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Starrflügelmeisterschaft 2021 Bösingen - Final »
Felix Ruhle was flying in the competition also
Sun, Aug 1 2021, 10:19:30 am MDTA.I.R. ATOS VR|Conrad Loten|Starrflü
(Sonderlandeplatz Bösingen-Dunningen, Bösingen, Germany)
Task 3: https://www.dhv.de/fileadmin/user_upload/files/2021/07/Starrfluegelcup/SC2021-T3.html
One in goal.
Final results:
https://www.dhv.de/fileadmin/user_upload/files/2021/07/Starrfluegelcup/SC2021-O.html
# | Name | Glider | T 1 | T 2 | T 3 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rafael Burri | Atos Vx | 822.8 | 152.2 | 521.2 | 1496 |
2 | Jochen Zeyher | Atos Vr | 997.2 | 162.5 | 152.4 | 1312 |
3 | Alfred Mayer | Atos Vrq | 966.4 | 94.0 | 247.1 | 1308 |
4 | Lothar Braun | Atos Vq Race | 795.6 | 71.0 | 440.5 | 1307 |
5 | Andreas Kimmich | Atos Vr Plus | 915.5 | 75.2 | 291.8 | 1283 |
6 | Bernd Weist | Atos Vx | 759.9 | 83.2 | 389.1 | 1232 |
7 | Toni Raumauf | Atos Vr | 760.7 | 166.5 | 284.0 | 1211 |
8 | Diether Beck | Atos Vr | 857.0 | 71.0 | 238.6 | 1167 |
9 | Peter Friedemann | Atos Vr | 765.6 | 71.0 | 321.4 | 1158 |
10 | Felix Rühle | Atos Vr Plus | 589.4 | 71.0 | 493.4 | 1154 |
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Starrflügelmeisterschaft 2021 Bösingen »
German rigid wing competition
July 30, 2021, 3:18:15 pm MDTA.I.R. ATOS VR|Conrad Loten
(Sonderlandeplatz Bösingen-Dunningen, Bösingen, Germany)
Task 1 (July 29th):
https://www.dhv.de/fileadmin/user_upload/files/2021/07/Starrfluegelcup/SC2021-T1.html
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jochen Zeyher | Atos VR | 01:27:38 | 997.2 |
2 | Alfred Mayer | Atos VRQ | 01:29:59 | 966.4 |
3 | Andreas Kimmich | Atos VR Plus | 01:35:12 | 915.5 |
4 | Dirk Ripkens | Atos VRQ | 01:38:51 | 883.8 |
5 | Diether Beck | Atos VR | 01:42:06 | 857.0 |
6 | Norbert Kirchner | Atos VQ race | 01:43:38 | 844.7 |
7 | Rafael Burri | Atos VX | 01:46:26 | 822.8 |
8 | Lothar Braun | Atos VQ race | 01:50:00 | 795.6 |
9 | Peter Friedemann | Atos VR | 01:54:03 | 765.6 |
10 | Toni Raumauf | Atos VR | 01:54:43 | 760.7 |
Task 2 (July 30th):
https://www.dhv.de/fileadmin/user_upload/files/2021/07/Starrfluegelcup/SC2021-T2.html
# | Name | Glider | Distance | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Richard Herzog | Atos VR | 64.22 | 185.7 |
2 | Konrad Baumgartner | Atos VRS Light | 60.37 | 178.3 |
3 | Toni Raumauf | Atos VR | 54.29 | 166.5 |
4 | Jochen Zeyher | Atos VR | 52.17 | 162.5 |
5 | Rafael Burri | Atos VX | 47.59 | 152.2 |
6 | Jürgen Rüdinger | Atos VR | 29.56 | 123.4 |
7 | Wolfgang Hauber | Atos VQ | 15.84 | 101.1 |
8 | Rainer Thieringer | Atos VQ race | 14.31 | 98.2 |
9 | Holger Hueneke | Atos VR | 13.79 | 96.9 |
10 | Ralf Thieringer | Atos VR | 13.73 | 96.8 |
Cumulative:
https://www.dhv.de/fileadmin/user_upload/files/2021/07/Starrfluegelcup/SC2021-O.html
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jochen Zeyher | Atos VR | 1160 |
2 | Alfred Mayer | Atos VRQ | 1060 |
3 | Andreas Kimmich | Atos VR Plus | 991 |
4 | Rafael Burri | Atos VX | 975 |
5 | Dirk Ripkens | Atos VRQ | 955 |
6 | Diether Beck | Atos VR | 928 |
7 | Toni Raumauf | Atos VR | 927 |
8 | Norbert Kirchner | Atos VQ race | 916 |
9 | Lothar Braun | Atos VQ race | 867 |
10 | Rainer Thieringer | Atos VQ race | 84 |
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2020 German Open »
2020 German Open
Hillside launch from Kandel
Conrad Loten|German Open 2020
https://www.dhv.de/piloteninfos/wettbewerb-sport/drachen-szene/live-berichte/german-open-2020/
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Hadewych Van Kempen »
Hadewych Van Kempen
No Corryong or Forbes
Conrad Loten|Facebook
Very dumb landing at Bombala. Broke humerus and maybe elbow. They'll probably operate and release me tomorrow. Glenn Selmes is holding my hand which is very nice and Conrad Loten was there to make sure I'm treated well. Big relief to have them around.
A 53 year-old woman has been treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics after her hang glider crashed in a remote location at Dudley Beach on Thursday. The Westpac Rescue Helicopter was called to the scene around 11.30am in what became a multi-agency effort to reach the woman.
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2019 Worlds »
2019 Worlds
The German version
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Conrad Loten|Manfred Ruhmer|Marco Laurenzi|PG|record|Suan Selenati|weather|Worlds 2019
Thursday, July 18, 2019 - rest day The weather forecast is against a flight day, so the day was already canceled on Wednesday evening!
Wednesday, July 17, 2019 - 3rd passage - 76 km with destination Bordano
Kajo reports: Flying is the best medicine This morning, no cock woke me, but my back pain. Damn, and I was hoping they would go away overnight. As the youngest member of the team, I feel very old now. But thanks to the loving care of Anna and Regina and with the support of various tablets, it has at least a little better.
Today the organizers wanted to see us on the mountain even earlier. After a surprisingly uneventful, already boring ride, we arrived more than punctual at the start. After the comfortable building a few umbrellas lulled low over the start. Well that did not look so outstanding. And why did we leave earlier? Over time, the conditions improved and it was a small 78 km task tender. You could either fly on direct route through the lowlands or took the detour via the supposedly faster mountains. Like almost everyone else, I opted for the direct route. The day got better with time and we were able to finish quickly.
After Primoz and Roland I came as the third German pilot to the finish and was thus able to make my contribution to the team ranking. To the delight of our driver, a short time later, the other three arrived. Every minute, almost 100 pilots flew to the finish and provided plenty of exciting landing approaches. Fortunately, the Landewiese is so big that you always find a gap between the other dragons.
Much to my relief, my back was much better after the flight. The mix of adrenaline and happiness hormones has probably worked wonders. At dinner (the Uli has conjured a delicious curry) we learn that tomorrow will not be flown. It is bad weather approaching and the organizers canceled the day tomorrow. So let's end the day with a glass of wine quite comfortably and make plans for our first rest day. Greetings from Tolmezzo Kajo.
All pilots are in the air. The time has been running since 14:15. We are just on a cappuccino to look at the live tracking, then go full throttle into the finish to Bordano. Yes, the distances to the starting place and back to the finish are not without!
Exciting finish: Alex Ploner ahead of Manfred Ruhmer and Marco Laurenzi. From us Primoz, Roland, Kajo, Jörg, Semo and Gerd are (in this order) in the finish. Today we were not among the fastest, but we'll see what's on the bottom of the list. Regina.
Tuesday, July 16, 2019 - Primoz wins the day's victory
Primoz reports: After the first task, I was not completely satisfied with my performance. It was clear, more determination was needed. Task 2 has brought better weather, base up to 2200m and good climbs. The route went back and forth along the hills, with a jump to the north and the goal in Bordano near Gemona.
My start this time was with the first group, although not the highest - homework !! With sparkling decisions, faster gliding and a little luck, I was able to gradually settle from the main pulp, but finally after the Gemona valley crossing. From there we had the lead with Christian. The turnaround behind Tolmezzo has proven to be quite complicated. But Christian seemed to know what he was doing, and in fact we were able to dig ourselves out of the vegetables. In addition, there was the Peter and has shown a great trail back. Straight to the lee of a rocky mountain.
The expected rodeo arrived, which I had survived best and was able to turn up with Peter. Christian stayed a bit deeper while searching for the thermals. At the penultimate turn, 15 km from the finish we met the Manfred, he flew his own route and has overtaken all. When he sees us, he is deep in the direction of the last turn, Peter and I have turned up at the point up to 1900 m, until the final approach calculator 8: 1 has shown. From there, gas was the best tactic. Greetings at home and keep your fingers crossed! Primoz.
3rd place in the team ranking, that's the result of today - yeahh! And thanks to Primoz, who won today's victory of the day ahead of Peter Neuenschwander and Manfred Ruhmer. Gerd flew in 9th place and Roland on rank 27. Kajo and Semo many at the end of the Talwind victim. Now the boys are going to eat pizza, they deserve it. Roland needs his daily Italian ice cream and kajo and I hold the position here at home. Kajo has to treat his lumbago, but he'll get it back tomorrow. I still have a lot to prepare for tomorrow.
Monday, July 15, 2019 - 86 km from Meduno to Bordano
Gerd reports: Airy Travel Day 1 Today the cock crowed early. The competition begins! Getting up at dawn and eating the meal so that we would not get hounded right at the beginning - at least that was the plan. Then we should make a little wrong decision regarding the route, we decided on the way over the highway. Already the driveway cost us the first minutes because of technical problems. This should have been against the time we wanted to leave the highway again, nor the lesser evil. After 25 minutes of waiting time and lane change in the back of our coach, the pilots were slowly nervous and showed, each in his own individual way, signs of mild restlessness. Our estimated time of arrival shifted noticeably in the direction of the planned race start. Arrived at the toll booth, this was then attached to his telephone set and not willing to grant us early passage. But this angered the driver of our coach a lot and he threw him unkind words to his ear. Since the latter was not able to speak the same language, luckily there were no further delays, and we were then able to continue our journey unmolested. The timetable should not turn out to be as strict as announced - despite globalization, Italy has fortunately been preserved. So we could start our intended hang glider flight as hoped with all others.
The weather conditions were not optimal, but despite shadows were updrafts available and you could work out with some initial effort a nice height, from which we began our breezy journey over 87km. The thermal conditions improved and our pack was on the journey at a considerable speed. That this should be better was clear in the further daily routine, as more and more showers poured in the area. Many dragons were able to master the way to the finish. Among them were Kajo, Semo (Georg), Roland, Primoz and myself from our German troupe. Brother Jörg, however, the rain played badly. The showers spread around him and prevented his further journey to the finish. Not only that, when folding his glider, the rain should anticipate the shower that was actually planned in our accommodation. Now that we have finished our supper and have taken our supper, we will lay down and wait for tomorrow's new day. Good night's sleep on all sides, Gerd.
Again we started this morning. First at 8:30 am Teamleaderbriefing, then briefly stopped by our landlady to pick up a modem and then quickly from the direction of Meduno. Our boys left before me, so I had to accelerate. Finally, we wanted to complete the sticker campaign for the leading edges today.
The organizers want to send us out early this morning, because it should overdevelop soon. Anna, Roland's partner drove me. Direct way is announced, which is 5 minutes faster than the highway, says the Navi. I hope I did not miss a speed camera and sometimes I looked aside to see if Anna still had color on her face. But she was brave. I gave gas. After 1:15 minutes arrived at the launch site, everyone was already there, but not our boys. Oh dear, which way have you taken the well? An hour later - finally, the bus turns the corner. It was probably an odyssey. The tolls on the highway did not work at all. Already at the ticket rent went nothing, then when paying at the toll booth… our so quiet driver Uli has probably been a little irritated and accused the quiet calling Mautstellenkassier as Grattler… Thank God he did not understand Bavarian Language, otherwise he would have kept the boys waiting longer.
But luckily the already started paragliders could only sink into the valley and the competition organizers were still waiting with the briefing. Everything in the time frame. At some point, the Meet Director finally called for the briefing: 86 km towards Aviano then the finish to Bordano. Everything was ratzfatz, our boys were fast in the air. This time I could not drive fast enough to get to the finish in time, then there were already about 30 pilots. Including Gerd, Roland, Semo and Primoz. Kajo hit hard and came soon afterwards and that with fancy Vario half way. Thankfully, there are the trackers that still record the track. Jörgi had to land in front of the finish. He took another involuntary shower in the pouring rain. Three Italians won the day today: Christian Ciech ahead of Alex Ploner and Suan Selenati. Greetings from Tolmezzo Regina.
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Videos and Reports from the European Championships
Videos and Reports from the European Championships
In German
Conrad Loten|video
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2018 European Hang Gliding Championships
They start flying on Tuesday
Conrad Loten|European Championships 2018|photo
HG Europeans Class 1 Live tracking:
2D: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=2391
2D/3D SPLIT beta: https://www.livetrack360.com/livetracking/split/2391
German team news: here.
Czech team photos: here.
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The best of Namibia
The best of Namibia
It's warm down there
Conrad Loten|video
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Namibia 2017
Namibia 2017
Desert Flying
Conrad Loten
Daily update here.
https://www.streckenjaeger.com/
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Hang Gliding Meeting 2018 in Hartenstein
Hang Gliding Meeting 2018 in Hartenstein
A replacement
Conrad Loten|PG|weather
https://www.dhv.de/web/piloteninfos/drachenflug-welt/
The DHV plans for the 14/15 April 2018 (alternative 21/22 April) a season opening with a hang gliding and wind exhibition, lectures, trial courses, free flying for paragliding and hang gliders, etc. in Hartenstein at the airfield. A replacement for the weather-related unusual Hang Gliding Meeting 2017.
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Namibia Flying
Namibia Flying
Pilots return to attempt record flights
Conrad Loten|record
4 December - Strong wind and final checks. A storm from the east lets us stay on the ground today, because in the evening the strong wind should turn west and continue to blow. There is still much to organize, but this day is well suited. Yesterday a few pilots made their first test flights. Everything went well. The live tracking works too. We look forward to the next days.
3 December - First preparations. Today, first of all, the containers will be cleared out of the first arrivals, the UL towed aircraft will be ready for take-off, the aircraft will be set up, windsocks will be attached, equipment will be checked, live tracking will be checked and much more. The day is hot and windy and not suitable for long distances. All the more for the preparations. The first good days are announced for Wednesday.
2 December - The first pilots arrive in Burgsdorf.
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2017 German Open »
July 28, 2017, 10:59:08 MST -0600
2017 German Open
Flex wings fly
Conrad Loten|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Facebook|German Open 2017
https://www.dhv.de/web/piloteninfos/wettbewerb-sport/drachen-szene/live-berichte/german-open-2017/
http://www.dcb.org/wettbewerbe/german-open-hg/2017/
The task today is an elapsed time seed run to Wellmitz over 116 km. The goal Wellmitz is located east of Altes Lager at the border to Poland. Start time is 11:15.
The wind was sporty with gusts up to 36kmh. The wind was from the west throughout the course line. A large shaded area with virga was nearby, then it dissipated quickly and the flexis started towing. The tows were sporty, but all pilots were hot to fly this second task after days of not flying.
The promised working heights up to 1,700m were never reached. Most pilots flew the course between 1,000-1,300m. The top pilots were able to come back in the start circle and restart their start times.
The pilots did not go in the direction of the Fläminger Höhenzug. Instead, they flew zigzagging across the forest. Often, the pilots crawled the entire flight at low altitudes. Lukas worked almost exclusively between 800-1,000m, but nevertheless flew far.
A large number of pilots made it to the Schwielochsee, after which it seemed to be painful. Ultimately, six pilots landed at the finish line. Two Flexis: Corinna Schwiegershausen and Jonas Willemeit. Four Rigid: Volkmar Kienöl, Dirk Ripkens, Tom Schreiner, Carlos Punet (Spain). Naoki Itagaki (Japan), however, made it to Wellmitz, but he dove further across the Oder River and found himself in Poland again.
It must be mentioned: the aerotow launches were faster than ever before. The tugs and helper team deserve great thanks for the experienced work. And amazingly, there was not a single weak link break today despite the violent gusts and turmoil and all landed safely.
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2017 German Open »
July 27, 2017, 2:34:29 pm MST -0600
2017 German Open
A couple of rigids made goal
Conrad Loten|Facebook|German Open 2017
https://www.dhv.de/web/piloteninfos/wettbewerb-sport/drachen-szene/live-berichte/german-open-2017/
http://www.dcb.org/wettbewerbe/german-open-hg/2017/
The flex wing task didn't take place due to overcast and weak conditions. The rigids started first and given the weak conditions and low cloudbase two pilots made it to goal. At least that's what I get from the "machine" translations.
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2017 German Open »
July 24, 2017, 11:15:17 MST -0600
2017 German Open
A reasonable day now to be followed by two days of rain
Conrad Loten|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Facebook|German Open 2017
https://www.facebook.com/corinna.schwiegershausen/posts/10154849102896314
80km Task, shady, tricky day. Slow start against a cross headwind. With Lukas who flew like a gentleman, Roland, Kajo, Hans and Yeti, I was in best company to do the out and return. Two hours there, 45 minutes back. Now the rain moves in for two days. Roland won the day ahead of Hans, Kajo Clauß, Yeti and me.
https://www.dhv.de/web/piloteninfos/wettbewerb-sport/drachen-szene/live-berichte/german-open-2017/
http://www.dcb.org/wettbewerbe/german-open-hg/2017/
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2016 European Championships »
July 28, 2016, 3:52:52 pm MST -0600
2016 European Championships
DHV video teaser
Conrad Loten|European Championships 2016|video
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2016 German Open »
May 7, 2016, 6:01:16 pm EST -0400
2016 German Open
Primoz ten minutes ahead on the last day
Conrad Loten|German Open 2016|Moyes Litespeed RX|Suan Selenati|Wills Wing T2C
Task 3:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gricar, Primoz | Aeros Combat 13,5 09 GT | 01:29:28 | 1000 |
2 | Bader, Lukas | Moyes Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:39:07 | 852 |
3 | Wöhrle, Roland | Moyes Litespeed RX TECHNORA-3.5 | 01:39:16 | 842 |
4 | Eertman, Joost | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.8 | 01:39:45 | 837 |
5 | Tschurnig, Günther | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 01:39:48 | 833 |
6 | Peternel, Franc | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 01:40:15 | 822 |
7 | Selenati, Suan | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 01:40:25 | 819 |
8 | Bajewski, Jörg | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 01:41:28 | 807 |
9 | Helden, Martin | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.8 | 01:41:41 | 804 |
10 | Dönhuber, Gerd | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:42:52 | 789 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | T 1 | T 2 | T 3 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Selenati, Suan | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 866 | 754 | 819 | 2439 |
2 | Dönhuber, Gerd | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 729 | 914 | 789 | 2432 |
3 | Tänzer, Arne | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 622 | 1000 | 786 | 2408 |
4 | Wöhrle, Roland | Moyes Litespeed RX TECHNORA-3.5 | 711 | 846 | 842 | 2399 |
5 | Peternel, Franc | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 649 | 881 | 822 | 2352 |
6 | Gricar, Primoz | Aeros Combat 13,5 09 GT | 1000 | 331 | 1000 | 2331 |
7 | Kaiser, Raimund | Icaro Laminar Z9 | 820 | 830 | 680 | 2330 |
8 | Ebenfeld, Markus | Icaro Laminar Zero 9 14.1 | 663 | 752 | 732 | 2147 |
9 | Peschl, Friedrich | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 500 | 800 | 646 | 1946 |
10 | Vollmer, Achim | Aeros Combat 12,8 09 GT | 687 | 400 | 787 | 1874 |
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2016 German Open »
May 6, 2016, 8:31:28 pm EST -0400
2016 German Open
Primoz twenty minutes ahead on the first day
Conrad Loten|German Open 2016|Konstantin Lukyanov|Moyes Litespeed RX|Suan Selenati|Wills Wing T2C
Task 1:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gricar, Primoz | Aeros Combat 13,5 09 GT | 01:46:47 | 1000 |
2 | Selenati, Suan | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 02:06:30 | 866 |
3 | Kaiser, Raimund | Icaro Laminar Z9 | 02:20:26 | 820 |
4 | Lukyanov, Konstantin | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 02:29:35 | 788 |
5 | Dönhuber, Gerd | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 02:35:44 | 729 |
6 | Wöhrle, Roland | Moyes Litespeed RX TECHNORA-3.5 | 02:55:07 | 711 |
7 | Vollmer, Achim | Aeros Combat 12,8 09 GT | 02:56:56 | 687 |
8 | Krasnokutskyy, Maxim | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 02:57:25 | 681 |
9 | Waibel, Joachim | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 03:02:51 | 675 |
10 | Lüders, Konrad | Moyes Moyes Litespeed RX 4 | 03:10:13 | 665 |
Task 2:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tanzer, Arne | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 04:08:33 | 1000 |
2 | Dönhuber, Gerd | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 04:26:06 | 914 |
3 | Peternel, Franc | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 04:31:31 | 881 |
4 | Wöhrle, Roland | Moyes Litespeed RX TECHNORA-3.5 | 04:41:52 | 846 |
5 | Kaiser, Raimund | Icaro Laminar Z9 | 04:50:23 | 830 |
6 | Mayer, Walter | Moyes Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 04:57:00 | 804 |
7 | Peschl, Friedrich | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 04:59:02 | 800 |
8 | Selenati, Suan | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 05:32:30 | 754 |
9 | Ebenfeld, Markus | Icaro Laminar Zero 9 14.1 | 05:24:36 | 752 |
10 | Liebig, Richard | Icaro Laminar | 06:29:55 | 668 |
Cumulative:
Name | Glider | T 1 | T 2 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kaiser, Raimund | Icaro Laminar Z9 | 820 | 830 | 1650 |
2 | Dönhuber, Gerd | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 729 | 914 | 1643 |
3 | Tanzer, Arne | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 622 | 1000 | 1622 |
4 | Selenati, Suan | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 866 | 754 | 1620 |
5 | Wöhrle, Roland | Moyes Litespeed RX TECHNORA-3.5 | 711 | 846 | 1557 |
6 | Peternel, Franc | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 649 | 881 | 1530 |
7 | Ebenfeld, Markus | Icaro Laminar Zero 9 14.1 | 663 | 752 | 1415 |
8 | Gricar, Primoz | Aeros Combat 13,5 09 GT | 1000 | 331 | 1331 |
9 | Peschl, Friedrich | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 500 | 800 | 1300 |
10 | Messing, Michael | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 578 | 604 | 1182 |
6 topics in this article: Conrad Loten, German Open 2016, Konstantin Lukyanov, Moyes Litespeed RX, Suan Selenati, Wills Wing T2C
2015 Dalby Big Air - Day 7 »
Dalby Big Air - Day
And the winner is...
(Dalby, Queensland, Australia)
Conrad Loten|Dalby Big Air 2015|Facebook|John Smith|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Konrad Heilmann|Nick Purcell|Phil Schroder|Rohan Taylor
http://williamolive.com/dalby/comp results 2015.html
Task 7:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Konrad Heilmann | Moyes RX 3.5 | 01:11:26 | 927 |
2 | Chris Lawry | 01:12:24 | 907 | |
3 | Tony Armstrong | Moyes RX 3.5 | 01:13:00 | 883 |
4 | Conrad Loten | Moyes RX 3.5 | 01:13:37 | 875 |
5 | Nick Purcell | Moyes RS 4 | 01:14:57 | 864 |
6 | Harrison Rowntree | Moyes RX 3.5 | 01:14:00 | 860 |
7 | Rohan Taylor | Moyes RS 4 | 01:16:53 | 814 |
8 | Rod Flockhart | Moyes RX 3.5 | 01:19:48 | 781 |
9 | Nils Vesk | Moyes RX 3.5 | 01:21:34 | 764 |
10 | Jason Kath | 01:22:56 | 738 |
At goal. Photo by Nick Purcell.
Photo by Phil Schroder
Totals:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jon snr Durand | Moyes RX 4 | 5683 |
2 | Nils Vesk | Moyes RX 3.5 | 5539 |
3 | Konrad Heilmann | Moyes RX 3.5 | 5414 |
4 | Dave May | Moyes RX 3.5 | 5210 |
5 | Geoffrey Robertson | Moyes RX 3.5 | 5108 |
6 | Rod Flockhart | Moyes RX 3.5 | 5044 |
7 | Hagen Bruggemann | Moyes RS 4 | 4869 |
8 | Phil Schroder | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 4821 |
9 | Jason Kath | 4813 | |
10 | John Smith | Moyes RX 5 | 4803 |
Old guys rule.
10 topics in this article: Conrad Loten, Dalby Big Air 2015, Facebook, John Smith, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand snr, Konrad Heilmann, Nick Purcell, Phil Schroder, Rohan Taylor
2015 Dalby Big Air - Day 6 »
Dalby Big Air - Day 6
Fifteen at goal 170 km away.
(Dalby, Queensland, Australia)
Conrad Loten|Curt Warren|Dalby Big Air 2015|John Smith|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Konrad Heilmann|Phil Schroder
http://williamolive.com/dalby/comp results 2015.html
Task 6:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | John Smith | Moyes RX 5 | 03:17:01 | 990 |
2 | Len Paton | Moyes RX 4 | 03:19:26 | 965 |
3 | Konrad Heilmann | Moyes RX 3.5 | 03:21:32 | 932 |
4 | Geoffrey Robertson | Moyes RX 3.5 | 03:21:26 | 925 |
5 | Chris Lawry | 03:23:04 | 907 | |
6 | Phil Schroder | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 03:28:08 | 863 |
7 | Conrad Loten | Moyes RX 3.5 | 03:30:01 | 852 |
8 | Jon snr Durand | Moyes RX 4 | 03:29:06 | 848 |
9 | Dave May | Moyes RX 3.5 | 03:33:26 | 829 |
10 | Tony Giammichele | Moyes RX 3.5 | 03:42:37 | 778 |
10 | Hagen Bruggemann | Moyes RS 4 | 03:42:43 | 778 |
12 | Rory Duncan | Wills Wing T2 | 03:48:55 | 756 |
13 | Viv Clements | 03:46:50 | 746 | |
14 | Neale Halsall | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 03:57:36 | 722 |
15 | Chris Czajkowski | Moyes RX 5 | 04:35:51 | 600 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jon snr Durand | Moyes RX 4 | 4949 |
2 | Nils Vesk | Moyes RX 3.5 | 4775 |
3 | Dave May | Moyes RX 3.5 | 4517 |
4 | Konrad Heilmann | Moyes RX 3.5 | 4487 |
5 | Curt Warren | Moyes RX 4 | 4461 |
6 | John Smith | Moyes RX 5 | 4439 |
7 | Geoffrey Robertson | Moyes RX 3.5 | 4415 |
8 | Rod Flockhart | Moyes RX 3.5 | 4263 |
9 | Hagen Bruggemann | Moyes RS 4 | 4136 |
10 | Phil Schroder | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 4098 |
8 topics in this article: Conrad Loten, Curt Warren, Dalby Big Air 2015, John Smith, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand snr, Konrad Heilmann, Phil Schroder
2015 Dalby Big Air - Day 4 »
Dalby Big Air - Day
Curt Warren wins again
(Dalby, Queensland, Australia)
Conrad Loten|Curt Warren|Dalby Big Air 2015|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Konrad Heilmann|Nick Purcell|Phil Schroder
open class
http://williamolive.com/dalby/2015/open comp_result.html
http://williamolive.com/dalby/2015/task_result_2015-04-15_%2820150415-1802%29.html
sports class
http://williamolive.com/dalby/2015/sports%20task_result_2015-04-15_%2820150415-1828%29.html
http://williamolive.com/dalby/2015/sports comp_result.html
Task 4:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jon snr Durand | Moyes RX 4 | 03:13:26 | 1000 |
2 | Phil Schroder | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 03:17:32 | 952 |
3 | Nick Purcell | Moyes RS 4 | 03:23:08 | 911 |
4 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RS 4 | 03:23:14 | 905 |
5 | Jason Kath | 03:24:22 | 888 | |
6 | Rod Flockhart | Moyes RX 3.5 | 03:29:23 | 861 |
7 | Nils Vesk | Moyes RX 3.5 | 03:29:58 | 856 |
8 | Conrad Loten | Moyes RX 3.5 | 03:37:32 | 806 |
9 | Mark Russell | Moyes RS 4 | 03:40:23 | 800 |
10 | Vic Hare | Wills Wing T2 | 03:44:37 | 782 |
11 | Trevor Purcell | Moyes LS 5 | 03:42:43 | 781 |
12 | Curt Warren | Moyes RX 4 | 03:48:37 | 779 |
13 | Dave May | Moyes RX 3.5 | 03:49:11 | 767 |
14 | Hagen Bruggemann | Moyes RS 4 | 04:10:10 | 703 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Curt Warren | Moyes RX 4 | 3698 |
2 | Jon snr Durand | Moyes RX 4 | 3469 |
3 | Rod Flockhart | Moyes RX 3.5 | 3360 |
4 | Nils Vesk | Moyes RX 3.5 | 3314 |
5 | Dave May | Moyes RX 3.5 | 3313 |
6 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RS 4 | 3121 |
7 | Jason Kath | 3111 | |
8 | Josh Woods | Moyes RX 3.5 | 3108 |
9 | Konrad Heilmann | Moyes RX 3.5 | 3039 |
10 | Vic Hare | Wills Wing T2 | 3016 |
8 topics in this article: Conrad Loten, Curt Warren, Dalby Big Air 2015, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand snr, Konrad Heilmann, Nick Purcell, Phil Schroder
2015 New South Wales State Titles »
New South Wales State Titles
Cameron wins once again
(Mt.Borah, Manilla, Australia)
Cameron Tunbridge|Conrad Loten|New South Wales State Titles 2015|Phil Schroder|Wills Wing T2C
Task 4:
http://highcloud.net/xc/task_result.php?comPk=147&tasPk=710
Place | Pilot | Glider | Time | Total |
1 | Cameron Tunbridge | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 2:29:03 | 816 |
2 | Peter Ebeling | Wills Wing T2C | 2:30:32 | 784 |
3 | Adam Stevens | rev13.5 | 2:31:15 | 768 |
4 | Bruce Wynne | RX 3.5 Technora Zoom | 2:32:41 | 743 |
5 | Conrad Loten | rs3.5 | 2:43:18 | 688 |
http://wow.asn.au/comps/?q=node/12
Cumulative:
1 | Cameron Tunbridge | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 3586 |
2 | Harrison Rowntree | RX 3.5 Technora | 3274 |
3 | Bruce Wynne | Rogallo | 3203 |
4 | Phil Schroder | rev | 3084 |
5 | Adam Stevens | rex | 3037 |
Cameron Tunbridge writes:
Today's task 107k out to Brezat and return to Manila Sky Ranch. Almost bombed at take off but made goal and flew to the lake for a swim.
5 topics in this article: Cameron Tunbridge, Conrad Loten, New South Wales State Titles 2015, Phil Schroder, Wills Wing T2C
2015 New South Wales State Titles »
New South Wales State Titles
Cameron leads after two days
(Mt Borah, Manilla, Australia)
Cameron Tunbridge|Conrad Loten|New South Wales State Titles 2015|Phil Schroder|Wills Wing T2C
Task 2 results: http://wow.asn.au/comps/?q=node/12
1 | Cameron Tunbridge | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 1809 | 1103 | 706 |
2 | Harrison Rowntree | RX 3.5 Technora | 1766 | 971 | 795 |
3 | Len Paton | 1743 | 1021 | 722 | |
4 | Adam Stevens | rex | 1713 | 1036 | 677 |
5 | Phil Schroder | rev | 1669 | 957 | 712 |
6 | Conrad Loten | rs3.5 | 1620 | 952 | 668 |
7 | Bruce Wynne | Rogallo | 1568 | 944 | 624 |
8 | Dick Heffer | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1502 | 942 | 560 |
9 | Gary Herman | Litespeed S3.5 | 1445 | 933 | 512 |
10 | Dustan Hansen | Rev 14 | 1397 | 855 | 542 |
Single surface glider at goal.
5 topics in this article: Cameron Tunbridge, Conrad Loten, New South Wales State Titles 2015, Phil Schroder, Wills Wing T2C
2015 New South Wales State Titles »
New South Wales State Titles
No Jonny this year
(Mt.Borah, Manilla, Australia)
Cameron Tunbridge|Conrad Loten|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|New South Wales State Titles 2015|Phil Schroder|Wills Wing T2C
http://highcloud.net/xc/comp_result.php?comPk=147
Cameron wins the first day on his Wills Wing T2C 154. Adam Stevens is second on a rex. Phil Schroder third on a rev.
1 | Cameron Tunbridge | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 998 |
2 | Adam Stevens | rex | 995 |
3 | Phil Schroder | rev | 963 |
4 | Len Paton | 919 | |
5 | Conrad Loten | rs3.5 | 877 |
6 | Dustan Hansen | Rev 14 | 861 |
7 | Gary Herman | Litespeed S3.5 | 855 |
8 | Harrison Rowntree | RX 3.5 Technora | 850 |
9 | Paul Bissett-Amess | Litespeed | 835 |
10 | Dick Heffer | Moyes RX 3.5 | 828 |
Peter Ebeling | Wills Wing T2C | 828 |
6 topics in this article: Cameron Tunbridge, Conrad Loten, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, New South Wales State Titles 2015, Phil Schroder, Wills Wing T2C
2015 Forbes Flatlands »
2015 Forbes Flatlands
Day Two Results
Attila Bertok|Conrad Loten|Forbes Flatlands 2015|Gerolf Heinrichs|Gordon Rigg|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Trent Brown|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
Task 2:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zac Majors | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 02:39:42 | 999 |
2 | Jochen Zeischka | BEL | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 02:43:22 | 935 |
3 | Gordon Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 02:49:22 | 874 |
4 | Jonas Lobitz | NZL | 02:56:23 | 799 | |
5 | Trent Brown | AUS | Moyes RX | 02:58:17 | 770 |
6 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes RX | 02:59:18 | 741 |
7 | Conrad Loten | NZL | 03:11:01 | 735 | |
8 | Christian Voiblet | SUI | Wills Wing T2C | 03:11:34 | 726 |
9 | Guy Hubbard | AUS | Moyes RS | 03:12:22 | 720 |
10 | Lukas Bader | GER | Moyes RS | 03:12:24 | 713 |
The task:
No | Dist. | Id | Radius (meters) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 0.0 km | FORBE | 400 |
2 SS | 9.6 km | FORBE | 10000 |
3 | 56.7 km | MARSDE | 400 |
4 | 107.1 km | TYAGON | 20000 |
5 ES | 162.1 km | STOC15 | 400 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zac Majors | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 1700 |
2 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes RX 5 | 1661 |
3 | Jochen Zeischka | BEL | Moyes RX 4 | 1648 |
4 | Gordon Rigg | GBR | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1641 |
5 | Olav Opsanger | NOR | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1640 |
6 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1600 |
7 | Gerolf Heinrichs | AUT | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1587 |
8 | Christian Voiblet | SUI | Aeros | 1549 |
9 | Olav Olsen | NOR | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1539 |
10 | Jonas Lobitz | NZL | Moyes RS 3.5 | 1530 |
Vicki gets this shot:
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11 topics in this article: Attila Bertok, Conrad Loten, Forbes Flatlands 2015, Gerolf Heinrichs, Gordon Rigg, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Moyes Litespeed RX, Trent Brown, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C, Zac Majors
Wings over Wellington »
Wings over Wellington
Results so far
Conrad Loten|Steve Blenkinsop
http://highcloud.net/xc/comp_result.php?comPk=142
1 | Konrad Heilman | Moyes LitespeedRX 3.5 | 4054 |
2 | Steve Blenkinsop | RX3.5 Technora | 4031 |
3 | Nils Vesk | moyes Rx3.5 | 4030 |
4 | Conrad Loten | rx3.5 | 3942 |
5 | Guy Hubbard | Moys Litespeed RS4 | 3921 |
Discuss "Wings over Wellington" at the Oz Report forum link»
2 topics in this article: Conrad Loten, Steve Blenkinsop
Forbes 'Big Spring' Floater Comp October 2014
Forbes 'Big Spring' Floater Comp October 2014
Last day
Conrad Loten|Rohan Taylor|Trent Brown|Wills Wing
Task 3:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Andrew Luton | Airborne Fun 190 | 01:06:52 | 832 |
2 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Malibu 188 | 01:20:55 | 819 |
3 | Nils Vesk | Moyes Malibu 188 | 01:21:05 | 813 |
4 | Micheal Tomlinson | Airborne Fun 190 | 01:26:21 | 766 |
5 | Rohan Taylor | Moyes Malibu 2 188 | 01:44:38 | 717 |
6 | Bruce Wynne | Moyes Malibu 2 188 | 01:27:11 | 711 |
7 | Luke Browne | Moyes Malibu 188 | 01:54:03 | 652 |
8 | Alastair Bramwell-Davies | Wills Wing Falcon | 01:38:28 | 647 |
9 | Chris Rolfe | Moyes Malibu 2 188 | 01:48:58 | 614 |
10 | Steve Docherty | Moyes Malibu 2 188 | 01:50:38 | 596 |
11 | Gabriel Toniolo | Seedwing Funky 17 | 01:51:15 | 593 |
Final Score:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Andrew Luton | Airborne Fun 190 | 2362 |
2 | Steve Docherty | Moyes Malibu 2 188 | 2302 |
3 | Trent Brown | Moyes Malibu 188 | 2071 |
4 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Malibu 188 | 1976 |
5 | Alastair Bramwell-Davies | Wills Wing Falcon | 1702 |
6 | Micheal Tomlinson | Airborne Fun 190 | 1698 |
7 | Nils Vesk | Moyes Malibu 188 | 1586 |
8 | Howard Jones | Northwing Freedom 170 | 1581 |
9 | Bruce Wynne | Moyes Malibu 2 188 | 1579 |
10 | Rohan Taylor | Moyes Malibu 2 188 | 1550 |
Discuss "Forbes 'Big Spring' Floater Comp October 2014" at the Oz Report forum link»
4 topics in this article: Conrad Loten, Rohan Taylor, Trent Brown, Wills Wing
Forbes 'Big Spring' Floater Comp October 2014
Forbes 'Big Spring' Floater Comp October 2014
Day Two
Alan Bond|Conrad Loten|Trent Brown|Wills Wing
http://williamolive.com/forbes-big-spring/comp%2520results%25202014.html
Day Two:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Andrew Luton | 02:25:34 | 993 | |
2 | Alan Bond | Wills Wing Falcon 4 | 02:41:25 | 897 |
3 | Steve Docherty | Airborne Fun | 02:51:41 | 868 |
4 | Chris Czajkowski | 03:12:54 | 811 | |
5 | Chris Rolfe | Moyes Malibu 2 188 | 03:19:31 | 799 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Steve Docherty | Airborne Fun | 1702 |
2 | Trent Brown | 1633 | |
3 | Andrew Luton | 1525 | |
4 | Howard Jones | NorthWing Freedom 170 | 1433 |
5 | Alan Bond | Wills Wing Falcon 4 | 1206 |
6 | Conrad Loten | 1147 | |
7 | Hoss Tefali | Moyes Malibu 188 | 1081 |
8 | Chris Czajkowski | 1067 | |
9 | Richard Hughes | 1053 | |
10 | Alastair Bramwell-Davies | Wills Wing Falcon | 1048 |
Discuss "Forbes 'Big Spring' Floater Comp October 2014" at the Oz Report forum link»
4 topics in this article: Alan Bond, Conrad Loten, Trent Brown, Wills Wing
The 2014 Worlds - from Regina
The 2014 Worlds - from Regina
You'll need to have it translated
Conrad Loten
Conrad Loten|Worlds 2014
http://www.dhv.de/web/piloteninfos/wettbewerb-sport/drachen-szene/live-berichte/wm-annecy-2014/
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1 topic in this article: Conrad Loten
Dalby Big Air Hang Gliding 2014
Dalby Big Air HG 2014
Final day stopped
(Dalby, Queensland, Australia)
Adam Parer|Conrad Loten|Grant Heaney|John Smith|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Konrad Heilmann|Moyes Litespeed RX|Nick Purcell|Steve Blenkinsop|Tim Osborn
http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/2014/
Kathryn's photo:
Last task:
# | Name | Glider | Dist. | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | John Smith | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 19,39 | 132 |
2 | nick purcell | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 19,25 | 131 |
3 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 18,92 | 130 |
4 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 18,02 | 126 |
4 | Adam Parer | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 18,05 | 126 |
6 | Sam Prest | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 16,81 | 118 |
7 | Hugh Glenn | Moyes Litespeed RX 4 | 16,57 | 116 |
8 | Konrad Heilmann | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 15,97 | 112 |
9 | Frank Chetcuti | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 15,32 | 108 |
10 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 14,91 | 106 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 4360 |
2 | John Smith | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 4173 |
3 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 3998 |
4 | adam stevens | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 3791 |
5 | Grant Heaney | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 3763 |
6 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 3731 |
7 | Glen Mcfarlane | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 3498 |
8 | Len Paton | Moyes Litespeed RX 4 | 3465 |
9 | Jon snr Durand | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 3247 |
10 | Tim Osborn | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 3124 |
11 topics in this article: Adam Parer, Conrad Loten, Grant Heaney, John Smith, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand snr, Konrad Heilmann, Moyes Litespeed RX, Nick Purcell, Steve Blenkinsop, Tim Osborn
Dalby Big Air Hang Gliding 2014
Dalby Big Air HG 2014
Windy
(Dalby, Queensland, Australia)
Conrad Loten|Facebook|Grant Heaney|John Smith|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Kathryn O'Riordan|Moyes Litespeed RX|Steve Blenkinsop|Tim Osborn
http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/2014/
Adam Stevens' driver help with retrieve:
Kathryn O'Riordan driving to goal:
Brodrick explains: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=718361818208119
Grant and Blinky at goal. Grant flew under the power lines to get there:
Task 5:
# | Name | Glider | Time | km/h | Dist. | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 02:38:45 | 32,6 | 86,24 | 971 |
2 | Grant Heaney | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 02:38:54 | 32,6 | 86,24 | 951 |
3 | Len Paton | Moyes Litespeed RX 4 | 85,01 | 807 | ||
4 | adam stevens | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 79,78 | 784 | ||
4 | John Smith | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 80,18 | 784 | ||
6 | Glen Mcfarlane | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 80,61 | 759 | ||
7 | Jon snr Durand | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 76,05 | 729 | ||
8 | Trevor Purcell | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 73,68 | 698 | ||
9 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 72,33 | 697 | ||
10 | Frank Chetcuti | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 71,02 | 666 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 4235 |
2 | John Smith | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 4062 |
3 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 3883 |
4 | adam stevens | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 3754 |
5 | Grant Heaney | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 3683 |
6 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 3626 |
7 | Len Paton | Moyes Litespeed RX 4 | 3437 |
8 | Glen Mcfarlane | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 3385 |
9 | Jon snr Durand | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 3167 |
10 | Tim Osborn | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 3097 |
10 topics in this article: Conrad Loten, Facebook, Grant Heaney, John Smith, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand snr, Kathryn O'Riordan, Moyes Litespeed RX, Steve Blenkinsop, Tim Osborn
Dalby Big Air Hang Gliding 2014
Dalby Big Air HG 2014
Curt wins again (after falling down yesterday)
(Dalby, Queensland, Australia)
Adam Parer|Conrad Loten|Curt Warren|Grant Heaney|John Smith|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop
Adam Parer|Conrad Loten|Curt Warren|Grant Heaney|John Smith|Moyes Litespeed RX|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop
Adam Parer|Conrad Loten|Curt Warren|Grant Heaney|John Smith|Moyes Litespeed RX|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop
http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/2014/
Task 4:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Curt Warren | Moyes Litespeed RX 4 | 01:57:35 | 985 |
2 | John Smith | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 01:57:58 | 970 |
3 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:58:01 | 968 |
4 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 02:02:52 | 885 |
5 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 02:07:34 | 845 |
6 | Grant Heaney | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 02:11:28 | 813 |
7 | Rod Flockhart | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 02:13:56 | 789 |
8 | Glen Mcfarlane | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 02:15:39 | 713 |
9 | Dave May | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 02:15:36 | 705 |
10 | Adam Parer | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 02:26:00 | 689 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | John Smith | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 3285 |
2 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 3270 |
3 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 3220 |
4 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 3192 |
5 | adam stevens | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 2974 |
6 | Grant Heaney | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 2737 |
7 | Curt Warren | Moyes Litespeed RX 4 | 2676 |
8 | Len Paton | Moyes Litespeed RX 4 | 2634 |
9 | Glen Mcfarlane | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 2631 |
10 | Rohan Taylor | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 2582 |
Blinky at goal:
http://www.warrenwindsports.com.au/blog/competitions/dalby-big-air-2014
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7 topics in this article: Adam Parer, Conrad Loten, Curt Warren, Grant Heaney, John Smith, Rohan Taylor, Steve Blenkinsop
Dalby Big Air Hang Gliding 2014
Dalby Big Air HG 2014
Lenny wins
(Dalby, Queensland, Australia)
Cameron Tunbridge|Conrad Loten|John Smith|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Tim Osborn|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/2014/
Task 3:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Len Paton | Moyes Litespeed RX 4 | 01:50:40 | 999 |
2 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 01:51:08 | 976 |
3 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:51:32 | 958 |
4 | Sam Prest | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:52:20 | 942 |
5 | John Smith | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 01:52:36 | 932 |
6 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:53:24 | 920 |
7 | adam stevens | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:53:35 | 918 |
8 | Rod Flockhart | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 01:53:56 | 907 |
9 | Rohan Taylor | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 02:02:57 | 824 |
10 | Tim Osborn | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 02:04:25 | 814 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 2384 |
2 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 2347 |
3 | adam stevens | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 2317 |
4 | John Smith | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 2314 |
5 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 2252 |
6 | cameron tunbridge | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 2096 |
7 | Jon snr Durand | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 2013 |
8 | Rohan Taylor | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 1976 |
9 | Len Paton | Moyes Litespeed RX 4 | 1962 |
10 | Tim Osborn | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 1951 |
11 topics in this article: Cameron Tunbridge, Conrad Loten, John Smith, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand snr, Moyes Litespeed RX, Rohan Taylor, Steve Blenkinsop, Tim Osborn, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
Dalby Big Air Hang Gliding 2014
Dalby Big Air HG 2014
Curt wins task 2
(Dalby, Queensland, Australia)
Cameron Tunbridge|Conrad Loten|Curt Warren|Grant Heaney|John Smith|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Nick Purcell|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/2014/
Task 2:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Curt Warren | Moyes Litespeed RX 4 | 01:41:17 | 1000 |
2 | nick purcell | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 01:44:32 | 939 |
3 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:45:49 | 919 |
4 | Jon snr Durand | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 01:45:50 | 913 |
5 | Glen Mcfarlane | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:46:02 | 908 |
6 | Rohan Taylor | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 01:46:02 | 907 |
7 | adam stevens | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:46:44 | 892 |
8 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:47:21 | 878 |
9 | John Smith | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 01:47:33 | 876 |
10 | Grant Heaney | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:48:11 | 869 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Curt Warren | Moyes Litespeed RX 4 | 1508 |
2 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 1426 |
3 | adam stevens | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 1399 |
4 | John Smith | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 1382 |
5 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 1371 |
6 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 1332 |
7 | cameron tunbridge | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 1322 |
8 | Jon snr Durand | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 1208 |
9 | Grant Heaney | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 1164 |
10 | Rohan Taylor | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 1152 |
Kathryn.
13 topics in this article: Cameron Tunbridge, Conrad Loten, Curt Warren, Grant Heaney, John Smith, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand snr, Moyes Litespeed RX, Nick Purcell, Rohan Taylor, Steve Blenkinsop, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
Dalby Big Air Hang Gliding 2014
Dalby Big Air HG 2014
Billo rescores day one
(Dalby, Queensland, Australia)
Adam Parer|Cameron Tunbridge|Conrad Loten|Curt Warren|John Smith|Konrad Heilmann|Steve Blenkinsop|Tim Osborn|William "Billo" Olive|Wills Wing
Adam Parer|Cameron Tunbridge|Conrad Loten|Curt Warren|John Smith|Konrad Heilmann|Moyes Litespeed RX|Steve Blenkinsop|Tim Osborn|William "Billo" Olive|Wills Wing
Adam Parer|Cameron Tunbridge|Conrad Loten|Curt Warren|John Smith|Konrad Heilmann|Moyes Litespeed RX|Steve Blenkinsop|Tim Osborn|William "Billo" Olive|Wills Wing
http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/2014/
Original scoring: http://ozreport.com/18.66#9
# | Name | Glider | Last Dist.1 |
Alt.2 | Dist.3 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Adam Parer | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 37,66 | 1081 | 48,47 | 480 |
2 | cameron tunbridge | airborne rev 14.5 | 37,79 | 1039 | 48,18 | 478 |
3 | Konrad Heilmann | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 37,71 | 972 | 47,43 | 472 |
4 | Tim Osborne | wills wing u2 | 37,68 | 955 | 47,23 | 470 |
5 | Curt Warren | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 37,75 | 926 | 47,01 | 469 |
6 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 35,51 | 1093 | 46,44 | 461 |
6 | adam stevens | airbone rev 13.5 | 37,78 | 874 | 46,52 | 461 |
6 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 37,74 | 878 | 46,52 | 461 |
9 | John Smith | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 37,69 | 746 | 45,15 | 438 |
10 | Frank Chetcuti | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 37,47 | 753 | 45,00 | 436 |
The new version of the FS scoring program allows one to score a distance based on your altitude when the task was stopped.
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10 topics in this article: Adam Parer, Cameron Tunbridge, Conrad Loten, Curt Warren, John Smith, Konrad Heilmann, Steve Blenkinsop, Tim Osborn, William "Billo" Olive, Wills Wing
The German team in Valle
Lots of pictures and many stories
Conrad Loten|Joerg Ewald
In English here.
Thanks to Joergi.
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Forbes Flatlands, Task 6, day 7 »
Forbes Flatlands, Task 6, day 7
A 194 km task with fortunate conditions
Attila Bertok|Conrad Loten|Davis Straub|Facebook|Filippo Oppici|Forbes Flatlands 2014|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Paris Williams|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
Five hours and twenty minutes in the air. Atilla and Lukas set a 194.5 km slight dogleg task to the southeast. The forecast was for the strongest lift of the competition up to 10,000' (our height limit), with cu's after 3 PM and a seventeen knot west southwest wind at 5 PM. Fortunately the wind turned out to be west with a touch of north in it until around 6 PM.
I pinned off and immediately climbed to 5,500'. It looked like it will be an easy day in the start cylinder. Then it all fell part as lift was hard to find and we had to scratch around low for an hour and a half before we finally got back up to 5,500'. I had searched in a wide area for lift and others had also and not found much. I don't think that any pilot was able to make it to the edge of the ten kilometer start cylinder in time for the first start at 2 PM.
I had gone out about seven kilometers in the start cylinder to find lift and a half a dozen pilots had joined me. Paris and Conrad were far below, and Christian nearby. We moved west to get under a small gaggle of pilots high above us a minute before the second start window at 2:30. We could see the more fortunate pilots high above us but it was time to go.
I lead out for the lower twenty pilots and within three kilometers found lift that averaged 500 fpm but showed 800+ fpm on the twenty second averager to 8,400'. A much different situation than we had just faced no matter where we went inside the start cylinder.
The next thermal thirteen kilometers to the south was even stronger at an average of 570 fpm to 8,300'. It was under a cu at 2:55 PM and we had left the blue and now there were scattered cu's in front of us. It looked to be a great day. We has an 8 mph cross, slightly head wind.
As we ran south east we were averaging 400 to 700 fpm thermals under cumulus clouds. I could just see the first group of pilots, those half dozen or so that had been so much higher than us at the start, just over my head as I went from cu to cu. It was like they had taken an earlier clock. Jonny, Paris, and many others were scattered much lower than this group.
As we approached Boorowa at 140 kilometers out and the turnpoint on this slight dog leg it was clear that we were in for the big change in our situation. The wind had picked up as forecast to 18 mph, but unlike the forecast for 5 PM it was west not west south west. This was very fortunate as we were heading south west. Our course would change to west southwest at Boorowa.
The big change was the could cover. The cu's had diffused as they sometimes do and the ground was about 90% shaded all the rest of the 50 kilometers to go. Unlike the two days previous when we had a high thin overcast, these diffuse clouds were thicker and the sun reaching the ground weaker. It looked like we would have difficulties.
There were four or five pilots in the area near the turnpoint and we plowed into the dark and found 300 fpm to just over 7000'. Things were looking not so bad. The lift continued to be between 200 and 300 fpm, and the strong wind didn't seem to make it too turbulent. We were headed over rough terrain with limited retrieval so it was nice to be able to stay up although after fifteen kilometers of the fifty kilometer leg we weren't getting much over 5,500'.
Twenty five kilometers from the goal Rod Flockhart and I were working 300 fpm. He saw a pilot turning well seven kilometers ahead and went for him, I didn't see the pilot, hated to leave the thermal, but figured that we had a better chance to find lift together. It was a 300 fpm thermal also but a lot closer to goal. In fact it was the last thermal required to get to goal.
I took off with 17:1 and an eighteen mph tail wind even though the wind had finally turned west southwest. Plenty of speed getting to goal. About twenty pilots in all made it in. Half my crew landed out for the first time. I got a ride home in the goal car. Carl was left there at goal waiting for retrieve as he hadn't taken an earlier proffered ride home with Jonny.
Paris arrived into goal five minutes before Mike but in about ninth place so Paris may be leading.
Task 5:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Trent Brown | Moyes RX | 03:10:10 | 1000 |
2 | Carl Wallbank | Moyes RX | 03:10:18 | 995 |
3 | Glen Mcfarlane | Moyes RX | 03:10:21 | 994 |
4 | Christian Voiblet | Wills Wing T2C | 03:10:29 | 991 |
5 | Jonas Lobitz | Moyes RX | 03:10:31 | 990 |
6 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RS | 03:10:41 | 987 |
7 | Geoff Robertson | Moyes RX | 03:11:18 | 976 |
8 | Filippo Oppici | Wills Wing T2C | 03:12:16 | 962 |
9 | Jonny Durand | Moyes RX | 03:15:09 | 928 |
10 | Yasuhiro Noma | Moyes RX | 03:15:24 | 926 |
11 | Paris Williams | Aeros Combat GT | 03:18:37 | 894 |
12 | Conrad Loten | Moyes RX | 03:24:52 | 841 |
12 | Michael Bilyk | Moyes RX | 03:24:50 | 841 |
14 | Neil Petersen | Aeros Combat | 03:30:01 | 803 |
15 | Rod Flockhart | Moyes RX | 03:31:04 | 796 |
16 | Davis Straub | Moyes RX | 03:32:53 | 783 |
17 | Lukas Bader | Moyes RS | 03:40:53 | 735 |
18 | Adam Stevens | Moyes RX | 03:41:51 | 729 |
19 | Nils Vesk | Moyes RX | 03:47:52 | 698 |
20 | Federico Martini | Moyes RX | 04:04:51 | 625 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT | 5392 |
2 | Michael Bilyk | USA | Moyes RX | 5371 |
3 | Jonas Lobitz | NZL | Moyes RX | 5344 |
4 | Lukas Bader | GER | Moyes RS | 5188 |
5 | Glen Mcfarlane | AUS | Moyes RX | 5028 |
6 | Trent Brown | AUS | Moyes RX | 5023 |
7 | Guy Hubbard | AUS | Moyes RS | 4961 |
8 | Adam Stevens | AUS | Moyes RX | 4948 |
9 | Yasuhiro Noma | JPN | Moyes RX | 4824 |
10 | Conrad Loten | NZL | Moyes RX | 4769 |
11 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes RX | 4738 |
12 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C | 4577 |
13 | Geoff Robertson | AUS | Moyes RX | 4421 |
14 | Anton Struganov | RUS | Moyes RX | 4319 |
15 | Steve Blenkinsop | AUS | Moyes RX | 4317 |
16 | Davis Straub | USA | Moyes RX | 4215 |
17 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes RX | 3993 |
18 | Christian Voiblet | SUI | Wills Wing T2C | 3963 |
19 | Rod Flockhart | AUS | Moyes RX | 3684 |
20 | Gavin Myers | AUS | Moyes LSS | 3481 |
13 topics in this article: Attila Bertok, Conrad Loten, Davis Straub, Facebook, Filippo Oppici, Forbes Flatlands 2014, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Paris Williams, Steve Blenkinsop, Trent Brown, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
Forbes Flatlands, by the numbers »
Thu, Jan 2 2014, 2:56:21 pm EST
Forbes Flatlands, by the numbers
Something seems to be missing from the latest results
Akiko Suzuki|Attila Bertok|Cameron Tunbridge|Conrad Loten|Davis Straub|Enda Murphy|Filippo Oppici|Forbes Flatlands 2014|Jamie Shelden|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Kathryn O'Riordan|Nick Purcell|Paris Williams|Phil Schroder|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
# | Name | Glider |
---|---|---|
1 | Jonny Durand | Moyes RX 3.5 |
2 | Paris Williams | Aeros Combat GT 13.2 |
3 | Michael Bilyk | Moyes RX 3.5 |
3 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes RX 3.5 |
5 | Filippo Oppici | Wills Wing T2C 144 |
6 | Adam Stevens | Moyes RX 3.5 |
7 | Jeff Robertson | Moyes RX 3.5 |
8 | Christian Voiblet | Wills Wing T2C 144 |
9 | Davis Straub | Moyes RX 3.5 |
10 | Conrad Loten | Moyes RX 3.5 |
11 | Rod Flockhart | Moyes RX 3.75 |
11 | Jonas Lobitz | Moyes RX 4 |
13 | Glen Mcfarlane | Moyes RX 3.5 |
14 | Cameron Tunbridge | Wills Wing T2C 154 |
15 | Rohan Taylor | Moyes RS |
16 | Anton Struganov | Moyes RX |
17 | Neil Petersen | Aeros Combat |
18 | Trent Brown | Moyes RX 3.5 |
19 | Yasuhiro Noma | Moyes RX 3.5 |
20 | Lukas Bader | Moyes RS |
20 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RS 4 |
22 | Attila Bertok | Moyes RX 5 |
23 | Tony Giammichele | Moyes RS 3.5 |
24 | Andrew Luton | Airborne C4 |
25 | Ryosuke Hattori | Aeros Combat |
26 | Olav Olsen | Moyes RS |
27 | Mark Russell | Moyes RS4 |
28 | Kathryn O'Riordan | Moyes RX 3 |
29 | Phil Schroder | Airborne Rev |
30 | Victor Hare | Moyes RX 3.5 |
31 | Peter Lamont | Moyes S 5 |
32 | Len Paton | Moyes RS 4 |
33 | Maximilian Respondek | Moyes RS |
34 | Peter Ebeling | Wills Wing T2C 144 |
35 | Jon snr Durand | Moyes RS 3.5 |
36 | Gavin Myers | Moyes S5 |
36 | Enda Murphy | Moyes RX 3.5 |
38 | Nils Vesk | Moyes RX 3.5 |
39 | Dean Hervatin | Airborne Rev |
40 | Andrew Barnes | Moyes RS 3.5 |
41 | Adam Jones | Moyes S |
42 | Federico Martini | Moyes RX 3.5 |
43 | Akiko Suzuki | Icaro Laminar |
44 | Nick Purcell | Moyes RS 4 |
45 | Michael Tomlinson | |
46 | Patrick Collin | Moyes RS |
47 | Tony Masters | Moyes RX 3.5 |
48 | Mikhail Karmazin | Aeros Combat |
49 | Jamie Shelden | Wills Wing T2C 136 |
50 | Phil Seeley | Airborne C4 |
51 | Ai Fukutomi | Moyes RX 3 |
52 | Hadewych van Kempen | Moyes Litesport |
52 | Hanspeter Schütz | Moyes RX 3.5 |
21 topics in this article: Akiko Suzuki, Attila Bertok, Cameron Tunbridge, Conrad Loten, Davis Straub, Enda Murphy, Filippo Oppici, Forbes Flatlands 2014, Jamie Shelden, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Jon Durand snr, Kathryn O'Riordan, Nick Purcell, Paris Williams, Phil Schroder, Rohan Taylor, Steve Blenkinsop, Trent Brown, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
Forbes Flatlands, Task 5, day 5 »
Wed, Jan 1 2014, 7:05:22 am EST
Forbes Flatlands, Task 5, day 5
Flying under an overcast sky
Attila Bertok|Conrad Loten|Davis Straub|Filippo Oppici|Forbes Flatlands 2014|Jamie Shelden|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Paris Williams|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown|weather|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
Attila, Lukas, and Glen (with input from Steve Blenkisop) formed the task committee today. After changing their task based on my weather forecast they called a dogleg to Stockinbingal with the turnpoint a thirteen kilometer cylinder centered at Crow:
Unfortunately my forecast included this:
The cyclone in Western Australia sent out a long tail that covered the sky today (with a few minor breaks). It was gray, gray, gray whenever you looked up. But we've flown in Australia in these conditions before and had great soaring.
The wind was out of the north northwest at 13 mph on launch and we were all looking up at the sky which had turned from blue overhead to gray every where within an hour. Some were wondering if it was worth towing up.
I was the second one off in my line and it turned out the lift was a little less than 200 fpm, sometimes more. Jonny launched early got up and went on course early, which you can do under the Oz GAP 2005 scoring system. Steve Blenkisop, and others also went early.
I stayed around with many others and climbed to 6,700' a couple of times before the start window opened at 2 PM. It was nothing but shade down the course line.
A bunch of us left together and spread out to find the lift. It turned out to be quite robust. After a couple of thermals I was happy to lead out and stumbled into 550 fpm. We kept getting higher (and colder) with each thermal getting to 8,100' before Grenfell. We were running into a quartering head wind at eleven mph.
Just before the hills north of Grenfell the highest eight guys took off over the rest of us. I decided it was pointless to go under them in the next thermal as that would just keep me behind and below them. Of course, using them to spot the next thermal is always useful, but I wanted to go out ahead.
I just kept on flying past the lead gaggle trying to get out in the lead (what, are you nuts on a overcast day?) and find the next thermal before they caught on. Unfortunately, things got quite weak not just for me apparently right at this point in the flight.
I found 200 fpm on the hills sides east of Grenfell and that got me high enough to go searching again on my own. It looked quite bleak ahead. No obvious sources of lift.
I went to a small hillside with a line of trees and worked 60 fpm from 1,500' AGL. Moving around I found better, 170 fpm and a drift from the west. After I got up a bit Filippo and Attila joined me and we climbed to 5,200'. I left when it got too weak for me to feel good about staying in the gaggle.
After a thirteen kilometer glide it looked like I was going to be landing. I saw a pilot on the ground by a main road. I noticed that there was a small break on the clouds and there were shadows from the trees on the ground. When I came over the field that the pilot landed in I felt a little bit of lift.
It was only 100 fpm but that got me high enough to get to the 200 fpm thermal a little closer to the turnpoint. I twirling into the turnpoint cylinder and then found 300 fpm as Conrad flew by and out into the shade as the sun had quickly gone away. Climbing to 5,500' I went on glide when the thermal gave out.
It was a thirteen kilometer glide to the ground.
It doesn't look like anyone got close to the goal.
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
Task 5:
1 | Carl Wallbank | Moyes RX | 111.8 | 900 |
2 | Paris Williams | Aeros Combat GT | 110.2 | 892 |
3 | Michael Bilyk | Moyes RX | 110.1 | 891 |
4 | Jonny Durand | Moyes RX | 110.0 | 890 |
5 | Anton Struganov | Moyes RX | 108.7 | 878 |
6 | Attila Bertok | Moyes RX | 108.5 | 876 |
7 | Adam Stevens | Moyes RX | 108.1 | 871 |
8 | Filippo Oppici | Wills Wing T2C | 107.6 | 865 |
9 | Lukas Bader | Moyes RS | 107.4 | 861 |
9 | Conrad Loten | Moyes RX | 107.3 | 861 |
11 | Jonas Lobitz | Moyes RX | 107.0 | 855 |
12 | Geoff Robertson | Moyes RX | 104.6 | 809 |
13 | Davis Straub | Moyes RX | 102.8 | 779 |
14 | Jamie Shelden | Wills Wing T2C | 97.2 | 724 |
15 | Rohan Taylor | Moyes RS | 95.3 | 712 |
16 | Len Paton | Moyes RS | 92.0 | 690 |
16 | Rod Flockhart | Moyes RX | 92.0 | 690 |
18 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes RX | 90.4 | 675 |
19 | Christian Voiblet | Wills Wing T2C | 88.4 | 657 |
20 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RS | 88.2 | 655 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Michael Bilyk | Moyes RX | 4529 |
2 | Paris Williams | Aeros Combat GT | 4498 |
3 | Lukas Bader | Moyes RS | 4454 |
4 | Jonas Lobitz | Moyes RX | 4355 |
5 | Adam Stevens | Moyes RX | 4219 |
6 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes RX | 4138 |
7 | Glen Mcfarlane | Moyes RX | 4027 |
8 | Trent Brown | Moyes RX | 4015 |
9 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RS | 3969 |
10 | Conrad Loten | Moyes RX | 3929 |
11 | Anton Struganov | Moyes RX | 3909 |
12 | Yasuhiro Noma | Moyes RX | 3893 |
13 | Jonny Durand | Moyes RX | 3810 |
14 | Filippo Oppici | Wills Wing T2C | 3615 |
15 | Attila Bertok | Moyes RX | 3569 |
16 | Geoff Robertson | Moyes RX | 3445 |
17 | Davis Straub | Moyes RX | 3431 |
18 | Gavin Myers | Moyes LSS | 3113 |
19 | Rohan Taylor | Moyes RS | 3029 |
20 | Christian Voiblet | Wills Wing T2C | 2967 |
15 topics in this article: Attila Bertok, Conrad Loten, Davis Straub, Filippo Oppici, Forbes Flatlands 2014, Jamie Shelden, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Paris Williams, Rohan Taylor, Steve Blenkinsop, Trent Brown, weather, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
Forbes Flatlands, Task 4, day 4 »
Tue, Dec 31 2013, 8:14:20 am EST
Forbes Flatlands, Task 4, day 4
A cross wind leg in the middle of the task
Attila Bertok|Cameron Tunbridge|Conrad Loten|Davis Straub|Filippo Oppici|Forbes Flatlands 2013|Glen McFarland|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Nick Purcell|Paris Williams|Phil Schroder|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown|weather|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
Conrad Loten, Glen McFarland and Trent Brown were the task committee today. I've been asking various pilots to be on the task committee one day at a time so as not to over burden any three pilots for the whole meet. Many pilots will not serve on the task committee (it is a lot of work and you get little or no reward). So it comes down to having the same people calling the same type of tasks, which may or may not be appropriate for the long term success of the competition. Also I noted that some pilots were concerned that certain tasks were called by certain pilots to match their skills as opposed to what was best for the competition. I'm sure that they had good reasons for this.
My input to the task committee consists of the weather. I have little or no influence on the actual task, other than to find skilled and opinioned pilots who are willing to be on the task committee. On the second day I proposed a possible task as I had a few minutes extra before the task committee meets (I get there to the bowling club an hour early to go over the weather), and it was rejected immediately. I didn't propose any before and have not since.
The forecast was for 15 knot southwestern wind, lift to 9,000' to 10,000' and better lift than the day before. A good day it appeared. No cu's, of course.
The task committee called a task to the northeast given the winds, but there are limited options (waypoints) in that direction. One possibility was to go straight line 200 kilometers to Dunedoo, but that seemed too easy and a long ways back, especially on New Years night. Glen or Conrad (I don't remember which) proposed a zig zag in the middle of the course to make it more difficult and sent us back to Wellington airfield.
The task guidelines are to set the most difficult part of the task as the last leg, not the second or middle leg, but as I said they felt that there were limited options in that direction. We could have gone straight to Gulgong airfield, as another possibility which was discussed by the task committee.
Here is that task they decided on:
As you can see it goes right through Parkes airspace, which we can do with our VHF AM (airband) radios. The first turnpoint at Yeoval and the second at Cumnoc have five kilometer radii to reduce the cross wind leg. The task is 158 kilometers long.
The wind was out of the southeast when we got to Bill's tow paddock next to the airfield. This would have made it quite difficult to accomplish the task. But just as we started launching it swung around.
I was twelfth in the right line and pinned off at 1,000' AGL in light lift. I finally found the core and the lift was as forecast. I was soon over 7,000' and cold because I didn't listen to my own weather forecast calling for eight degrees Celsius at the top of lift and hadn't worn enough clothes.
Almost all pilots headed northwest toward the edge of the ten kilometer start circle like we did yesterday, but I didn't think that that was a great idea. The first leg of the task today was much further to the east and I wanted to leave the start cylinder closer to the course line. I got near the northeast extent of the start cylinder but didn't find any good lift along the way so had to drift three kilometers outside it before I got up, back over 7,000'. I then headed back inside the start cylinder into a 21 mph head wind to take the second clock, not high (5,200'), but high enough.
Running down the course line I found some nice lift and looking ahead saw Paris was five other gliders very low racing way down below and just in front of me. I checked their progress until I saw Paris turning and then went over to them to find strong lift to 7,000'. Instead of leaving them when I was high above, I waited until they caught up so that I could fly with them. Paris, Conrad and I took off together toward the town of Parkes.
Sixteen kilometers later we were down to below 3,500'. I kept shading to the east (right) toward the airfield (no commercial jets would be landing on this day). They got lower and lower again as I found good lift and watched half a dozen pilots work their way back up again. When they found a good core I joined up with them high.
The next thermal was much better and a dozen of us climbed to 7,800' before the range that we needed to cross to head toward Yeoval. We were just six kilometers south of the Parkes dish (radio antenna).
I didn't think much of the lift just on the west edge of the range so went to the left of Jonny out in front to see what was on the other side. I found 400+ and then 500 fpm in much better thermals. I was freezing now and shivering at 8,800'.
Getting the turnpoint at Yeoval was easy and then the big turn into the 17 mph direct cross wind went well as I stayed high and found 450+ fpm to 8,100'. I could see Conrad way below.
Racing out of that thermal Rod Flockhart caught me and flying at 55 mph he pulled ahead (I was doing 45 mph) as we quickly made the Cumnoc turnpoint and headed to the northeast.
There was a 350 fpm thermal waiting for us and a bunch of us got up right away to 7,900'. It was beginning to feel warm. There was a range right along our course line just ahead and I went for it. The wind would be flowing along the ridge line.
I glided for sixteen kilometers right over the ridge and didn't find any lift. I had to turn out to the valley to the west as Jonas Lobitz came scooting by and Paris Williams came 500' over us. With the sixteen mph tail wind Jonas was going fast but getting awfully low as was I. Finally at 1,100' AGL he found something and I joined him. We were in survival mode and drifting very quickly down the course line.
We worked 100 to 200 fpm for eight kilometers climbing 2,500' in seventeen minutes. This saved us but really slowed us down. We then found 600 fpm eighteen kilometers from goal and that got us in.
Task 4:
# | Name | Glider | SS | ES | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lukas Bader | Moyes RS | 14:35:00 | 17:02:39 | 02:27:39 | 975 |
2 | Nick Purcell | Moyes RS 4 | 14:35:00 | 17:03:42 | 02:28:42 | 949 |
3 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RS 4 | 14:35:00 | 17:04:30 | 02:29:30 | 936 |
4 | Gavin Myers | Moyes S5 | 14:35:00 | 17:07:03 | 02:32:03 | 902 |
5 | Attila Bertok | Moyes RX 5 | 14:15:00 | 16:57:04 | 02:42:04 | 878 |
6 | Yasuhiro Noma | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:15:00 | 16:58:46 | 02:43:46 | 860 |
7 | Jonny Durand | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:35:00 | 17:11:41 | 02:36:41 | 852 |
8 | Rod Flockhart | Moyes RX 3.75 | 14:35:00 | 17:11:45 | 02:36:45 | 851 |
8 | Trent Brown | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:35:00 | 17:11:43 | 02:36:43 | 851 |
10 | Paris Williams | Aeros Combat GT | 14:35:00 | 17:12:35 | 02:37:35 | 843 |
11 | Adam Stevens | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:35:00 | 17:12:42 | 02:37:42 | 842 |
12 | Glen Mcfarlane | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:15:00 | 17:02:06 | 02:47:06 | 828 |
13 | Michael Bilyk | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:15:00 | 17:03:41 | 02:48:41 | 813 |
14 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:15:00 | 17:03:51 | 02:48:51 | 812 |
15 | Andrew Luton | Airborne C4 | 14:15:00 | 17:04:28 | 02:49:28 | 806 |
16 | Tony Giammichele | Moyes RS 3.5 | 14:35:00 | 17:18:55 | 02:43:55 | 787 |
17 | Jonas Lobitz | Moyes RX 4 | 14:35:00 | 17:19:02 | 02:44:02 | 786 |
18 | Davis Straub | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:35:00 | 17:20:24 | 02:45:24 | 775 |
19 | Neil Petersen | Aeros Combat | 14:15:00 | 17:08:47 | 02:53:47 | 769 |
20 | Filippo Oppici | Wills Wing T2C | 14:15:00 | 17:11:22 | 02:56:22 | 749 |
21 | Carl Wallbank | 14:15:00 | 17:11:34 | 02:56:34 | 747 | |
22 | Geoff Robertson | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:15:00 | 17:11:40 | 02:56:40 | 746 |
23 | Cameron Tunbridge | Wills Wing T2C | 14:15:00 | 17:13:03 | 02:58:03 | 736 |
24 | Phil Schroder | Airborne Rev | 14:15:00 | 17:15:16 | 03:00:16 | 719 |
25 | Federico Martini | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:15:00 | 17:25:01 | 03:10:01 | 653 |
26 | Andrew Barnes | Moyes RS 3.5 | 14:15:00 | 17:26:26 | 03:11:26 | 644 |
27 | Dean Hervatin | Airborne Rev | 14:35:00 | 18:40:45 | 04:05:45 | 430 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Michael Bilyk | Moyes RX 3.5 | 3638 |
2 | Paris Williams | Aeros Combat GT | 3606 |
3 | Lukas Bader | Moyes RS | 3593 |
4 | Jonas Lobitz | Moyes RX 4 | 3500 |
5 | Glen Mcfarlane | Moyes RX 3.5 | 3476 |
5 | Trent Brown | Moyes RX 3.5 | 3476 |
7 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes RX 3.5 | 3463 |
8 | Adam Stevens | Moyes RX 3.5 | 3348 |
9 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RS 4 | 3314 |
10 | Yasuhiro Noma | Moyes RX 3.5 | 3270 |
11 | Conrad Loten | Moyes RX 3.5 | 3067 |
12 | Anton Struganov | Moyes RX | 3030 |
13 | Jonny Durand | Moyes RX 3.5 | 2920 |
14 | Gavin Myers | Moyes S5 | 2846 |
15 | Filippo Oppici | Wills Wing T2C | 2750 |
16 | Tony Giammichele | Moyes RS 3.5 | 2717 |
17 | Attila Bertok | Moyes RX 5 | 2693 |
18 | Davis Straub | Moyes RX 3.5 | 2652 |
19 | Geoff Robertson | Moyes RX 3.5 | 2636 |
20 | Andrew Luton | Airborne C4 | 2455 |
17 topics in this article: Attila Bertok, Cameron Tunbridge, Conrad Loten, Davis Straub, Filippo Oppici, Forbes Flatlands 2013, Glen McFarland, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Nick Purcell, Paris Williams, Phil Schroder, Steve Blenkinsop, Trent Brown, weather, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
Forbes Flatlands, Task 3, day 3 »
Mon, Dec 30 2013, 8:03:21 am EST
Forbes Flatlands, Task 1, day 1
Attila suggests a change that makes the task easier
Attila Bertok|Cameron Tunbridge|Conrad Loten|Davis Straub|Enda Murphy|Filippo Oppici|Forbes Flatlands 2013|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Kathryn O'Riordan|Nick Purcell|Paris Williams|Phil Schroder|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
The forecast was for lift better than the day before but not quite as good as the first day. We would be able to get to 8,000'. The winds would start light but build to 11 knots south west. Again no cu's.
The task committee called a dogleg to Tomingley (with a eleven kilometer cylinder) just to keep us on the mountain range and then to Yeoval, but there was some kind of hubbub about that so after a discussion with the Task Committee and input from Attila, they changed the goal to Wellington airfield. The course line would have taken us through Parkes airspace which is okay with our air band radios. (The Sport Class goal was straight o Yeoval right smack dab through the Parkes airspace and one pilot made it.)
Unlike day 2 there was plenty of lift right away and I climbed to 5,000' and a little later to almost 6,000'. The winds varied between four and twelve mph out of the south west.
We moved quickly to the northwest to get upwind of the course line and to the edge of the ten kilometer start cylinder. There were plenty of pilots around. The wind pushed us back toward the course line and Jonny, Attila, and Jon Snr took the 2:30 PM first start clock (which turned out not to do them any good at all). The rest of us waited for the 2:50 clock and a big gaggle took off then.
The lift varied between 400 and 500 fpm on average. Good cores that allowed one to put the glider up on a tip if there wasn't any interference from other gliders. There was a eleven mph tail wind, so the going was easy.
I was a bit lower than the top guys in the lead gaggle. Paris, Steve Blenkisop, Jonas and another pilot jumped ahead of the gaggle. Later I took off from lower down the gaggle following one higher pilot while the rest stayed behind. This got me into better lift quicker and when the gaggle caught me I was now relatively much higher.
We came to the ridge south of the Tomingley turnpoint plenty high and found good lift. Paris, etc. were high above us but we were climbing fast. We found good lift going over the ridge to the east and on the other side. Paris, Steve, and Jonas got flushed on the other side and watched us as we flew other them as they dug their way out of a small valley.
We continued to find good lift going east although I had to stop for 250 fpm before I went further into the next set of hills to get 500 fpm to 7,500'. There were pilots all around in various thermals getting up.
It was a nineteen kilometer glide to the ridge west of Wellington and the last obstacle before goal at the airfield. We were down to 1,700' AGL before four of us got into 200 fpm which was the last thermal needed to get to goal thirteen kilometers away. We had no problem making it in.
Plenty of pilots at goal, thirty five to be exact.
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
Task 3:
# | Name | Glider | SS | ES | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Anton Struganov | Moyes RX | 14:50:00 | 17:30:09 | 02:40:09 | 952 |
2 | Lukas Bader | Moyes RS | 14:50:00 | 17:30:12 | 02:40:12 | 949 |
3 | Michael Bilyk | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:50:00 | 17:30:58 | 02:40:58 | 930 |
4 | Jonas Lobitz | Moyes RX 4 | 14:50:00 | 17:31:00 | 02:41:00 | 929 |
5 | Trent Brown | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:50:00 | 17:31:09 | 02:41:09 | 926 |
6 | Filippo Oppici | Wills Wing T2C | 14:50:00 | 17:31:32 | 02:41:32 | 919 |
7 | Christian Voiblet | Wills Wing T2C | 14:50:00 | 17:31:50 | 02:41:50 | 914 |
8 | Conrad Loten | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:50:00 | 17:32:02 | 02:42:02 | 911 |
9 | Attila Bertok | Moyes RX 5 | 14:30:00 | 17:19:43 | 02:49:43 | 901 |
10 | Jonny Durand | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:30:00 | 17:19:54 | 02:49:54 | 899 |
11 | Paris Williams | Aeros Combat GT | 14:50:00 | 17:35:13 | 02:45:13 | 868 |
12 | Glen Mcfarlane | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:50:00 | 17:35:40 | 02:45:40 | 863 |
13 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:50:00 | 17:36:21 | 02:46:21 | 855 |
14 | Davis Straub | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:50:00 | 17:39:17 | 02:49:17 | 823 |
15 | Yasuhiro Noma | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:30:00 | 17:28:01 | 02:58:01 | 811 |
16 | Enda Murphy | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:50:00 | 17:41:06 | 02:51:06 | 805 |
17 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RS 4 | 14:30:00 | 17:29:25 | 02:59:25 | 798 |
18 | Jon snr Durand | Moyes RS 3.5 | 14:30:00 | 17:31:07 | 03:01:07 | 781 |
19 | Andrew Barnes | Moyes RS 3.5 | 14:50:00 | 17:45:04 | 02:55:04 | 769 |
19 | Nick Purcell | Moyes RS 4 | 14:30:00 | 17:32:29 | 03:02:29 | 769 |
21 | Gavin Myers | Moyes S5 | 14:30:00 | 17:33:26 | 03:03:26 | 761 |
21 | Adam Stevens | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:30:00 | 17:33:26 | 03:03:26 | 761 |
23 | Olav Olsen | Moyes RS | 14:30:00 | 17:34:53 | 03:04:53 | 748 |
24 | Rohan Taylor | Moyes RS | 14:30:00 | 17:35:57 | 03:05:57 | 739 |
25 | Phil Schroder | Airborne Rev | 14:30:00 | 17:39:41 | 03:09:41 | 708 |
26 | Federico Martini | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:50:00 | 17:54:41 | 03:04:41 | 695 |
27 | Tony Giammichele | Moyes RS 3.5 | 14:50:00 | 17:55:05 | 03:05:05 | 692 |
28 | Victor Hare | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:30:00 | 17:42:43 | 03:12:43 | 685 |
29 | Mark Russell | moyes RS4 | 14:30:00 | 17:43:52 | 03:13:52 | 677 |
30 | Andrew Luton | Airborne C4 | 14:50:00 | 17:57:39 | 03:07:39 | 675 |
31 | Geoff Robertson | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:30:00 | 17:48:54 | 03:18:54 | 642 |
32 | Neil Petersen | Aeros Combat | 14:50:00 | 18:12:47 | 03:22:47 | 588 |
33 | Kathryn O'Riordan | Moyes RX 3 | 14:30:00 | 18:05:04 | 03:35:04 | 547 |
34 | Nils Vesk | Moyes RX 3.5 | 14:30:00 | 18:12:56 | 03:42:56 | 509 |
35 | Cameron Tunbridge | Wills Wing T2C | 14:30:00 | 18:26:04 | 03:56:04 | 454 |
Cumulative:
1 | Michael Bilyk | USA | Moyes RX 3.5 | 2825 |
2 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT | 2763 |
3 | Conrad Loten | NZL | Moyes RX 3.5 | 2727 |
4 | Jonas Lobitz | NZL | Moyes RX 4 | 2714 |
5 | Anton Struganov | RUS | Moyes RX | 2690 |
6 | Steve Blenkinsop | AUS | Moyes RX 3.5 | 2651 |
7 | Glen Mcfarlane | AUS | Moyes RX 3.5 | 2648 |
8 | Trent Brown | AUS | Moyes RX 3.5 | 2625 |
9 | Lukas Bader | GER | Moyes RS | 2618 |
10 | Adam Stevens | AUS | Moyes RX 3.5 | 2506 |
11 | Yasuhiro Noma | JPN | Moyes RX 3.5 | 2410 |
12 | Guy Hubbard | AUS | Moyes RS 4 | 2378 |
13 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes RX 3.5 | 2068 |
14 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C | 2001 |
15 | Rohan Taylor | AUS | Moyes RS | 1971 |
16 | Christian Voiblet | SUI | Wills Wing T2C | 1970 |
17 | Gavin Myers | AUS | Moyes S5 | 1944 |
18 | Tony Giammichele | AUS | Moyes RS 3.5 | 1930 |
19 | Geoff Robertson | AUS | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1890 |
20 | Davis Straub | USA | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1877 |
21 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes RX 5 | 1815 |
No Australians among the top five.
19 topics in this article: Attila Bertok, Cameron Tunbridge, Conrad Loten, Davis Straub, Enda Murphy, Filippo Oppici, Forbes Flatlands 2013, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Jon Durand snr, Kathryn O'Riordan, Nick Purcell, Paris Williams, Phil Schroder, Rohan Taylor, Steve Blenkinsop, Trent Brown, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
Results from Task 2
Sun, Dec 29 2013, 2:40:25 pm EST
Results from Task 2
Mike Bylik and Paris tied for first place
Attila Bertok|Conrad Loten|Davis Straub|Filippo Oppici|Forbes Flatlands 2013|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Paris Williams|Phil Schroder|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
Task 2:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Michael Bilyk | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:29:20 | 1000 |
2 | Paris Williams | Aeros Combat GT | 02:29:23 | 998 |
3 | Glen Mcfarlane | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:29:24 | 997 |
4 | Jonas Lobitz | Moyes RX 4 | 02:29:44 | 990 |
5 | Conrad Loten | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:29:55 | 986 |
6 | Anton Struganov | Moyes RX | 02:29:59 | 985 |
7 | Trent Brown | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:31:41 | 963 |
8 | Lukas Bader | Moyes RS | 02:32:29 | 954 |
9 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:44:27 | 900 |
10 | Adam Stevens | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:46:21 | 885 |
11 | Yasuhiro Noma | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:42:51 | 865 |
12 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RS 4 | 02:49:13 | 864 |
13 | Gavin Myers | Moyes S5 | 02:53:42 | 832 |
14 | Ryosuke Hattori | Aeros Combat | 03:02:39 | 776 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Paris Williams | Aeros Combat GT | 1895 |
1 | Michael Bilyk | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1895 |
3 | Conrad Loten | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1815 |
4 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1795 |
5 | Glen Mcfarlane | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1785 |
5 | Jonas Lobitz | Moyes RX 4 | 1785 |
7 | Adam Stevens | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1744 |
8 | Anton Struganov | Moyes RX | 1737 |
9 | Trent Brown | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1699 |
10 | Lukas Bader | Moyes RS | 1669 |
11 | Yasuhiro Noma | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1598 |
12 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RS 4 | 1579 |
13 | Ryosuke Hattori | Aeros Combat | 1454 |
14 | Geoff Robertson | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1244 |
15 | Tony Giammichele | Moyes RS 3.5 | 1234 |
16 | Rohan Taylor | Moyes RS | 1228 |
17 | Gavin Myers | Moyes S5 | 1181 |
18 | Jonny Durand | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1166 |
19 | Filippo Oppici | Wills Wing T2C | 1079 |
20 | Christian Voiblet | Wills Wing T2C | 1053 |
21 | Davis Straub | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1051 |
22 | Rod Flockhart | Moyes RX 3.75 | 999 |
23 | Andrew Luton | Airborne C4 | 970 |
24 | Phil Schroder | Airborne Rev | 936 |
25 | Attila Bertok | Moyes RX 5 | 911 |
14 topics in this article: Attila Bertok, Conrad Loten, Davis Straub, Filippo Oppici, Forbes Flatlands 2013, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Paris Williams, Phil Schroder, Rohan Taylor, Steve Blenkinsop, Trent Brown, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
Forbes Flatlands, Task 1, day 1 »
Sat, Dec 28 2013, 7:00:44 am EST
Forbes Flatlands, Task 1, day 1
A race task with lots in goal
Conrad Loten|Davis Straub|Filippo Oppici|Forbes Flatlands|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Paris Williams|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown|weather|Wesley "Wes" Hill|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
I’ve shaken up the task committee to bring in new pilots and new thinking. Steve Blenkisop, Trent Brown, and Bruce Wynn formed the task committee on the first day. I’ll rotate in other pilots as the week goes on. They called a great task today, a zig zag in a strong cross wind, first south southeast to Grenfell, then north northeast to Gooloogong, then east northeast to Canowindra, then south east to a field near Woodstock. It was named the Child of God task. About 150 kilometers.
The pilots were launched in random order with a small open launch for those who found themselves at the back and were willing to go first. I was off sixth in my line and barely got there in time after handling the unofficial team director duties, weather forecasting, and task committee wrangling. I pinned off early as the tug just kept climbing.
It was my first time on a Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 in thermal conditions and it was just fine. I climbed right up and waited for the first start window with at first a dozen other pilots. The wind was 10+ mph out of the west northwest. The wind was breaking up the thermals.
We tried heading up wind to get a better start position, but that didn’t work as we didn’t find good lift. Most of the pilots drifted downwind and climbed to 7,000’. I decided to head up wind again and did get to work some lift with only a few pilots as the tugs pulled up the rest of them from Bill’s field below. Those pilots who drifted downwind took the first start clock.
I wasn’t in a great spot for the 2 PM start window so worked to get higher and further south for the 2:20 start and hooked up with Filippo and Jonny as well as a dozen other pilots. I was able to get much higher than the others and took the second clock at 8,600’, 1000’ over Filippo and 500’ over Jonny.
Filippo was charging ahead on his Wills Wing T2C with the extra winglets. He had a great glide and he, Jonny and I came into the first thermal twelve kilometers outside the start cylinder at about the same altitude. The thermal was not that strong, 300+ fpm and that would be the story as we worked our way south southeast. Out on the flats the thermals were broken, we didn’t get to 8,000’ often less than 6,000’, and the thermals varied between 200 and 300 fpm on average. Filippo continued to out race us all.
The wind was blowing us sideways and it took an hour and twenty minutes to go the fifty three kilometers to the Grenfell turnpoint. There is a nice little mountain range (not very high) before the Grenfell turnpoint and unlike the flats it was pumping. I lost Jonny just before the range but found good lift, especially on the southern end just before the turnpoint, averaging 700 fpm to 8,700'.
The conditions had scattered our gaggle and I was mostly on my own now with a few pilots lower than me. The hills past the turnpoint also were pumping and I worked 600 fpm to 9,500' before heading out into the flats. I didn't work any lift until I got to the small hills south of Gooloogong that faced into the west wind (and the sun) and climbed back to 8,600'. The race had picked up significantly with the wind now a tail wind at about 10 mph.
The next turnpoint at Canowindra was almost downwind and I found 355 fpm at a little west facing ridge five kilometers before it. I could see a few pilots down below me and then suddenly there was Filippo also below. Seems he got low and had to slow down. Attila, who thought that the task was wimpy, also got low and was lucky to make it into goal.
I took the thermal to almost 8,000' before the turnpoint and after the turnpoint headed southeast for the last 25 kilometer leg. Now the lift got weak and I was down to 3,500', 2000' AGL. We had thought that this last leg would be a cross wind leg, but in fact it was down wind as the wind still had a north component. I worked 100 fpm and then after getting up a little moved to 260 fpm, which was enough to get me to 5,300' and into goal.
Paris was first in on the first clock with Mike Bilyk and Steven Blenkisop. Jonny came in twelve minutes later. The goal quickly filled up. It was a real race to goal day. Not an endurance day. Still I was in the air for four and a half hours.
Task 1:
# | Name | SS | ES | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jonny Durand | 14:20:00 | 17:12:14 | 02:52:14 | 962 |
2 | Paris Williams | 14:00:00 | 17:03:47 | 03:03:47 | 896 |
3 | Steve Blenkinsop | 14:00:00 | 17:03:58 | 03:03:58 | 894 |
3 | Michael Bilyk | 14:00:00 | 17:03:58 | 03:03:58 | 894 |
5 | Filippo Oppici | 14:20:00 | 17:19:10 | 02:59:10 | 862 |
6 | Adam Stevens | 14:00:00 | 17:07:25 | 03:07:25 | 858 |
7 | Jeff Robertson | 14:00:00 | 17:08:55 | 03:08:55 | 843 |
8 | Christian Voiblet | 14:20:00 | 17:21:36 | 03:01:36 | 838 |
9 | Davis Straub | 14:20:00 | 17:21:55 | 03:01:55 | 835 |
10 | Conrad Loten | 14:00:00 | 17:10:28 | 03:10:28 | 828 |
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results-show.html?id_results=3&db=results2014&class=results_open
There is a sport class competition also and you'll find the results here.
Thanks to Wesley Hill, the scorekeeper and the pilots for getting their flight in so fast.
14 topics in this article: Conrad Loten, Davis Straub, Filippo Oppici, Forbes Flatlands, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Moyes Litespeed RX, Paris Williams, Steve Blenkinsop, Trent Brown, weather, Wesley "Wes" Hill, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
2013 Gulgong Classic »
2013 Gulgong Classic
274 km task
Adam Parer|Attila Bertok|Conrad Loten|Curt Warren|Gulgong Classic 2013|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Konrad Heilmann|Nick Purcell|Paris Williams
Konrado writes:
Gulgong Hang Gliding Classic day 7 - Big day called, a 274km dog leg with 129km cross wind. As some big guy says around here "No pussy tasks!" Conditions look accordingly awesome.
Task 5:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | Moyes LS RX 5 | 04:27:12 | 979 |
2 | Jon Durand Jnr | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 04:53:46 | 780 |
3 | Curt Warren | Moyes LS RX 4 | 05:07:56 | 772 |
4 | Paris Williams | aeros combat GT 13.2 | 04:54:56 | 757 |
5 | Conrad Loten | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 05:09:46 | 745 |
6 | Jonas Lobitz | moyes LS RX 4 | 05:04:41 | 724 |
7 | Adam Parer | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 05:22:05 | 683 |
8 | Nick Purcell | Moyes LS RS 4 | 05:25:33 | 636 |
9 | Rod Flockhart | Moyes LS RX 3.75 | 05:26:37 | 627 |
10 | Dave May | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 05:38:09 | 622 |
11 | Geoffrey Robertson | Moyes LS RX 3.5 | 05:40:39 | 613 |
12 | Konrad Heilmann | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 05:40:40 | 601 |
13 | Andrew Barnes | Moyes LS RS 3.5 | 06:03:04 | 543 |
14 | Rory Duncan | WW T2C 136 | 06:26:34 | 478 |
Final results :
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | Moyes LS RX 5 | 4625 |
2 | Jon Durand Jnr | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 4480 |
3 | Paris Williams | aeros combat GT 13.2 | 4458 |
4 | Jonas Lobitz | moyes LS RX 4 | 4272 |
5 | Curt Warren | Moyes LS RX 4 | 4151 |
6 | Adam Parer | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 3942 |
7 | Rod Flockhart | Moyes LS RX 3.75 | 3576 |
8 | Conrad Loten | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 3557 |
9 | Konrad Heilmann | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 3364 |
10 | Nick Purcell | Moyes LS RS 4 | 3231 |
http://www.williamolive.com/gulgong classic/2013 competition/
Jonny's photo from goal:
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9 topics in this article: Adam Parer, Attila Bertok, Conrad Loten, Curt Warren, Gulgong Classic 2013, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Konrad Heilmann, Nick Purcell, Paris Williams
2013 Gulgong Classic »
2013 Gulgong Classic
Paris takes the lead
Adam Parer|Attila Bertok|Conrad Loten|Curt Warren|Gulgong Classic 2013|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Konrad Heilmann|Moyes Litespeed RX|Nick Purcell|Paris Williams|Trent Brown
The "Americans" finish first and second. Paris gets comfortable with Gulgong.
Task 4:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Curt Warren | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 03:04:26 | 941 |
2 | Paris Williams | aeros combat GT 13.2 | 03:03:50 | 922 |
3 | Attila Bertok | moyes LS 5 | 03:15:54 | 907 |
4 | Jon Durand Jnr | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 03:18:18 | 879 |
5 | Jonas Lobitz | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 03:20:19 | 819 |
6 | Rod Flockhart | 03:50:50 | 722 | |
7 | Adam Parer | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 03:52:23 | 704 |
8 | Trent Brown | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 04:00:47 | 689 |
9 | Nick Purcell | Moyes LS RS 4 | 04:02:03 | 664 |
10 | Konrad Heilmann | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 04:02:00 | 652 |
11 | Conrad Loten | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 04:14:15 | 624 |
12 | Dave May | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 04:18:44 | 588 |
13 | Mark Russell | moyes litespeed RS4 | 05:03:04 | 508 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Paris Williams | aeros combat GT 13.2 | 3700 |
2 | Jon Durand Jnr | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 3698 |
3 | Attila Bertok | moyes LS 5 | 3641 |
4 | Jonas Lobitz | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 3545 |
5 | Curt Warren | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 3377 |
6 | Adam Parer | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 3253 |
7 | Rod Flockhart | 2939 | |
8 | Conrad Loten | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 2803 |
9 | Konrad Heilmann | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 2754 |
10 | Nick Purcell | Moyes LS RS 4 | 2586 |
http://www.williamolive.com/gulgong classic/2013 competition/
Konrado writes:
Gulgong Hang Gliding Classic 2013 day 4: Another big day, five hors in the air, 146km triangle, with a 50+ km upwind leg on a blue but consistent day. Goal back at the Gulgong airfield glider set up in the hangar ready for day 5.
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2013 Gulgong Classic
Task three
Adam Parer|Attila Bertok|Conrad Loten|Curt Warren|Gulgong Classic 2013|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Konrad Heilmann|Nick Purcell|Paris Williams
Task 3:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Paris Williams | 03:47:16 | 990 | |
2 | Jon Durand Jnr | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 03:48:18 | 972 |
3 | Curt Warren | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 03:48:43 | 955 |
4 | Adam Parer | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 03:49:11 | 941 |
5 | Jonas Lobitz | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 03:53:44 | 896 |
6 | Attila Bertok | moyes LS 5 | 04:01:45 | 793 |
7 | Conrad Loten | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 04:09:25 | 780 |
8 | Konrad Heilmann | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 04:15:46 | 726 |
9 | Andrew Luton | 04:38:37 | 657 | |
10 | Nick Purcell | Moyes LS RS 4 | 04:34:46 | 649 |
11 | Rod Flockhart | 04:50:41 | 605 | |
12 | Richard Heffer | 04:54:03 | 588 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jon Durand Jnr | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 2818 |
2 | Paris Williams | 2778 | |
3 | Attila Bertok | moyes LS 5 | 2726 |
4 | Jonas Lobitz | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 2722 |
5 | Adam Parer | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 2547 |
6 | Curt Warren | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 2434 |
7 | Rod Flockhart | 2202 | |
8 | Conrad Loten | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 2171 |
9 | Konrad Heilmann | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 2092 |
10 | Nick Purcell | Moyes LS RS 4 | 1908 |
http://www.williamolive.com/gulgong classic/2013 competition/
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2013 Gulgong Classic
Task two:
Adam Parer|Attila Bertok|Conrad Loten|Curt Warren|Enda Murphy|Gulgong Classic 2013|Jamie Shelden|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Konrad Heilmann|Paris Williams|Phil Schroder|William "Billo" Olive
Billo's photo of the Gulgong airfield:
His refurbished trike.
Task two:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | moyes LS 5 | 02:15:22 | 939 |
2 | Jonas Lobitz | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 02:08:38 | 937 |
3 | Paris Williams | 02:18:31 | 901 | |
4 | Jon Durand Jnr | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 02:22:17 | 870 |
5 | Enda Murphy | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 02:36:33 | 793 |
6 | Adam Parer | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 02:36:50 | 773 |
7 | Rod Flockhart | 02:39:46 | 762 | |
8 | Andrew Luton | 02:45:59 | 733 | |
9 | Phil Schroder | airborne REV | 02:53:53 | 705 |
10 | Curt Warren | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 03:04:44 | 638 |
11 | Jamie Oorschot | 03:17:21 | 584 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | moyes LS 5 | 1920 |
2 | Jon Durand Jnr | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 1840 |
3 | Jonas Lobitz | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 1819 |
4 | Paris Williams | 1785 | |
5 | Adam Parer | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 1596 |
6 | Rod Flockhart | 1569 | |
7 | Curt Warren | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 1467 |
8 | Phil Schroder | airborne REV | 1396 |
9 | Conrad Loten | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 1368 |
10 | Konrad Heilmann | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 1338 |
http://www.williamolive.com/gulgong classic/2013 competition/
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2013 Gulgong Classic
Task for the first day
Adam Parer|Attila Bertok|Conrad Loten|Curt Warren|Gulgong Classic 2013|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Konrad Heilmann|Nick Purcell|Paris Williams|Phil Schroder
Jonny's picture from the first day:
Task is 143 km to the north.
http://www.gulgongclassic.com/
Jonny writes:
Day 1 turned out good with climbs to over 9,000ft and mostly blue. We had a 25 kph cross wind most of the 140 Kms but conditions allowed about 15 pilots to make goal. Atilla won the day in under 3 hrs with me hot on heels then Paris about 10 minutes later. Today is looking good as is most of the week!
Task 1 Results:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | moyes LS 5 | 02:54:14 | 980 |
2 | Jon Durand Jnr | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 02:54:43 | 969 |
3 | Paris Williams | 03:04:01 | 880 | |
4 | Jonas Lobitz | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 03:04:01 | 878 |
5 | Konrad Heilmann | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 03:06:08 | 849 |
6 | Nick Purcell | Moyes LS RS 4 | 03:09:41 | 829 |
7 | Curt Warren | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 03:10:01 | 824 |
8 | Adam Parer | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 03:11:53 | 817 |
9 | Rod Flockhart | 03:12:50 | 801 | |
10 | Conrad Loten | moyes LS RX 3.5 | 03:15:30 | 786 |
11 | Rory Duncan | airborne sting III | 03:25:11 | 724 |
12 | Geoffrey Robertson | 03:36:26 | 685 | |
13 | Phil Schroder | airborne REV | 03:36:17 | 682 |
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The Pepe Lopes Medal
The Pepe Lopes Medal
Conrad
CIVL|Conrad Loten|Roberto Nichele
Swiss Nic <willswing> writes:
http://www.fai.org/civl-awards/civl-individual-disciplines
This Medal was established in February 1993 in memory of Pedro Paulo "Pepe" Lopes of Brazil who was the World Hang Gliding Champion in 1981. His energy and good humour played a big part in developing Brazil as an important centre for international competitions. He died during a hang gliding competition in Japan in 1991. The Medal may be awarded annually, on recommendation by the FAI Hang Gliding Commission, for outstanding contributions to sportsmanship or international understanding in the sport of hang gliding.
The year 2012 winner, my personal hero : 2012 Conrad Loten (New Zealand)
On the 24th of December 2012 at about 1.30, Conrad Loten and Roberto Nichele (Switzerland) aka ‘Swiss Nic’ launched hang gliders in the Hunter Valley NSW Australia. Conrad launched first successfully. Unfortunately Nic crashed below launch on a cliff face. Conrad landed and returned to launch by which time Nic had been hanging in his glider unconscious head down in 40C for some one and a half hours.
Emergency services had difficulty affecting a rescue. Conrad took it upon himself to climb down to Nic, as he assessed the situation as critical with Nic having sustained head injuries. Due to legal reasons, emergency services were not able to assist Conrad. Although he is a highly qualified medical practitioner he has no recue training.
With great difficulty and danger to himself, Conrad was able to get to Nic and using basic tools cut through his glider, raise his head and administer first aid. Eventually with Conrad’s help and insistence, Nic was extracted and evacuated to hospital. He was found to have cerebral bleeding and was placed on life support. He is now on a recovery program for his brain injury and hopes are held for a good recovery. There is little doubt that without Conrad’s selfless act, that went well beyond what is expected of a doctor, the result for Nic would have been considerably worse and most probably fatal.
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2013 Canungra Classic »
2013 Canungra Classic
Folks at goal, Jonny in the lead
Adam Parer|Canungra Classic 2013|Conrad Loten|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Enda Murphy|John Smith|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Nick Purcell|Steve Blenkinsop|Tim Osborn
Panorama at goal: http://t.co/Mo3mpJCFaj from Jonny Durand.
Results: http://www.triptera.com.au/canungra/classic2013/
Task 3:
1 | Jon Durand Jnr | Moyes LS RX 3.5 | 01:54:46 | 989 |
2 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes LS RX 3.5 | 01:59:34 | 919 |
3 | Nick Purcell | Moyes RS4 | 01:59:38 | 910 |
4 | Adam Parer | Moyes RX3.5 | 01:59:42 | 905 |
5 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RS4 | 02:04:47 | 848 |
6 | Tony Giammichele | Moyes LS 3.5 | 02:15:47 | 803 |
7 | Glen Mcfarlane | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:19:15 | 801 |
8 | Dave Stevens | Moyes RX | 02:18:39 | 785 |
9 | Tim Osborn | Moyes LS5 | 02:29:59 | 758 |
10 | David Staver | Moyes LS S 3.5 | 02:24:25 | 751 |
Cumulative:
1 | Jon Durand Jnr | Moyes LS RX 3.5 | 2716 |
2 | Adam Parer | Moyes RX3.5 | 2645 |
3 | Jonas Lobitz | Moyes RX4 | 2379 |
4 | Conrad Loten | Moyes RX 3.5 | 2218 |
5 | Enda Murphy | Moyes RX | 2155 |
6 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes RS4 | 2152 |
7 | Nick Purcell | Moyes RS4 | 2123 |
8 | Yasuhiro Noma | Moyes LS RX3.5 | 2099 |
9 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes LS RX 3.5 | 2098 |
10 | John Smith | Moyes LS RX | 2077 |
http://corinnaflies.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/task-4-74km-around-2-turnpoints-goal.html
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2013 Canungra Classic
Jonny first on the first day
Adam Parer|Canungra Classic 2013|Conrad Loten|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr
The Beechmont launch. Photo by Jonny Durand.
Adam Parer after coming to second on the second day.
Results: http://www.triptera.com.au/canungra/classic2013/
Jonny writes:
Another challenging flight today from Flying Fox to Woodenbong via 2 turn points. Glen Mcfarlene wins the day ahead of Adam Parer and Conrad Loten. Jonas Lobitz and I got stuck low before crossing the scenic Mt Lyndsey. Many pilots including myself had some very interesting glides over trees but everyone seemed to survive.
http://corinnaflies.blogspot.com.au/
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Slow moving object in the flight path
Slow moving object in the flight path
The report is out
(Kloten+Airport,+Flughafenstrasse,+Kloten,+Zurich,+Switzerland)
Conrad Loten|PG
http://avherald.com/h?article=466f3b5e&opt=0
Swiss RJ1H near Zurich on May 8th 2013, near miss with paraglider.
A Swiss European Airlines Avro RJ-100, registration HB-IYS performing flight LX-781 from Brussels (Belgium) to Zurich (Switzerland), was on approach to Zurich descending through 6800 feet north of the aerodrome in German Class C Airspace, about 8nm west northwest of Waldshut-Tiengen (Germany) and about 23nm northwest of Zurich Airport, when the crew noticed a paraglider in their immediate vicinity, a collision was avoided. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on Zurich's runway 14 about 8 minutes later.
Germany's BFU reported in their monthly bulletin released on Aug 16th, that the crew of the Avro estimated the minimum remaining separation at about 50-100 feet vertically and 50-100 meters horizontally. No damage occurred.
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The pre-Worlds (women and stiffies) in Annecy
Some reasonable weather
Conrad Loten|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Pre-Worlds 2013|weather
http://corinnaflies.blogspot.de/
http://www.pressbhgc.blogspot.de/
http://www.dhv.de/web/piloteninfos/wettbewerb-sport/drachen-szene/live-berichte/pre-wm-annecyfra/
Results here: http://dca.ffvl.fr/hg2014/index.php/en/resultatscourses
4 topics in this article: Conrad Loten, Corinna Schwiegershausen, Pre-Worlds 2013, weather
2013 King Ludwig Open »
Wills Wing allowed in in this German competition
Carsten Friedrichs|Conrad Loten|King Ludwig Open 2013|Wills Wing
(LP, Neuschwanstein Castle, Tegelberg, Schwangau, Germany) (LZ, Tegelberg, Schwangau, Germany)
Carsten Friedrichs «Carsten Friedrichs» writes:
This year, everybody with a certified (LTF, HGMA or BHPA) or uncertified glider is allowed to participate in the King Ludwig Open at Tegelberg from June 6th until 9th 2013. This is the competition that was combined with the German Open last year.
Every glider that satisfies the requirements defined in the FAI Sporting code Sect. 7A Version 2012 can attend the competition. Dieter münchmeyer wrote, that compared to last year the rules were changed in order to not exclude pilots with an HGMA certified glider.
Local Rules: http://www.dhv.de/web/fileadmin/user_upload/files/2013/06/Ausschreibung_KLO13engl.pdf
General Information: http://www.dhv.de/web/piloteninfos/wettbewerb-sport/drachen-szene/live-berichte/5-king-ludwig-open-2013-int-deutsche-meisterschaft/
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The Dalby Big Air 2013
The Dalby Big Air 2013
Final results
(Dalby Airport, Queensland, Australia)
Adam Parer|Attila Bertok|Conrad Loten|Grant Heaney|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Nick Purcell|Steve Blenkinsop|William "Billo" Olive
William Olive <<William.Olive>> sends:
http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/comp results.html
Task 6:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jon Durand Jnr | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:41:28 | 999 |
2 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 01:45:24 | 945 |
3 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:50:51 | 906 |
4 | Grant Heaney | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:50:59 | 900 |
5 | Tony Giammichele | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 01:51:21 | 892 |
6 | Jonas Lobitz | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:51:31 | 888 |
7 | Adam Stevens | Airbone Rev 13.5 | 01:51:48 | 887 |
8 | Adam Parer | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 02:20:43 | 767 |
Total:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | Moyes Litespeed RX 4 | 5159 |
2 | Jonas Lobitz | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 5123 |
3 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 4933 |
4 | Grant Heaney | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 4811 |
5 | Adam Stevens | Airbone Rev 13.5 | 4371 |
6 | Jon snr Durand | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 4159 |
7 | Nick Purcell | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 4123 |
8 | Adam Parer | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 4024 |
9 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 3982 |
10 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 3768 |
Looks like Attila almost lost it on the last day. He didn't make goal and if he had gone 5 km less he would have lost it.
10 topics in this article: Adam Parer, Attila Bertok, Conrad Loten, Grant Heaney, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand snr, Moyes Litespeed RX, Nick Purcell, Steve Blenkinsop, William "Billo" Olive
The Dalby Big Air 2013
The Dalby Big Air 2013
Results from day 5
(Dalby Airport, Queensland, Australia)
Attila Bertok|Cameron Tunbridge|Conrad Loten|Grant Heaney|Jon Durand snr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Nick Purcell|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown|William "Billo" Olive
William Olive <<William.Olive>> sends:
http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/comp results.html
Task 5:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | Moyes Litespeed RX 4 | 01:58:40 | 997 |
2 | Nick Purcell | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 01:58:45 | 980 |
3 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 02:00:26 | 956 |
4 | Jon snr Durand | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 02:04:38 | 904 |
5 | Guy Hubbard | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 02:04:44 | 898 |
6 | Trevor Purcell | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 02:06:28 | 882 |
7 | Trent Brown | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 02:09:28 | 858 |
8 | Len Paton | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 02:14:49 | 820 |
9 | Grant Heaney | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 02:16:54 | 807 |
10 | Jonas Lobitz | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 02:11:54 | 804 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | Moyes Litespeed RX 4 | 4647 |
2 | Jonas Lobitz | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 4232 |
3 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 4027 |
4 | Jon snr Durand | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 3971 |
5 | Grant Heaney | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 3909 |
6 | Nick Purcell | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 3767 |
7 | Adam Stevens | Airbone Rev 13.5 | 3481 |
8 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 3365 |
9 | Cameron Tunbridge | Airborne Rev 14.5 | 3248 |
10 | Trevor Purcell | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 3243 |
10 topics in this article: Attila Bertok, Cameron Tunbridge, Conrad Loten, Grant Heaney, Jon Durand snr, Moyes Litespeed RX, Nick Purcell, Steve Blenkinsop, Trent Brown, William "Billo" Olive
The Dalby Big Air 2013
The Dalby Big Air 2013
Results from day 4
(Dalby Airport, Queensland, Australia)
Adam Parer|Attila Bertok|Cameron Tunbridge|Conrad Loten|Grant Heaney|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Nick Purcell|Steve Blenkinsop|William "Billo" Olive
William Olive <<William.Olive>> sends:
http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/comp results.html
Task 4:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | Moyes Litespeed RX 4 | 01:32:26 | 949 |
2 | Jon snr Durand | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 01:43:08 | 892 |
3 | Jonas Lobitz | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:37:10 | 873 |
4 | Trevor Purcell | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 01:44:39 | 872 |
5 | Adam Parer | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:43:37 | 781 |
6 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:43:37 | 779 |
7 | Jon Durand Jnr | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:39:22 | 775 |
8 | Gavin Myers | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 01:44:41 | 760 |
9 | Len Paton | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 01:58:03 | 749 |
10 | Grant Heaney | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:52:02 | 708 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | Moyes Litespeed RX 4 | 3650 |
2 | Jonas Lobitz | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 3428 |
3 | Grant Heaney | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 3102 |
4 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 3071 |
5 | Jon snr Durand | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 3067 |
6 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 2992 |
7 | Cameron Tunbridge | Airborne Rev 14.5 | 2982 |
8 | Rod Flockhart | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 2904 |
9 | Adam Parer | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 2856 |
10 | Nick Purcell | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 2787 |
11 topics in this article: Adam Parer, Attila Bertok, Cameron Tunbridge, Conrad Loten, Grant Heaney, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand snr, Moyes Litespeed RX, Nick Purcell, Steve Blenkinsop, William "Billo" Olive
The Dalby Big Air 2013
The Dalby Big Air 2013
Results from day 3
(Dalby Airport, Queensland, Australia)
Adam Parer|Attila Bertok|Cameron Tunbridge|Conrad Loten|Facebook|Grant Heaney|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Nick Purcell|Steve Blenkinsop|William "Billo" Olive
William Olive <<William.Olive>> sends:
http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/comp results.html
Task 3:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jon snr Durand | Moyes litespeed S5 | 01:55:16 | 979 |
2 | Jonas Lobitz | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 02:03:22 | 877 |
3 | Adam Parer | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 02:13:53 | 871 |
4 | Adam Stevens | Airbone Rev 13.5 | 02:16:05 | 839 |
5 | Jon Durand Jnr | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 02:09:27 | 831 |
6 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 02:21:26 | 804 |
7 | Grant Heaney | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 02:24:53 | 782 |
8 | Attila Bertok | Moyes Litespeed RX 4 | 02:25:59 | 777 |
9 | Rod Flockhart | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 02:25:31 | 776 |
10 | Cameron Tunbridge | Airborne Rev 14.5 | 02:29:30 | 752 |
Total:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | Moyes Litespeed RX 4 | 2701 |
2 | Jonas Lobitz | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 2555 |
3 | Rod Flockhart | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 2503 |
4 | Nick Purcell | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 2467 |
5 | Grant Heaney | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 2394 |
6 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 2374 |
7 | Cameron Tunbridge | Airborne Rev 14.5 | 2304 |
8 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 2213 |
9 | Jon snr Durand | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 2175 |
10 | Adam Stevens | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 2136 |
The Dalby airfield:
12 topics in this article: Adam Parer, Attila Bertok, Cameron Tunbridge, Conrad Loten, Facebook, Grant Heaney, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand snr, Moyes Litespeed RX, Nick Purcell, Steve Blenkinsop, William "Billo" Olive
The Dalby Big Air 2013
The Dalby Big Air 2013
Results from day 2
(Dalby Airport, Queensland, Australia)
Attila Bertok|Cameron Tunbridge|Conrad Loten|Grant Heaney|Moyes Litespeed RX|Nick Purcell|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown|William "Billo" Olive
William Olive <<William.Olive>> sends:
http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/comp results.html
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | Moyes Litespeed | 01:24:03 | 990 |
2 | Trent Brown | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 01:25:44 | 949 |
3 | Nick Purcell | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 01:28:05 | 904 |
4 | Rod Flockhart | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 01:28:13 | 897 |
5 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 01:28:29 | 889 |
6 | Jonas Lobitz | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 01:28:51 | 880 |
7 | Dave Stevens | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 01:29:16 | 872 |
8 | Adam Stevens | Airbone Rev 13.5 | 01:34:08 | 828 |
9 | Jonathan Kinred | Moyes Litespeed S | 01:42:37 | 757 |
10 | Cameron Tunbridge | Airborne Rev 14.5 | 01:42:35 | 753 |
Totals:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | Moyes Litespeed | 1924 |
2 | Trent Brown | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 1835 |
3 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 1820 |
4 | Nick Purcell | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 1766 |
5 | Rod Flockhart | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 1728 |
6 | Jonas Lobitz | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 1679 |
7 | Grant Heaney | Moyes Litespeed S 3.5 | 1617 |
8 | Simon Braithwaite | Moyes Litesport 4 | 1616 |
9 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 | 1575 |
10 | Cameron Tunbridge | Airborne Rev 14.5 | 1557 |
9 topics in this article: Attila Bertok, Cameron Tunbridge, Conrad Loten, Grant Heaney, Moyes Litespeed RX, Nick Purcell, Steve Blenkinsop, Trent Brown, William "Billo" Olive
The Dalby Big Air 2013
The Dalby Big Air 2013
Results from day 1
(Dalby Airport, Queensland, Australia)
Adam Parer|Attila Bertok|Conrad Loten|Grant Heaney|Moyes Litespeed RX|Nick Purcell|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown|William "Billo" Olive
William Olive <<William.Olive>> sends:
http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/comp results.html
1 | Attila Bertok | Moyes Litespeed | 02:08:56 | 933 |
2 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed 3.5 | 02:16:23 | 930 |
3 | Adam Parer | Moyes Litespeed RX | 02:16:34 | 913 |
4 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed 3.5 | 02:17:12 | 902 |
5 | Simon Braithwaite | Moyes Litesport 4 | 02:11:33 | 888 |
6 | Grant Heaney | Moyes Litespeed S 3.5 | 02:20:14 | 885 |
7 | Trent Brown | Moyes Litespeed 3.5 | 02:12:28 | 884 |
8 | nick purcell | Moyes Litespeed 4 | 02:20:20 | 859 |
9 | Rod Flockhart | Moyes Litespeed 3.5 | 02:25:22 | 827 |
10 | Gavin Mye | Moyes Litespeed 5 | 02:28:24 | 801 |
9 topics in this article: Adam Parer, Attila Bertok, Conrad Loten, Grant Heaney, Moyes Litespeed RX, Nick Purcell, Steve Blenkinsop, Trent Brown, William "Billo" Olive
NSW State Titles at Manilla
NSW State Titles at Manilla
Jonas and Jonny only at goal
(Mt Borah, Manilla, Australia)
Adam Parer|Conrad Loten|John Smith|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Rohan Taylor|Tim Osborn
Dave May reporting here.
After three days:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jon Durand Jnr | moyes litespeed rx 3.5 | 2811 |
2 | Jonas Lobitz | moyes litespeed rx 3.5 | 2663 |
3 | Rohan Taylor | moyes litespeed rs 4 | 2258 |
4 | Conrad Loten | moyes litespeed rx 3.5 | 2224 |
5 | Bruce Wynne | moyes litespeed rs 4 | 2186 |
6 | Yasuhiro Noma | moyes litespeed rx 3.5 | 2106 |
7 | John Smith | moyes litespeed rs 4 | 2099 |
8 | Len Paton | moyes litespeed rs 4 | 2093 |
9 | Tim Osborne | moyes litespeed 5 | 2031 |
10 | Adam Parer | moyes litespeed rx 3.5 | 1998 |
Fourth task canceled due to windy conditions on the course.
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7 topics in this article: Adam Parer, Conrad Loten, John Smith, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Moyes Litespeed RX, Rohan Taylor, Tim Osborn
NSW State Titles at Manilla
NSW State Titles at Manilla
Wednesday supposed to be windy.
(Mt Borah, Manilla, Australia)
Adam Parer|Conrad Loten|John Smith|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Rohan Taylor|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
Dave May reporting here.
Third day, only four on the west launch. Pilots on all launches it appears.
After two days:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jon Durand Jnr | moyes litespeed rx 3.5 | 1835 |
2 | Conrad Loten | moyes litespeed rx 3.5 | 1734 |
3 | Jonas Lobitz | moyes litespeed rx 3.5 | 1686 |
4 | John Smith | moyes litespeed rs 4 | 1618 |
5 | Wolfgang Siess | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 1532 |
6 | Adam Parer | moyes litespeed rx 3.5 | 1506 |
7 | Rohan Taylor | moyes litespeed rs 4 | 1500 |
8 | Bruce Wynne | moyes litespeed rs 4 | 1474 |
9 | Jon snr Durand | moyes litespeed rx 4 | 1451 |
10 | Yasuhiro Noma | moyes litespeed rx 3.5 | 1448 |
Conrad won last year and is in second place.
9 topics in this article: Adam Parer, Conrad Loten, John Smith, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand snr, Moyes Litespeed RX, Rohan Taylor, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
The Superfinal PWC in Roldanillo, Colombia
The PWC in Roldanillo, Colombia
das Fliegen über Feuer verboten ist
Conrad Loten|video|David Cassetta|PG World Cup 2013
David Cassetta averaged 1727 fpm over this fire hitting 3297.2 fpm at one point. His track log is here. Yassen Savov threw his reserve. His track log is here. The prohibition re flying over fires came after this incident.
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4 topics in this article: Conrad Loten, video, David Cassetta, PG World Cup 2013
2013 Worlds »
2013 Worlds
Party after the competition and the rains came
Conrad Loten|record|Tove Heaney|weather|Worlds 2013
Dancing with the stars:
It's a clown with Tove.
No rest days.
Thick clouds and rain around but not at the Forbes airfield the day after the competition. On Saturday it looked like this:
The forecast is for a high chance of thunderstorms every day for eight days after the competition. Thanks to Molly Moyes for the good weather.
Many pilots showed up at Stanwell Tops on Saturday for the southern change that occurred late Friday evening. A little bit of rain now and then but strong winds. Was 46.5 in Sydney before the cold air came in to make it 22. Hottest day on record for Sydney.
5 topics in this article: Conrad Loten, record, Tove Heaney, weather, Worlds 2013
2013 Worlds »
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
2013 Worlds »
2013 Worlds
Stories
Chisato Nojiri|Conrad Loten|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Facebook|Gerolf Heinrichs|Jamie Shelden|Kathleen Rigg|Kraig Coomber|Moyes Litespeed RX|photo|video|weather|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Worlds 2013
http://naughtylawyertravels.blogspot.com.au/
In English here.
https://picasaweb.google.com/107932196518838943087/ForbesFlatlandsWorldComp
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151626099224689.609230.752154688&type=3
Opening ceremony: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaaU-DCOwYw
First, Jamie Shelden has a Moyes Litespeed RX 3. Because she is a big girl she wanted a custom version with the big control frame. She's the only one apparently. She has a history with Gerolf Heinrichs and he has not been helpful to here (according to her). She is getting great help from Kraig Coomber, but still there is too much bar pressure. As far as I'm concerned, gliders are always a custom deal.
Second, Wolfgang Siess has a little bit of a crumbling up problem with his outboard carbon leading edge with at the outboard sprog on his Wills Wing T2C. It appears as though the heat here was a bit too much for this leading edge and it wrinkled and cracked and he noticed only after he landed on the first day. He noticed that the leading edge was soft.
He has a new outboard carbon leading edge in now and is getting Swiss Nick's glider shipped here for parts. This is the first time that this has been reported on a Wills Wing carbon leading edge.
Third, Chisato Nojiri from Japan was in in the 52 position at goal on the first day two places ahead of Corinna, to win the day for the women's competition (the Women's Worlds). Kathleen Rigg was in third, the last person to make goal. She had turtled earlier in the launch paddock.
Forbes on the practice day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx_BfnfVQ5c
Prime 7 News here.
The local paper:
http://www.forbesadvocate.com.au/story/1218701/town-welcomes-worlds-best/?cs=719
http://www.forbesadvocate.com.au/story/1219324/gliding-takes-off/?cs=719
http://www.forbesadvocate.com.au/story/1222773/wind-delays-world-titles/?cs=717
http://www.forbesadvocate.com.au/story/1219583/learning-to-fly/?cs=719
Hot Weather, here.
http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/298967_4972037346425_1249139164_n.jpg
The team in the lead after the first day:
Low top of lift over the tow paddock on the first day:
15 topics in this article: Chisato Nojiri, Conrad Loten, Corinna Schwiegershausen, Facebook, Gerolf Heinrichs, Jamie Shelden, Kathleen Rigg, Kraig Coomber, Moyes Litespeed RX, photo, video, weather, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C, Worlds 2013
Swiss Nic Hurt on Christmas Eve
In the Hunter Valley
(Broken Back launch, Hunter Valley, Australia)
Cameron Tunbridge|Conrad Loten|Heather Mull|photo|Roberto Nichele|Tascha "Tish the Flying Fish" McLellan
Cameron Tunbridge «Cameron Tunbridge» sends this note from Heather Mull:
UPDATE ON SWISS NIC:
As many hang glider pilots will now be aware, on 24th December Swiss Nic (Roberto Nichele) had a failed hill launch in NSW Hunter Valley, Australia. First aid was given on site by Conrad Loten (hang glider pilot and emergency room doctor at John Hunter hospital) and Nic was transferred to the John Hunter hospital by helicopter. He sustained internal trauma to the head and was put into the intensive care unit in an induced coma and on a ventilator.
With some progress over the last days in the form of responding to voices with hand squeezes, Conrad recommended friends visit Nic to keep the stimulation process going. Mart and I have been visiting Camo, so today (the 28th) we contacted the hospital and all went to visit this afternoon. The timing was great, as when we arrived they were busy taking his ventilator tube out for the first time. We were able to see Nic straight away and spent a couple of hours with him. He was groggy and it was obviously difficult for him to open his eyes, but he opened them on several occasions and recognised who we were - communicating to questions mainly with hand gestures and a reasonably firm hand grip. He slept much of the time whilst his body copes with the recovery process.
The whole time we were there, Nic was able to breathe normally apart from some supplemental oxygen, but he even took that mask off for a while when the tube came out. He has a chest infection as well, so his physiotherapist was wanting him to take deep breaths as often as possible and cough to get the muck up from his lungs. He could understand everything we were saying to him and even managed to whisper and understand some words in four different languages. His sense of humour is still intact, as when Mart made a comment about the difficulty of the Swiss language, Nic slowly lifted his hand and definitely gave him the "bird." Nic sparked up noticeably when the guys took some photos of him for his girlfriend Natalia and the doctor also contacted Natalia while we were there. Natalia was able to talk to Nic.
To summarise what the doctor said to us, Nic has had a severe impact to the head which will take a long recovery - many months, and the extent of the recovery depends on the individual. Plans are already under way for his medically accompanied return to Switzerland by aeroplane (he also has travel insurance). If all goes well, this may be within the next week. We were very happy to see the amount of progress he made just today - breathing on his own again and communicating a little with us. As we left, Tish and Chris came in to visit again. So if you live in the area, the doctor suggested a roster of visitors could be made up so that he is getting lots of stimulation over the coming days. Things certainly looked much more positive for Nic today than several days ago, and we'll all keep our fingers crossed now for a speedy and full recovery.
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6 topics in this article: Cameron Tunbridge, Conrad Loten, Heather Mull, photo, Roberto Nichele, Tascha "Tish the Flying Fish" McLellan
Airborne Gulgong Classic 2012 »
Task 3
Adam Parer|Attila Bertok|Conrad Loten|Grant Heaney|John Smith|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Konrad Heilmann|Moyes Litespeed RX|Nick Purcell|Trent Brown|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
Jonny Durand writes:
What another great day in Gulgong, a 140km task was set and it started off very slowly with many pilots having reflights. Just as the start gate came to a close the day started to turn on and we were off and racing. Trent Brown and Conrad Loten had the best starts and the rest of were late to the gate.
I eventually caught Trent after about 40 kms and took the lead. I stayed in the lead for nearly the rest of the task before I got low in the rain front. Trent came over me about 20kms from goal at cloudbase along with others trailing behind him. I had to take a light climb and finished about 15 minutes after Trent. Nick Purcell will take out 2nd place with John smith in 3rd. I think about 10-12 pilots made goal in the end with Matt Barlow just squeezing in late. Tomorrow looks like another good day so stay tuned.
Task 3:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jon Durand Jnr | Moyes Ls RX 3.5 | 02:00:51 | 1000 |
2 | Trent Brown | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 02:09:53 | 902 |
3 | Nick Purcell | Moyes Ls Rs 4 | 02:11:13 | 875 |
4 | Adam Stevens | Airborne Rev | 02:11:35 | 865 |
5 | Grant Heaney | Moyes Ls RX 3.5 | 02:12:07 | 854 |
6 | John Smith | Moyes Ls Rs 4 | 02:13:43 | 838 |
7 | Attila Bertok | Moyes Ls 5 | 02:19:41 | 811 |
8 | Wolfgang Siess | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 02:27:42 | 760 |
9 | Adam Parer | Moyes Ls RX 3.5 | 02:32:31 | 698 |
10 | Glen Mcfarlane | Moyes Ls RX 3.5 | 02:33:29 | 690 |
11 | Matthew Barlow | Moyes Ls Rs 3.5 | 02:32:37 | 689 |
Totals:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Attila Bertok | Moyes Ls 5 | 2751 |
2 | Jon Durand Jnr | Moyes Ls RX 3.5 | 2723 |
3 | John Smith | Moyes Ls Rs 4 | 2409 |
4 | Wolfgang Siess | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 2317 |
5 | Glen Mcfarlane | Moyes Ls RX 3.5 | 2273 |
6 | Trent Brown | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 2236 |
7 | Matthew Barlow | Moyes Ls Rs 3.5 | 2201 |
8 | Adam Parer | Moyes Ls RX 3.5 | 2087 |
9 | Adam Stevens | Airborne Rev | 1940 |
10 | Konrad Heilmann | Moyes Ls RX 3.5 | 1886 |
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13 topics in this article: Adam Parer, Attila Bertok, Conrad Loten, Grant Heaney, John Smith, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Konrad Heilmann, Moyes Litespeed RX, Nick Purcell, Trent Brown, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
Super Race in Brasilia
Super Race in Brasilia
Day six
Conrad Loten|Curt Warren|James Stinnett|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Mario Campanella|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
The task: http://superrace2012.blogspot.com/2012/08/brasilia-prova-6-124-km.html
http://www.superrace2012.blogspot.com.br/2012/08/resultados-prova-6-brasilia.html
Day six:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | André Wolf | RS | Moyes LS RX 3.5 | 02:09:10 | 921 |
2 | James Stinnett | USA | 02:10:14 | 884 | |
3 | Marcelo Andrei Gomes | RJ | Aeros Combat GT | 02:22:04 | 855 |
4 | Fabio Cardoso Nunes | RJ | Wills Wing T2C | 02:24:06 | 853 |
5 | Michel Louzada | SP | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 02:23:11 | 843 |
6 | Conrad Loten | NZL | Moyes LS RS 3.5 | 02:24:13 | 842 |
7 | Eduardo Fernandes | DF | Wills Wing TC2 | 02:23:55 | 834 |
8 | Marcelo Menin | SP | 02:25:21 | 813 | |
9 | Curt Warren | AUS | Moyes LS RX 3.5 | 02:26:11 | 810 |
10 | Mario Campanella | RJ | Icaro Laminar Z9 | 02:27:46 | 789 |
Totals:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Curt Warren | AUS | Moyes LS RX 3.5 | 5475 |
2 | Michel Louzada | SP | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 5224 |
3 | André Wolf | RS | Moyes LS RX 3.5 | 5193 |
4 | Sergio Galvas | SP | Wills Wing T2C | 4925 |
5 | Glauco Pinto | DF | Icaro Laminar Z9 | 4864 |
6 | Brenno Albuquerque | RJ | Wills Wing T2C | 4838 |
7 | Eduardo Oliveira | MS | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 4762 |
8 | David Brito Filho | SP | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 4736 |
9 | Fabio Cardoso Nunes | RJ | Wills Wing T2C | 4706 |
10 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes LS RX 3.5 | 4680 |
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8 topics in this article: Conrad Loten, Curt Warren, James Stinnett, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Mario Campanella, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
Super Race in Brasilia
Super Race in Brasilia
Day three, Curt kicking butt.
Conrad Loten|Curt Warren|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
The third day:
The task: http://superrace2012.blogspot.com.br/2012/08/brasilia-prova-3.html
http://superrace2012.blogspot.com.br/2012/08/resultados-prova-3-brasilia.html
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Curt Warren | AUS | Moyes LS RX 3.5 | 01:57:53 | 1000 |
2 | Conrad Loten | NZL | 02:07:20 | 859 | |
3 | Eduardo Oliveira | MS | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 02:14:05 | 797 |
4 | Marcio Freire Fernandes | SP | Moyes LS RX 3.5 | 02:14:55 | 792 |
5 | Michel Louzada | SP | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 02:06:47 | 772 |
6 | Jonas Lobitz | NZL | Moyes LS RS | 02:09:03 | 746 |
7 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes LS RX 3.5 | 02:09:39 | 743 |
8 | Dave May | AUS | Moyes LS RS 3.5 | 02:11:10 | 730 |
9 | David Brito Filho | SP | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 02:22:35 | 727 |
10 | Max Turiaco | RJ | Aeros Combat | 02:22:51 | 725 |
Totals:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Curt Warren | AUS | Moyes LS RX 3.5 | 2907 |
2 | Eduardo Oliveira | MS | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 2572 |
3 | Michel Louzada | SP | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2561 |
4 | Glauco Pinto | DF | Icaro Laminar Z9 | 2502 |
5 | Marcelo Andrei Gomes | RJ | Aeros Combat GT | 2478 |
6 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes LS RX 3.5 | 2443 |
7 | Brenno Albuquerque | RJ | Wills Wing T2C | 2420 |
8 | Jonas Lobitz | NZL | Moyes LS RS | 2418 |
9 | Sergio Galvas | SP | Wills Wing T2C | 2403 |
10 | David Brito Filho | SP | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2373 |
http://www.warrenwindsports.com.au/blog/competitions/i-dirt-brasilia-superrace-task-3
I was actually getting a good dose of dirt in the mouth and eyes, while climbing from 1000ft and higher. From then, on I couldn’t get the song “I like Dirt” by the Chilli Peppers out of my head.
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6 topics in this article: Conrad Loten, Curt Warren, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
Resolution of the German Open issues?
Do we know the answers to why all the problems occurred?
Conrad Loten|Corinna Schwiegershausen|German Open 2012|Klaus Tänzler|Manfred Ruhmer|Wills Wing
(LP, Neuschwanstein Castle, Tegelberg, Schwangau, Germany) (LZ, Tegelberg, Schwangau, Germany)
German Open here.
http://corinnaflies.blogspot.de/
It was tail wind until 1pm, and quite a lot of us started discussing the new rules and their problems with Klaus Tänzler (head of the DHV) who had come to Tegelberg today. Manfred had disappeared already, I would have liked a person who test flies and builds the gliders and works for the manufacturer (or is the manufacturer) to discuss the problems that we had to face with Klaus.
What exactly caused the top two pilots from the first task to be penalized for improper sprog settings?
Will Wills Wing pilots continue to not be allowed to fly at the German Open?
Was Manfred flying a prototype, if so was it certified? Did he cheat or not on the sprog settings as has been intimated by Klaus Tänzler?
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2012 German Open⁣ Corinna interview »
German TV
Conrad Loten|Corinna Schwiegershausen|German Open 2012|video
(LP, Neuschwanstein Castle, Tegelberg, Schwangau, Germany) (LZ, Tegelberg, Schwangau, Germany)
German Open here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw7kZ63pK4E#!
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Wills Wing Outlaw in Germany
You can't compete with the T2C 144 in the German Open
CIVL|Conrad Loten|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Mike Meier|Nichele Roberto|PG|record|Steven "Steve" Pearson|Wills Wing
(LP, Neuschwanstein Castle, Tegelberg, Schwangau, Germany) (LZ, Tegelberg, Schwangau, Germany)
http://corinnaflies.blogspot.de/
Nichele Roberto «Nichele Roberto» sends:
(DHV) website for the German Open here.
The local rules (PDF) here.
"Airworthy glider with valid type test (airworthiness certificate)…"
A German pilot who bought a T2C 144 from me this year called upset that they won't allow him to attend the meet. Not totally sure if this applies to foreign pilots too. Could be explained with insurance issues.
Steven Pearson «Steven Pearson» writes:
The 154 is DHV certified, the 144 isn’t. The DHV is protecting the revenue stream from their certification program to the detriment of the German pilots—so much for the ‘EU’. Mike can give you the historical details ad nauseum.
Mike Meier «Mike Meier» writes:
This is a complex issue with a long history. In brief, here’s what I can tell you about it.
The U2 160, T2C 154 and Sport 2 155 have been issued the Gütesiegel by the DHV Technical Department, which is an approved testing center for hang gliders and paragliders for the LBA (German Civil Aviation Authorities), signifying that these gliders meet the German LTF Airworthiness Standards for hang gliders.
Wills Wing has not applied for LTF certification for any of our remaining current production models. In the case of the three models for which we have obtained LTF certification, we did so in each case because our dealers selling into the German market believed that having the LTF certification would increase sales. We have not found any clear indication that this has been the case. The process of obtaining LTF certification in addition to HGMA certification, which all of our current production models (except the Condors) have, is significantly burdensome and expensive, and completely redundant from an airworthiness perspective.
With regard to the insurance issue, and restrictions on flying gliders in Germany that do not have the Gütesiegel, I am far from expert on these issues. As I understand the law in Germany, based on my visit there in 2008 and a discussion with someone who is familiar with all of the legal issues, if you are living in Germany at least 180 days out of the year, it is (technically) illegal to fly a hang glider without the Gütesiegel. It is my understanding that to do so is not considered any sort of serious crime or offense, but technically, it is illegal. Also, if one is flying a hang glider without the Gütesiegel, then one is not covered by the 3rd party liability insurance (which would pay if, for example, you crashed your glider into someone's car and damaged it). One's personal insurance, such as medical insurance, is NOT affected by whether you fly a glider with, or without the Gütesiegel, as I understand it.
However, there is also a European law that says that if an aircraft has a type certificate in one European country, then another European country cannot demand a different certificate. A number of Wills Wing models that do not have the German Gütesiegel do hold Austrian Type Certificates, based on the Austrian acceptance of the HGMA certification. It is therefore at least somewhat uncertain as to the legal standing or validity of any German law that requires specifically a German certification.
Over the last 30 years there have been many significant attempts to negotiate recognition within Germany for the other major hang gliding certification programs – HGMA and BHPA (British). None of these attempts has yet been successful – within Germany, only the LTF certification is recognized as valid. Over that same time period there has been ample opportunity to observe the safety record of gliders that have been certified under one airworthiness program and not under the others. There has been no indication during this time of any difference in safety between gliders certified under one program versus those certified under another program. A detailed comparative analysis of the HGMA and LTF certification programs has shown that both programs are very similar in the manner in which they define and test for hang glider airworthiness, and that where the programs do differ in technical matters, the HGMA airworthiness standards are in fact more valid from a technical standpoint than are the LTF standards.
The FAI Sporting Code Section 7A defines a certified hang glider as follows:
12. 2.2.1 Certified Gliders
Hang gliders of a make and model for which there is airworthiness approval issued by either the BHPA, DHV or HGMA and which have not been altered in any way since manufacture that would affect this certification. Sprogs must be set within the certified range.
The FAI and CIVL therefore recognize HGMA and BHPA certification for the purposes of competition as equivalent to German certification. It is unfortunate, and seems without any rational justification that a German pilot has been denied the opportunity to compete in a competition in his home country on an HGMA certified glider.
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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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The DHV on the Forbes Flatlands
Pictures and German
Conrad Loten|Joerg Ewald
http://www.dhv.de/web/piloteninfos/sport/drachen-szene/live-berichte/vor-wm-forbesaustralien-2012/
Thanks to Joergi.
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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 - 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
Tish, a flying fish
Coming out of retirement
Conrad Loten|Tascha "Tish the Flying Fish" McLellan
Conrad Loten «Conrad Loten» writes:
I will be at Forbes to try to qualify for the NZ team. Tascha is coming out of retirement to fly there as well.
Fosters, Australian for beer (in the US).
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Forbes Flatlands Hang Gliding Championship (Steve Hocking), Day 5
Forbes Floodlands
Nineteen knots in the tow paddock
Conrad Loten|Davis Straub|Forbes Flatlands Championships 2011|Grant Heaney|Jamie Shelden|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Larry Bunner|Roberto Nichele|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown|Tullio Gervasoni|video|Wills Wing T2C
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results2011.php
http://www.jonnydurand.blogspot.com/
http://naughtylawyertravels.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/flyingtrent
http://www.flockhartrod.blogspot.com/
We call the day at noon after hoping during the morning that the winds at the airfield will die down.
Date/Time (EDT) | Speed (knots) | Gust (knots) |
---|---|---|
12/12:00PM | 21 | 32 |
12/11:54AM | 20 | 32 |
12/11:00AM | 19 | 25 |
12/10:00AM | 18 | 26 |
12/09:00AM | 19 | 29 |
12/08:55AM | 18 | 29 |
12/08:00AM | 14 | 17 |
12/07:00AM | 3 | 4 |
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDN60801/IDN60801.94715.shtml
We had three good days of flying at this second competition at Forbes. Six out of ten days in all.
Final Results:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jonny Durand | Aus | Moyes Litespeed Rs 3.5 | 2800 |
2 | Carl Wallbank | Gbr | Moyes Litespeed Rs 3.5 | 2460 |
3 | Trent Brown | Aus | Moyes Litespeed Rs 3.5 | 2355 |
4 | Steve Blenkinsop | Aus | Moyes Litespeed S3.5 | 2266 |
5 | Yasuhiro Noma | Jpn | Moyes Litespeed Rs 3.5 | 2246 |
6 | Tullio Gervasoni | Ita | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2156 |
7 | Grant Heaney | Aus | Moyes Litespeed S 3.5 | 2063 |
8 | Davis Straub | Usa | Moyes Litespeed Rs 3.5 | 1953 |
9 | Conrad Loten | Nzl | Moyes Litespeed S 4 | 1942 |
10 | Roberto Nichele | Sui | Wills Wing T2C-144 | 1875 |
11 | Larry Bunner | Usa | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 1873 |
The RS 3.5 seems to be the preferred size and model of the Litespeed.
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Forbes Flatlands Hang Gliding Championship (Steve Hocking), Day 4
Forbes Floodlands
Too iffy a day for a task
Conrad Loten|Davis Straub|Forbes Flatlands Championships 2011|Grant Heaney|Jamie Shelden|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Larry Bunner|Roberto Nichele|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown|Tullio Gervasoni|weather|Wills Wing T2C
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results2011.php
http://www.jonnydurand.blogspot.com/
http://naughtylawyertravels.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/flyingtrent
http://www.flockhartrod.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/warrenwindsport
After the first three days:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jonny Durand | Aus | Moyes Litespeed Rs 3.5 | 2829 |
2 | Carl Wallbank | Gbr | Moyes Litespeed Rs 3.5 | 2488 |
3 | Trent Brown | Aus | Moyes Litespeed Rs 3.5 | 2383 |
4 | Steve Blenkinsop | Aus | Moyes Litespeed S3.5 | 2281 |
5 | Yasuhiro Noma | Jpn | Moyes Litespeed Rs 3.5 | 2267 |
6 | Tullio Gervasoni | Ita | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2171 |
7 | Grant Heaney | Aus | Moyes Litespeed S 3.5 | 2083 |
8 | Conrad Loten | Nzl | Moyes Litespeed | 1971 |
9 | Davis Straub | Usa | Moyes Litespeed Rs 3.5 | 1968 |
10 | Roberto Nichele | Sui | Wills Wing T2C-144 | 1900 |
11 | Larry Bunner | Usa | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 1889 |
The weather was a bit too iffy for a task today. Moderate breeze on the ground. 40 km/h (25 mph) up at 3,000' (compared to 18 mph yesterday). Rain during the day, clearing, then overcast. Nearby cu's, but no lift over the airfield.
We gave it a good go, but called it when it got too late without a good chance of getting good for a fair task.
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2010 Canungra Classic »
2010 Canungra Classic
Looks like about one day's worth of flying out of eight
Canungra Classic 2010|Conrad Loten|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown
The Canungra Classic results found here. Three days flown, five days rain. Looks like there isn't a drought up there in Queensland.
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jon Durand Jnr | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 1184 |
2 | Trent Brown | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 1020 |
3 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 1006 |
4 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed S 4 | 945 |
5 | Tony Giammichele | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 862 |
6 | Peter Dall | ATOS | 844 |
7 | Adam Stevens | Airborne C4 | 815 |
8 | Neil Petersen | Aeros Combat | 779 |
9 | Davo Staver | Moyes Litespeed S 3.5 | 682 |
10 | Rod Flockhart | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 666 |
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2010 Canungra Classic »
2010 Canungra Classic
Conrad Loten wins the second task
Cameron Tunbridge|Canungra Classic 2010|Conrad Loten|John Smith|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Nick Purcell|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown
The Canungra Classic results found here.
Task 2:
# | Name | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Conrad Loten | 01:41:25 | 735 |
2 | Jon Durand Jnr | 01:39:13 | 730 |
3 | Trent Brown | 01:49:43 | 693 |
4 | Peter Dall | 01:52:09 | 684 |
5 | Steve Blenkinsop | 01:53:39 | 678 |
6 | Tony Giammichele | 01:54:08 | 676 |
7 | Neil Petersen | 02:12:01 | 620 |
8 | Adam Stevens | 496 | |
9 | Rod Flockhart | 467 | |
10 | Jonas Lobitz | 425 |
Task 3:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Dist. | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jon Durand Jnr | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 01:42:58 | 47,13 | 307 |
2 | John Smith | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 01:58:40 | 47,13 | 292 |
3 | Jon Durand | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 02:36:41 | 47,13 | 265 |
4 | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 47,11 | 249 | |
5 | Trent Brown | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 46,64 | 248 | |
6 | Adam Stevens | Airborne C4 | 40,71 | 228 | |
7 | Davo Staver | Moyes Litespeed S 3.5 | 30,23 | 197 | |
8 | Ward Gunn | Moyes Litespeed S 4.5 | 24,95 | 181 | |
9 | Jonas Lobitz | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 17,33 | 158 | |
9 | Cameron Tunbridge | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 17,21 | 158 | |
11 | Nick Purcell | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 12,53 | 141 | |
11 | Regan Kowald | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 12,61 | 141 |
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NSW State Titles - final results »
NSW State Titles
A very close finish
Øyvind Ellefsen|Conrad Loten|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|New South Wales State Titles 2010|Scott Barrett|William "Billo" Olive
http://www.jonnydurand.blogspot.com/
Results after five days of flying. Billo writes:
I decided not to fly on the last day so as to be able to get the scoring done early, but when I got down from the hill into the comp HQ there was no power. A total blackout in Manilla, then the mobile phone system went down too, so no internet either.
I completed the scoring to the dulcet tones of a trio of large generator sets, but I couldn't upload the results until this morning. They are on the web now.
I forgot to give a special mention to the Kiwi contingent. A large number came over for a trans Tasman challenge. This is great to see, and I'd like to thank them all for showing up.
The challenge was won by the Aussies, I don't have the scores to hand as I calculated them on the back of a beer coaster, but if anybody wants to work it out for themselves, add the scores of the top 4 pilots from each country on each day.
It was something like 17,000 to 14,000.
1. Jon Jnr Durand, Australia, 4037
2. Conrad Loten, NZ, 3974
3. Scott Barrett, Australia, 3763
Tim Ettridge writes:
Jonny Durand, to no one's surprise, wins the NSW Titles comp again…for the tenth time in a row. This, despite bombing out at a mere 30K on the third of five tasks flown and scoring only 300 points.
New Zealand's Conrad Loten came in second, after landing in the east bombout field on the last day and, with the aid of his crew, getting back up in time to relaunch.
Scott Barrett came in third and, being the highest placing NSW resident, becomes the New South Wales Champion.
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7 topics in this article: Øyvind Ellefsen, Conrad Loten, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, New South Wales State Titles 2010, Scott Barrett, William "Billo" Olive
NSW State Titles »
Jonny moves back into the lead, you can't keep a good man down
Øyvind Ellefsen|Chris Jones|Conrad Loten|Grant Heaney|John Smith|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Scott Barrett
Results so far after four days of flying.
# | Pilot | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Jon Jnr Durand | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 3306 |
2. | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed S 4 | 3146 |
3. | John Smith | Aeros Combat 14 | 2964 |
4. | Oyvind Ellefsen | Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 | 2957 |
5. | Scott Barrett | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 2949 |
6. | Grant Heaney | Moyes Litespeed S3.5 | 2820 |
7. | Dustan Hansen | Airborne C2 14 | 2706 |
8. | Matt Barlow | Aeros Combat 15 | 2700 |
9. | Dave May | Moyes Litespeed | 2673 |
10. | Chris Jones | Moyes Litespeed S4 | 2632 |
Fourth task:
# | Pilot | Glider | Time | Total Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Jon Jnr Durand | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 01:47:06 | 1000 |
2. | Dave Seib | Moyes | 01:49:31 | 948 |
3. | Tony Lowrey | Moyes Litespeed Rs 3.5 | 02:02:40 | 794 |
4. | Chris Jones | Moyes Litespeed S4 | 02:12:06 | 760 |
5. | Neil Peterson | Aeros Combat 13 | 02:12:21 | 758 |
6. | Grant Heaney | Moyes Litespeed S3.5 | 02:12:57 | 752 |
7. | Matt Barlow | Aeros Combat 15 | 02:17:03 | 717 |
8. | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed S 4 | 02:17:20 | 715 |
9. | Scott Barrett | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 02:16:11 | 683 |
10. | Dustan Hansen | Airborne C2 14 | 02:23:14 | 668 |
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2010 Forbes Flatlands - 8th day »
2010 Forbes Flatlands
Six and a half hours in the air
Ben Dunn|Conrad Loten|Evgeniya "Zhenya" Laritskaya|Facebook|Forbes Flatlands 2010|Jamie Shelden|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown
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The task committee, Gerolf, Dave May, and Conrad Loten, called a 206 km triangle to the north, given the forecast for light winds with the center of the high pressure moving south to the west of us during the day. The forecast for cu's was a bit weak with only thin cu's predicted, but the lift was seen to be reasonable if a bit weaker than the previous two days.
The lift, the height of cloud base, and the thickness of the cu's turned out to be better than predicted, but the winds were strong out of the southwest, but not on the ground. This made for a long and difficult task getting back to Forbes.
To avoid the heat I was ready to take off first, when the word came down that the task had been changed to just Tomingley and back, 188 kilometers. Most likely because there were no cu's showing up at the noon launch time (as forecasted). I quickly deleted the Trundal waypoint and launched.
While it was blue there was still plenty of lift and it was possible to get to over 8,000' in time for the first start time. Given the long task, I wanted to get going early. Cu's started forming during the hour between the launch and the first start time.
I raced out with Steve Blenkinsop and quickly found lift that averaged over 500 fpm. There were plenty of clouds on the course line and it was easy to find the lift. I was thirty kilometers north of the edge of the start circle when the last start time came around (forty minutes after the first start time).
Fifteen minutes later I was 40 kilometers north of the start cylinder at almost cloud base just above Steve Blenkinsop. I told myself (apparently not too convincingly) that I should just stay with Steve as he was doing well in the competition (much better than me). But as we raced down the cloud street, that was just about to end before Peak Hill, Steve stopped to work his way as high as possible.
For some reason I didn't see the point of this and charged on ahead. Forty five minutes later I was groveling east of Peak Hill as I heard Zac and Jeff behind me catching up.
Jeff got low a couple of times and slowed way down. Zac kept moving along as did Larry. I finally got back up past Peak Hill, but eleven kilometers from the turnpoint I saw a pilot going back. Jeez, I had already lost twenty two kilometers. Steve stayed high the whole way toward the turnpoint.
There was strong lift just before the turnpoint and I found 700 fpm to over 8,000'. It was easy to get the turnpoint as I hooked up with Larry. Jeff was working hard to stay up. Coming back into the head wind there was plenty of lift and good clouds and I stayed high for the next twenty kilometers.
Larry got stuck behind me and Jeff was fifteen kilometers back. Zippy was just out ahead a little.
After climbing to 8,500' south of Peak Hill I had a disastrous glide. Eighteen kilometers later I was down to 1,500' AGL next to the mine north of Parkes. I would spend the next hour there drifting backwards in the 14 mph head wind, just trying to get back up.
There was a cu-nimb back by the turnpoint but east of it. The sport class goal was at Tomingley. Four out of five made it for the longest sport class task of the competition. The one pilot was only two kilometers short.
There was another cu-nimb forming east and north of Parkes. I was on the western edge of it as it expanded going west. This provided some reasonable lift but I was already eight kilometers down wind of the course line so I didn't get too far under it.
The lift worked well, but when I got to Parkes I didn't find it again, and had to land. Jeff had been able to get back up while I was groveling. So did Larry. Zac had been really low just before I got low and was back in the game. Jeff was now climbing to 11,000'.
Zac and Jeff made it in. Larry was just 3 kilometers short. See the results page to see who won the day.
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On-line pilot registration systems
On-line pilot registration systems
From the HGFA newsletter
Brett Hardin|Conrad Loten|PG
Meet organizers, you can have a pilot registration system at no cost to you. You control it and you can put on your web site.
One barrier to running a competition is having an on-line system that automates the task of pre-registering pilots coming to the competition, and gets them to pay in advance. You'll find a pilot registration form template and tracking system that does this for you with a few minor modifications here.
You can set this up on your own web or blog site or use Google's. Modify it to your tastes.
For example, here and here. A speed gliding registration implementation is found here with organizer comments here.
A different approach is to use an existing on-line service that has a pilot registration system up and running with a centralized database that can be used for multiple competitions. Brett Hardin, Bright resident, has a paragliding pilot registration server available here: http://ozparaglidingcomps.com (click the "More info" menu item to see the list of feature) and here: http://usparaglidingcomps.com. With a few tweaks he says that it could handle hang gliding meets, although he's not sure he wants to support them.
An existing on-line pilot registration system like Brett's for hang gliders (and paragliders) is found at http://goflyxc.com.
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2010 Forbes Flatlands - 1st day »
2010 Forbes Flatlands
Looks like Zippy won the day
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A great start to the 2010 Forbes Flatlands with a beautiful cool day in the tow paddock at the airport (30 degrees). No cu's, a top of the lift about 4,700' (4,000' AGL) a nice stiff breeze at 14 mph and higher out of the south southwest.
We have an innovation that we are trying out here at the Forbes Flatlands. A ten person rotating task committee, with three task members (in addition to me as the weather person) each day. The first day, we had Attila, Len Paton, and Jon Senior. Len Paton was very up on the latest RASP forecast so he provided most of the weather forecasting, which I really appreciated, as it made my job easier.
They picked a task to the northeast, essentially cross tail wind for 167 km to Goolma between Wellington and Gulgong. The idea was to get up into the high country away from the flooded areas so that we wouldn't have stranded pilots, or have to fly over huge shallow lakes.
When we got to the airfield Jonny Junior freaked out a bit that we had a task heading toward some towering cu's that were a hundred miles to the east. Lenny had checked the chances of over development and saw that as far as the RASP was concerned it was not a concern. This didn't assuage Jonny's concerns so he got the task committee to call a different task with a turnpoint 50 kilometers to the north northeast (cross wind) and then downwind 90 kilometers to a 5 KM goal cylinder around the sailplane port at Narromine. 5 KM in order to stay out of their way. (The towering cu's never amounted to anything.)
We are trying out another innovation here penalizing pilots if they leave too early. If you leave before the start clock opens we just rotate your start time around the first start time, and leave your elapse interval time unchanged. Easy to do and very effective in providing a small "penalty." Lukas Bader felt that it was possible for some pilots to start way early (a bit difficult to do in a tow comp) and if conditions changed rapidly during the day, the early starters may have an unfair advantage, even with their time rotated (say no one made goal).
So I added an additional penalty of ten percent if pilots left more than (or equal to) one start interval before the first start time. The point of allowing pilots to leave early is to make the towing situation less crowded and easier to handle, to not excessively penalize pilots for leaving a few minutes early.
In Category 1 competition often there is a large penalty for leaving early. I believe that the main reason for this is that if GAP 2002 is used for scoring it is very difficult to move a pilot's track log (and not just their start and finish time) so that they can be properly scored. Since we are using OzGAP 2005, this is not an issue.
With three launch lines and seven tugs for seventy pilots (six in sport class) the launches went quickly, even with the first pilots in the launch line holding back (no cu's). There was plenty of lift to 4,100' and those of us who got off early had no problem staying up and staying within the 10 kilometer start radius.
We did our best to work our way to the upwind side of the course line (west) but we didn't get too far past it by the time we were ready to start out on course. Most of us took the second clock at 2:40 PM. Zippy and about ten pilots took the third one. I wasn't too high when we started, but then neither was anyone else.
I hooked up with Conrad Loten right after the start and we got low quickly (1,300' AGL), but we found 400 fpm and were able to get going. We caught up quickly with pilots who took the first start time and others who started west of us and took the second start time. There is a nice rocky ridge line to the north northeast and it provided the necessary lift.
It required a bit of team work getting to the first turnpoint at Trundle. Conrad and I hooked up with Lukas Bader and other pilot so that we could all search for lift. I found a little rocket just before the turnpoint while the others missed out pushing ahead. All the lift was very narrow on this first day, and you really had to make tight turns to stay it it. I had no problem doing that with the new Airborne Rev 13.5.
I was also able to glide with all the other gliders. The VG was easy to pull on, and the bar pressure was reasonable. It felt like a stable steady ship that is easy to fly, flies straight and goes fast.
Since I got high before the turnpoint I was able to get to it easily and find the lift at the turnpoint to get up and out of there while I watched the other I was with low and slowly climbing. Now I was chasing the few guys in front of me having left my gaggle behind.
I couldquite catch them, and as I circled up in 160 fpm lift about twenty kilometers past the turnpoint, Carl, Jonny and Zippy came in under me. I decided, that this looks like a good crew and that I'd stick with them.
This worked out well until we went on a long glide and I was down to 1,100'. Jonny had gone further to the west, more on the course line, and got stuck by himself low also. There were half a dozen of us digging our way out of our self imposed hole with Zippy even lower and scratching.
We took a little over 200 fpm to a bit over 4,000' and headed downwind toward goal which was now only 30 kilometers away. I was getting glides of 18:1 with the 14 mph tail wind, and every time I was turning I was drifting directly toward the goal.
I didn't get very high any more, but I didn't need to. With the wind it was easy to make it into goal, at the five kilometer radius (my 6030 had me making it to the center of the goal cylinder at Narromine with a few hundred feet).
Jonny, Carl, Lukas, Attila, later Noma, and much later Larry Bunner made goal and landed near us. Larry had the wrong task activated and it took him a while to figure it out. He almost went down a few times. Zippy crossed the goal line just before me and started twenty minutes after the rest of us. So we think he won the day.
Jeff Shapiro went down early at the first turnpoint.
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More luck from Adam Parer
More luck from Adam Parer
Lucky to survive his wounds
Adam Parer|Conrad Loten|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Monica Barrett|William "Billo" Olive
We stayed at Scott and Monica Barrett's in North Belmont (near Newcastle) for three days after Christmas while they were visiting family in Victoria. We had the opportunity to have dinners with Conrad Loten (and Annucia and Myra), Billo (and Julia) and Adam Parer (who is now living at his mother's house in Newcastle). I took the opportunity to teach Billo additional aspects of the Davis' Scoring Program which he will use to also score the NSW State Titles (Jonny's favorite competition) and the Dalby Big Air. A little time with the program's author always helps. He also got an updated version.
Discussions with Conrad and Adam, who, by the way, is doing very well, revealed the extent of Adam's peril from his injuries in the few hours after he sustained them. Adam has already detailed how fortunate he was to survive his tuck, tumble and subsequent high speed spin in articles here in the Oz Report and on his blog. What was not quite so clear was how lucky he was to survive the wounds sustained from his deployment in free fall.
Adam had massive injuries to his chest, six broken ribs on the right side (Conrad described this side as flailed), two (not found at first) on the left. A collapsed lung and cracked sternum. Because of the collapsed lung and internal bleeding there he had trouble breathing. But he could have easily had two collapsed lungs which would have suffocated him.
Because Adam is healthy and fit (and still is) he was able to able to reinflate the right lung within twenty four hours when it is usual to have to do much more invasive measures to deal with the damage. The fact that he was helicoptered out of the field to the John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle brought its own peril as reduced pressure on the lungs could have caused further damage. The pilot flew 200' off the trees and skimmed over the Great Dividing Range into the Hunter valley.
Adam is well on his road to a much greater recovery than was expected. Conrad was initially skeptical that the upper right ribs would ever go back into place but now it looks like that is already a possibility. Adam is swimming a kilometer every day, running hard and feels that his lung capacity (six weeks after the accident) is back to normal or close to it. His lung capacity will be tested soon.
He is being careful. Not flying and not riding a bike. He doesn't want to endanger his recovery progress. He will return to work at the fire department next Monday, but at a desk job for now. He has six months of accrued sick leave, but doesn't want to use it up.
He looks thin (he lost a lot of weight after his wife died) but healthy. His eyes (you may have seen the pictures) have whites instead of reds. I could see him favoring his right side, but not extensively.
We were very happy to visit with Adam and see that he is doing so well. He is enjoying staying with his mother and she is happy to have him there. Adam is particularly happy to see the huge interest in High Energy parachutes which can sustain freefall. Many pilots are ordering them to replace their existing chutes.
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Adam Parer on his tuck and tumble
Wow! Take a deep breath before you read this
Adam Parer|Chris Jones|Conrad Loten|Oliver "Olli" Barthelmes|Phil Schroder|video|weather
Adam Parer «Adam Parer» writes:
I got out of hospital 3 days ago and tried to put something together about the accident last night. It’s a scary incident but the outcome has nothing but positive implications for all of us. We can survive a parachute deployment at terminal velocity after separating from our glider. Best to avoid such an event but if it does happen it need not be a death sentence. I am very lucky to be alive, and extremely grateful to still be here. Hoping what follows covers all questions but have also attached a more formal report too.
It was the 2nd task of the Gulgong Classic and just like the day before the wind gusts and turbulence in the tow paddock were moderate to heavy. It was about 30-35 degrees Celsius at ground level and the conditions seemed stable although the weather report had predicted good instability. Due to the rough conditions weak links were breaking just about every other tow and the two tugs worked hard to eventually get everyone off the ground successfully. The task was 209km, north, to Manilla Airstrip.
I towed out of the airstrip around 1:30pm and went to release height behind Pete Marhiene. During the first thermal I noticed several light inversion layers. Eventually I drifted downwind and met up with Chris Jones, Phil Schroder, Oliver Barthelmes and Dave May and we topped out at 6500' before heading NW in a cross-tail direction to get on the upwind side of the course line.
Chris was ahead by 200m and after a 5km glide I watched him complete two turns in what looked like solid lift. Eventually Dave, Oli and Phil would also head for Chris. Before I got there he had already straightened up and was back into a search pattern. This was typical of the conditions for the day; very short lived 'bubble' climbs, mild to moderate turbulence and generally a stable type of feel to the weather. Way off to the north great looking clouds filled the sky along the Liverpool Range and beyond, we needed to get there but for now we continued to hunt for a core that may be lurking around in the stable conditions of Gulgong.
While Chris, Oli, Phil and Dave tended to search upwind I turned downwind for about 100m and noticed the air felt much better there, still bumpy and stable but at least it was more buoyant I fully expected to only gain a few turns out of any climb I may find before it too petered out. Soon I felt some lift ahead and more to the left so I began a shallow turn in that direction and the vario started to chirp at about 200-300'/min. VG was off except for about 1 arms length of rope. I was flying at about 50kph with a bar position faster than best glide speed.
As I climbed for about a ¼ of the first turn the 'G' began to lighten and the nose started to ease over. For that first split second I expected a 'wire slapper' to precede a return into normal flight. This did not happen. The 'G' went to zero and the nose continued over. I braced onto the basebar and attempted to pull in and maintain hang position. This however could not be maintained. The 'G' went negative and the nose went over. I maintained some grip on the basebar and kept the torso as close to it as possible but the leg/boot end of the harness could not and continued to move toward the undersurface and my upper body would eventually follow. The nose-over motion accelerated and then I lost contact with the basebar.
As I fell weightless through the air the glider proceeded to tumble and I clear the wing without making contact as it passed underneath inverted. Just as the glider came around upright I bottomed out with a thud when the hang strap went tight and for a split second I thought the glider may stabilize however it had more than enough momentum to enter the 2nd tumble. Again I don't recall hitting any part of the glider as it went over a second time. Once again I fell with another thud when the hang straps went tight but this time the tension lasted for a much shorter period of time. I went weightless as if falling straight down for several meters before feeling the beginning of a rotation/spin in the horizontal plane (like a sycamore seed). We suspect the side wire had broken at this point and the wings began to fold together.
The first spin finished quickly but I entered the 2nd spin with much more speed. I tried to go for the parachute handle but the 'G' force had already built up significantly. Soon my arms (and eventually my head) were forced and held out away from the center of rotation preventing me from reaching the parachute handle. I realized I was in a bad way but my life depended on getting to the parachute. Hard as I tried and with all of my strength my arms remained straight pointing away from the harness.
What followed is something I could never have imagined, a force developed by these rotations, an incredible rapid acceleration in speed and the rapidly increasing 'G'. I have watched video of similar motion when a glider folds its wings but on those occasions the rotation seems to reach a maximum after a number of rotations. Not in this case. The 'G' force continued to increase and was transverse to my prone position, pooling blood ventrally in the front half of my body. The eyes sustained advanced hematoma from this force. By the 5th and 6th rotation the load was so severe I knew the equipment would have to fail soon and hopefully before I sustained serious injury. Then in a split second the 'G' force went to zero and I was being thrown through space. At least I could move my arms and hold my head up. I reached for the parachute handle.
I was aware of moving horizontally with a lot of velocity and could also hear the airspeed accelerating very quickly. Motion through the air was like a projectile but soon turned into a freefall. I realized then I had definitely separated from the glider. I located the parachute handle and pulled with my right hand but it didn't budge, and after a few more heaves I was convinced the parachute was going to need a lot more persuasion to come out. (We would discover the back plate had failed catastrophically and the opening of the parachute port was deformed as a result).
As I fought to remove the parachute I was aware of free-falling straight down in a boot-first/head-up/'pencil' position. This would later be confirmed by eye witnesses. Over the next 5 seconds while I continued to struggle with the parachute the sound of the airflow achieved a maximum and I realized I was at terminal velocity.
One arm was not enough so I reached down with the left and with both hands heaved on the handle. After another couple of seconds I felt the parachute finally come loose. I threw it sideways, let go and waited.
What came next was the most painful and violent impact I have ever felt in my life, like I had been torn in half. Extreme pain instantly filled the body with the worst of it concentrated in chest and upper back. I knew I had sustained serious injury and immediately suspected my back was broken. I looked up just enough to see one of the most beautiful things, a clean circular shape of the front 1/3 of the parachute, taut, inflated and in tact. The airflow was quiet now and the earth was no longer hurtling towards me. In less than 15 seconds I had fallen 4000', the parachute and harness survived the deployment and so had I but not without injury, and the pain suggested I was in a real bad way.
The thought of paralysis filled my mind and I needed to know. I tried to wriggle my fingers and they moved. I thought with some dread, 'My legs?' I wriggled my feet and they moved too. Relief mixed with the pain but concern remained that my back was probably broken despite the spinal cord being intact. I needed a soft landing to protect what wasn't damaged. I looked down and the remaining 2000' came up very slowly. I could only just breathe. I needed to get down as soon as possible and get help.
After a minute of trying to get more air into my lungs my color vision started to fade, I was graying out. I remained conscious but gradually blacked out and feared I may have sustained fatal internal injuries.
My thoughts immediately went to my wife who passed away earlier this year. I hoped that if this was what was happening to me then I would be with her soon and I felt content for the first time in 4 months. My soul mate, taken away so early in our life with whom I had shared so much… Pain was no longer on my mind and I felt calm. A few moments passed before awareness came over me, I was not dying, I would survive, and this was not my time. The peace gave way to the pain which returned with a vengeance. Shock set-in and I passed out.
When I came too I was on my back looking up at the sky. I looked around and suddenly the realization of what had just happened came back all at once. I said out loud in astonishment and relief, "I survived!" Then I started to get dragged backwards at a waking pace for a few feet before coming to a stop. I looked over my shoulder and there was that beautiful red colored parachute again, right behind me on the ground and still inflated. A gust came through and again I slowly got dragged along the ground a few more feet.
The pain was worse than ever now and I had to get out of the harness. I rechecked arm and leg movement and all were still working. I unclipped the leg loops and the waist belt. As I struggled in vain to undo the chest buckle I heard a voice from behind, a farmer who had seen my parachute from a distance sitting inflated on the ground drove over to check it out. "Can I give you a hand son?" He asked as he walked into my field of view where I lay on my back. "Yes, undo this buckle and call an ambulance", was my reply.
He too struggled with the chest strap and I thought it may be jammed from the deployment. I had one more go and it released. I rolled out of the harness, stood up, walked over to the shade of a nearby tree and carefully crouched in the least painful position. There I stayed for the next 90minutes until I could be evacuated.
Three things I saw that day will stay with me for the rest of my life. First, a glimpse of that High Energy parachute sitting high above and taking me safely to earth after the wildest and most painful ride of my life. And again as I lay unconscious in that field then waking up, looking over my shoulder to see it there once again, that big red parachute on the ground and still inflated as if it continued to watch over me.
Second was the sight of Oli, Dave, Phil and Chris all coming into land only meters away from where I crouched in absolute searing pain. I watched them get out of their harnesses one by one and I felt much better straight away. They rallied around me in relative silence but their concern was obvious. It took 45 minutes for the ambulance to arrive but the pilots urged the paramedics on and tried to hurry them to do what ever was necessary to get me out of there and into hospital. I heard Oli pleading with the Ambulance Officer, "You need to get the helicopter, just send the helicopter right now". "Dave sat next to me and relayed my answers as I could hardly speak. I can't describe how good it was to have them there.
Photo by Tim Ettridge
Then the red and yellow Westpac helicopter arrived! The crew was on the ball and once airborne I finally realised I was safe. We lifted off and headed straight for The John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle.
As I was wheeled in through the hospital doors a familiar face in a green medical gown stood there waiting, Conrad Loten, fellow hang glider pilot and head of the Emergency Department took over my treatment and directed his staff calmly but with obvious authority and competence. After the CAT scan Conrad came over to my bed and confirmed the damage; 6 broken ribs, a collapsed lung, broken sternum and a flail fracture of the chest. "What about my back?" I asked. With the slight smile he assured me the back was in perfect condition, no damage to the spine whatsoever.
Quietly but with apparent concern Conrad kept in touch of my progress and treatment over the next week. I was very lucky indeed to have him looking after me. Friends visited everyday and thankfully I made a quick recovery in that first week. My family came with real food to spare me and my recovering body what wasn't offered on the hospital 'menu'. While the prognosis is still uncertain it seems as though I could expect to make something close to a full recovery. Everyday I am feeling much stronger.
I was very lucky to have survived this accident and many things were in my favor including a lot of luck. The specialists believe health and fitness gave me a big advantage not only aiding in the healing but also preventing more serious injury. Since my wife passed away some months ago I have lost a bit of weight and I suspect the less momentum I had when the parachute inflated the better. She always looked out for me in the most unusual and often in the least obvious of ways and it feels she continues to.
In hindsight I began preparation for this accident 18 months ago. At Forbes in 2007 I watched Austrian pilot, Andreas Orgler, experience an almost identical accident. While his incident did not involve the violent sycamore rotation he did tumble twice and then separated from his glider. His pilotless wing then descended straight at me, head-on, and only just cleared mine with a closing speed that would have certainly brought me down too. Meanwhile Andreas quickly deployed his parachute during his freefall and well before achieving terminal velocity. Despite his much lower speed the inflation was explosively and the parachute failed. He continued to freefall right before my eyes.
Witnessing such a traumatic event left me deeply affected for a long time but it was the motivation to understand why it happened and then reequip with the most advanced skyline harness and a new High Energy parachute. This equipment that could and did survive this rare and 'unlikely' event where pilot and glider are separated in flight. The accident in Forbes helped prepare me to survive mine at Gulgong. This may be small consolation to those who have never met me and knew Andreas, but the fact is there are many people here now who are very relieved and very happy because I am alive. He helped save my life.
I am very happy to be alive.
My understanding of flying has not changed in any way and I am not left with any doubt about the safety and risks of hang gliding. I hope to fly again but that depends on the ribs, and if I get to fly for another 15yrs I would be surprised if I ever come across the same air that lead to my accident last Monday. Nothing I could have done and no sort of equipment would have behaved differently. The air was tipping me over no matter what.
The Rev is the most stable and beautiful glider I have flown in and when I eventually reequip it will be with the same gear.
Check your equipment and update to the best, the extra few $100 is worth it!
Adam has a lot more to say here.
Pictures of the damage here.
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2009 Canungra Classic »
Ricky Duncan in first place overall
(LP, Beechmont, QLD, Australia)
Adam Parer|Cameron Tunbridge|Canungra Classic 2009|Conrad Loten|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Nick Purcell|Phil Schroder|Ricky Duncan|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Tim Osborn|Trent Brown
It looks like a lot of pilots got penalties of 100%. I assume for airspace violations.
Task 5:
# | Id | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 | Jon Durand Snr | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 01:34:14 | 845 |
2 | 20 | Regan Kowald | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 01:35:37 | 829 |
3 | 25 | Richard Heffer | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 01:36:31 | 818 |
4 | 16 | Keiran Brown | Moyes Litespeed S 4.5 | 01:39:15 | 787 |
5 | 11 | Bruce Wynne | Moyes Litespeed 5 | 01:49:50 | 681 |
6 | 22 | Gabor Sipos | Moyes Litespeed Rs 4 | 01:52:55 | 654 |
7 | 10 | Adam Parer | Airborne Climax C4 | 01:56:37 | 589 |
8 | 54 | Rick Duncan | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 02:02:53 | 574 |
9 | 40 | Andrew Carswell | 02:01:45 | 540 | |
10 | 17 | Dave May | 02:09:02 | 531 |
Penalties:
Note: % penalty is used to calc penalty as a % of total score. Both types can be combined. None affect the scoring of other pilots.
Id | Name | Penalty | Reason |
---|---|---|---|
45 | Peter Smart | 100% | W4500 |
46 | Adam Stevens | 100% | N7500 |
42 | Daniel Shaw | 100% | N7500 W4500 |
29 | Tim Hannah | 100% | N7500 |
48 | David Leeming | 100% | No Altitude |
51 | Tim Osborn | 100% | E6500 |
55 | Bodie Heyward | 100% | E6500 N7500 |
49 | Mark Gilbert | 100% | E6500 |
57 | Scott Ireland | 100% | E6500 |
3 | Cameron Tunbridge | 100% | E6500 W4500 |
18 | Neil Petersen | 100% | N7500 W4500 |
14 | Andrew Barnes | 100% | N7500 |
21 | Tony Giammichele | 100% | N7500 W4500 |
15 | Rohan Holtkamp | 100% | W4500 |
13 | Trent Brown | 100% | N7500 |
6 | Phil Schroder | 100% | E6500 |
19 | Conrad Loten | 100% | E6500 N7500 |
23 | Andy Schmidt | 100% | E6500 W4500 |
9 | Nick Purcell | 100% | N7500 |
36 | Joel Mckay | 100% | E6500 N7500 W4500 8500 |
8 | Warren Simonsen | 100% | E6500 N7500 W4500 W2500 |
38 | John Blain | 100% | E6500 N7500 8500 |
26 | Sam Prest | 100% | W4500 |
24 | Derek Wagner | 100% | W4500 |
35 | Glen Mcfarlane | 100% | W4500 |
7 | Trevor Purcell | 100% | N7500 |
Overall:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Rick Duncan | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 3779 |
2 | Jon Durand Jnr | Moyes Litespeed Rs 3.5 | 3609 |
3 | Adam Parer | Airborne Climax C4 | 3308 |
4 | Richard Heffer | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 3247 |
5 | Jon Durand Snr | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 3187 |
6 | Rohan Holtkamp | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 3137 |
7 | Bruce Wynne | Moyes Litespeed 5 | 2940 |
8 | Keiran Brown | Moyes Litespeed S 4.5 | 2839 |
9 | Gabor Sipos | Moyes Litespeed Rs 4 | 2663 |
10 | Regan Kowald | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 2660 |
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2009 Canungra Classic »
2009 Canungra Classic
A stopped task due to cu-nimbs
(Mt.Tamborine, Canungra, Australia)
Adam Parer|Cameron Tunbridge|Canungra Classic 2009|Conrad Loten|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Trent Brown
Task 4:
# | Name | Glider | Dist. | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jon Durand snr | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 61,74 | 699 |
2 | Adam Stevens | Airborne Climax C4 13.5 | 58,12 | 671 |
3 | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed S 4 | 57,14 | 664 |
4 | Rick Duncan | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 51,28 | 619 |
5 | Andrew Carswell | 45,56 | 580 | |
6 | Dave Stevens | Moyes Litespeed RS 4 | 41,92 | 552 |
7 | Bruce Wynne | Moyes Litespeed 5 | 40,97 | 545 |
8 | Rohan Holtkamp | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 39,99 | 536 |
9 | Sam Prest | Airborne Climax C4 13.5 | 39,46 | 530 |
10 | Tim Hannah | Airborne Climax C4 14 | 39,40 | 529 |
Total:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jon Durand jnr | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 3330 |
2 | Rick Duncan | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 3205 |
3 | Rohan Holtkamp | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 3137 |
4 | Adam Parer | Airborne Climax C4 | 2719 |
5 | Richard Heffer | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 2429 |
6 | Adam Stevens | Airborne Climax C4 13.5 | 2375 |
7 | Tony Giammichele | Moyes Litespeed S 4 | 2369 |
8 | Jon Durand snr | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 2342 |
9 | Cameron Tunbridge | Airborne Rev 13.5 | 2317 |
10 | Trent Brown | Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 | 2272 |
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Sprogs, what next? »
To penalize or not
CIVL|Conrad Loten|Corinna Schwiegershausen|sprogs|Wills Wing T2C
(LP, Neuschwanstein Castle, Tegelberg, Schwangau, Germany) (LZ, Tegelberg, Schwangau, Germany)
This last weekend the CIVL Sprog workgroup was supposed to have made a decision regarding testing sprogs at the Worlds in Laragne. Dennis wrote on Friday:
One proposal is to have a two degree allowance and penalties and the second my recent one a public display of every pilot's sprog settings and no real penalties.
The Women's and Rigid Wing pre-Worlds is taking place at Tegelberg in Germany. It started on Sunday. We should have more news soon about how sprog testing is going there.
Comp pilots express themselves on sprog measurements: http://www.dhv.de/typo/HG_Top-Piloten_zur_S.5379.0.html
Here is a proposal from Klaus Taenzler «klaustaenzler@dhv.de» who writes (but not to me):
SPROG MEASUREMENT
The limits: In order to ensure that gliders comply with the general airworthiness rules in FAI Sporting Code Section 7A the following will be applied: All Flex-Gliders (Class FAI 1) must have their sprog set to the certified angle. The penalty line is –2°. A placard fixed to the glider must identify the glider. For a prototype the pilot must present a datasheet from the glider manufacturer with the sprog settings in degree. Gliders without any pitch-test according to either HGMA, BHPA or DHV standards are not allowed and can not register.
The procedure: The measurement instrument in use is a “Spi-Tronic Pro 360° Digital Level” with a measuring length of 153 mm and a display indicating one position after the decimal point. The accuracy of the measurement instrument is 0.1° horizontal / 0.2° vertical, the repeatability is +- 0.1°. The measurement is carried out at the fixing point of the sprog wire with the centre of the fixing point as centre of the measuring length. If the sprog has a kink or a reinforcement, the measurement is done in front of the kink and reinforcement towards the leading edge at the parallel tube section. Measurements with VG fully tight (100%).
Official measurements have to be done during the registration day. The pilot whose glider measurements were within the set limits will get a paper with which he can go to registration. Without this paper he cannot register.
During the competition random checks can be made for the first three pilots in goal and arbitrarily by the official measuring team, picking the gliders, which are obviously too low. To avoid stress for the pilots, measurements during the competition should take place after the flights in the landing zone. (After a landing crash which affect the glider's structure no measurement can be done.) A glider that is measured too low is not allowed to take off again before the settings are corrected. Measuring of the corrected sprog settings by the official measuring team can be done on the landing spot or on take off the next flying day, but not later than the first briefing. It’s the responsibility of the pilot to get measured. If a glider's sprog is measured too low, the penalty will be 20% of the winner’s score of the last flown task. This penalty will be repeated every time this glider is measured too low a next time.
The official measurement does not tell anything about the airworthiness of the glider regarding the pitch of the glider. It is a field measurement that is done only to verify if the glider is within the given competition rules. It is not a good idea to set the sprogs close to the -2° limit. For example Corinna had her glider adjusted to the limit (- 2°) during the German Open (she ranked 4th overall!) Then, for the registration of the pre-world she got a new measurement (after a whack) and had to raise her sprogs 4 mm, I think this was due to the unavoidable measurement variation.
Has the Wills Wing T2C (not the T2) been pitch tested and its sprog settings (2° lower than T2) been certified?
I wonder how much of an unavoidable measurement variation we are talking about? 0.1°?
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Dalby Big Air - Curt Warren wins
Jonny Durand, Jr., second
Adam Parer|Cameron Tunbridge|Conrad Loten|Curt Warren|Dalby Big Air 2009|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Oliver "Olli" Barthelmes|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown
# | Pilot | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Curt Warren | Moyes Litespeed Rs 4 | 3201.62 |
2. | Jonny Durand | Moyes Litesport 4 | 2883.97 |
3. | Steve Blenkinsop | Moyes Litespeed S 3.5 | 2843.65 |
4. | Adam Parer | Airborne C4 13.5 | 2520.18 |
5. | Cameron Tunbridge | Airborne C4 13.5 | 2398.50 |
6. | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed S 4.5 | 2381.66 |
7. | Olli Barthelmes | Moyes Litespeed Rs 4 | 2281.76 |
8. | Trent Brown | Moyes Litespeed Rs 3.5 | 2208.32 |
9. | Dave May | Airborne C4 14 | 2000.15 |
They got four tasks in spite of the cyclone (hurricane). Curt won the last day by a large margin.
10 topics in this article: Adam Parer, Cameron Tunbridge, Conrad Loten, Curt Warren, Dalby Big Air 2009, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Oliver "Olli" Barthelmes, Steve Blenkinsop, Trent Brown
Big Flights in Dalby
Big Flights in Dalby
338 km (but not 346 km)
(Dalby Airport, Queensland, Australia)
Adam Parer|Cameron Tunbridge|Conrad Loten|Curt Warren|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|weather
Cameron Tunbridge has reported flying 338 km, for the second longest task called and made in a hang gliding competition (longest in Australia). The longest was last August in Big Spring at 215 miles (346 km) and Cameron's task was 338 km (210 miles). Fourteen pilots made it to goal. Curt Warren is first, Conrad Loten is second, Adam Parer third, Cameron fourth, and Jonny thirteenth. The wind was 20 mph. Speed over the ground greater than 40 mph.
On Monday the weather wasn't so good.
Results here: http://soaringspot.com/dba2009/
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2009 New South Wales State Titles, day 5, task 5 »
2009 New South Wales State Titles, day 5, task 5
A beautiful day with puffy clouds
(Mt Borah, Manilla, Australia)
Conrad Loten|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|New South Wales State Titles 2009|PG
The
results.
http://www.westcoastbrit.blogspot.com/
http://www.jonnydurand.blogspot.com/
Again the NSW RASP was calling for overdevelopment, but I looked at the
projected temperature traces for Lake Keepit (also on the NSW RASP page) and it
sure looked like the air mass above 8,000' was projected to be too dry for
cu-nimb development. It looked to me like we would have lots of cu's about 1000'
to 2000' thick (the wet bulb temperature and the temperature profile met at
7,000').
Still Conrad Loten on the task committee was concerned and wanted a short task
(90 km) to Bingara. I thought that it was a good idea so we could get some of
the intermediate gliders to goal.
The winds were supposed to be about 8 to 10 knots out of the south east after
noon. Cloud base at 7000' to 8000'. There were plenty of cu's in the sky at 10
AM, with some vertical development.
There was a light wind coming in on the east launch when we got to the hill at
11 AM. Otherwise very little air movement. I set up down next to the launch.
Others spread themselves out on the carpet up by the southeast launch.
We called an early day again with the first start window at 1:15 and the launch
open right after the pilot briefing. But, of course, even the light wind on the
east launch had stopped and it was intermittently blowing down.
We had to wait for a puff to come in, and in the first one three pilots got off
at our launch and three or four from the southeast launch including Jonny and
Blay. The pilots climbed up very slowly out in front not encouraging the rest of
us.
I was next and when it finally came in again I was off quickly with three or
more pilots behind me before it stopped again. The lift for us was much better
and I got on top of the gaggle and climbed at 700 fpm to cloud base. The earlier
pilots came back in low to our thermal and climbed up to cloud base also.
It was hard to keep out of the clouds and we climbed up the sides of them and up
under ledges of higher bases getting to almost 8,000'. The second start time was
approaching and I headed out first with Blay and Jonny just behind me
Blay sped along and was soon out in front with Jonny just behind him. I can't
seem to fly quite as fast. Perhaps I just need to pull in more. One would
presume so.
Three of us just behind Blay and Jonny stopped for some light lift then I headed
down the course line hoping for better. I saw a paraglider ahead and went for
him hitting 500 fpm. Here I made a mistake and didn't stop long enough thinking
that the paraglider was in better lift. I would later not find any lift where he
had been.
I pushed ahead not worrying about lift as I was remembering the 700 fpm that I
got off launch and looking for that. I headed north northeast to the right side
of the highway southeast o Barraba where I saw Jonny and Blay circling. I came
in under them but didn't find anything. I was low and in survival mode.
I stayed up for a while in a little less than zero sink but, couldn't find a
solid core to get me back up and landed at Barraba.
It was such a good looking day that I took too many risks thinking that lift
would be easy to find and speed was what was required. It was not to be. Plenty
of folks who chose more wisely made goal quickly.
There may have been a little OD on the course very late. There were cu-nimbs far
to our east over the Great Dividing Range at 7 PM. For the most part it was a
perfect flying day.
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The New South Wales State Titles - day four, task three
Day four, Task three
We are forced back to the north launch
(west LP, Mt Borah, Manilla, NSW, Australia)
Cameron Tunbridge|Conrad Loten|Davis Straub|dust devil|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|New South Wales State Titles 2008|Scott Barrett|weather
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The results are up at the soaring spot: http://www.soaringspot.com/nswst2008/
With a bank of high clouds over us and extending to the north and east and a light to moderate (not good) north east wind, we can't launch from the favored west launch and are finally forced to go back to the northeast launch. A number of pilots will refuse to launch from there and stay on the west launch hoping against hope.
When we drove up the hill we went first to the north launch, and found ourselves alone. There was a brisk wind from the left about 90 degrees to the launch, but every once in a while a thermal would come through and straighten up the flags around launch.
We trundle over to the west launch as that is where everyone else is hoping that the day will be like the day before, where it came up on the west side in the afternoon. The strong winds and the clouds will keep the west side from heating up and make this definitely unlikely.
Given the iffy conditions (actually the northeast launch looks better than the day before as there is a good amount of wind there), the pilots opt for nine start gates, so pilots who start later won't get double penalties (they'll already be out of the battle for arrival points). This is passed overwhelmingly with Jonny and Dave Seib complaining about it.
I quickly go back down to the northeast launch and get my glider out, but I'm not fast enough. Maybe I'm holding back a bit based on the day before. Jonny, Conrad, Scott, Cameron, and Dave all get off the hill before I can get to launch. The valley is dark below, there are thick high cloud above, they will ridge soar for the next fifteen to twenty minutes at 200' over launch while the winds at launch blow from the left.
Finally the sun comes out, the thermals start coming up the launch and I launch easily after Bruce Wynn. There are nice thermals and I climb out slowly watching Jonny, Scott, etc. a few thousand feet over me and down wind, but still in the start circle. They had the advantage of that extra bit of thermals when the sun first came out before we could launch.
Jon Durand Sr launches and I come back over him as he looks like he is climbing well. There are maybe ten guys flying just above the launch now but they are not getting up as Jon and I drift south over the range not getting particularly high. The shade comes back again and it is all dark on the eastern side of Mt. Borah. There are cu's and sunlight to the south along our course line.
The guys in front of us and much higher take the second start time, and we are trying for the third (well, at least I am). But the shade on the ridge and the lack of lift means I have to run for the sunlight to the south, starting ten minutes after the second start gate, and we are much lower at 3,300' (2000' AGL) than the first group. The wind is 12 to 15 mph out of the north.
In spite of the good looking clouds and lots of sunlight on the ground, the lift is weak, broken up and rough at approximately 200 fpm. I don't stay in any "thermal" very long only getting to 4,500' before trying the next good looking cloud.
I have chosen a cloud street to the left of the course line for the best chance to find lift but at the rate we are going downwind we will miss the turnpoint. I have to find a strong thermal and fast. It looks like there is one ahead and I race for it leaving Jon in 250 fpm.
It turns out to be 450 fpm and I take it to 6,700' leaving Jon behind. The top of this thermal is north east of the turnpoint at the towers south west of Lake Keepit. I pull out of the thermal early to stay well below the cloud that I'm about to race under, pull in the bar and race to the tower turnpoint. It is raining a few kilometers past the towers and it looks like this will kill the chances for the next guys if they get this far.
There are really thick black cu's south east of the turnpoint over some hills basically along the same line that I chose on the first leg. I head back to the hills and find strong lift where I expected to. This gets me up to 6,900' and lets me go on glide fast. I go at 90 km/h over the ground under the clouds watching a dust devil move south twelve kilometers ahead of me right on my direct line to goal. I will get to that dust devil and climb again.
Off to my right to the west about twenty kilometers is a cu-nimb with a wall of rain about twenty kilometers long going north south. It doesn't look particularly threatening, but I do need to head somewhat toward it to get to goal. It has cleared away an area to its east of cu's so I stay further east. The ground to my west is shaded, but I'm over sunny hot fields with some good looking cu's ahead.
The winds now out of the northwest at about 14 mph. At eighteen kilometers out I find 500 fpm at 2,500' AGL. I watch the L/D required to get to goal and the Altitude above Goal fields as I climb out. At 4,700' AGL I should have goal by 1,000'. There is shade most of the way to goal.
It looks mellow down there, as I can see the dust coming from a tractor in a field and it is moving from the northwest but at a reasonable rate and steady. I can see rain between me and the goal, but it doesn't look like heavy rain, at least yet. There is plenty of heavy rain a couple of kilometers west of the goal though and also northwest.
I do best glide into goal with little bits of lift and reasonable sink over the shaded area. The rain isn't too bad as I fly into it about five kilometers from goal and it stays with me to goal. I arrive with 200' to spare at the edge of the 400 meter cylinder. I don't see anyone else at goal, but they are in a different field and I'm too low to see them. Only six pilots make goal.
Jon Durand Sr decides not to fly into the rain and deliberately lands six kilometers short of goal. Conrad flies away from goal after getting the cylinder to get away from the rain as much as possible. It does pour down a bit for about five minutes after I land. The winds are light.
1. | JONNY Durand | 01:23:06 | 413 |
2. | SCOTT Barrett | 01:26:18 | 396 |
3. | DAVE Seib | 01:35:49 | 366 |
4. | DAVIS Straub | 01:43:02 | 349 |
5. | CAMERON Tunbridge | 01:51:03 | 343 |
6. | CONRAD Loten | 01:51:21 | 342 |
Jonny and Scott took a similar course to mine after the turnpoint, but they and Dave Seib went a lot closer to Lake Keepit than I was willing to go on the first leg. They started a couple of thousand feet higher and ten minutes before Jon Sr and I.
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The New South Wales State Titles - day two, task one
Day two, Task one
Cirrus makes for weak lift…
(west LP, Mt Borah, Manilla, NSW, Australia)
Cameron Tunbridge|Conrad Loten|Davis Straub|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|New South Wales State Titles 2008|PG|Scott Barrett|Trent Brown|weather
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The results are up at the soaring spot: http://www.soaringspot.com/nswst2008/
1. | Jonny Durand | Moyes Litespeed Rs 3.5 | 53.7 | 186 |
2. | Davis Straub | Airborne C4 - 13.5 | 40.1 | 161 |
3. | Dave Seib | Moyes Litespeed Rs 4 | 35.1 | 151 |
4. | Scott Barrett | Airborne C4 - 13.5 | 35.1 | 151 |
5. | Conrad Loten | Moyes Litespeed S | 34.3 | 149 |
6. | Sam Prest | Airborne C4 - 13.5 | 31.5 | 140 |
7. | Adam Stevens | Airborne C2 - 13L | 17.3 | 114 |
8. | Trent Brown | Airborne C4 - 13.5 | 13.9 | 107 |
9. | Cameron Tunbridge | Airborne C4 - 14 | 13.8 | 106 |
10. | Jon Durand | Moyes Litespeed S 5 | 13.4 | 105 |
The cirrus clouds were already there in the morning and the satellite showed a wide of band cirrus east/west half way across Australia. It looked like these clouds would be with us for the day at least. That would cut down on the solar radiation and it seemed to me that the forecasted lift from the RASP forecast would be too high. A weak day, with no cumulus clouds, light to moderate winds out of the southwest, lots of periods of shading. Might not even get a flight in.
The conditions stay the same, except that the light winds on launch out of the west, improve a bit by the 12:30 PM pilot briefing, so at least we might be able to ridge soar a bit. We on the task committee call a 66 km task out 44 km 22 km past Barraba, and back to Barraba air field. We don't think that we will get over 4,000'. Launch is 2,800' and the Barraba air field is 1,670'.
There are lots of paragliders around and after the launch window opens four of them are slowly getting up. This is enough to get me going and I take off third, an hour before the last start window. I don't know why everyone is waiting around, other than the fact that this is the first task, and pilots usually are slow to get going on the first day. I find ridge lift and thermals and climb to 5,300' right away.
I like getting off a bit early and getting high so that I can have a commanding view of the competition. I can check out Scott, Jonny and Dave Seib to see how they are doing after they launch. I was able to stay up above everyone as I got so high quickly and even during the down cycles I can maintain my position.
With everyone starting so slowly, we take the last start gate at 2:45 PM at 4,300'. I'm with Dave Seib and Jonny Durand Jr. Scott Barrett is just below us. Pilots are already landing in the bomb out zone. A half dozen pilots that left earlier after they launched right after me, have already landed just outside the minimum distance circle at 5 km. I had earlier decided not to leave with them as none of the top pilots were in that group and they weren't getting up.
With Jonny in the lead, and Dave and I spread out we glide down the ridge. Just past its end and coming to a little plateau north of it I find the lift. Dave joins me and Jonny has to come back underneath us. It is weak and we are only able to climb back up to 3,800'. The four of us are now flying together. Everyone else around us is either landing or about to.
We work a little bit of lift a bit north and then we go on glide into the forest getting down to 2,200', 700' AGL. Jonny has found a strong thermal and Scott is in it with him. Dave and I come in low and find even better lift below them. We scream up at 600 fpm and soon go up through them to 5,000'. It is alternately sunny and shady on the ground below us. The only clouds are cirrus clouds.
We go on a long glide. Jonny is out in front again. Scott is off to the right. I go left feeling something up wind which turns into nothing. I see Jonny hook one and Dave and Scott join him. I come in under them, but just off the deck. I go out over the trees to get under them but I don't find it. I'm at 500' AGL and start working really light lift over trees, but with a bail out upwind.
I work low for the next half hour, in lift that averages 30 fpm. Finally I get to 1,800' AGL and head for another area of likely lift. I find 300+ fpm to almost 5,000' just south east of Barraba. Meanwhile Scott, Jonny and Dave have moved ahead but Scott and Dave don't find much lift near or past Barraba and don't get up. Jonny works weak lift just past Barraba and gets up enough to keep going.
I find good lift past Baraaba, and get back to 4,600' but there is nothing after that as the road rises up high going north and I find a friendly field to land in as the ground up a head quickly gets higher than me.
Jonny is able to get the turnpoint 8 km past where I land. When he turns around the wind is too strong to make much headway.
Almost two thirds of the field didn't get out of the start circle, which is set as the minimum distance. Indeed it was a day of weak lift, but it could be found.
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Landing in a wildlife park
Landing
Critters
Conrad Loten|sailplane
Gerry sends this link to a cute photo of a sailplane and some giraffes.
http://www.alexander-schleicher.de/galerie/piloten/200.jpg.
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New ATOS VR 07
New sail cloth and fixed outer rib
ATOS VR
Tue, Nov 21 2006, 8:40:19 am PSTA.I.R. ATOS VR|Aeronautic Innovation Rühle & Co GmbH|Conrad Loten|weather
(A.I.R)
http://www.a-i-r.de/pages-d/ATOS-VR (2007).htm.
New particularly sail material of advantages developed for the ATOS: * distinguished small air permeability * clearly smaller shrink, by influences of the weather * dirt-deflecting one, smooth surface for the Pliloten means this: * even sail tension, thus necessarily * longer durability * improved achievement by optimal seat fixed ribs at the wing external pipe less retrim * strengthened outerwings - larger flight peace at high speeds * new fitting - of fewer individual parts and with it faster up dismantling permission test with short keel final Kiel for Mosquito enterprise successfully finally.
So the VR has a new sail cloth and the fixed outer rib which was shown at the Worlds in May is now standard.
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NSW Titles »
NSW Titles
Five days is a wrap as Jonnie wins and Dave Seib comes back after falling down.
Conrad Loten|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor
http://www.nswhgstatetitles.com/
Place | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | DURAND Jon (Jnr) | Moyes Litespeed S4 | 4692 |
2 | SEIB Dave | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 4192 |
3 | GJERDE Jon | Moyes Litespeed S4 | 4074 |
4 | HOLTKAMP Rohan | Airborne C4 13.5 | 3908 |
5 | LOTEN Conrad | Moyes Litespeed S4 | 3856 |
6 | PARER Adam | Airborne C4 14 | 3706 |
7 | TUNBRIDGE Cameron | Airborne C4 14 | 3631 |
8 | SCHRODER Phil | Airborne C4 13 | 3504 |
9 | PATON Len | Moyes Litespeed S 4 | 3242 |
10 | DANIEL Alan | Airborne C4 13 | 3107 |
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3 topics in this article: Conrad Loten, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor
NSW State Titles »
A hard fought contest.
Conrad Loten|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor
The results after four tasks can be found here. Dave Seib fell down on fourth task and Jonnie, Mr. Consistency, moved into first with Conrad right behind him and Rohan winning the fourth task.
Place | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | DURAND Jon (Jnr) | Moyes Litespeed S4 | 3746 |
2 | LOTEN Conrad | Moyes Litespeed S4 | 3549 |
3 | GJERDE Jon | Moyes Litespeed S4 | 3452 |
4 | TUNBRIDGE Cameron | Airborne C4 14 | 3444 |
5 | SCHRODER Phil | Airborne C4 13 | 3277 |
6 | SEIB Dave | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 3241 |
7 | PARER Adam | Airborne C4 14 | 3058 |
8 | HOLTKAMP Rohan | Airborne C4 13.5 | 3038 |
9 | DANIEL Alan | Airborne C4 13 | 2788 |
10 | PATON Len | Moyes Litespeed S 4 | 2752 |
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