July 6 - First Contest Day

And not.  Despite challenging conditions, FAI Class got a day in; in Club, only one contestant went minimum distance; it takes 25% to have a day, so Club was cancelled.  Here are the scores for FAI Class:

Club Class:



Yves Bastien, KI, did go minimum distance.  Bravo.

 

So, congrats to OX for finishing.  JS landed just short of the airport rather than do a marginal finish.

There were multiple landouts at the nearby Plantagenet Field, some at Windover Field, some in other fields, some multiple relights, and some who never really got going.  A VERY challenging day.  Congrats again to the line crew, with boss Sonia, and the tow pilots for a great launch and a lot of aero retrieves.

Here is Plantagenet field late in the day:

From left:  KI, Mr. McKinley, Crew PG, PG, JS.  Mr. McKinley owns the Field, has met many glider pilots over the last while, runs wings well, and is extremely popular with the pilots! 

By the time we got everyone back, it was time for the spaghetti dinner, and Emmanuel got great support.  After, I went back to finish scoring, do a preview of the weather, fight the rain out to the tent, and didn't get to blogging.  Sorry.

7 July
The task committee worked hard trying to find a window, and Jean Richard helped greatly, however, a wall of rain approached just after briefing.  After a second pilot meeting, the day was called.  No contest day.  We believe that we can get a contest in, because we sent the CD out to the line to do a Moses act and part the clouds:



I guess we'll find out how powerful AT really is...

 



The safety briefing was done by Ronald Smith, an aerobatic pilot, who discussed spin recovery from different spins, and those which might catch glider pilots in particular.  Very interesting.  Derigging, general work, and lunch followed.

The Sporting Committee then held a seminar to discuss rules and possible changes for the future (several hours), and I gave a briefing on PowerFLARM, including a video and a panel showing installation tricks.

Lucile ran a great ice cream treat after dinner.  Time for a quick check of the weather, and a nap.