48 | 815 |
Totals:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 3131 |
2 | Lukas Bader | GER | Moyes RS 4 | 2947 |
3 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 2913 |
4 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 2893 |
5 | Tullio Gervasoni | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2848 |
6 | Grant Heaney | AUS | Moyes RS 3.5 | 2810 |
7 | Adam Stevens | AUS | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 2726 |
8 | Steve Blenkinsop | AUS | Moyes RS 3.5 | 2710 |
9 | Jean Souviron | FRA | Moyes RS 3.5 | 2700 |
10 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes RS 3.5 | 2681 |
Forbes Flatlands - day three wrangles »
Forbes Flatlands - day three
Who could get back into line where
Curt Warren|dust devil|Evgeniya "Zhenya" Laritskaya|Forbes Flatlands|Scott Barrett|video
Curt Warren is blogging here: www.warrenwindsports.com.au/blog/curt-warren
Day May has a new video of interviews on launch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNLKpKeiOv8
Spoke briefly with Scott Barrett, the winner of day 2, on the launch situation. Seems that he got let off down wind in zero sink, when we were pretty clear that the tug pilots were required to tow everyone to 2,000' (maximum), upwind (north) of the launch area within 2 KM of the launch area. He landed, went to the back of the line, and then had to struggle with other pilots moving in front of him claiming weak link breaks, when perhaps that was not the full truth.
Scott was towed up again to over a dust devil and the line went slack at 300'. He was able to climb out from there, but now was late and started the race after 3 PM (the last start time), at 1000' AGL. He still made goal.
The issue of weak link breaks was discussed in a small committee today. The point is that pilots who have weak link breaks are slotted in behind the first four pilots (those on the dollies). If you just land for other reasons, you go to the end of the line. As there is not a good way for the launch crew to know who actually had a real weak link break, a new system will proposed tomorrow.
If you get off below 1,000' AGL for any reason you will be slotted in behind the sixth pilot after you land. Above that, you'll go to the end of the line. If you say that you got off at less than 1,000' AGL, get slotted in, and then when your track log is examined and it is found that you were above 1,000' AGL, you will receive a 30% penalty. Or perhaps another penalty like having to launch last (or is it first?).
http://leagull.blogspot.com/2012/01/preworlds-task-3-184-km.html
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Forbes Flatlands - day three results »
Forbes Flatlands - day three
Attila goes early and wins the day
Attila Bertok|Conrad Loten|Davide Guiducci|Forbes Flatlands|Grant Heaney|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Primoz Gricar|Roberto Nichele|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Steve Blenkinsop|Tullio Gervasoni|Wills Wing T2C
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
Day 3:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | SS | ES | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 14:08:23 | 16:58:04 | 02:49:41 | 940 |
2 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes RS 3.5 | 14:44:29 | 17:28:22 | 02:43:53 | 884 |
3 | Roberto Nichele | SUI | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 14:14:15 | 17:07:01 | 02:52:46 | 880 |
4 | Jonas Lobitz | NZL | Moyes RS 3.5 | 14:29:45 | 17:19:04 | 02:49:19 | 873 |
5 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 14:30:55 | 17:19:56 | 02:49:01 | 867 |
6 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 14:30:14 | 17:20:02 | 02:49:48 | 860 |
7 | Conrad Loten | NZL | Moyes RS 3.5 | 14:10:08 | 17:09:50 | 02:59:42 | 841 |
8 | Davide Guiducci | ITA | Moyes RS 3.5 | 14:24:42 | 17:19:07 | 02:54:25 | 838 |
9 | Grant Heaney | AUS | Moyes RS 3.5 | 14:30:07 | 17:22:42 | 02:52:35 | 834 |
10 | Lukas Bader | GER | Moyes RS 4 | 14:31:38 | 17:24:11 | 02:52:33 | 830 |
Totals after three days:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 2357 |
2 | Lukas Bader | GER | Moyes RS 4 | 2216 |
3 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 2176 |
4 | Jonas Lobitz | NZL | Moyes RS 3.5 | 2136 |
5 | Anton Struganov | RUS | Aeros Combat L 13,7 09 | 2117 |
5 | Roberto Nichele | SUI | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2117 |
7 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 2097 |
8 | Tullio Gervasoni | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2053 |
9 | Steve Blenkinsop | AUS | Moyes RS 3.5 | 2036 |
10 | Davide Guiducci | ITA | Moyes RS 3.5 | 2004 |
15 topics in this article: Attila Bertok, Conrad Loten, Davide Guiducci, Forbes Flatlands, Grant Heaney, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Primoz Gricar, Roberto Nichele, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Steve Blenkinsop, Tullio Gervasoni, Wills Wing T2C
Forbes Flatlands - day two »
Forbes Flatlands 2012
Actual results
Adam Parer|Cameron Tunbridge|Forbes Flatlands|Gerolf Heinrichs|Primoz Gricar|Roberto Nichele|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Tullio Gervasoni|Wills Wing T2C
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
Eye witnesses had difficulty determining who was actually first into goal yesterday as there was a 400 meter cylinder instead of a line. Also pilots get their individual start times:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | SS | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 14:35:33 | 03:12:05 | 991 |
2 | Roberto Nichele | SUI | WillsWing T2C 144 | 14:33:00 | 03:14:25 | 969 |
3 | Tullio Gervasoni | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 14:35:38 | 03:13:15 | 966 |
4 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 14:31:29 | 03:17:03 | 946 |
5 | Jonas Lobitz | NZL | Moyes RS 3.5 | 14:33:39 | 03:16:18 | 932 |
6 | Adam Parer | AUS | Moyes RS 3.5 | 14:31:06 | 03:18:39 | 921 |
7 | Gerolf Heinrichs | AUT | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:30:50 | 03:19:38 | 914 |
8 | Anton Struganov | RUS | Aeros CombatL 13,7 09 | 14:30:55 | 03:19:14 | 909 |
9 | Jean Souviron | FRA | Moyes RS 3.5 | 14:31:15 | 03:20:17 | 904 |
10 | Lukas Bader | GER | Moyes RS 4 | 14:30:38 | 03:21:57 | 890 |
Total after two days:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 1497 |
2 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 1458 |
3 | Edoardo Giudiceandrea | ITA | WW T2C 154 | 1455 |
4 | Jean Souviron | FRA | Moyes RS 3.5 | 1394 |
5 | Lukas Bader | GER | Moyes RS 4 | 1385 |
6 | Anton Struganov | RUS | Aeros CombatL 13,7 09 | 1310 |
7 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 1305 |
8 | Gerolf Heinrichs | AUT | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1297 |
9 | Cameron Tunbridge | AUS | Airborne Rev 14.5 | 1278 |
10 | Tullio Gervasoni | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 1271 |
11 topics in this article: Adam Parer, Cameron Tunbridge, Forbes Flatlands, Gerolf Heinrichs, Primoz Gricar, Roberto Nichele, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Tullio Gervasoni, Wills Wing T2C
2011 Canungra Classic »
2011 Canungra Classic
Final results
Canungra Classic 2011|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Nick Purcell|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown
http://www.triptera.com.au/canungra/classic2011/index.html
Pilot | Glider | Total | |
1 | Jonny Durand Jnr | Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 | 4232 |
2 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 | 3938 |
3 | Rohan Holtkamp | Airborne Rev | 3837 |
4 | Dave May | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 3652 |
5 | Adam Stevens | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 3473 |
6 | Scott Barrett | Airborne Rev | 3185 |
7 | Jon Durand Sr | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 3172 |
8 | Nick Purcell | Moyes Litespeed S4 | 3131 |
9 | Trent Brown | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 3028 |
10 | David Newton | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 2988 |
10 topics in this article: Canungra Classic 2011, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Jon Durand snr, Nick Purcell, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Steve Blenkinsop, Trent Brown
2011 Canungra Classic »
2011 Canungra Classic
Jon Junior wins the day, still in the lead
Canungra Classic 2011|David Seib|Facebook|Grant Heaney|John Smith|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown
http://www.triptera.com.au/canungra/classic2011/index.html
Place | Pilot | Time | Total |
1 | Jonny Durand Jnr | 2:22:44 | 966 |
2 | Steve Blenkinsop | 2:30:06 | 914 |
3 | Dave May | 2:30:05 | 912 |
4 | Scott Barrett | 2:39:51 | 910 |
5 | Trent Brown | 2:43:25 | 860 |
6 | David Seib | 3:03:52 | 825 |
7 | Grant Heaney | 3:06:46 | 808 |
8 | Rohan Holtkamp | 3:09:40 | 795 |
9 | Adam Stevens | 3:36:23 | 752 |
10 | John Smith | 3:38:34 | 735 |
Apparently Jonny is flying with wheels on his Moyes RS 3.5 as he had an
operation on his ACL's not too long ago.
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Airborne REV VG, 36:1
Plenty of VG power
(Airborne factory, Redhead, NSW, Australia)
Airborne REV|Scott Barrett
Scott Barrett «Scott Barrett» writes:
My glider has a VG ratio of 6x4, that is 24:1. It is very easy to use. It goes on and off very smoothly. The new Rev has a ratio of 6x6, that is 36:1. It is a little better again compared to my experience with the 24:1. The new Rev has six pulleys along the front of the keel (anchored at the nose plate). It terminates to input into onto another pulley set, that turns around at the rear haulback catch and the rear of the crossbar wedge, it has another six pulleys, giving 36:1 reduction.
We are very happy with the VG system. Yesterday Shane crashed trying to top land in rotor. We took the downtube off, slid the rope out and replaced the downtube very quickly by sliding a rope through it and pinning the ends and wires, there are no pulleys in the downtube. All of the VG system is easy to see, access, lubricate, replace ropes etc.
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Helmet⁣s - the CIVL Bureau should form a working group »
Following the petition for a suspension of the requirement for certified helmets
CIVL|Gerolf Heinrichs|helmet|Mart Bosman|Scott Barrett|Zac Majors
There has been a movement to form a Working Group of CIVL to review the requirement for certified (EN 966) helmets in Category 1 competitions. This became a very controversial issue at the last Worlds and many pilots (the overwhelming majority of pilots at the Worlds) have asked for a suspension of the rule for the 2012 pre-Worlds. To address the issue of what to do about the rule after the pre-Worlds, pilots are asking for a Working Group that will address the issues of certification and the appropriateness of the EN 966 certification for hang gliding. The point is not to come up with a new certification for hang gliding helmets but rather to choose an appropriate path for the future of helmets in hang gliding.
I have listened to a number of pilots make recommendations for members of the Working Group and I have the following suggestions:
Scott Barrett (see his previous article on being allowed to use helmets with "higher" certification than EN 966), Gerolf Heinrichs (he raised the issue at the Worlds and feels that EN 966 is not appropriate for hang glider pilots), Mart Bosman (concerned that pilots were placing certification stickers on non certified helmets), Zac Majors (felt that other helmets were more appropriate for hang glider pilots), and Hagen Lobitz (an engineer who felt that the modification made by pilots and allowed at the Worlds were making the helmets more dangerous).
I ask the CIVL Bureau to appoint these interested individuals to a Working Group to work on the helmet certification issue and to immediately suspend the existing rule for the 2012 (January) pre-Worlds.
6 topics in this article: CIVL, Gerolf Heinrichs, helmet, Mart Bosman, Scott Barrett, Zac Majors
Better helmets
Can't I wear a better helmet that the EN 966 helmets?
helmet|helmet|Scott Barrett
Scott Barrett «Scott Barrett» writes:
I propose that multiple standards may be allowed and that the the European standard be met as a minimum. The European standard for helmets offers inferior levels of protection in comparison to the superior Bell standard or the Australian AS/NZS 2063. The British standard is an equivalent to the European standard.
As an indication of the performance of the respective products, it can be seen that the EU helmets have 1/2 the thickness of energy absorbing layers than that of an Australian standard helmet. That translates to a European helmet applying up to four times more load to the occupants head than the superior Australian standard.
I want any competitor to be able to exercise their right to protect themselves better than the EU standard when they fly, without penalty. This is to be encouraged. At no stage should rule making lead to enforcing a lower level of safety on a competitor. A competitor may choose the lower standard if they wish. I personal do not wish to use the lower EU standard for myself.
The Lubin helmet that Gerolf prefers and feels is safer for him contains less foam that the EN966 standard.
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2011 NSW State Titles - after day 6 »
2011 NSW State Titles
Scott Barrett wins the day
(Mt Borah, Manilla, Australia)
Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|New South Wales State Titles 2011|Scott Barrett
http://soaringspot.com/nswhgst/
http://soaringspot.com/nswhgst/results/flex/total/day6.htm
http://twitter.com/jonnydurand
http://www.warrenwindsports.com.au/user/*/tweets
Scott wins, Jonny second, and Adam Stevens third.
3 topics in this article: Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, New South Wales State Titles 2011, Scott Barrett
2011 NSW State Titles - after day 4 »
2011 NSW State Titles
Jonny moves into the lead, Curt falls down charging out in front
(Mt Borah, Manilla, Australia)
Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|New South Wales State Titles 2011|Scott Barrett
http://soaringspot.com/nswhgst/
http://soaringspot.com/nswhgst/results/flex/total/day4.htm
http://twitter.com/jonnydurand
http://www.warrenwindsports.com.au/user/*/tweets
Dave Seib wins, Scott Barrett second and Conrad third.
3 topics in this article: Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, New South Wales State Titles 2011, Scott Barrett
2010 Gulgong Classic - the video »
Videoed professionally
Gulgong Classic 2010|photo|Scott Barrett|video
The video here.
Scott Barrett «Scott Barrett» writes:
The press were invited to attend the Gulgong classic. They had access to tugs for air to air filming and were able to get still photos of Mark Russel being attacked by the local eagle. It was a story picked up by other newspapers around the world. I hope that it makes it easy for them to provide us publicity next year.
The newspapers are also publishing video now.
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Hunting for lift in the Hunter Valley
Hunting for lift in the Hunter Valley
Where are we supposed to go?
Ricky Duncan|Scott Barrett
Last Saturday there was a great turnout from club members for a day of flying from, as it turned out after a bit of driving through the forest, Brokenback Mountain fifteen kilometers northwest of Cessnock, in the Hunter Valley (west of Newcastle). The Duncans were there to fly the latest version of the Airborne REV. Almost every other familiar face from the Newcastle Hang Gliding Club were also there.
Scott Barrett and I launched from the knob while everyone else went to the towers on that day. Ricky Duncan reported 1000 fpm to cloud base (which was not that high). I found broken 100 to 200 fpm to 1,000' over launch, then pushing forward to get over launch again, found nothing but sink all the way to the LZ. I was batting 1000, with two bomb outs for two tries at Brokenback.
Cameron, Scott, and Shane Duncan were the three pilots that made goal 80+ kilometers west that day to Pete's, past Denman.
On Wednesday Scott, Shaun (from Ireland), Moe (from Newcastle) and I with Brian as our driver headed back to Brokenback for a day with a much different forecast. Light north winds, high cloud base, good chance of thunderstorms, 100 degrees.
It was blue at the launch when we got there at 11 AM but there were cu's to the north. By the time we were ready to launch at noon, there were cu's over us. Moe was off first and got right up. Shaun, who had never flown there was next and up he went. I was the next pilot and after a little wait, I took off and went right up also. I was soon in 600 fpm to 1,000' over the launch. This seemed like a much better start than my previous two flights.
Scott didn't want to step up the the launch as the thermal I was in was too strong on launch so he waited. Then the thermal stopped and there was no lift to be found all along the north facing ridge line. Shaun and Moe had already come down to my altitude or below and were heading out toward the LZ. I thought that the jig was up.
Moe headed back to make another pass over launch hoping that it would turn on again. I watched Shaun assuming that he was headed for the LZ but then he started to turn. I headed for him from above the ridgeline and found a bit of lift just before him out away from the launch but still over the lower ridges of the hill side.
The wind was actually strong (13 mph) out of the northwest turning to the north at higher altitudes. Shaun came and joined in under me and we thermalled out as Moe hung on below us but didn't catch it and eventually landed in the designated LZ. Shaun and I worked that thermal to 7,800', cloud base.
Scott had finally launched but he didn't appear to be doing well. Now we were climbing and high so it was hard to tell, but we never saw him get much above the ridge height and after a while we lost sight of him.
Shaun and I had only the vaguest idea of where to go. The goal was the soccer pitch next to Scott's house in Belmont next to the beach off to the east. We just knew that we had to go east, even in the strong north wind. Well, we also knew that we had to go around Lake Macquarie on the north side. We could see the beaches near Newcastle from our commanding height, but it was hard to make out the Lake.
I decided to head off assuming (correctly, as it turned out) that Shaun would stick with me. We were under plenty of clouds and I headed for more of them to the east. I found a little thermal just before Cessnock and climbed to 7,200', but not back to cloudbase.
Now here it was difficult to figure out what to do. To the north (upwind) the valley was open and flat (there were lots of hills and trees around us) and that looked like the safe way to go before heading more east again. The clouds were forming in the convergence zone just to our east and there were flimsy cu's just to our west.
I headed northeast into the wind to get under the convergence clouds and to get around the large forested area east of Cessnock and toward Kurri Kurri. I found lots of sink, which had not been the case so far in the flight. Shaun to my west found some lift and started circling and drifting south. I found some lift but it was weak and didn't make up for the bad sink getting to it. I wasn't able to climb back to cloud base.
I pushed north again and down to 2,000' AGL I found 500 fpm. I had been skipping lift to find this thermal and I took it back to 5,700' where I lost it. Now I may have been able to go find it again, but there were black clouds to the northeast and I figured I could find better lift there. I should have looked around more thoroughly.
Meanwhile Scott had been watching us all along after he did get up to our west. He was above Shaun and I as we struggled going into the wind (btw, the wrong direction) and then climbing out. Scott made it his job to get to cloud base in the convergence. His photo shows the two levels of cloud base, the east side from the sea breeze being lower:
The town in the picture is Kurri Kurri.
While Scott was working his way to cloud base (the higher base) at the convergence clouds, I was heading northeast under them trying to find another thermal over the shaded ground or over the sunny ground next to the shaded areas. Scott was hanging back on the west side in the better lift.
I didn't find a thermal (no surprise there) and landed northeast of Kurri Kurri on the south side of the swamp that goes as far as Maitland to the north. I was headed in the wrong direction and needed to go southeast instead northeast.
Shaun got up and landed about twelve kilometers from me not finding anything after the convergence clouds. He was also too far north.
Scott got to cloud base at the convergence and then went on glide and made it back to our goal at Belmont North. He landed in the soccer field. I had looked in that direction and had not seen open areas but lots of trees and hills. That is the way that you have to go.
I landed 1.4 km behind a locked gate in a very pleasant field at the edge of the swamp (which wasn't that swampy). Thanks to Moe for helping me get the glider and harness out. Thanks to Brian for driving as close as possible. Shaun was next to a main highway. Scott was home painting his house when I got back.
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2011 Bogong Cup, Day 7, task 6 »
2011 Bogong Cup
A rowdy day
Blue Sky|Bogong Cup 2011|Grant Heaney|PG|Scott Barrett
The forecast was for twelve to thirteen knots out of the north northwest at 6,000'. The surface winds were forecasted by the regional BOM to be light northeast. There was a chance of thunderstorms in the mountains. The wind forecast was for lighter winds than the day before when we called the day.
The lift would be good and the cloud base at 6,000' to 7,000' which is more in line with what we've been seeing this week. The 6,000' winds were actually forecasted to pick up to fifteen knots by five o'clock.
Given the wind direction (north northwest) and speed (at launch seven knots), we headed once again for Mystic hill next to Bright. The sky was full of scuddy looking clouds at middle heights with some higher cirrus. The scuddy clouds were mixed with cu's so there was a bit of visible lift. We could also see dust rising from the road coming up the hill.
Given the mixture of clouds and shade on the launch the paraglider pilots were not barreling off the hill. Many that did didn't get up.
Grant Heaney was the first hang glider pilot to launch followed by Phil Schroeder. They found lift over the ridge to the left. The rest of us followed and we climbed out. I got to 6,000'. I was the last of the competition crew to launch and as I climbed up I saw Scott and other pilots much lower over Clear Spot. This area was going away from the task, although there was a nice cloud over them it didn't look like they were climbing. The task line was straight to Mt. Porepunkah.
I headed right over Bright and toward the southern flank of Mt. Porepunkah. I can see cu's there with black bottoms and I figured I could get up there and come back and get a later start time. Starting at 6,000' I didn't find any lift until I was down to 2,500' on the hill side under the cu's. The lift was weak, less than 100 fpm at first, but I had nothing to lose and it wasn't turbulent.
I stuck with it and after ten minutes it got stronger and I was able to climb to 7,400'. I was also drifting back toward the start cylinder which was only 1.4 km away. It was easy to get the new start time at 2:15 PM and head north high toward the peak at Mt. Porepunkah.
There were scudy cu's to left of the peak and blue sky over it. I was heading into a fifteen mph headwind. I was sinking like a rock and not getting very far forward so I veered toward the clouds to the left. I came in under them at 4,000' (after only gliding for seven kilometers) and started working the lift.
What I wasn't aware of was that Scott Barrett had been watching me on the Mt. Porepunkah hill side from his vantage point over at Clear Spot. When he saw me getting up well, he came in under me by about 1,500'. Soon thereafter Andy came over, but I missed them entirely.
After two nice smooth thermals even in the high winds, I found this next thermal to be distressingly turbulent. It wasn't worth staying in at 120 fpm and I didn't want to go further into the hills which were on the lee side of the winds. I decided to land.
I headed out over the Ovens valley and under other cu's to see if there was a chance for non-turbulent lift, but the air continued to be unpleasant. I found a nice big field near the Berry Farm to land at.
Meanwhile Scott and Andy got up where I had earlier and Scott got a 2:30 start time. They headed over Mt. Porepunkah and found lift out in the Happy Valley. Andy missed a thermal and landed out there after Scott and Andy left a thermal that was too rowdy. After getting the turnpoint in Happy Valley and going into it two kilometers Scott made it back to Mt. Porepunkah which allowed him to get back up and make it to goal at Mt. Beauty air field to win the day. The minimum time set for the task was one hour and he took an hour and ten minutes.
There was significant cu-nimb development in the mountains and out on the flats, but nothing that caused us any concern.
Scott won the competition. I think I was second.
I liked the AAT format and hope that we can use it more if we can integrate it with GAP (and get the Australian AAA rating for the competition). The format allows for a lot more creativity from the pilots. I'll see what I can do to make that work. Wesley may have some ideas after talking with paraglider pilots.
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2011 Bogong Cup, Day 3, Task 3 »
2011 Bogong Cup
We head out to the flats from Buffalo
Belinda Boulter|Bogong Cup 2011|PG|Scott Barrett
The regional forecast was for 15 to 25 km/h southwest winds, but the XCSkies and RASP showed little to no winds at altitude. The lift was supposed to be 600-700 fpm to the top of lift at 9,000' with no cu's.
The cu's were forming over the hills before 10 AM. The winds were light at Mt. Hotham and Falls Creek so we decided to go to Buffalo and to fly out into the flats. Scott Barrett has a VHF radio for aircraft frequencies so we could accompany him through the CTAF at Wangaratta if needed. We set a task that didn't require this:
We would be flying under an 8,500' ceiling for the Albury airspace (and later 4,500') but we would be just outside the Wangaratta CTAF airspace (if we didn't go in too far to the turnpoint cylinder). Scott would be there to warn any traffic on 119.1 if we went into the cylinder.
We drove up to the Buffalo launch and while there were mixed winds in the valley it was trickling in at launch with the clouds 1000' over launch coming over the back but not fast. With so few pilots it was a joy to be setting up just behind launch without all the usual hassles.
Just before we were ready to launch Olli and Lukas (from Austria, not Germany) flew over launch having launched at Mystic Hill earlier. That was a good sign as we now knew for certain that there was lift out front.
I took off first and headed for the rocks to the left. Olli was circling there and it was easy to get to cloud base at 1,000' over launch (quite low) at 5,300'. I waited around for the others to launch and get up. Carey got to cloud base but then headed out into the valley in front of launch instead of going to the northwest along the rocks. I never saw him again but heard later that he was way behind.
Olli, Lukas, and Andy headed out to the next set of rocky cliffs to the northwest and Scott and I followed. We let the three pilots in front of us blow past the five kilometer start circle. I don't think that Lukas or Olli knew what the task was and besides they probably didn't want to fly out to Rutherglen.
Scott and I stayed back and watched the others from inside the 5km start cylinder. We worked some weak lift then I decided to go. Scott found better lift just outside the start cylinder and got to cloud base before going back to snag a latter start. With these AAT tasks your time starts when you cross the start cylinder.
Olli and Andrew were circling in lift under nice cu's further down the ridgeline. I came in under them and climbed up. There were three nice thermals along the ridge and I climbed back up to cloud base at 5,500'. Scott came in below me. I had climbed up to Lukas. Olli had headed out toward Myrtleford Hill. Andy was out in front.
I found one more thermal under a small cu and worked 360 fpm to 5,700' with Scott again coming in below with Lukas. I could see Andy turning under a cu, four kilometers away toward the ridge west of Myrtleford. It was in the direction of the western edge of the ten kilometer first turnpoint that was centered at the Gapstead winery on the intersection of the Snow Road to Milawa.
I didn't find any lift under Andy, but a cu formed a little further along and I got to 4,200' there before diving into the ridgeline. Scott ignored the thermal I was in and headed to the ridgeline directly from our last shared thermal. He headed for the clear cut area. I then saw him turning near or under Andy who was to the east closer to Myrtleford, up above the ridgeline and climbing reasonably well.
I went for Andy as I saw Scott get lower and lower then get flushed back toward Mt. Buffalo. I made it over the ridgeline to the north side going through some heavy sink to arrive well below Andy at 2,700' to hook into 300 fpm. That got me to 4,400' just below Andy. Scott landed shortly thereafter.
I headed out north toward the western edge of the next turnpoint (twenty kilometer radius) but there were no cu's ahead. It was all blue out on the flats. Then a small cu popped up seven kilometers to the north and I went for it. Down to 2,100' I found 160 fpm and stayed with it as I drifted back to the south away from the next turnpoint.
The thermal faded out at 3,100' and I saw some scraggly cu's over the hill sides above the Gapstead winery. I had lost Andy as he came in above me at the last thermal out on the flats. I was able to climb to 4,100' above the winery and on the hillside then head northwest to get back out on the flats and away from the trees.
The eastern edge of the second turnpoint was to the west and I had to get out on the flats if I wanted to get to it. I was just trying to stay up as I wasn't getting high. I pushed over to the flats south of the Pines (a south facing launch) and worked my way slowly across the flats to the northwest in light winds, mostly out of the west. I didn't find any lift greater than 200 fpm.
I got to the ridge east of the Pines launch and worked 180 fpm to 3,600' (about 3,000' AGL) and then headed west down the ridgeline to get the eastern edge of the turnpoint cylinder. There were trees and difficult retrieve areas to the north and I wanted to get back out on the flats as I was so low.
Down to 1,500' AGL I saw Andy's glider under a tree. I headed further west and down to 1,000' (and assuming that I was going to land) I found 150 fpm and drifted back toward the east at seven mph, drifting back into the hills and away from the flats. I was so low that I wanted to stay near the flats so that I could have a good landing and have an easy retrieve. It was nothing but dirt roads up in the hills even where there were fields to land in.
With the west south west wind I worked thermals of less than 100 fpm for the next five thermals always diving off to the northwest, finding something at a little over 1,000' AGL and drifting back over the hills in the wind. Next diving down into the flats to the northwest to 600' AGL I found 200 fpm and finally climbed above 3,000' to 3,800 (3,200' AGL). I was thirty five kilometers south of the goal and there was no one else out there. I assumed that all the other pilots were down or way behind me. Lukas had landed near Scott.
The wind turned more south southwesterly at about seven km/h. I was working lift that averaged over 150 fpm and mostly staying a bit higher. I could see the Hume highway ahead. Belinda and Scott were in the car just below me on the highway. I kept working northwest to get around the trees on the hillsides, and to be close enough for retrieval if needed,
I pressed ahead but finally my luck and time ran out and I landed north of Springhurst next to the highway sixteen kilometers short of goal. I assume that I won the day.
The lift continues to be weak for the most part here in northeastern Victoria (where it isn't flooding). It is very green here and there were no cu's after I left the winery. You could see the low inversion. I flew under the Albury airspace for much of the way. There was no air traffic at Wangaratta. Scott monitored it in the car and called on the frequency. I didn't enter that CTAF.
The flight on the HOLC, on XContest, on Leonardo
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2011 Bogong Cup, Day 2, Task 2 »
2011 Bogong Cup
We go to Emu
Bogong Cup 2011|sailplane|Scott Barrett|weather
We met again at Treats an 10 AM and found out that Olli turned around and landed back at Mystic after getting over the Happy Valley and seeing that the lift was dying. So Scott Barrett won the day with Olli second. The rest of us were third, except the pilots that didn't launch in fourth.
The weather forecast for today from RASP was for southwest winds, but the mountain weather sites at Mt. Hothan and Falls Creek were showing north at ten to twelve knots. XCSkies predicted west winds at seven knots at launch level at Mt. Emu with nine knots southwest winds at 6,000'.
The regional forecast was for west to southwest winds. The large regional flows shown in RASP called for southwest winds. We decided to go up Mt. Emu as we had also heard that it was passable with two wheel drive cars.
The road up Emu was negotiable by two wheel drive, but it wasn't pretty. Later, when the drivers were going down, a tree had fallen across the road which caused quite a bit of havoc. Very fortuitously the fire brigade was checking the roads and clearing them and came along just in time to cut away the tree.
On the way up we saw east winds going up the face of the Tawonga Gap Launch, north winds in the valley, west winds in the valley going going up to launch. At the Emu launch itself it was right up the face, which faces southwest. These were thermals coming up the launch. The wind was out of the west.
We set up and launched around 1:30. Carey first, then me, then Scott, then Andrew. Later others. The lift was very weak and the wind was fourteen mph out of the west. The thermals were trashed as could be seen by the few blow apart cu's that had been nearby. You could watch the cu's on the west side of the valley (there were one or two) get blown east then disappear about half way across the valley.
We worked the north launch face in the sunshine working less than 200 fpm for maybe five or ten minutes barely getting back to launch level. Then Scott, followed by Andrew and Carey headed north up the valley along the ridge line. I stayed back a bit and watched slowly moving north and staying in the zero sink.
They continued and after a while they got lower and lower and it looked like Andrew and Carey were landing. Scott had jumped back to the ridge line a bit and stayed up but I couldn't see him. I went back to the north launch and climbed up 600' over launch, much higher than these three left with.
There was a sailplane on the ridge. He had gone out to where Scott was and came back low under me. Not a good sign of lift down that direction.
I decided that I didn't like the air and headed for the valley where it turns out there was plenty of buoyant air. The wind was strong out of the west so I landed in a field east of the airfield. Half an hour later Wesley launched, flew down over to the airfield and found a solid core of 600 fpm to 600' over launch. He went north up the valley found nothing came back and went back up again at 500 fpm. Finally after a bit more of this he was able to land at the airfield.
Scott stayed in the air for a while but he didn't get past Coral Bank. Not a great day to say the least.
Looks like a good day tomorrow with light winds.
The winds were north until 6 PM at Mt. Hotham and Falls Creek and then turned south southeast. This is just a hard place to call the winds.
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2011 Bogong Cup, Day 1, Task 1
A rough day in the air at Mystic Hill
Bogong Cup 2011|Oliver "Olli" Barthelmes|PG|Scott Barrett|Wesley "Wes" Hill
We started the first day of the 2011 Bogong Cup with a 10 AM pilot meeting at Treats, a gourmet restaurant near Settler's Tavern. Wesley Hill, the meet organizer and scorekeeper, brought tee-shirts for us all to start off the meet. The meet is free and we only have to pay $20 for membership to fly Mystic Hill.
We set up an AAT task (assigned area task) with ten kilometer radii around a turnpoint at the Ovens intersection next to Myrtleford hill, over to a ten kilometer turnpoint at Gundowring and then to the Mt. Beauty airport. AAT tasks are won by the pilots with the fastest average speed. There is a minimum time that you have to fly, in our case two hours. You can fly as far into the turnpoint cylinders as you want as you judge how long it will take you to complete the task. It's pretty easy to understand.
We got to launch at Mystic Hill with a XCSkies forecast of seven knots north northwest winds at launch up to eleven knots at 8,000' (top of the lift on a blue day) west southwest. The climb rates looked good.
There were a good number of paraglider pilots around, a few in the air, and many launching. Olli Barthelmes, launched first, then Carey from Finland, and even though they are below launch, I launched into the nice winds coming straight up the launch.
I went over to the left to Olli and Carey and the lift was broken and weak. Olli then dove to the right ridge and Carey and I followed. Olli didn't get up and landed. Carey followed and then a few minutes later I landed with them. Soon Scott Barrett launched and then landed with us as did all the pilots in the Bogong Cup. And plenty of paraglider pilots also.
We all went back up again at 2 PM to give it another try. Carey was up the hill first and off first. He stayed just above launch. Olli and Scott launched and got up. I launched and didn't get up. Carey and Andrew landed and that ended the day for us. Scott and Olli fought the winds which were much higher than forecasted.
Scott got over to Clear Spot and worked up the spines. Olli turned downwind and jumped over to the ridge line to the right to get to Mt. Porepunkah. Scott got high at the Clear Spot and jumped over to the ridges to Mt. Porepunkah and worked them to get over the mountain. On the radio we heard him go to Mt. Porepunkah three times as the winds and blew him back away from the Ovens turnpoint.
Scott got up and watched Olli behind him. Scott was able to make the turnpoints and land twenty one kilometers from goal. He didn't know where Olli ended up.
Don't know how the scoring will go. It is by position only. This is our first attempt at this type of task. It should be interesting.
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2010 Gulgong Classic - Final results »
2010 Gulgong Classic
Scott Barrett reflects on the Airborne REV
Gulgong Classic 2010|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|photo|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|video
Scott Barrett «Scott Barrett» writes:
I have been pleasantly surprised to find the time to go to a hang gliding competition and I have had a good time in Gulgong. I was lucky to fly well and have been able to determine that the new Airborne REV is the best glider for handling and performance.
Racing every day was great, and, as you reported, I won three days out of the six. Curt and Jonny shared the other day wins, both of them are flying well. Rohan also did a good share of leading the gaggles in his new REV 13.5. Cameron (who was third on the sixth day) was an important team player on a number of days, leading with us on the REV 14.5. All of these guys are fun to fly with, working to keep the pace and very cooperative. It is a great atmosphere in the Australian national team.
Often we were behind Peter Dall in his NEW ATOS when we claimed our day wins. Unfortunate that I landed before goal on one day, taking me out of first place.
I invited the local press out and enjoyed getting photos and video for them in the early morning. The photo op flights were in very smooth air, the nil wind landings with smooth and a lot of fun on the big airstrip. I returned home to Newcastle with a new Airborne Fun 190 and Monica wants to return to the sand dunes on it this summer.
On the new product front, Cameron has been happy with the big REV 14.5. He describes it as floaty and after spending a season on the 13.5, he finds that in comparison it takes an exaggerated control movement, particularly in pitch (it slows down a lot in turns), and he would not want anything to be changed on it. I expect he will stay on the big REV for the season.
Out and return tasks allowed us to arrive back at the start at the airfield, put the glider in the hangar and take the new Airborne light trike up after the task and thermal it. It was also used for tree top height flights around the airfield in smooth evening air. Based on a wing of large Sting 3 origins, combined with a light short packable minimal trike base (with retracts) and a Bailey four stroke engine. The self launcher is very slow and responsive. Fuel economy is amazing, it has a big tank, however I am sure that one liter of fuel would be sufficient for a couple of days of local soaring flights.
I have flown a lot of different trikes and this one stands out as being just how you would imagine the perfect easy to fly "Skyhook." Let's see how it is marketed, that could be a good name for it.
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2010 Gulgong Classic Day Six and Final
2010 Gulgong Classic Day Six
Scott Barrett wins for the third time, Jonny in second, first overall
Cameron Tunbridge|Curt Warren|Grant Heaney|Gulgong Classic 2010|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Steve Blenkinsop
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Tough day but some smoked it home, for example Scotty and Jonny. You had to be right up on top of the lift today to gain advantage, if you dropped low you were screwed because the climbs were really broken and weak.
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# | Pilot | Glider | Time | Points |
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1. | Scott Barrett | Airborne REV 13.5 | 02:02:10 | 1000 |
2. | Jonny Durand | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 02:02:57 | 982.89 |
3. | Cameron Tunbridge | Airborne REV 13.5 | 02:07:47 | 927.26 |
4. | Grant Heaney | Moyes Litespeed | 02:08:02 | 924.88 |
5. | Yosuhiro Noma | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 02:08:48 | 917.72 |
6. | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 02:09:08 | 914.68 |
7. | Rohan Holtkamp | Airborne Rev | 02:09:44 | 909.31 |
8. | Curt Warren | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 02:15:35 | 862.05 |
On the seventh day the winds were too strong, so that meet ended. The final results can be found here: http://soaringspot.com/agc2010/results/flex/day-by-day.html
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2010 Gulgong Classic Day Five
2010 Gulgong Classic Day Five
Scott Barrett wins again, Jonny still in first
Gulgong Classic 2010|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Scott Barrett
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Five turnpoints. This task has everything, upwind, downwind, crosswind. It'll be a tough one. They say it's only five knots on the ground and at base, but it looks windier than that here at the strip. Chance of overdevelopment today, we could be avoiding showers.
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2010 Gulgong Classic Day Three
2010 Gulgong Classic Day Three
Scott Barrett wins, is in second place
Gulgong Classic 2010|Scott Barrett
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Three days in and you start to get a feel for the air. Same wind direction for the last three days and you start to find thermals in the same spots, so everything tends to be quicker because people get more confident in their decision making.
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Small/women hang gliders
Small/women hang gliders
Technical committees/work groups for CIVL
CIVL|Dennis Pagen|PG|Scott Barrett
Heather's report from the Plenary.
Dennis Pagen has drafted a letter to ask manufacturers how they recommend their gliders' sprogs should be measured, and in particular for smaller gliders. This ties in with the Australian proposal about manufacturers looking at certification standards to accommodate smaller gliders. It was felt that the letter from Dennis will adequately address this in the near future.
Other Australian proposals regarding working groups and conflicts of interest were discussed and modified as felt appropriate to achieve the best results. The following motions were passed:
Working groups are to include competition pilots, technical experts and CIVL representatives where appropriate. Recommendations from these working groups will be made to the delegates and CIVL Bureau.
When recommendations are made by technical working groups these recommendations are to be given all due consideration.
That members of work groups should have the FAI Code of Ethics and its references to Conflicts of Interest brought to their attention and that CIVL should follow the actions in that document regarding any disclosures of conflict of interest.
The background for this is found here. Scott Barrett asked for decisions at CIVL to be made not by some political process but be based on the technical aspects of the issue. He has also previously raised the issue of small gliders (and women pilots being unfairly penalized by the DHV procedures).
So now we have a criteria to determine if CIVL is in fact involving competition pilots and technically competent individuals in their work groups going forward. We see that Rob in’t Groen (competition pilot) will be involved in the sprog measurement issue. I wonder when hang glider manufacturers like Wills Wing will be involved.
You can see who is involved in the helmet working group here. I don't know if any of these people has any technical expertise in helmets. I am not familiar with any of the people involved with the Paragliding Open Class Technical Working Group, found here.
It appears to me that we need real experts on the sprog work group, and on the small/women's glider work group (and we'll need to form that one).
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