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Dalby Big Air 2022 »

Fri, Apr 8 2022, 6:22:40 pm MDT

Day 6

Dalby Big Air 2022|Vicki Cain

http://xc.highcloud.net

Task 5:

1 Tony Cross Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1:55:02 83.67 1000
2 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2:06:09 83.67 956
3 Peter Burkitt Moyes RX 5 Pro 79.65 744
4 Hagen Bruggemann Moyes RX 4 Pro 67.37 636
5 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro Skylite 67.00 634
6 Jon Durand Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 64.91 625
7 Olav Opsanger Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 63.08 617
8 Ollie Chitty Moyes RX 5 Pro 62.46 614
9 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 60.00 603
10 Nils Vesk Moyes RX 3.5 58.15 563

Cumulative:

1 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 4487 952 877 792 910 956
2 Tony Cross Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 4389 741 898 857 893 1000
3 Jon Durand Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 4126 926 697 878 1000 625
4 Olav Opsanger Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 4066 968 921 989 571 617
5 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 4044 860 865 797 919 603
6 Ollie Chitty Moyes RX 5 Pro 3965 968 832 998 553 614
7 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3931 925 827 788 757 634
8 Rory Duncan Moyes RX 3.0 Pro 3754 1000 752 929 569 504
9 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3613 926 846 770 568 503
10 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3578 957 883 810 568 360

Last day cancelled. Vicki writes:

Day 7 task 6 is canned with high winds and rain on course so we have our podium at the Dalby Big Air 2022!
Jonas Lobitz
Tony Cross
@jonnydurand
Top ten: Rohan Taylor 10th, Craig Taylor, 9th. Rory Duncan, 8th. Steve Docherty 7th. Olie Chitty 6th. Steve Blenkinsop, 5th. Olav Opsanger 4th.

The entire top 10 flying Litespeed RX Pro's!

After a challenging week of weather with rising floods and many closed roads we managed 5 solid tasks!
Colin Rushtom wins sports class flying his Gecko 155.
Thanks to @peakpictures for the photo!

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Dalby Big Air 2022 »

Thu, Apr 7 2022, 4:56:20 pm MDT

Day four

Dalby Big Air 2022

http://xc.highcloud.net

Task 4:

1 Jon Durand Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1:34:21 85.91 1000
2 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1:44:35 85.91 919
3 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1:45:58 85.91 910
4 Tony Cross Moyes RX 3.5 pro 1:48:34 85.91 893
5 Steve Docherty 2:12:26 85.91 757
6 Jason Kath WW T2C 144 2:17:13 85.91 732
7 Olav Opsanger Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 85.59 571
8 Rory Duncan Moyes RX 3 Pro 85.22 569
9 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 84.74 568
9 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 84.64 568

Cumulative:

1 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3531 952 877 792 910
2 Jon Durand Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3501 926 697 878 1000
3 Olav Opsanger Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3449 968 921 989 571
4 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3441 860 865 797 919
5 Tony Cross Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3389 741 898 857 893
6 Ollie Chitty Moyes RX 5 Pro 3351 968 832 998 553
7 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3297 925 827 788 757
8 Rory Duncan Moyes RX 3.0 Pro 3250 1000 752 929 569
9 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3218 957 883 810 568
10 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3110 926 846 770 568

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Dalby Big Air Photos

Wed, Apr 6 2022, 7:51:44 pm MDT

Zupy

Dalby Big Air 2022|Michael "Zupy" Zupanc

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Dalby Big Air 2022 »

Wed, Apr 6 2022, 7:47:02 pm MDT

It's on

Dalby Big Air 2022

http://xc.highcloud.net

Task 3:

1 Ollie Chitty Moyes RX 5 Pro 1:37:22 998
2 Olav Opsanger Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1:37:23 989
3 Steven Crosby Moyes RX 5 Pro 1:41:18 939
4 Rory Duncan Moyes RX 3 Pro 1:41:28 929
5 Jon Durand Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1:40:22 878
6 Tony Cross Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1:40:55 857
7 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1:55:11 810
8 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1:54:54 797
9 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1:55:49 792
10 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1:55:35 788

Cumulative:

1 Olav Opsanger Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2878 968 921 989
2 Ollie Chitty Moyes RX 5 Pro 2798 968 832 998
3 Rory Duncan Moyes RX 3.0 Pro 2681 1000 752 929
4 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2650 957 883 810
5 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2621 952 877 792
6 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2542 926 846 770
7 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2540 925 827 788
8 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2522 860 865 797
9 Jon Durand Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2501 926 697 878
10 Tony Cross Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2496 741 898 857

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Go Long In Texas, Full Up »

Thu, May 13 2021, 10:54:51 pm EDT

FOMO

Glen Volk|Go Long In Texas 2021|Greg Chastain|Jim Yocom|Larry Bunner|Makbule Baldik Le Fay|Robin Hamilton|Rohan Taylor|Sara Weaver

https://cuhanggliding.com/golongintexas/

Confirmed Pilot List
Jonathan Irlbec Read Bixby
Tavo Gutierrez Doug Hale
Rick Maddy Sujata Sen
Charles Cozean Carl Boddie
Makbule Baldik Matt Mccleskey
Robin Hamilton Larry Bunner
Eduardo Fonseca Sara Weaver
Michael Williams Greg Chastain
Bob Fisher Soham Mehta
Glen Volk Tyson Taylor
Majo Majors Ron Berry
Rich Reinauer James Race
Nate Wreford Mitch Sorby
Richard Hiegel German Boliviar
Mick Howard Jim Yocum

2021 Dalby Big Air »

April 24, 2021, 9:05:08 pm EDT

2021 Dalby Big Air

Final Results

Dalby Big Air 2021|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Steve Blenkinsop

http://williamolive.com/comps/dalby/comp results.html

Final Results:

# Name Glider T 1 T 2 T 3 T 4 T 5 Total
1 Jonny Durand Jnr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 963.6 873.0 36.8 937.6 958.1 3769
2 Scott Barrett Aeros GT 1000.0 892.5 36.3 860.0 974.5 3763
3 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 879.1 904.1 16.5 862.0 920.6 3582
4 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 774.9 877.1 22.8 901.4 921.1 3497
5 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 875.6 588.9 36.2 878.7 935.0 3314
6 Tony Cross Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 870.3 863.7 36.2 637.9 825.9 3234
7 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 283.5 762.2 32.1 945.1 851.6 2875
8 Rory Duncan Moyes RX3 Pro 37.7 936.1 43.0 912.7 900.3 2830
9 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 978.0 39.0 36.1 864.1 900.9 2818
10 Jason Kath Wills Wing T2c 144 588.3 826.6 16.5 961.9 307.3 2701

2021 Dalby Big Air »

Sat, Apr 24 2021, 8:00:12 pm EDT

Task 3, 4, and 5

Dalby Big Air 2021|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Nick Purcell|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown

http://williamolive.com/comps/dalby/comp results.html

Results from task 3:

# Name Glider Distance (km) Total
1 Rory Duncan Moyes RX3 Pro 14.26 43.0
2 Peter Burkitt Moyes RX 5 Pro 11.56 38.3
3 Jonny Durand Jnr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 10.76 36.8
4 Scott Barrett Aeros GT 10.52 36.3
5 Tony Cross Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 10.46 36.2
5 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 10.47 36.2
7 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 10.42 36.1
8 Hossain Tefaili Moyes RX 4 10.37 36.0
9 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 10.27 35.6
10 Peter Adriaans Moyes RX 5 Pro 10.13 35.2

Task 4:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Jason Kath Wills Wing T2C 144 01:14:41 961.9
2 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 01:14:46 945.1
3 Jonny Durand Jnr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 01:14:46 937.6
4 Oliver Chitty Moyes RX5 Pro 01:15:07 926.5
5 Rory Duncan Moyes RX3 Pro 01:15:14 912.7
6 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 01:15:37 901.4
7 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 01:17:44 878.7
8 Vic Hare Ww T2C 136 01:18:12 865.9
9 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 01:19:04 864.1
10 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 01:18:40 862.0

Task 5

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Scott Barrett Aeros GT 02:14:31 974.5
2 Jonny Durand Jnr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:15:16 958.1
3 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:17:23 935.0
4 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:17:54 921.1
5 Steve Crosby Moyes RX 5 02:17:36 920.7
6 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:18:13 920.6
7 Nick Purcell Moyes Rs 4 02:11:59 912.8
8 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:20:11 900.9
9 Rory Duncan Moyes RX3 Pro 02:20:12 900.3
10 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:26:04 851.6

2021 Dalby Big Air »

April 21, 2021, 3:36:33 pm EDT

2021 Dalby Big Air

Task 2

Dalby Big Air 2021|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown

http://williamolive.com/comps/dalby/comp results.html

Results from task 2:

# Name Glider SS ES Time Total
1 Rory Duncan Moyes RX3 Pro 13:15:00 15:47:54 02:32:54 936.1
2 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 13:15:00 15:51:32 02:36:32 910.2
3 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 13:00:00 15:46:57 02:46:57 904.1
4 Scott Barrett Aeros GT 13:00:00 15:51:32 02:51:32 892.5
5 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 13:15:00 15:56:06 02:41:06 877.1
6 Jonny Durand Jnr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 13:15:00 15:56:38 02:41:38 873.0
7 Tony Cross Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 12:45:00 15:47:40 03:02:40 863.7
8 Jason Kath Wills Wing T2c 144 13:00:00 15:59:17 02:59:17 826.6
9 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 12:30:00 15:54:11 03:24:11 762.2

Cumulative:

# Name Glider T 1 T 2 Total
1 Scott Barrett Aeros GT 1000.0 892.5 1893
2 Jonny Durand Jnr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 962.9 873.0 1836
3 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 876.9 904.1 1781
4 Tony Cross Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 868.0 863.7 1732
5 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 771.0 877.1 1648
6 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 873.4 588.9 1462
7 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 521.9 910.2 1432
8 Jason Kath Wills Wing T2c 144 581.3 826.6 1408
9 Rick Martin Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 735.5 530.2 1266
10 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 277.2 762.2 1039

Day 4 canceled due to high winds.

2021 Dalby Big Air »

April 19, 2021, 8:45:26 pm EDT

2021 Dalby Big Air

Scot Barrett

Dalby Big Air 2021|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Trent Brown

http://williamolive.com/comps/dalby/comp results.html

Results from task 1:

# Name Glider Time Distance (km) Total
1 Scott Barrett Aeros GT 01:56:05 66.32 1000.0
2 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 4 Pro 01:58:34 66.32 979.2
3 Jonny Durand Jnr 02:00:38 66.32 965.6
4 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:15:18 66.32 885.8
5 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 02:15:58 66.32 882.5
6 Tony Cross Airborne REV 13.5 02:16:59 66.32 877.5
7 Rick Martin Moyes RX 3.5 02:44:13 66.32 754.5
8 Jason Kath Wills Wing T2c 144 66.24 611.3
9 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 55.50 549.3

Don't know if Jonny is flying a Gecko or not. Looks like he caught up to three other pilots after taking a clock fifteen minutes later. Steve Blenkinsop is back flying after injuries from his bicycle incident. Missing goal by 80 meters must have been a let down for Jason.

Sport Class flew a shorter version of the open task but pilots didn't make it back to Dalby. Interesting to see a U2 in the lead over the Geckos.

Harrison Rountree wins the⁢ 2021 Corryong Cup »

Sat, Jan 16 2021, 6:24:11 pm EST

After not flying for 10 months

Corryong Cup 2021|Harrison Rountree|Moyes Litespeed RX|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor

Harrison writes:

I'm incredibly stoked to be the winner of the Corryong Cup and to be sharing the podium with my instructor, Rohan Holtkamp. The points would have been much closer between Rohan and I if it wasn't for an instrument mistake on day one. It is the first time I've ever shared the sky with Rohan since I learned with him in December 2012.

It was good to see Adam Stevens flying again and flying well for second place.

I came to the competition just to have some fun flying around the mountains and after a few days I was in the lead. I flew each day trying only to fly the course as fast as I could and I'm very happy with the overall result.

http://xc.highcloud.net/comp_overall.html?comPk=305

1 Harrison Rowntree Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 3708
2 Adam Stevens 3407
3 Rohan Holtkamp 3275
4 Tony Cross RX Pro 3.5 2942
5 Hughbert Alexander Kombat 2839
6 Peter Adriaans RX5 2616
7 Todd Wisewould Wills Wing T2C 2577
8 Neale Halsall RX3.5 2411
9 Andy Schmidt RX3.5PRO 2291
10 Mitch Butler Moyes Rs 2245

2021 Corryong Cup »

January 14, 2021, 8:01:30 pm EST

2021 Corryong Cup

Harrison Rountree in the lead so far

Corryong Cup 2021|Moyes Litespeed RX|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop

How can Corryong go on with the interstate travel under restrictions?

Harrison writes:

Most pilots come from Victoria. South Australian SA pilots can still enter Victoria. Queensland pilots can travel through New South Wales into Victoria.

Forbes was cancelled as most of Sydney was restricted in movement, including the organisers and Victoria and South Australia were enforcing mandatory isolation on returning if you visited New SOuth Wales (Forbes, for example). It pretty much meant that only rural New South Wales pilots and Queensland pilots could participate (without the organizers, of course).

The results are here: http://xc.highcloud.net/comp_overall.html?comPk=305. All future Australian competitions will be scored using airscore.

1 Harrison Rowntree Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 3019 788 927 780 524
2 Adam Stevens 2734 818 702 871 343
3 Tony Cross RX Pro 3.5 2683 833 414 857 579
4 Rohan Holtkamp 2600 210 732 974 684
5 Hughbert Alexander Kombat 2236 644 807 495 290
6 Todd Wisewould Wills Wing T2C 2207 978 312 736 181
7 Steve Blenkinsop LSRX3.5 2187 814 579 626 168
8 Peter Adriaans Rx5 2047 919 533 360 235
9 Neale Halsall Rx3.5 2008 397 568 585 458
9 Mitch Butler moyes rs 2008 690 556 594 168

Attila on the 2020 Forbes Flatlands

January 18, 2020, 9:46:27 EST

Attila on the 2020 Forbes Flatlands

Finally

Attila Bertok|dust devil|Facebook|Filippo Oppici|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|photo|Rohan Taylor

Attila Bertok writes:

After I think 28 years coming to Forbes (except a few years when it wasn’t held) and losing at least 5 un-losable Flatlands, I finally can put this in the collection, too. Josh came 2nd with brilliant flying and Jonny came 3rd.

It all started as doom and gloom. The country was on fire and the smoke was delivered to us via the varying winds. Visibility was occasionally nil either due to smoke or dust or both. The first 3 days were cancelled. It surely looked like that we are going to see the worst Forbes Flatlands ever. A few pilots decided to pull out of the competition and head somewhere smoke free. I don’t blame them, time off work is quite precious for most of us. I guess any flying seems more attractive than no flying at all.

The Queensland vs NSW golf tournament was shaping up well. Some rumors mentioned cheating, but it was just some fake news.

The 4th day our fortune turned and we woke up for a much better day, at least for a taskable one. I was one of the task setters and I must say that we’ve never faced such a challenging forecast on any previous Forbes comps, but we did our best considering the circumstances. So, on day 4 we set a task down south to Old Junee partly because the fires were burning in the mountains and a SW wind change was anticipated. Finally it turned out to be a distance task, largely due to the 1 hour delay initiated by the safety committee. I strongly disagreed with both of the half hour delays, because it didn’t improve safety, but I respected their decision. Contrary to popular belief, I didn’t call them wimps. Trent took the crown for the day pushing ahead as usual followed by Josh then Pedro. I’ve felt the day was quite turbulent, but it was partly due to the upcoming SW wind which created some convergence at first and later stopped us from completing the task. But we’ve had a day in the bank. Lukas also encountered a large brown snake which made his waiting for the retrieve car in the dark a lot less boring.

The 5th day promised better conditions. Again, we had winds from the west, so we’ve decided on a cross wind flat triangle down south and back via a short final leg to the Bogan Gate goal which is not at all in Bogan Gate. The safety committee has obviously learned something from the day before, so we just got on with preparing instead of spreading pessimism on the ground way before setting up. On course, we encountered strong lift, most thermals were marked with dust devils. Due to the wind there was some ‘interesting’ climbs for me and this made me quite restless pushing ahead. I’ve learned from my previous day’s mistake and didn’t push too aggressively into the cross wind, but everybody did which gave me an early 10 km advantage which I’ve managed to hold the whole way and winning 1000 points for the day. Jonny came 2nd and Filippo 3rd. The air was very good on the final glide and despite the strong headwind everybody came in very high.

6th day. Similar weather but the Skysight forecast seem to get it wrong every day. Cloudbase prediction usually way off, but not bad. Winds are turning out to be stronger. Windy gets it quite right. This is hindsight of course. So again, we went for a flat triangle, this time up to the north turning at Peak Hill, then back to Forbes via a turn point at the corner of the state forest east of Forbes. We had the best conditions on this day, big thermals both in size and strength. It was nice to fly with some people for a change, but it only lasted up to the 1st turn point, after that was lonely flying again. It is my Hungarian accent, I think.

So I was flying fairly upwind and things were working out nicely until I didn’t find a strong high climb before turning at the forest. So I was quasi-ahead, but it was just that I had a longer fruitless glide. I was quite desperate to find lift turning into the strong head wind and being low, when I noticed a ninety degree wind direction change on the surface of the small ponds which told me which way to go. As soon as I hooked into the 3-4 meter lift I saw the dust picking up.

A little while later I was climbing right over the eye of our micro tornado. The dust tube of the dust devil was so perfectly formed that it was mesmerizing as well as beautiful to look straight down the pipe while going up. By this time everybody was all over me below and above, but I was happy to see that the ones above didn’t have the turn point yet, so I still had a chance to place well. I ended up winning the final glide giving me another 1000 point day, Josh came 2nd and Rohan 3rd. A lot of happy people arrived in goal shortly after.

7th day. A weather change was happening. It complicated matters even further. The temperature diagram looks bad, showing a max climb to 1000m at the beginning of our flight but slightly improving later, however a blue day, for sure.

I even make a little joke about how bad the day looked like. We settled on a short 90km task to Tomigley, fearing bad conditions if we go any further north. I know it is a “pussy” task but we could only make a decision on the information we had.

Anyway, we got going and the prediction was spot on at the beginning of the task, however it was rapidly improving. I climbed out with Jonny quite well and he made a perfectly good decision by going for a large dust devil. This made it obvious to me that he wanted to go early, but I didn’t follow because I wanted to minimize risk by having people ahead of me, about which I usually don’t care. I was on the lead by ~170 points and I didn’t want to lose yet another Flatlands comp, so I hung back. I almost overdid the waiting game, because I wanted to do a better start, but finally I went with about 5 minutes deficit, but with people in front of me. Thankfully I had Lukas with me, so I wasn’t too worried.

As the task progressed I got closer and closer to the gliders in front. It was very obvious, that it is a very short task, so it was much more than just a matter of finishing, the time had to be good, too. Finally I made goal being quite sure that I had done enough. Rohan took the day by completing the task in 1:11 followed by Josh and Trent. I did 1:15 which was already 100 points less than first place, but the plan wasn’t trying to win the task today anyway.

Fun fact: 350 km to north east in Lake Keepit the Womens World Gliding Championship was going on. The very same day the task setters got it so wrong that everybody from all the 3 classes out landed. The closest pilot was 70kms from home in case someone thinks that task setting is easy!

While I am writing this it is raining outside and my mind still keeps looking down to that perfectly formed dust devil.

2020 Forbes Flatlands »

Sat, Jan 11 2020, 9:29:13 am EST

Day 8 results

Øyvind Ellefsen|Attila Bertok|Facebook|Forbes Flatlands 2020|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Michael "Zupy" Zupanc|photo|Rohan Taylor|Trent Brown

Live Tracking: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=3171

http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results/results-2020

Task 4:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 01:11:05 945
2 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 01:14:09 870
3 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 01:15:02 857
4 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 Pro 01:15:46 846
4 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 01:15:44 846
6 Olav Opsanger Moyes RX 4 Pro 01:15:52 845
7 Vic Hare Ww T3 144 01:16:46 832
8 Jonny Durand Moyes RX 4 Pro 01:16:52 831
9 Oyvind Ellefsen Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 01:23:21 757
10 Filippo Oppici Ww T3 144 01:26:09 729

Final:

# Name Glider Total
1 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 Pro 3501
2 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3355
3 Jonny Durand Moyes RX 4 Pro 3215
4 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3071
4 Filippo Oppici Ww T3 144 3071
6 Olav Opsanger Moyes RX 4 Pro 2975
7 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2915
8 Vic Hare Ww T3 144 2716
9 Oyvind Ellefsen Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2604
10 Yasuhiro Noma Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2471

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2020 Forbes Flatlands »

Thu, Jan 9 2020, 8:30:56 am EST

Day 6, Task 3 results

Øyvind Ellefsen|Attila Bertok|Evgeniya "Zhenya" Laritskaya|Facebook|Forbes Flatlands 2020|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Rohan Taylor|Trent Brown|Vicki Cain

Vicki Cain writes:

We’re getting ready for task 3 today launch starts a little early at 12:45 you can watch the action live at Flymaster. The Open Class are coming back to the airfield so we will all be at goal with bells and whistles and cold beer and watermelon.

Live Tracking: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=3171

Attila, the day winner.

Task 3:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 Pro 03:24:53 1000
2 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:25:23 973
3 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:26:28 946
4 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:26:39 944
5 Filippo Oppici Ww T3 144 03:30:25 914
6 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:30:28 907
7 Jonny Durand Moyes RX 4 Pro 03:30:31 902
8 Philippe Michaud Moyes RX 4 Pro 03:31:00 895
9 Steve Blackler Moyes RX 3.5 03:43:26 838
10 Olav Opsanger Moyes RX 4 Pro 03:55:32 764

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 Pro 2655
2 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2485
3 Jonny Durand Moyes RX 4 Pro 2384
4 Filippo Oppici Ww T3 144 2342
5 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2214
6 Olav Opsanger Moyes RX 4 Pro 2130
7 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2069
8 Vic Hare Ww T3 144 1884
9 Oyvind Ellefsen Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1847
10 Lukas Bader Moyes Rs 4 1846

Evgeniya Laritskaya writes:

Our pilots had a 157km flat triangle task, mostly with a cross wind and a final short leg with the head wind. The launch was open at 12:45. The towing was rather rough from what pilots said, but this just meant that the weather is great. Our tug pilots are amazing, by the way, towing and saving hang glider pilots in such extreme conditions.

Andrey said he had ceilings of 3000+ meters (~10,000 ft), thermals at times up to 5m/s (1000 fpm, sinks were strong, too), and winds from 8 to 25 km/h. Andrey ended up 41 km short, but time-wise (not distance-wise) he had the longest flight of his life: he was in the air 6 h 23 min. He was fighting hard, having two low-saves from 350 meters and one from 249 meters, which was already at half past six in the sunset light, and it turned into +5m/s.

Aleksei was flying faster but his harness’ zipper broke at some point and, after flying for 70 more km with open harness, he landed on course. Michael decked it after the first turnpoint. Konstantin made it further than the other Russians, but also didn’t make it to goal. Yes, the conditions were challenging!

Fifteen amazing pilots made goal with Attila leading again.

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January 4, 2020, 11:36:35 EST

2020 Forbes Flatlands

Extreme weather

Facebook|Forbes Flatlands 2020|Rohan Taylor|weather

Vicki writes:

The first day of the Forbes Flatlands 2020 has been cancelled due to extreme weather conditions with strong winds and temperatures in the mid 40's. We were able to get some late practice day flights in yesterday when the winds eased late afternoon about 30 pilots braved the heat and flew.

We finalized registration last night before our welcome party at the Vandenberg Hotel. We have 52 pilots from 16 countries, 7 Sport Class pilots and 45 Open Class pilots. A big welcome to the 20 new pilots to Forbes this year.

Rohan Taylor kindly got us started on the local farmers help appeal where we can donate food/clothes/money via Nel's Pantry. Our very generous pilots raised over $800 in a matter of minutes after the briefing. Thank you all so much. We have set up a shopping trolley in head quarters for further donations during the week.

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2019 XC Contest - USA »

November 25, 2019, 9:04:28 PST

2019 XC Contest - USA

A repeat winner

Davis Straub|Kevin Carter|Rohan Taylor|XC Contest 2019

Davis Straub|Kevin Carter|Rohan Taylor|Sara Weaver|XC Contest 2019

Davis Straub|Kevin Carter|Rohan Taylor|Sara Weaver|XC Contest 2019

https://www.xcontest.org/2019/usa/ranking-hg-open/

Davis Straub 1153.11
Kevin Carter 1108.96
Tyson Taylor 769.40
Cory Barnwell 753.79
Mike Bomstad 381.37
Erik Grabowski 306.32
Jon Irlbeck 242.16
Tavo Gutierrez 234.99
Nathan Wreyford 207.35
Sara Weaver 193.14
Leo Siqueira 87.58
Ric Caylor 70.60

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2019 Canungra Classic »

October 11, 2019, 9:42:41 MDT

2019 Canungra Classic

Friday Results

Canungra Classic 2019|Facebook|photo|Rohan Taylor

Task stopped.

http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=276

Task 6:

# Pilot Glider Kms Tot
1 Jon Durand Moyes rx 4 pro 23.42 195
2 Robert DeGroot RX 3.5 pro 22.73 193
3 tony cross rev 21.22 191
4 Richard Martin Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 20.43 187
4 geoff christophers Moyes 3.5 rx pro 19.69 187
6 Brad Porter Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 11.99 148
7 Steven Crosby Moyes RX 5 pro 10.53 147
7 Craig Taylor Moyes 3.5 rx pro 10.32 147
9 Brodrick Osborne Moyes 3.5 rx pro 10.31 146
10 Steve Docherty Moyes RX4 Pro Skylite 9.35 123

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Steven Crosby Moyes rx 5 pro 3136
2 Glen Macleod Moyesrx 3.5 pro 3099
3 Steve Docherty Moyes RX4 Pro Skylite 3077
4 Richard Martin Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3039
5 Craig Taylor moyes rx 3.5 pro 3035
6 Robert DeGroot Moyes rx 3.5 pro 3012
7 Brad Porter Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3004
8 tony cross Rev 3001
9 Jon Durand Moyes rx 4 pro 2980
10 geoff christophers Moyes rx 3.5 pro 2909

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2019 Canungra Classic »

October 10, 2019, 9:07:14 MDT

2019 Canungra Classic

Thursday Results

Canungra Classic 2019|Facebook|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|photo|Rohan Taylor|Tim Cummings

Jonny out of the hospital.

http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=276

Task 5:

# Pilot Glider Time Tot
1 Jon Durand moyes rx 4 pro 2:08:21 967
2 Robert DeGroot Moyes 3.5 rx pro 2:43:47 808
3 Brodrick Osborne Moyes 3.5 rx pro 2:43:49 805
4 tony cross rev 2:46:00 784
5 Craig Taylor Moyes 3.5 rx pro 2:59:15 714
6 Peter Adriaans Moyes rx 5 pro 3:01:45 686
7 Richard Martin Moyes 3.5 rx pro 2:57:51 669
8 Steven Crosby Moyes 5 rx pro 3:08:56 667
9 geoff christophers Moyes 3.5 rx pro 3:19:52 592
10 Hagen Bruggemann moyes rx 4pro 3:43:14 537

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Steven Crosby Moyes 2989
2 Glen Macleod Moyes 2977
3 Steve Docherty Moyes RX4 Pro Skylite 2954
4 Craig Taylor moyes 2888
5 Brad Porter Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2856
6 Richard Martin Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2852
7 Robert DeGroot Moyes 2819
8 tony cross Moyes 2810
9 Jon Durand RX 3.5 PRO 2785

Tim Cummings writes:

Jonny required strong antibiotics for an infection in digestive tract. If it got worse he would need surgery. Anyway he drove straight from hospital to launch, took off after everyone had left and was first into goal.

Later he writes:

Day 7 has just been cancelled due to rain on course and forecast for so much rain tomorrow we have decided to have presentation tonight.

Lots of rain near first turnpoint so day 7 of Canungra Classic was stopped while we were in the air. I turned around and flew back to this big dry paddock with Keith, Peter and Hagan.

2019 Canungra Classic »

October 9, 2019, 11:21:55 MDT

2019 Canungra Classic

Thursday Results

Canungra Classic 2019|Rohan Taylor

http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=276

# Pilot Glider Time Tot
1 Craig Taylor Moyes 3.5 rx pro 2:12:31 902
2 Brad Porter Moyes 3.5 rx pro 2:24:21 841
3 Glen Macleod Moyes 3.5 rx pro 2:41:26 809
4 Robert DeGroot RX 3.5 pro 2:43:37 794
5 geoff christophers Moyes 3.5 rx pro 2:52:23 736
6 Peter Burkitt Moyes RX 5 pro 2:43:24 688
7 tony cross rev 3:07:22 652
8 Richard Martin Moyes 3.5 rx pro 2:53:36 645
8 Steve Docherty moyes rx 4pro 2:53:45 645
10 Neale Halsall Moyes 3.5 rx pro 3:10:50 586

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Glen Macleod Moyes 2591
2 Steve Docherty Moyes RX4 Pro Skylite 2552
3 Brad Porter Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2421
4 Steven Crosby Moyes 2349
5 Richard Martin Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2204
6 geoff christophers Moyes 2140
7 Craig Taylor moyes 2114
8 tony cross Moyes 2046
9 Robert DeGroot Moyes 2015
10 Hagen Bruggemann Moyes 1922

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2019 Canungra Classic »

October 7, 2019, 9:23:48 MDT

2019 Canungra Classic

Monday Results

Canungra Classic 2019|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Rohan Taylor

http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=276

Day Quality = 0.29

Jonny Durand didn't fly.

Task 3:

# Pilot Glider Kms Tot
1 Steven Crosby Moyes RX 5 39.24 258
2 Steve Docherty Moyes rx 4 38.95 257
3 Hagen Bruggemann moyes rx 4pro 34.46 233
4 abe kemp Moyes 3.5 pro 19.85 179
5 Robert DeGroot RX 3.5 pro 19.29 177
6 Craig Taylor Moyes 3.5 rx pro 12.31 145
7 hugh glenn rx4 moyes 9.44 135
8 Brad Porter Moyes 3.5 rx pro 7.99 126
9 Richard Martin Moyes 3.5 rx pro 6.37 120
9 Peter Burkitt Moyes RX 5 6.24 120

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Steven Crosby Moyes 1914
2 Steve Docherty Moyes RX4 Pro Skylite 1907
3 Jon Durand RX 3.5 PRO 1818
4 Glen Macleod Moyes 1782
5 Hagen Bruggemann Moyes 1694
6 Brad Porter Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1580
7 Richard Martin Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1559
8 geoff christophers Moyes 1404
9 tony cross Moyes 1394
10 Robert DeGroot Moyes 1221

2019 Canungra Classic »

October 6, 2019, 8:34:57 MDT

2019 Canungra Classic

Sunday Results

Canungra Classic 2019|Rohan Taylor

http://xc.highcloud.net/task_result.html?comPk=276&tasPk=1187

Task 2:

# Pilot Glider Time Tot
1 Brad Porter Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2:21:38 1000
2 Steven Crosby Moyes RX 5 2:21:57 991
3 Steve Docherty Moyes RX4 Pro Skylite 2:29:11 912
4 Glen Macleod Moyes 3.5 pro 2:29:33 909
5 tony cross Moyes 3.5 pro 2:30:35 901
6 Richard Martin Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2:32:07 889
7 Hagen Bruggemann Moyes rx 4 2:38:34 843
8 Jon Durand Moyes 3.5 pro 2:42:35 818
9 geoff christophers Moyes 3.5 pro 2:44:17 808

Tasks: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=276

http://xc.highcloud.net/comp_overall.html?comPk=276&tasPk=1187

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Jon Durand RX 3.5 PRO 1818
2 Glen Macleod Moyes 1667
3 Steven Crosby Moyes 1656
4 Steve Docherty Moyes RX4 Pro Skylite 1650
5 Hagen Bruggemann Moyes 1461
6 Brad Porter Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1454
7 Richard Martin Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1439
8 geoff christophers Moyes 1293
9 tony cross Moyes 1283
10 Craig Taylor moyes 1067

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The big flights in Texas

September 11, 2019, 8:06:17 MDT

The big flights in Texas

Four pilots

PG|Rohan Taylor

PG|Robin Hamilton|Rohan Taylor

Rich Reinauer <<richreinauer>> writes:

Four hang glider pilots, one retrieve vehicle. Each of us flew about 200 miles over six hours Sunday, from Cowboy Up Hang Gliding, south of Houston to south of Dallas (my home town). Not one poor bastard had to endure the shame of bombing out and sitting in the car all day chasing the other lucky bastards, as is usually the case. We all won Sunday. Epic conditions. Personal best for Tyson Taylor, I think 208 miles. Previously 186, I believe. Personal best for me, 193 miles / 310 km. Previous PB was 119 last year at Big Spring. Robin Hamilton killed it with a 230 mile flight, and Mick Howard flew 197 miles.

We planned on launching two hours earlier, and ended up wishing we had. The sky looked great at 0930. I didn’t get up until 1230. Two extra hours could have potentially meant another 60 plus miles. At launch, Mick told me to put Caddo Mills airport (just east of Dallas) in as a waypoint. I chuckled like a kid who had seen something really silly. Only a 420 km task? Ludicrous. But, sure, why not? Lol. Never dreamed I’d get even close. I hoped to get 100 miles. Maybe 120 for a new PB if I was lucky.

It was a day of overcoming obstacles. My flight started with discovering a cracked carbon base bar seconds before launch, which had to be removed and replaced. Only 800 bucks. During replacement, I destroyed my pod that holds my primary flight instrument (XC soar). Luckily I fly with a backup instrument, a Digifly, which I have no idea how to use, but it beeps when I go up, so that’s nice. lol. It was missing a Velcro strap, so it was attached precariously at best. No worries.

I launched and got towed right to Mick. Within 30 minutes my microphone had disappeared somehow, and I couldn’t find it, rendering me receive only on the radio. I could hear everyone. For six hours I tried to find it and listened in frustration, not able to communicate that I was receiving them. I had them in sight (occasionally), but could not dispel the rumors that I had landed, or defend myself against all of the slights about my flying abilities, the size of my anatomy, etc. Of course when I took my helmet off after landing, there it was, just like I imagined it was. It was right behind my helmet. Frustrating.

Not as frustrating as when my Digifly (my only instrument keeping me airborne) battery died 90 miles into what would be a 193 mile flight though. Luckily I was in a thermal with Ty at 6500 feet. I somehow managed to stay in the lift while I fished out a spare battery and cable, Velcroed it to my glider and plugged it in. Thankfully it started back up, and I continued. A couple of times I managed to get my tethered phone out to verify I'd clear the airspace at College Station and Waco. It came at a cost though. I was losing the thermal and gliding like crap messing with that, but it worked. So, I guess I need that backup vario after all.

My first thermal with Mick was in zero lift. I pushed out to the next cloud from 2500 ft wondering if I’d deck it. I found it, took it to 4500 cloud base and left for the next cloud. Never saw Mick again.

Each climb was a little higher. The clouds were all working, and only 2.5 miles apart. I was not getting below five thousand feet. It was too easy, unlike yesterday where I fought hard for three hours to make 55 miles. Today was gonna be a good one. I could already tell.

Almost three hours in, and 80 miles down the road, I could hear everyone’s position on the radio. I knew Mick and Ty were very near by, but despite my best efforts, I couldn't get a visual. Robin was just a few miles to my east over Somerville lake. Finally, while thermaling, I could see Ty speeding toward me from below like a bullet. We went on multiple climbs and glides together until the battery fiasco, where he got ahead and I stayed back playing it safe to try to stay high.

I found a banging climb to about 8K a little while later, went on an awesome 10 mile glide at 50:1 and 60 mph ground speed and finally ended up on top of Ty again at Bremond, Tx. I don’t think he ever saw me above him there. I got to cloud base fast and decided to lead out. Looked back at the next thermal and no sign of Ty. I was alone for the last 60 miles.

It got hard after we split up. The clouds were dying and the air was getting very stable and smooth. I went on glide to 2400 feet, thinking this was probably it. Sun getting low, no signs of lift. Finally, at Prarie Hill I found a scrap of inconsistent lift and decided to take my last stand. The thermals were really spread out now, and the chances of another one were slim to none. I was in and out of it, but barely maintaining, even gaining a bit. Each circle I cautiously rolled out for a couple of seconds to the stronger side of the thermal and was rewarded with a better and better climb until it turned into a nice 800 fpm climb to 7200 ft. That was my last climb. I glided for 17 miles to the 193 mile mark and a beautiful landing next to a paved road with the easiest gate for retrieval.

That last glide had me going toward a lake which I could clear, but not by a lot. I was worried about sink over the water. In retrospect, turning away from my downwind heading a bit to avoid it may have taken me out of the lift line and made me avoid a thermal which was probably straight down wind. Maybe the lake could have even triggered a thermal. I’ll never know, but I wish I’d tried that in retrospect.

At the end of the day, it was obviously the most epic flight I’ve ever had and one I’ll remember for a lifetime. I even had a buddy give me a ride to my house in Dallas rather than drive four hours back to Houston with the others. Epic. Lots of life lessons in hang gliding. You’ve got to be in it to win it. Half of being in the right place at the right time is just making the effort to show up. Everyone has a plan till the get punched in the face. Adapt, improvise, overcome. (Semper Fidelis) You’re never out of the fight. (Ooh-rah). Stay positive. Don’t give up. Luck counts. You make your own. Friends are everything. Tiki (Cowboy Up Hang Gliding), Ty, Robin, Mick, Mak all helped me, some in huge ways. Thanks guys.

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Going long in Texas

September 9, 2019, 9:31:17 MDT

Going long in Texas

200 miles from Cowboy Up in Wharton to Italy, Texas.

Facebook|Rohan Taylor

Facebook|Robin Hamilton|Rohan Taylor

Robin Hamilton and Tyson Taylor go over 200 miles.

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2019 Spanish Nationals »

July 5, 2019, 3:45:55 pm MDT

2019 Spanish Nationals

Guy Hubbard jumps into the lead at the Spanish Nationals

competition|Facebook|Icaro 2000|Konrad Heilmann|Moura Morrison|Moyes Litespeed RX|Rohan Taylor|Spanish Nationals 2019|Steve Blenkinsop

https://airtribune.com/42-nacional-ala-delta-zujar-jabalcon/results

Task 5:

# Name Nat Glider Distance Total
1 Konrad Heilmann BRA Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 57.50 672
2 Guy Hubbard AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 57.14 671
3 Paulo Frade POR Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 55.93 654
4 Alvaro Idigoras molina ESP Wills Wing T2C 144 53.67 623
5 Manuel Gomez de Pablos Moya ESP Moyes Litespeed RX 4 Pro 45.85 564
6 Domingo (txomin) Gallego Escribano ESP Aeros Combat C 12.7 45.59 563
7 Jose María (Tximo) Iriarte Ziritza ESP Aeros Combat C 12.4 45.33 560
7 David Errea ESP Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 45.35 560
9 Blay Olmos Ramos (Snr) ESP Moyes Litespeed RX 4 Pro 45.21 559
10 Eduardo Fatou gutierrez ESP Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 43.97 539

Cumulative:

# Name Nat Glider Total
1 Guy Hubbard AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 3861
2 Blay Olmos Quesada (Jnr) ESP Wills Wing T2C 144 3476
3 Steve Blenkinsop AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 3409
4 Rohan Taylor AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 3373
5 Blay Olmos Ramos (Snr) ESP Moyes Litespeed RX 4 Pro 3098
6 Daniel Martin Mota ESP Wills Wing T2C 144 3019
7 Ataulfo J. Fernandez Montero ESP Wills Wing T2C 144 3012
8 Alan de Moura Morrison BRA Wills Wing T2C 154 2924
9 Antonio Jose Leton Carrasco ESP Aeros Combat C 2912
10 Konrad Heilmann BRA Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 2710

The Spanish Nationals web site, https://airtribune.com/42-nacional-ala-delta-zujar-jabalcon/info/details__info, says that Saturday is a competition day, but I also read on Facebook that Friday was the last day. If true that would make Guy the winner overall.

2019 Spanish Nationals »

July 4, 2019, 8:20:11 MDT

2019 Spanish Nationals

Penalties come, penalties go, without much or any explanation

competition|Konstantin Lukyanov|Moura Morrison|Moyes Litespeed RX|Rohan Taylor|Spanish Nationals 2019|Steve Blenkinsop

https://airtribune.com/42-nacional-ala-delta-zujar-jabalcon/results

First Rory won the first day, then he got a zero, then he won the day again. It's pretty strange, and lots of penalties on the fourth task.

Task 4:

# Name Nat Glider Time Distance Total
1 Konstantin Lukyanov RUS Moyes Litespeed RX 02:59:17 110.49 939
2 Ataulfo J. Fernandez Montero ESP Wills Wing T2C 144 02:51:27 110.35 926
3 Antonio Jose Leton Carrasco ESP Aeros Combat C 03:50:07 110.49 878
4 Daniel Martin Mota ESP Wills Wing T2C 144 109.08 831
5 Rohan Taylor AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 105.54 827
6 Steve Blenkinsop AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 102.18 783
7 Blay Olmos Quesada (Jnr) ESP Wills Wing T2C 144 99.83 765
8 Guy Hubbard AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 100.51 763
9 David Ferreiro Matos ESP Wills Wing T2C 144 98.20 727
10 Alan de Moura Morrison BRA Wills Wing T2C 154 99.02 726

Cumulative:

# Name Nat Glider T 1 T 2 T 3 T 4 Total
1 Blay Olmos Quesada (Jnr) ESP Wills Wing T2C 144 894 747 867 765 3273
2 Guy Hubbard AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 878 875 686 763 3202
3 Steve Blenkinsop AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 897 883 527 783 3090
4 Rohan Taylor AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 944 406 879 827 3056
5 Alan de Moura Morrison BRA Wills Wing T2C 154 548 858 676 726 2808
6 Daniel Martin Mota ESP Wills Wing T2C 144 861 833 218 831 2743
7 Ataulfo J. Fernandez Montero ESP Wills Wing T2C 144 404 1000 382 926 2712
8 Antonio Jose Leton Carrasco ESP Aeros Combat C 422 607 633 878 2540
9 Blay Olmos Ramos (Snr) ESP Moyes Litespeed RX 4 Pro 785 546 580 627 2538
10 Rory Duncan AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 989 428 861 136 2414

2019 Spanish Nationals »

July 2, 2019, 7:48:05 pm MDT

2019 Spanish Nationals

Second Task

competition|Konrad Heilmann|Moura Morrison|Moyes Litespeed RX|Rohan Taylor|Spanish Nationals 2019

https://airtribune.com/42-nacional-ala-delta-zujar-jabalcon/results

Task 2:

# Name Nat Glider Time Total
1 Jose Manuel (juaki) Sanchez Garcia ESP Moyes Litespeed RX 5 Pro 02:13:10 917
2 Rohan Taylor AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 02:26:19 879
3 Blay Olmos Quesada (Jnr) ESP Aeros Combat C 02:29:45 867
4 Rory Duncan AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 02:26:40 861
5 Konrad Heilmann BRA Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 02:31:16 825
6 Inaki Arrizabalaga ESP Aeros Combat C 02:38:20 787
7 Yon Bárcena Ortiz de Urbina ESP Wills Wing T2C 144 02:35:55 742
8 Jesus maria Hernando ESP Wills Wing T2C 144 02:46:11 696
9 Guy Hubbard AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 02:46:40 679
10 Alan de Moura Morrison BRA Wills Wing T2C 154 02:37:08 676

A few small penalties for airspace infringements.

Aus team in Spain

July 2, 2019, 6:56:41 MDT

Aus team in Spain

It's sorta like Australia

competition|Facebook|Konstantin Lukyanov|Moyes Litespeed RX|photo|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown

https://airtribune.com/42-nacional-ala-delta-zujar-jabalcon/results

# Name Nat Glider Time Total
1 Rory Duncan AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 02:06:13 989
2 Rohan Taylor AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 02:07:34 944
3 Steve Blenkinsop AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 02:13:42 897
4 Blay Olmos Quesada (Jnr) ESP Wills Wing T2C 144 02:08:05 894
5 Guy Hubbard AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 02:15:25 878
6 Daniel Martin Mota ESP Wills Wing T2C 144 02:09:24 861
7 Trent Brown AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 02:26:27 805
8 Blay Olmos Ramos (Snr) ESP Moyes Litespeed RX 4 Pro 02:31:29 785
9 David Errea ESP Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 02:23:00 780
10 Manuel Gomez de Pablos Moya ESP Moyes Litespeed RX 4 Pro 02:31:03 778

Wow, I bet the Spanish pilots aren't real happy about this. It's their Nationals:

42º Nacional Ala Delta Zujar Jabalcon

And it's all in Spanish, which would be a bit of a handicap for Australian pilots.

In little early and a long ways away for the Australian Team to practice for the Worlds (which begin July 13th). I guess they are serious.

I see that our friend, Konstantin Lukyanov, violated airspace and got a 100% penalty. Many others got warnings, including Rory and Rohan, but not Steve.

2019 Dalby Big Air »

April 13, 2019, 8:18:11 EDT

2019 Dalby Big Air

Day 6 and final Results:

Andrey Solomykin|Dalby Big Air 2019|Evgeniya "Zhenya" Laritskaya|Facebook|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown|weather

Andrey Solomykin|Dalby Big Air 2019|Evgeniya "Zhenya" Laritskaya|Facebook|Michael "Zupy" Zupanc|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown|weather

Andrey Solomykin|Dalby Big Air 2019|Evgeniya "Zhenya" Laritskaya|Facebook|Michael "Zupy" Zupanc|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown|weather

http://williamolive.com/comps/dalby/index.html

Task 6:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Matthew Barlow Moyes RX 5 Pro 03:28:24 992
2 Glen Mcfarlane WW T2C 144 03:35:04 908
3 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 03:38:47 876
4 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:34:51 859
5 Adam Stevens Aeros Combat 12.7 03:55:28 838
6 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:54:53 834
7 Sam Prest Moyes RX 3.5 04:01:21 776
8 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 04:13:20 770
9 Brodrick Osborne Moyes RS 4 04:05:45 760
10 Neale Halsall Moyes RX 4 Pro 04:23:36 731

Task 7:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 01:32:42 939
2 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 01:29:06 908
3 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 01:36:25 905
4 Adam Stevens Aeros Combat 12.7 01:37:25 883
5 Rick Martin Moyes RX 3.5 01:37:27 873
6 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 4 Pro 01:37:35 871
7 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 01:37:42 862
8 Sam Prest Moyes RX 3.5 01:38:15 854
9 Howard Jones Moyes RX 3.5 01:37:40 851
10 Mikhail Karmazin Moyes RX 3.5 01:38:26 839

Final Results:

# Name Glider Total
1 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 6127
2 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 5780
3 Adam Stevens Aeros Combat 12.7 5772
4 Sam Prest Moyes RX 3.5 5160
5 Matthew Barlow Moyes RX 5 Pro 5111
6 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 5101
7 Glen Mcfarlane WW T2C 144 4909
8 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 4 Pro 4810
9 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 4664
10 Nils Vesk Moyes RX 3.5 4428

Andrey Solomykin again won the day and all days and was the overall winner in Sport Class.

Evgeniya Laritskaya writes:

Dalby Big Air, day 6. Groundhog Day, as our task committee called it. Sport class had the same task as their previous one - 51 kilometer to Brigalow, almost perfectly in line with the wind. Open class flew the same direction as before but much further - 217 kilometers this time.

The weather was truly fantastic - just look at the photo of the clouds from my retrieve drive. The cloudbase was around 2100 meters MSL and the clouds were easily reachable. The wind was pushing pilots pretty strong (~25 km/h) along the course, but it didn’t affect their take off safety. Thermals were 2-3 m/s on average, but I heard reports of 5-6 m/s even.

Looks like the sport class pilots undercalled their task: many of them had already made goal by 1 pm! They could have flown a much longer task! But at least there were so many happy faces at goal!

Andrey and Hugh (first and second place in the current sport class scoring) were mostly flying together. Their results are very close again, but Andrey managed to be one minute faster. Peter Garrone was first at the goal field and earned the most leading points, but was three minutes slower than Hugh! Four more kingposted guys made goal and Richard Hughes landed in the adjacent field and ended up one kilometer short.

Eleven open class pilots made this long task, and Guy Hubbard was only 180 meters short! Matthew Barlow won the task (for the second time at this comp. Look at their speeds, by the way: nearly 60 km/h. I could see on their Spot trackers page that they were flying really fast today. It was hard to keep up down on the road.

Sport class podium:

Open class podium:

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April 11, 2019, 5:04:18 pm EDT

2019 Dalby Big Air

Day 5 Results:

Dalby Big Air 2019|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop

http://williamolive.com/comps/dalby/index.html

Task 5:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:59:22 957
2 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 03:15:21 921
3 Glen Mcfarlane WW T2C 144 03:18:16 910
4 Adam Stevens Aeros Combat 12.7 03:09:33 904
5 Mikhail Karmazin Moyes RX 3.5 03:13:30 880
6 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:15:16 874
7 Shane Mckay Moyes RS 4 03:29:05 856
8 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:44:23 790

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 4426
2 Adam Stevens Aeros Combat 12.7 4048
3 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3977
4 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 3675
5 Sam Prest Moyes RX 3.5 3524
6 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 4 Pro 3508
7 Matthew Barlow Moyes RX 5 Pro 3442
8 Glen Mcfarlane WW T2C 144 3215
9 steve crosby Moyes RX 5 3198
10 Nils Vesk Moyes RX 3.5 3161

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April 10, 2019, 9:34:45 pm EDT

2019 Dalby Big Air

Launch potatoes

(Zupy|Dalby Big Air 2019|Evgeniya "Zhenya" Laritskaya|Michael "Zupy" Zupanc|photo|Rohan Taylor|weather|Zupanc)

Evgeniya Laritskaya writes:

Dalby Big Air, day 4. An even harder day than yesterday. It started with a pretty strong inversion, so pilots were playing “launch potatoes” and waiting for the weather to improve for quite some time. Open class had a 106 km long Big Dipper shaped task with five turnpoints; sport class had a 51 kilometer straight line task; both tasks to the north-west.

“Kingposted” pilots reported flying over a blue hole area with the thermals all broken between 2300 and 2500 meters. “Topless” pilots reported their furthest leg being under a shaded area with very light thermals and they all experienced cross winds. All this together allowed only five open class pilots to make goal, and the first one was Craig Taylor on his RX3.5. Sport goal was again made by Andrey and Hugh on Geckos, and Andrey was only five minutes faster. Andrey, Hugh and Alastair (currently scored third) are flying together for the last couple days and enjoying it very much.

Special mentions for Peter Garrone who after storming the course with an earlier start landed just 550m short of the goal radius! Keep it up Peter.

Huge thanks to Michael Zupanc for taking me up in the trike, so I could take a few aerial photos of our “launch potatoes."

Michael Karmazin was testing a new instrument prototype, which measures electricity in the air to spot thermals better.

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April 10, 2019, 8:16:11 EDT

2019 Dalby Big Air

Results day 4

Andrey Solomykin|Dalby Big Air 2019|Facebook|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop

http://williamolive.com/comps/dalby/index.html

Day 4:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 03:37:07 991
2 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:40:24 963
3 steve crosby Moyes RX 5 03:41:07 952
4 Sam Prest Moyes RX 3.5 03:43:51 939
5 Brodrick Osborne Moyes RS 4 03:44:49 933


Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3636
2 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 4 Pro 3317
3 Nils Vesk Moyes RX 3.5 3161
4 Adam Stevens Aeros Combat 12.7 3144
5 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3103
6 Matthew Barlow Moyes RX 5 Pro 3091
7 Sam Prest Moyes RX 3.5 3027
8 steve crosby Moyes RX 5 3002
9 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 2754
10 Hagen Bruggemann Moyes RS 4 2525

Andrey Solomykin won the day for the fourth time and is in the lead in Sport Class.

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April 9, 2019, 7:22:16 EDT

2019 Dalby Big Air

Results day 3

Andrey Solomykin|Dalby Big Air 2019|Facebook|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown

http://williamolive.com/comps/dalby/index.html

Day 3:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Matthew Barlow Moyes RX 5 Pro 03:37:27 962
2 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:33:52 949
3 Howard Jones Moyes RX 3.5 03:39:07 933
4 Steve Docherty 03:52:47 893
5 Sam Prest Moyes RX 3.5 04:07:49 843
6 Adam Stevens Aeros Combat 12.7 04:06:53 821
7 Nils Vesk Moyes RX 3.5 04:14:43 812
8 Hagen Bruggemann Moyes RS 4 04:50:25 742

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2673
2 Steve Docherty 2577
3 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2490
4 Matthew Barlow Moyes RX 5 Pro 2427
5 Nils Vesk Moyes RX 3.5 2404
6 Adam Stevens Aeros Combat 12.7 2395
7 Sam Prest Moyes RX 3.5 2088
8 steve crosby Moyes RX 5 2050
9 Hagen Bruggemann Moyes RS 4 1996
10 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 1940

Steve Blenkinsop writes:

Tough flying today. Goal with about 8 others. High cloud slowing things down at the end. Feel a bit 2nd hand after a 5 hour slog. Good lift and 9k at times.

Andrey Solomykin was first in Sport Class and leads overall.

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April 8, 2019, 7:54:14 EDT

2019 Dalby Big Air

Results day 2

Dalby Big Air 2019|Konrad Heilmann|Nick Purcell|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown

http://williamolive.com/comps/dalby/index.html

Day 2:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Nick Purcell Moyes RS 4 02:03:11 887
2 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:18:23 879
3 Konrad Heilmann Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:18:44 854
4 steve crosby Moyes RX 5 02:18:57 852
5 Steve Docherty   02:18:56 842
6 Adam Stevens Aeros Combat 12.7 02:35:14 778
7 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 02:34:45 747
8 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 02:42:46 740
9 Tony Giammichele Moyes RX 3.5 02:46:59 713
10 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:49:27 699

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Konrad Heilmann Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1728
2 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 1702
3 steve crosby Moyes RX 5 1698
4 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1672
5 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1659
6 Steve Docherty   1649
7 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 1574
8 Nils Vesk Moyes RX 3.5 1548
9 Adam Stevens Aeros Combat 12.7 1515
10 Matthew Barlow Moyes RX 5 Pro 1409

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January 8, 2019, 11:05:13 EST

2019 Forbes Flatlands

The podiums

Attila Bertok|Filippo Oppici|Forbes Flatlands 2019|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|photo|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Vicki Cain

Vicki Cain <<Vicki>> writes:

Keeping the dream alive... Hang gliding competitions in Australia have always had the reputation of the being more than herculean, Forbes Flatlands 2019 held true to that reputation.

This year we were able to set 6 tasks from 8, one of which was stopped because of a storm on course. The 5 completed tasks totalled 853.4 km averaging over 170 km per task! We had lots of pilots in goal most days.

With super consistent flying Jonny Durand took the competition win, his 8th Forbes Flatlands win! Attila Bertok in 2nd and Olav Opsanger in 3rd.

L–R back: Petr Benes, Rohan Taylor, Filippo Oppici, Steve Blenkinsop, Ollie Chitty, Guy Hubbard, Josh Woods; L-R front: Attila Bertok, Jonny Durand, Olav Opsanger

L – R Back Petr Benes, Rohan Taylor, Filippo Oppici, Steve Blenkinsop, Ollie Chitty, Guy Hubbard, Josh Woods

L-R Front: Attila Bertok, Jonny Durand, Olav Opsanger

Our Emma Martin Memorial award went to Yadi Wu from China. Yadi came to the Sport Class competition with only 5 hours airtime and no cross country experience. On her first flight she managed 35 kms and on her 2nd 61 kms!

We had 8 contestants in Sport Class this year with 2 new pilots to Forbes from Indonesia. Bin Duan from China took the win with local pilot Alisdair Bramwell-Davis only 2 points behind, in 2nd place and Peter Garrone another local pilot in 3rd.

L–R: Peter Garrone, Bin Duan, Alaisdair Bramwell-Davis

L – R Peter Garrone, Bin Duan, Alaisdair Bramwell-Davis

Huge congratulations to all the winners!

Thank you to our major sponsors, Forbes Council, NSWHGPGA and Moyes Delta Gliders and of course Bill and Molly Moyes, you’d have to say our Patrons of the Forbes Flatlands Competition.

To all our crew, I can’t thank you enough. Everyone goes above and beyond, travelling from afar to come to Forbes and to get all the pilots in the air as quickly and as safely as possible. And having as much fun as we can! The camaraderie is amazing!

Thank you to all the pilots coming from all over the world and all over Australia. We hope you had the time of your lives!

Vicki Cain

On behalf of the Forbes Flatlands Hang Gliding Championships and the Sydney Hang Gliding Club.

Photos credit to Peak Pictures.

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January 5, 2019, 8:03:27 EST

2019 Forbes Flatlands

Final results from day 7, task 5

Attila Bertok|Filippo Oppici|Forbes Flatlands 2019|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Petr Polach|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown

http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results/results-2019

Task 5:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:15:04 922
2 Petr Polach Moyes RX 4 Pro 03:26:42 901
3 Oliver Chitty Moyes RX 5 Pro 03:17:38 896
4 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 Pro 03:18:08 887
5 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:20:47 847
6 Petr Benes Moyes RX 4 Pro 03:32:16 845
7 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:23:01 777
8 Lukas Bader Moyes RS 4 03:43:16 773
9 Jonny Durand Moyes RX 4 Pro 03:31:11 762
10 Tyler Borrdaile Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:31:14 757

Final:

# Name Glider Total
1 Jonny Durand Moyes RX 4 Pro 4547
2 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 Pro 4480
3 Olav Opsanger Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 4155
4 Petr Benes Moyes RX 4 Pro 4133
5 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3936
6 Filippo Oppici WW T2C 144 3851
7 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3823
8 Oliver Chitty Moyes RX 5 Pro 3821
9 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3819
10 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3797

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January 3, 2019, 8:53:29 EST

2019 Forbes Flatlands

Results from day 6, task 4

Attila Bertok|Filippo Oppici|Forbes Flatlands 2019|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Petr Polach|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop

http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results/results-2019

Task 4:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 Pro 04:07:48 952
2 Jonny Durand Moyes RX 4 Pro 04:22:20 900
3 Filippo Oppici WW T2C 144 04:10:13 893
4 Rory Duncan Moyes RX 3 Pro 04:28:29 862
5 Minoru Kato Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 04:29:16 833
6 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 04:29:14 832
7 Oliver Chitty Moyes RX 5 Pro 04:30:09 817
8 Olav Opsanger Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 04:33:45 793
9 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 04:39:43 769
10 Tyler Borrdaile Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 04:39:49 765

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Jonny Durand Moyes RX 4 Pro 3785
2 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 Pro 3593
3 Olav Opsanger Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3402
4 Petr Benes Moyes RX 4 Pro 3288
5 Minoru Kato Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3235
6 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3212
7 Filippo Oppici WW T2C 144 3106
8 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3099
9 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3089
10 Oliver Chitty Moyes RX 5 Pro 2925

From Petr Polach:

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January 1, 2019, 8:14:29 EST

2019 Forbes Flatlands

Results from day 4, task 3

Attila Bertok|Facebook|Filippo Oppici|Forbes Flatlands 2019|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Petr Polach|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|video

https://www.facebook.com/flymoyes/posts/2371934836211659

http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results

Task 3:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Tyler Borrdaile Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:55:16 995
2 Filippo Oppici WW T2C 144 03:55:57 972
3 Oliver Chitty Moyes RX 5 Pro 03:56:31 964
4 Jonny Durand Moyes RX 4 Pro 03:57:16 955
5 Olav Opsanger Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 04:01:10 908
6 Gijs Wanders Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 04:02:30 894
7 Petr Benes Moyes RX 4 Pro 04:03:25 892
8 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 Pro 04:05:29 830
9 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 04:20:29 791
10 Minoru Kato Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 04:24:09 776
11 Petr Polach Moyes RX 4 Pro 04:30:52 756

Cumulative:

  Name Glider Total
1 Jonny Durand Moyes RX 4 Pro 2885
2 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 Pro 2640
3 Petr Benes Moyes RX 4 Pro 2621
4 Olav Opsanger Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2609
5 Minoru Kato Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2401
6 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2379
7 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2364
8 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2329
9 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2233
10 Vic Hare Wills Wing T2C 136 2231

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December 30, 2018, 8:24:51 EST

2019 Forbes Flatlands

Results from day 2, task 2

Attila Bertok|Forbes Flatlands 2019|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop

http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results

Task 2:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Jonny Durand Moyes RX 4 Pro 03:28:37 992
2 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:30:17 948
3 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:31:04 927
3 Petr Benes Moyes RX 4 Pro 03:30:27 927
5 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 Pro 03:33:06 919
6 Lukas Bader Moyes RS 4 03:31:58 911
7 Minoru Kato Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:33:05 895
8 Olav Opsanger Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:33:05 891
9 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:33:13 883
10 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:34:22 876

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Jonny Durand Moyes RX 4 Pro 1930
2 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 Pro 1810
3 Petr Benes Moyes RX 4 Pro 1729
4 Olav Opsanger Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1701
5 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1691
6 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1636
7 Vic Hare Wills Wing T2C 136 1627
8 Minoru Kato Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1626
9 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1574
10 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1573

Petr Polách writes:

Task 2, no goal for me. If you pick up all bad luck around, at least do it in one day.

Rory Duncan's VG broke, on the ground, just when the first pilot towed up! So with a great teamwork, with Jonny, Ollie, me and Tyler we helped to repair it. Amazing, it was like a pit stop in formula 1.

After my tow I bombed out, missed cycle and had to refly.

The shadow that came by that time let me down and desperate for thermals, while pilots few km in front had strong climbs, and 9000 ft.

I did my best to race the sun in very narrow, hard to find thermals and landed after all just 15km short to goal.

2018 Canungra Classic »

October 27, 2018, 3:30:40 pm MDT

2018 Canungra Classic

Results from task 7

Attila Bertok|Canungra Classic 2018|Facebook|photo|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown|weather

Day 7 was a rest day.

http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=249&tasPk=1104

Task 7:

Point Type Size Dist Description
LBEECH start 5000 0 BEECHMONT LAUNCH
20MARN waypoint 1000 46.1 MAROON INTERSECTION
29LNSR waypoint 1000 67 LIONS ROAD
70LRVL goal 1000 87.3 LARAVALE
# Pilot Glider Time Tot
1 attila bertok Moyes Rx 5 Pro 2:11:03 969
2 Jon Durand Moyes Rx 4 Pro 2:11:45 955
3 ollver chitty Moyes RX 5 pro 2:08:13 924
4 Steven Crosby Moyes RX 5 2:21:22 864
5 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2:23:18 855
6 Trent Brown Moyes Rx 3.5 pro 2:19:01 818
7 Harrison Rowntree Moyes RX3.5 pro 2:19:54 811
8 Craig Taylor Moyes Rx 3.5 pro 2:22:38 785
9 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes Rx 3.5 pro 2:33:03 779
10 Richard Martin moyes Rx 3.5 pro 2:33:59 774
11 Rory Duncan Moyes Rx 3 pro 2:33:51 772

Day 7 - After overnight storms day 7 was cancelled due to marginally strong wind. After flying every day prior, a decision was made to err on the side of caution and leave it for a big finale tomorrow. Weather looks pumping for an epic finish tomorrow! So come check it out.

At this stage tomorrow looks like a Beechmont start so get yourself up to the Flying Bean Cafe to see the pilots launch! Or in the evening come for a drink at the Canungra Hotel to see who the winners are.

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 ollver chitty Moyes RX 5 pro 5582
2 Jon Durand Moyes rx 4 pro 5519
3 attila bertok Moyes RX 5 pro 5327
4 Harrison Rowntree Moyes RX 3.5 pro 4963
5 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 4885
6 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 4572
7 Rory Duncan Moyes RX 3 pro 4473
8 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 pro 3855
9 Richard Martin Moyes RX 3.5 pro 3730
10 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 pro 3649

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October 25, 2018, 9:44:52 MDT

2018 Canungra Classic

Results from day 6

Attila Bertok|Canungra Classic 2018|Facebook|Michael "Zupy" Zupanc|photo|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown

http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=249&tasPk=1104

Task 6:

Point Type Size Dist Description
LBEECH start 400 0 BEECHMONT LAUNCH
LBEECH speed 5000 5 BEECHMONT LAUNCH
15PALE waypoint 1000 47.1 PALEN CREEK GOAL
13RATH goal 2000 59.4 RATHDOWNEY GOAL
# Pilot Glider Time Tot
1 Jon Durand moyes Rx 4 Pro 1:21:25 997
2 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1:26:54 914
3 ollver chitty Moyes RX 5 pro 1:27:52 906
4 Trent Brown moyes Rx 3.5 pro 1:30:38 875
5 Harrison Rowntree Moyes RX3.5 pro 1:40:13 804
6 attila bertok moyes Rx 5 Pro 1:51:00 769
7 Rory Duncan Moyes RX 3 pro 1:53:34 752
8 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 pro 2:03:20 703
9 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX3.5 pro 1:56:23 689
10 Steven Crosby Moyes RX 5 2:04:44 603
11 Josh Woods moyes Rx 3.5 pro 2:14:09 549
12 Richard Martin moyes Rx 3.5 pro 2:45:08 502

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 ollver chitty Moyes RX 5 pro 4658
2 Jon Durand Moyes rx 4 pro 4564
3 attila bertok Moyes RX 5 pro 4358
4 Harrison Rowntree Moyes RX 3.5 pro 4152
5 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 4030
6 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 3793
7 Rory Duncan Moyes RX 3 pro 3701
8 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 pro 3295
9 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 pro 3037
10 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 pro 2990

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October 24, 2018, 6:14:56 MDT

2018 Canungra Classic

Results from day 5

Attila Bertok|Canungra Classic 2018|Facebook|John Urlich|Jon Durand snr|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop

http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=249&tasPk=1104

Task 5:

Point Type Size Dist Description
LTAMB start 5000 0 TAMBORINE LAUNCH
70LRVL waypoint 1000 28.1 LARAVALE
18BRWY waypoint 1000 40.2 BROMELTON BRIDGE
21COUL waypoint 3000 58.7 BOONAH T GOAL
22BONA goal 1000 65.5 BOONAH AIRSTRIP
# Pilot Glider Time Tot
1 Attila Bertok Moyes Rx 5 Pro 1:31:09 964
2 Jon Durand Moyes Rx 4 pro 1:31:54 949
3 Ollver Chitty Moyes RX 5 Pro 1:32:28 939
4 Harrison Rowntree Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1:29:42 914
5 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1:31:50 876
6 Steven Crosby Moyes RX 5 1:38:55 869
7 Josh Woods Moyes 3.5 Pro 1:45:08 812
8 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes Rx 3.5 Pro 2:05:22 702
9 Rory Duncan Moyes Rx 3 pro 2:07:14 612
10 Jon Durand Sr Moyes RX 4 2:22:37 603
11 John Urlich c4 2:09:32 576
12 Geoff Christophers Moyes RX 3.5 2:20:21 574
13 Viv Clements Moyes LSS 5 2:42:09 483

Rory at goal.

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Ollver Chitty Moyes RX 5 pro 3752
2 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 pro 3589
3 Jon Durand Moyes rx 4 pro 3567
4 Harrison Rowntree Moyes RX 3.5 pro 3348
5 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3116
6 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 3090
7 Rory Duncan Moyes RX 3 pro 2949
8 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 pro 2746
9 Richard Martin Moyes RX 3.5 pro 2454
10 Tony Cross REV 13.5 2325

2018 Canungra Classic »

October 23, 2018, 8:56:16 MDT

2018 Canungra Classic

Results from day 4

Attila Bertok|Canungra Classic 2018|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop

http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=249&tasPk=1104

Task 4:

# Pilot Glider Time Tot
1 Jon Durand moyes Rx 4 pro 3:08:14 997
2 Rory Duncan Moyes RX 3 3:29:23 840
3 Richard Martin moyes Rx 3.5 3:36:52 773
4 Tony Cross rev 13.5 3:50:41 722
5 Hugh Glenn moyes geko 155 3:40:45 717
6 Viv Clements Laminar 3:36:47 711
7 Harrison Rowntree Moyes RX3.5 Pro 3:38:23 707
8 Ollver Chitty Moyes RX 5 pro 4:06:35 639
9 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX3.5 4:25:25 595

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 ollver chitty Moyes RX 5 pro 2802
2 Jon Durand Moyes rx 4 pro 2600
3 attila bertok Moyes RX 5 pro 2587
4 Harrison Rowntree Moyes RX 3.5 pro 2443
5 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 2352
6 Rory Duncan Moyes RX 3 pro 2319
7 Richard Martin Moyes RX 3.5 pro 2246
8 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2213
9 tony cross REV 13.5 2110
10 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 pro 2022

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October 22, 2018, 10:54:06 MDT

2018 Canungra Classic

Results from day 3

Attila Bertok|Canungra Classic 2018|Facebook|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown

http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=249&tasPk=1104

Task 3:

# Pilot Glider Time Tot
1 ollver chitty Moyes RX 5 pro 2:06:21 843
2 Harrison Rowntree Moyes RX3.5 pro 2:24:51 784
3 attila bertok moyes Rx 5 pro 2:26:41 780
4 tony cross rev 13.5 2:26:01 747
5 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 2:47:30 702
6 Rory Duncan moyes Rx 3 pro   557
7 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro   532
8 Richard Martin moyes Rx 3.5 pro   479
9 Josh Woods moyes Rx 3.5 pro   421
10 Trent Brown moyes Rx 3.5   280

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 ollver chitty Moyes RX 5 pro 2163
2 attila bertok Moyes RX 5 pro 2059
3 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 1960
4 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1895
5 Harrison Rowntree Moyes RX 3.5 pro 1736
6 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 pro 1606
7 Jon Durand Moyes rx 4 pro 1603
8 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 pro 1508
9 Rory Duncan Moyes RX 3 pro 1479
10 Richard Martin Moyes RX 3.5 pro 1473

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2018 Canungra Classic »

October 21, 2018, 9:09:00 MDT

2018 Canungra Classic

Results

Attila Bertok|Canungra Classic 2018|Jon Durand snr|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown

http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=249&tasPk=1104

http://xc.highcloud.net/task_result.html?comPk=249&tasPk=1104#

Task 1:

# Pilot Glider Tot
1 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 982
2 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 933
3 Ollver Chitty Moyes RX 5 932
4 Jon Durand Moyes LSS 4 922
5 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 895
6 Trent Brown Moyes RX 5 861
7 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 846
8 Harrison Rowntree Moyes RX 3.5 845
9 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 807
9 Robert DeGroot Moyes RX 3.5 807

http://xc.highcloud.net/task_result.html?comPk=249&tasPk=1105

Task 2:

# Pilot Glider Kms Tot
1 Jon Durand Moyes rx 4 pro 31.68 420
2 Steve Blenkinsop moyes rx 3.5 31.36 417
3 Robert DeGroot Moyes rx 4 pro 27.12 402
4 Ollver Chitty Moyes RX 5 28.44 396
5 Attila Bertok moyes Rx 5 pro 29.27 392
6 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX3.5 pro 25.25 390
6 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 25.29 390
8 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 pro 23.8 375
9 Jon Durand Sr Moyes RX 4 17.54 300
10 Richard Martin moyes Rx 3 16.75 294

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1369
2 Jon Durand Moyes rx 4 pro 1339
3 Ollver Chitty Moyes RX 5 pro 1325
4 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 pro 1284
5 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 1260
6 Robert DeGroot Moyes RX 3.5 pro 1206
7 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 pro 1195
8 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 pro 1185
9 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 pro 1151
10 Richard Martin Moyes RX 3.5 pro 995

Reminder for XC Bohl

October 4, 2018, 9:13:51 MDT

Reminder for XC Bohl

This weekend in Wharton, Texas

Rohan Taylor|video

Jeffrey "Jeff" Lawrence Bohl|Rohan Taylor|video

Tiki writes:

The XC BOHL - Remember Jeff Fly-In is scheduled for this weekend October 6-8.

Some of you cannot make it but wanted a way to be here in spirit. Jeff’s loss still cuts deep for our community. I think it would be great if you could send a video message by text to Cowboy Up (832-740-2004) of yourself saying a few words about Jeff Bohl. We will play them at the evening dinner.

This year’s Honoree is Tyson Taylor for all he has done for Hang Gliding in Houston. If you have a good roasting story or words of praise for Tyson we’d love to get those messages too.

www.cuhanggliding.com  <fly>

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Refugio day one

June 27, 2018, 4:06:21 pm MDT

Refugio day one

Cross Country Camp in Texas

Greg Dinauer|Gregg "Kim" Ludwig|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Larry Bunner|Refugio 2018|Rohan Taylor|video

Gregg Ludwig <<gregg.ludwig.cfi>> writes:

Day one of the Refugio Cross Country camp scheduled for Monday June 25, was rescheduled to Wednesday, the 27th. It’s been dry for several days but last week this area received about 10” of rain so we delayed arrival a couple of days. Lots of mosquitoes which may be a problem that we have to evaluate. Don’t want to land out after a nice flight only to be eaten alive. Hopeful the mosquitoes will not be as active during the afternoon.

Aerotowed between 11 AM and 1 PM.. Everybody got away. Larry Bunner, Greg Dinauer, Tyson,  Mick Howard, Nate x2, Rich, and Jonny Durand. Thick mosquitoes all day. Kimberly got hit hard by mosquitoes working the flight line. Southeast winds about 15 mph.

If anyone lands out but nearby the mosquitoes will get them. Mick thinks it will get better further down the course line, mosquitoes that is. Rich popped a weak link when I gave it the gas, he may have been ill advised.

John Durand video: https://www.instagram.com/p/BkixEUYBweP/?igshid=15ghdxnssgkgd&utm_source=fb_www_attr

Larry Bunner writes:

We had a good practice day. Refugio is very wet after the tropical depression from last week. As a result it is mosquito haven at the airport. Copious amounts of chemical are needed just to set up your glider. Just 15 miles to the north it is much drier with little standing water.

We all got off under good streets in moderate south winds 10-15 mph and stuck. Interestingly there were no clouds in Zapata today because of the south winds. Base was initially 2700’ and rose through the day as we headed north to 5400’+ and climbs over 700fpm.

I towed first and had a pleasant connect the dots flight to New Braunfels. Nathan Wreyford wound it down at San Marcos and Tyson Taylor did the same near Bastrop all well over 100 miles.

I’m not sure where Jonny (Gecko) and Mick ended up but they were keen on getting back early to be ready for tomorrow. Robin and Mick are here to fly tomorrow. We expect more wind as the week progresses and better conditions as things dry out.

2018 Dalby Big Air »

April 13, 2018, 9:12:34 EDT

2018 Dalby Big Air

Attila wins again and again, day 6, task 5

Attila Bertok|Dalby Big Air 2018|Grant Heaney|Jon Durand snr|Rohan Taylor|Trent Brown

http://williamolive.com/dalby/2018/comp results.html

A thirty second win today over a two hour and forty five minute task, with Ollie Chitty just behind him. The bigger boys have faster glides. Nineteen in goal with three agonizingly close.

Task 5:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 Pro 02:45:24 992
2 Oliver Chitty Moyes RX5 Pro 02:45:54 967
3 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:46:06 964
4 Glen Mcfarlane WW T2C 144 02:46:31 961
5 Rory Duncan Moyes RX 3 Pro 02:47:14 938
6 Gavin Myers Moyes RX 5 02:50:18 907
7 Jon Durand Snr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:59:07 844
8 Rohan Taylor Moyes RS 4 03:00:01 826
9 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 03:06:09 802
10 Grant Heaney Moyes RX 3.5 03:10:08 781

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 Pro 4738
2 Oliver Chitty Moyes RX5 Pro 4450
3 Rory Duncan Moyes RX 3 Pro 4370
4 Glen Mcfarlane WW T2C 144 4352
5 Rohan Taylor Moyes RS 4 4268
6 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 4211
7 Jon Durand Snr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 4120
8 Vic Hare WW T2C 136 3802
9 steve crosby Moyes RX 5 3638
10 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 3628

2018 Dalby Big Air »

April 12, 2018, 8:47:31 EDT

2018 Dalby Big Air

Day 5, task 4, Attila wins again by 12 seconds

Attila Bertok|Dalby Big Air 2018|Jon Durand snr|Rohan Taylor

http://williamolive.com/dalby/2018/comp results.html

A very fast day with average speeds over 60 km/h. No doubt good winds. Thirty two in goal

Task 4:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 Pro 02:20:30 993
2 Oliver Chitty Moyes RX5 Pro 02:20:42 987
3 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:23:52 917
3 Rohan Taylor Moyes RS 4 02:23:56 917
5 Rory Duncan Moyes RX 3 Pro 02:23:40 912
6 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:24:37 894
7 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:25:25 892
8 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 02:25:56 885
9 Glen Mcfarlane WW T2C 144 02:27:18 870
10 Matthew Barlow Moyes RS 4 02:32:32 823

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 Pro 3746
2 Oliver Chitty Moyes RX5 Pro 3482
3 Rohan Taylor Moyes RS 4 3440
4 Rory Duncan Moyes RX 3 Pro 3430
5 Glen Mcfarlane WW T2C 144 3388
6 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3366
7 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3271
7 Jon Durand Snr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3271
9 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3244
10 Vic Hare WW T2C 136 3017

2018 Dalby Big Air »

April 9, 2018, 9:05:54 EDT

2018 Dalby Big Air

They fix the scoring system

Attila Bertok|Dalby Big Air 2018|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Nick Purcell|Quest Air|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop

Apparently they caught the scoring error from the first day and got rid of the goal arrival position points. So just distance and time used for scoring on this first day. They also used elapsed time instead of a bunch of start gates. I've not seen that before, but have proposed it for our first day of the 2018 Quest Air Nationals. I'll have to ask Jonny Durand exactly why they don't go with the default scoring system on the first day of their competitions.

http://williamolive.com/dalby/2018/comp results.html

Task 2:

# Name Glider SS ES Time Dist.
Points
Lead.
Points
Time
Points
Arr.
Pos.
Points
Total
1 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 Pro 13:00:00 15:11:29 02:11:29 405.1 60.7 416.4 68.7 951
2 Glen Mcfarlane Wills Wing T2C 144 12:45:00 15:11:25 02:26:25 405.1 96.2 289.6 74.4 865
3 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 12:45:00 15:12:06 02:27:06 405.1 104.1 285.7 58.5 853
4 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 12:45:00 15:12:02 02:27:02 405.1 95.4 286.1 63.5 850
5 Gavin Myers Moyes RX 5 12:45:00 15:12:07 02:27:07 405.1 96.0 285.7 54.0 841
6 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 12:45:00 15:12:14 02:27:14 405.1 95.0 285.0 49.7 835
7 Nick Purcell Moyes RS 4 12:45:00 15:12:31 02:27:31 405.1 94.5 283.4 45.8 829
8 Oliver Chitty Moyes RX5 Pro 13:00:00 15:21:32 02:21:32 405.1 50.1 319.0 38.9 813
8 Rohan Taylor Moyes RS 4 12:45:00 15:14:17 02:29:17 405.1 92.3 273.8 42.2 813
10 Rory Duncan Moyes RX 3 Pro 13:00:00 15:23:09 02:23:09 405.1 48.1 308.8 26.4 788

Cumulative:

# Name Glider T 1 T 2 Total
1 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 Pro 802 951 1753
2 Glen Mcfarlane Wills Wing T2C 144 854 865 1719
3 Rory Duncan Moyes RX 3 Pro 882 788 1670
4 Oliver Chitty Moyes RX5 Pro 839 813 1652
5 Gavin Myers Moyes RX 5 804 841 1645
6 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 775 850 1625
7 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 853 749 1602
8 Nick Purcell Moyes RS 4 759 829 1588
9 Vic Hare Wills Wing T2C 136 812 755 1567
10 Rohan Taylor Moyes RS 4 739 813 1552

2018 Dalby Big Air »

Sun, Apr 8 2018, 8:53:06 am EDT

An unusual variation on GAP 2016

Øyvind Ellefsen|Dalby Big Air 2018|Facebook|Moyes Litespeed RX|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown|video

Start when you want as there is no start clock, therefore your elapsed time. No leading point, but arrival position points. I've never seen those two used separately. Trent, who starts after everyone who scored in the top ten, gets to use over 50 pilots as thermal markers along a 140 km course. Those pilots in the lead don't get any compensation for providing Trent with this service except goal arrival position points, a mere pittance.

Looks like there was a good breeze and strong conditions with 26 pilots in goal.

http://williamolive.com/dalby/2018/comp results.html

# Name Glider SS ES Time Dist.
Points
Time
Points
Arr.
Pos.
Points
Total
1 Trent Brown Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 13:23:51 16:02:40 02:38:49 441.2 488.9 29.3 959
2 Rory Duncan Airborne Rev 13.5 12:47:04 15:35:10 02:48:06 441.2 387.1 58.9 887
3 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 12:40:02 15:31:20 02:51:18 441.2 364.8 69.8 876
4 Nils Vesk 12:40:18 15:34:09 02:53:51 441.2 348.4 64.2 854
5 Glen Mcfarlane 13:06:13 15:57:49 02:51:36 441.2 362.8 38.0 842
6 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX3.5 13:06:22 15:58:02 02:51:40 441.2 362.4 34.8 838
7 Vic Hare Wills Wing T2C 136 12:46:20 15:43:52 02:57:32 441.2 326.4 49.4 817
8 Oliver Chitty Moyes RX5 Pro 13:29:19 16:22:52 02:53:33 441.2 350.3 17.8 809
9 Oyvind Ellefsen Moyes Litespeed Rs 4 12:40:38 15:42:00 03:01:22 441.2 304.9 54.0 800
10 Tony Giammichele Moyes RX 3.5 13:11:11 16:07:47 02:56:36 441.2 331.8 21.4 794

Rohan flies the South Australia Coast

March 8, 2018, 7:23:43 EST

Rohan flies the South Australia Coast

180 km, 6.5 hours

Facebook|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor

Rohan Holtkamp writes:

Finally, did one of my bucket-list flights Tuesday, Bells Beach to Apollo Bay and back. I launched at Bells, flew to Jan Juc then to Apollo Bay and back to Jan Juc. It's a 180km coastal soaring flight that has never done before. A mix of dune soaring, mountain soaring, thermaling, orographic cloud surfing and standing wave lift has to be worked to complete this flight.

https://www.facebook.com/rohan.holtkamp/posts/435664463533812

https://www.facebook.com/rohan.holtkamp/posts/435672476866344

https://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=06NihiOi1m9mXMe3jzcHzK3oNe3ilFt9y

Orographic lift occurs when an air mass is forced from a low elevation to a higher elevation as it moves over rising terrain. As the air mass gains altitude it quickly cools down adiabatically, which can raise the relative humidity to 100% and create clouds and, under the right conditions, precipitation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orographic_lift

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2018 Forbes Flatlands »

January 8, 2018, 1:09:22 pm EST

2018 Forbes Flatlands

Friday, Task 7 results

Attila Bertok|Forbes Flatlands 2018|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Nick Purcell|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown

http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results

Task 7:

# Name Nat Glider Time Total
1 Attila Bertok HUN Moyes RX 5 Pro 03:32:01 990
2 Tyler Borrdaile CAN Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:38:48 910
3 Rory Duncan AUS Moyes RX 3 Pro 03:39:14 896
4 Jason Kath AUS Wills Wing T2C 144 03:45:03 870
5 Rohan Taylor AUS Moyes RS 4 03:44:08 864
6 Josh Woods AUS Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:42:46 863
7 Jonny Durand AUS Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:45:11 837
8 Trent Brown AUS Moyes RX 3.5 03:47:32 820
9 Nick Purcell AUS Moyes RS 4 03:49:38 811
10 Steve Blenkinsop AUS Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:49:57 810

2018 Forbes Flatlands »

January 3, 2018, 6:58:34 pm EST

2018 Forbes Flatlands

Wednesday, Task 5 Results

Attila Bertok|Forbes Flatlands 2018|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Niki Longshore|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Yoko Isomoto

http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results

Rory goes into the lead as Attila falls down on the big task and doesn't make goal on this task.

Jonny recovers and his points for landing with Niki increase. The Sporting code:

"5.5.1 Assisting Injured Pilots - If a pilot lands or limits his flight to help another pilot, his score for the day shall be his average day-weighted score averaged over his the previous task scores; as the meet progresses that score will be adjusted after each task. The Meet Director may also award extra points."

Sasha just ahead of Yoko, with Niki on the sidelines.

Ollie wins two tasks in a row.

Two tasks to go.

Task 5:

# Name Nat Glider Time Total
1 Oliver Chitty GBR Moyes RX 5 Pro 02:47:40 992
2 Jonny Durand AUS Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:48:33 976
3 Guy Hubbard AUS Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:48:46 958
4 Gavin Myers AUS Moyes LSS 5 02:49:25 951
5 Rory Duncan AUS Moyes RX 3 Pro 02:50:31 941
6 Nils Vesk AUS Moyes RX 3.5 03:04:27 874
7 Jon Durand Snr AUS Moyes RX 4 03:04:10 859
8 Craig Taylor AUS Moyes RX 3.5 03:11:44 839
9 Jason Kath AUS Wills Wing T2C 144 03:40:58 758

Cumulative:

# Name Nat Glider T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 Total
1 Rory Duncan AUS Moyes RX 3 Pro 776 937 698 699 941 4051
2 Jonny Durand AUS Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 271 981 801 979 976 4008
3 Josh Woods AUS Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 794 988 906 761 537 3986
4 Oliver Chitty GBR Moyes RX 5 Pro 960 910 133 985 992 3980
5 Steve Blenkinsop AUS Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 793 817 881 757 609 3857
6 Tyler Borrdaile CAN Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 758 893 915 952 282 3800
7 Nils Vesk AUS Moyes RX 3.5 755 749 736 675 874 3789
8 Attila Bertok HUN Moyes RX 5 Pro 1000 972 948 285 549 3754
9 Jason Kath AUS Wills Wing T2C 144 747 591 782 815 758 3693
10 Olav Opsanger NOR Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 666 885 899 821 419 3690

2018 Forbes Flatlands »

January 1, 2018, 3:26:21 pm EST

2018 Forbes Flatlands

Monday, Task 3, Results

Attila Bertok|Forbes Flatlands 2018|Gordon Rigg|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Nick Purcell|Niki Longshore|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Yoko Isomoto|Yoko Sano

http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results

Jonny doesn't get credit for landing with Niki.

Task 3:

# Name Nat Glider Time Total
1 Attila Bertok HUN Moyes RX 5 Pro 03:08:44 948
2 Tyler Borrdaile CAN Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:09:41 915
3 Josh Woods AUS Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:10:07 906
4 Olav Opsanger NOR Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:10:52 899
5 Nick Purcell AUS Moyes RS 4 03:11:13 891
6 Steve Blenkinsop AUS Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:11:18 881
7 Craig Taylor AUS Moyes RX 3.5 03:13:07 855
8 Gordon Rigg GBR Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:14:35 848
9 Brad Porter AUS Moyes RX 3.5 03:13:54 847
10 Yoko Sano JPN Wills Wing T2C 03:27:04 783

Cumulative:

# Name Nat Glider T 1 T 2 T 3 Total
1 Attila Bertok HUN Moyes RX 5 Pro 1000 970 948 2918
2 Josh Woods AUS Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 794 988 906 2688
3 Tyler Borrdaile CAN Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 758 887 915 2560
4 Steve Blenkinsop AUS Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 793 808 881 2482
5 Olav Opsanger NOR Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 666 879 899 2444
6 Rory Duncan AUS Moyes RX 3 Pro 776 934 698 2408
7 Gordon Rigg GBR Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 714 817 848 2379
8 Nils Vesk AUS Moyes RX 3.5 755 735 736 2226
9 Jason Kath AUS Wills Wing T2C 144 747 569 782 2098
10 Oliver Chitty GBR Moyes RX 5 Pro 960 905 133 1998

Rohan goes at least 520 km for the Australian record

December 11, 2017, 8:01:37 EST

Rohan goes 520 km for the Australian record

Big flight in Australia, the flight from Beaufort area to Parkes region.

Facebook|photo|record|Rob Hibberd|Rohan Taylor

Facebook photo

findmespot track

Dynamic Flight Hang Gliding School Facebook post

Dynamic Flight Hang Gliding School photos

Rob Hibberd <<RobH>> writes:

The day: Friday 8th Dec 2017 launch 9:30

Launch Site: Ben More, (just over the back of Ben Nevis) Victoria. Google Map of Ben More

Distance: 532.4 kms (to be confirmed)

Take off 9:30 Landed 20:00

Airtime approx 10 hours 19 minutes

He landed 26kms short of his nominated goal which was Milby, NSW which is west of Parkes between Parkes and Lake Cargelligo:

Google Map of Milby Hill

The glider Rohan flew was the Airborne C4 13. He flew with only a VHF radio to get around the airspace.

Sandra his wife drove 1500 kms to make the retrieve navigating around flooded areas. Sandra used a Spot Tracker and arrived before Rohan had packed up. They arrived back home 18:00 the next day!

Rohan a well known comp pilot from earlier days runs Dynamic Flight http://www.dynamicflight.com.au/.  A big part of Dynamic these days is making hang gliding harnesses. Rohan also still teaches hang gliding.

Dynamic Flight products:

Scorpion Comp Harness: http://www.dynamicflight.com.au/for-sale/harnesses/scorpion/

Manta Harness: http://www.dynamicflight.com.au/for-sale/harnesses/manta/

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2017 Canungra Hang Gliding Classic

Sat, Oct 14 2017, 9:51:41 am MDT

Final Results

Canungra Classic 2017|Jon Durand snr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Nick Purcell|photo|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown

http://www.chgc.asn.au/Canungra-Classic

Task 5:

Place Pilot Glider Time Total
1 JON Durand Moyes RX 3.5 (open) 1:00:56 557
2 ROHAN Taylor Moyes Litespeed RS4 (open) 1:01:01 554
3 JON Durand Sr Moyes RX 4.0 (open) 1:03:09 538
4 BILLY Miller-Macleod RX (open) 1:05:42 524

Final Results:

1 Rohan Taylor Moyes Litespeed RS4 2765 159 0 361 882 809 554
2 Jon Durand Rxpro 2750 161 0 294 962 776 557
3 Steve Blenkinsop Rxpro 2542 142 0 357 901 798 344
4 Craig Taylor Moyes Litespeed RX3. 5 2225 148 0 201 885 793 198
5 Jon Durand Sr Moyes Lsrx 4 1951 55 0 320 733 305 538
6 Trent Brown RX 1910 126 0 137 724 752 171
7 Nick Purcell RX 1809 144 0 188 905 298 274
8 Robert Degroot RX 3.5 1740 98 0 112 531 744 255
9 Billy Miller-Macleod RX 1634 154 0 97 556 303 524
10 Harrison Rowntree Moyes RX 3.5 1596 145 0 138 735 303 275

Photos by Harrison Rountree.

2017 Canungra Hang Gliding Classic

Fri, Oct 13 2017, 10:01:24 am MDT

After four days of flying

Canungra Classic 2017|Facebook|Jon Durand snr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Nick Purcell|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown

http://www.chgc.asn.au/Canungra-Classic

1 Rohan Taylor Moyes Litespeed RS4 2211 159 0 361 882 809
2 Steve Blenkinsop Rxpro 2198 142 0 357 901 798
3 Jon Durand Rxpro 2193 161 0 294 962 776
4 Craig Taylor Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 2027 148 0 201 885 793
5 Trent Brown RX 1739 126 0 137 724 752
6 Guy Hubbard RX 1582 147 0 296 839 300
7 Nick Purcell RX 1535 144 0 188 905 298
8 Robert Degroot RX 3.5 1485 98 0 112 531 744
9 Geoff Christophers RX 1453 52 0 307 469 625
10 Jon Durand Sr Moyes Lsrx 4 1413 55 0 320 733 305

Fourth task:

1 ROHAN Taylor Moyes Litespeed RS4 2:37:29 809
2 STEVE Blenkinsop RX 2:37:48 798
3 CRAIG Taylor RX3.5 2:38:13 793
4 JON Durand Lsrxpro 2:41:12 776
5 TRENT Brown RX 2:46:12 752
6 ROBERT Degroot RX 3.5 2:46:11 744
7 GEOFF Christophers RX 3:16:13 625

The photo is live.

2017 Canungra Hang Gliding Classic

Thu, Oct 12 2017, 8:40:33 am MDT

Scores found

Canungra Classic 2017|Jon Durand snr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Nick Purcell|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop

Not here: https://airtribune.com/canungraclassic2017/blog

But here: http://www.chgc.asn.au/Canungra-Classic

1 Jon Durand Rxpro 1417 161 0 294 962
2 Rohan Taylor Moyes Litespeed RS4 1402 159 0 361 882
3 Steve Blenkinsop Rxpro 1400 142 0 357 901
4 Guy Hubbard RX 1282 147 0 296 839
5 Josh Woods RX3.5 1269 160 0 223 886
6 Nick Purcell RX 1237 144 0 188 905
7 Craig Taylor Moyes Litespeed RX3. 5 1234 148 0 201 885
8 Jon Durand Sr Moyes Lsrx 4 1108 55 0 320 733
9 Trevor Purcell Lightspeed 1074 143 0 233 698
10 Gavin Myers Moyes RX 5.0 1051 94 0 171 786

Niki at Refugio

July 23, 2017, 10:57:11 MST -0600

Niki at Refugio

What's wrong with 200 miles?

Niki Longshore|record|Rohan Taylor

Niki writes:

Niki Longshore

I came to Refugio, Texas with one goal in mind: 300 miles.

Here is what happened:

Day 1: It was not a 300 mile day, so I decided to conserve my energy.

Day 2: I got impatient and charged off for a dying cloud, and landed very quickly. I should have known better, but sometimes I punish myself even though I go against my instincts. I have learned my instincts are usually right! Everyone had great flights, and it was nice to see their smiling faces the next morning. Kelly knocked out his first 100 mile flight and also flew farther than my Gecko flight last year. Ty Taylor flew 185 miles on his kingpost landing in Leakey. Everyone else had stellar flights. Congrats guys!

Day 3: The third day overdeveloped quite quickly in the morning which left the sky all funky. Some tried to get away, but it didn't work out.

Day 4: I was the first to launch at 1010 am. I thought I was in lift, but I wasn't. Cloud base was just at 2,000 feet, so making the right decision quickly was critical. I had a low save at 500 at the north end of the runway. Yep, Texas is awesome, even in the morning. Just about everyone flew 100 miles, but it was exhausting. The southerly winds made a course east of San Antonio airspace more favorable, however the winds and lift aren't as desirable as the hill country. (In Refugio, we need to hop streets almost immediately to the west so we can clear San Antonio airspace and make it to the hill country). Anyway, talk about slow-going! I had decided to land north of Schulenberg at 105 miles after 6 hours. It was not a record day, so saving energy was important.

Day 5: Almost everyone decided to hop west even though the southerly winds would make it a challenge. I was a bit later to launch hoping the winds would shift more SE as forecast, but they didn't. I took off at 11 and had to reflight. It was almost noon by the time I had left on course. I fought like crazy to hop cloud streets, but when I reached the blue hole north of Beeville, I had to follow the clouds north. The southerly winds had picked up which made it even more challenging. I was 50 miles SE from San Antonio on a collision course for airspace if I kept trying to fly west. I decided to land. The hard part was trying to get down. Lift everywhere.

Day 6: The last day. Just do it. Fly as far as possible. The southerly winds were quite strong, so planning a route to Dallas was the best idea. Clouds had formed early, as they always do, but the sky was still pretty dry. I launched around 1030. It was a struggle from the start. I had a hard time connecting with the thermals, and I couldn't make sense of where they were feeding the cloud.

By the time I was able to top out the lift and go to the next cloud, it was dying. This pattern continued to happen for over an hour. I even flew backwards on course to try to get the timing right. The thermals were punchy and not well organized, and I was trying to be patient. I crossed I-10 an hour after everyone else.

Then the tactics came in. Then high cirrus clouds had completely shaded the next 20 miles. I made it through after carefully topping up, picking the right cloud street, and watching the sunshine peek through over certain areas. By this time I had gone 100 miles.

The day was more than halfway over, so 300 miles was out of the question. But, could I still do 200? The winds were good, there were still clouds ahead, and with a bit of encouragement from George, I kept going. Finally, the climbs were nice and relaxing.

Around 5pm the sky started to dry out. I had gotten myself right in front of a blue hole with the streets on either side and too far away. I was concerned the end was near. I couldn't believe I didn't see this coming, but I had to keep going. What do you know… beep beep beep. I looked up and there was a little cloud forming. It didn't last long, but the good news was another one forming ahead. And then another. They were all very short-lived climbs, but it kept me up and kept me bumbling along between 4500' and 5500'. My favorite climb of the day was at 7pm. I found 500 fpm that took me back to cloud base (over 7 grand now). Wow!

When it was time to leave my last climb, it was a very memorable final glide. I looked around and soaked in the beauty of Texas. It didn't matter how far I flew; I was in heaven. I love it here.

I landed at 7:30 after 8.5 hours in the air, and 200 miles away. I'm a happy girl.

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Big Flights from Refugio, Texas

Wed, Jul 19 2017, 6:18:03 am MST

A Texas cross country encampment

Facebook|record|Rohan Taylor|Tiki Mashy

Kelly Myrkle writes:

I woke up this morning feeling pretty good about flying today. The conditions were not going to be epic for this location, but they were predicted to be better than yesterday. The task I set was for Utopia, Texas 255 km/158mi northwest of Refugio, Texas where we are aerotowing. I didn't know if I was going to make it that far, but I needed a waypoint to fly towards to stay on track.

I launched 4th for the day around 11:30-12. I had been told that conditions were a little rowdy getting out of the field, which made me happy because there would be lift around us. I pinned off around 2,000 ft in what I thought was weak lift. Once off tow I realized that what I was in was a bunch of trash that I couldn't do anything with. So I went downwind searching for something to get me up.

I wasn't finding anything and the lower I got the more I thought about relaunching. I know I'm at 1,000 ft trying to make it back to the airport. While gliding to the airport I was trying to judge if I had enough altitude to make it over the fence or I would have to land short and breakdown.

I had a feeling I was going to be short when I felt a little surge and my vario went off. I quickly analyzed the air and made a decision that it was good enough to turn in. I checked my altitude so could verify if I was indeed climbing. I was at 380ft.

Each turn I gained a little and then a little more until I was able to center the thermal. Next thing I know I'm at cloudbase looking at the Texas sky in awe of the all the cloud streets. Up ahead it literally looked like sky highways that would take you any direction you want to go.

In the distance I saw Nate climbing under a nice cloud and decided to head his way. Tyson Taylor joined up with us shortly after and the three of us flew together for a bit. Soon after the three of us all decided to go separate ways and there I was flying alone.

It was slow going for the first 50km/31mi taking me nearly two hours to cover that distance. At 190km/118mi from goal the lift started getting stronger with climbs around 500-600ftpm. I felt like the day was turning on and decided to pick up the pace a bit to make up for the slow flying earlier on.

The next 80km/49mi were pretty much a blur with good climbs and high cloudbase. I was slowly going to the right of course line during the flight to avoid a big blue hole. At one point I found myself 15km/9mi off track. Going too far right would put me into San Antonio airspace, which is not good.

I decided to dive out into the blue hole in hopes of finding a climb that would give me enough altitude to reach the next cloud street. While gliding in the blue hole I watched Mick blaze under the cloud streets I just left.

The blue hole almost decked me, but I managed another low save over some dried corn fields. From that point on I got high and I thought I was going to land multiple times. I managed to make it 228km/141mi landing in a nice field next to a paved road for easy retrieve. New personal best and new distance record for the Gecko. Wow Texas what a place to fly.

Tiki Mashy reported that Tyson Taylor flying a Wills Wing U2 landed in Leaky, Texas, 185miles.

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2017 Midwest, day 5, task 4 »

June 8, 2017, 7:56:05 pm CST -0500

2017 Midwest, day 5, task 4

Many Brazilian pilots here

Bruce Barmakian|cart|Derrick Turner|Fabiano Nahoum|Glen Volk|John Simon|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Krzysztof "Krys/Kris" Grzyb|Lawrence "Pete" Lehmann|Mark Dowsett|Midwest Championships 2017|Mike Degtoff|Moyes Litespeed RX|Niki Longshore|Pete Lehmann|Robin Hamilton|Rohan Taylor|Sara Weaver|Steve Rewolinski|Zac Majors

Photo by Mike Degtoff.

The forecast for the day:

NWS forecast: Increasing clouds, with a high near 79. Light west wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Hourly forecast is for a 9 mph west southwest wind

There is a front to our west.

NAM 3 forecast:

1 PM:

Lift: 600 fpm
TOL: 6,000’
Cloudbase: No cu’s
Surface wind: southwest 10 mph
TOL wind: southwest 12 mph

4 PM:

Lift: 300 fpm
TOL: 5,000’
Cloudbase: No cu’s
Surface wind: southwest 11 mph
TOL wind: southwest 15 mph

With the approaching front, cirrus clouds could shut down the lift early.

OP40:

1 PM:

TOL: 5,000’
53 degrees
Southwest wind 7 - 8 mph
No cu’s

Four models show no lift at 5 PM, 2 (RAP 3 and HRRR 3) show good lift then.

The major feature is an approaching front. I have the task committee move the task up an hour so that we can have a better chance of flying before the front gets here. That proves to be an important change.

The cloud from the front are already encroaching upon us as we start launching at 12:20. I get towed up into no lift and only find a little before landing. A few pilots find the lift and a few more land for reflights.

Despite the nearby mid level clouds associated with the front pilots find lift and get up over 6,000'. Niki and I launch again and climb up to 3,000' AGL. Our thermal stops there and I go west to find more lift. Just as I leave the pilots upo wind of us circling low find lift and Niki heads for them Her radio doesn't work so she can't tell me what's up. I land soon. She gets up and goes on to take the second clock.

With the weak lift the pilots who take the second clock are able to quickly catch the pilots who took the first clock twenty minutes before them. Pilots are just working hard to stay up and drift to the northeast toward the turnpoint 39 kilometers away.

Only David Brito Filho is able to make goal at the East Troy airfield.

Task 4:

# Name Glider Time Distance Total
1 David Brito Filho Willswing T2Cx 144 02:12:20 76.15 991
2 Ollie Chitty Moyes Rx5 PRO   72.73 873
3 Robin Hamilton Moyes RX3.5   68.42 832
4 Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli WW T2C144c   65.99 813
5 Fabiano Nahoum Icaro Laminar 14.1   65.00 803
6 Niki Longshore Moyes LSRX 3.5 PRO   63.60 784
7 Glen Volk Moyes RX 3.5   60.53 753
8 Krzysztof Grzyb Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5   56.45 725
9 Pete Lehmann Wills Wing T2-154   56.45 708
10 Bruce Barmakian Icaro Laminar 13.2   53.64 691

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Ollie Chitty Moyes Rx5 PRO 3072
2 Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli WW T2C144c 2970
3 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 154 2933
4 Glen Volk Moyes RX 3.5 2888
5 Robin Hamilton Moyes RX3.5 2884
6 Bruce Barmakian Icaro Laminar 13.2 2786
7 John Simon Aeros Combat C 12.7 2721
8 Jonny Durand Moyes LSRX 3.5 PRO 2670
8 Steve Rewolinski Icaro Z9 2670
10 Krzysztof Grzyb Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 2638

Task 4:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Sara Weaver Wills Wing Sport 2 135 00:51:17 971
2 Knut Ryerson Aeros Discus C 00:51:33 954
3 Rick Maddy Wills Wing U2 160 01:02:03 772
4 Richard Milla Wills Wing U2 145 01:03:48 751
5 Matt Pruett WW U2 145 01:03:52 750
6 Dan Lukaszewicz Wills Wing U2 01:06:06 724
7 Douglas Hale Moyes Gecko 01:12:26 659
8 Mark Dowsett Moyes Techno-Gecko 01:20:33 583
9 Greg Sessa Wills Wing U2 160 01:21:14 577
10 Ty Taylor Wills Wing U2 160 01:26:48 530
11 Kelly Myrkle Moyes Gecko 01:47:55 377

The pilots at the Sport Class goal:

Your editor coming out of the cart:

Photo by Mike Degtoff

Derrick Turner coming out of the cart:

Photo by Mike Degtoff.

2017 Midwest, day 3, task 2 »

June 6, 2017, 10:32:59 pm CST -0500

2017 Midwest, day 3, task 2

The results

André Wolfe|competition|James Stinnett|John Simon|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Kevin Carter|Krzysztof "Krys/Kris" Grzyb|Larry Bunner|Mark Dowsett|Midwest Championships 2017|Moyes Litespeed RX|Robin Hamilton|Rohan Taylor|Sara Weaver|Steve Rewolinski|Zac Majors

https://airtribune.com/midwest-2017/results

Task 2:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 154 02:04:27 916
2 John Simon Aeros Combat C 12.7 02:17:56 857
3 Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli Wills Wing T2C144 02:20:39 851
4 James Stinnett Wills Wing T2C 02:20:35 850
5 Robin Hamilton Moyes RX3.5 02:13:44 839
6 Larry Bunner Wills Wing T2C 144 02:20:49 827
7 Kevin Carter Wills Wing T2C 02:14:16 822
8 Ollie Chitty Moyes RX 5 02:23:38 803
9 JD Guillemette Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 02:18:19 783
10 Andre Wolf Moyes Litespeed RX 3,5 PRO 02:24:00 779

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 John Simon Aeros Combat C 12.7 1460
2 Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli WW T2C144c 1449
3 Steve Rewolinski Icaro Z9 1448
4 Andre Wolf Moyes litespeed RX 3,5 PRO 1442
5 James Stinnett Wills Wing T2C 1407
6 Robin Hamilton Moyes RX3.5 1362
7 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 154 1353
8 Jonny Durand Moyes LSRX 3.5 PRO 1324
9 Ollie Chitty Moyes Rx5 1304
10 Krzysztof Grzyb Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 1206

Task 2:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Greg Sessa Wills Wing U2 160 01:39:42 1000
2 Erik Grabowski Wills Wing U2 145 01:40:17 978
3 Ty Taylor Wills Wing U2 160 01:43:18 927
4 Rick Maddy Wills Wing U2 160 01:43:39 922
5 Ricardo Vassmer Bautek Fizz 01:51:05 842
6 Mark Dowsett Moyes Techno-Gecko 01:55:31 803
7 Knut Ryerson Aeros Discus C 01:56:17 797
8 Charles Cozean Wills Wing Sport 2 02:01:48 754
9 Richard Milla Wills Wing Sport2 155 02:07:58 710

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Greg Sessa Wills Wing U2 160 1405
2 Mark Dowsett Moyes Techno-Gecko 1141
3 Erik Grabowski Wills Wing U2 145 1102
4 Charles Cozean Wills Wing Sport 2 1074
5 Rick Maddy Wills Wing U2 160 1064
6 Ty Taylor Wills Wing U2 160 1045
7 Ricardo Vassmer Bautek Fizz 960
8 Richard Milla Wills Wing Sport2 155 937
9 Knut Ryerson Aeros Discus C 915
10 Sara Weaver Wills Wing Sport 2 135 524

No need to register your drone

May 25, 2017, 7:36:08 CST -0500

No need to register your drone

Save $5

Rohan Taylor

https://qz.com/987793/us-drone-owners-no-longer-have-to-register-their-drones-with-the-faa-for-5/?ex_cid=SigDig

The US court of appeals in Washington, DC, ruled today that the Federal Aviation Administration’s rule forcing registration of drones under 55 lbs is unlawful. In the eyes of the court, it seems these are really just model aircraft.

John Taylor, a lawyer and drone hobbyist based in the DC area brought the lawsuit against the FAA. His argument hinged on a clause in the FAA Modernization and Reform Act, passed by Congress and signed into law by president Barack Obama in 2012, which in part provided the impetus for the FAA’s recent initiatives to regulate commercial drone operations and create an air-traffic management system for autonomous drones.

Section 336 of that act says that the FAA “may not promulgate any rule or regulation regarding a model aircraft,” essentially suggesting that whatever new rules it created couldn’t affect radio-controlled hobby aircraft. This meant that model aircraft were exempt from the FAA’s hobby-drone registration push, a push the FAA maintained even though, ostensibly, a drone controlled by a smart phone or radio controller doesn’t act much differently from a model helicopter controlled by a radio controller. It seems that the appellate court agreed with this logic, and ruled that if model aircraft are exempt from registration regulations, small hobby drones should be as well.

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Still a girl - as of Monday at 1:05 PM

May 15, 2017, 1:07:05 pm EST -0400

Still a girl - as of Monday at 1:05 PM

Rohan Taylor

Akiko Suzuki|Chisato Nojiri|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet|Kathleen Rigg|Niki Longshore|Rohan Taylor|Yoko Isomoto

http://eventos.cbvl.esp.br/en/mundial-feminino-de-asa-delta-brasilia-2017#pilots

# Piloto País
1 KATHLEEN RIGG GBR - United Kingdom
2 CORINNA SCHWIEGERSHAUSEN DEU - Germany
3 CHISATO NOJIRI JPN - Japan
4 YOKO ISOMOTO JPN - Japan
5 Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet FRA - France
6 AKIKO SUZUKI JPN - Japan
7 NIKI LONGSHORE USA - United States
8 ROHAN TAYLOR AUS - Australia

And the 2017 Worlds are still for men only.

2017 Women's Worlds »

Sat, May 13 2017, 12:24:46 pm GMT

Four pilots, two countries

Akiko Suzuki|Chisato Nojiri|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet|Kathleen Rigg|Niki Longshore|Rohan Taylor|Women's Worlds 2017|Yoko Isomoto

Confusion reigns in Brasilia as the Brazilians can't figure out pilots' gender or intentions. The list of entrants into the women's worlds includes Rohan Taylor, which I'm sure that he is not happy about, as well as three women who are registered for the Worlds, which the Brazilians appear to think are for men only.

http://eventos.cbvl.esp.br/en/mundial-feminino-de-asa-delta-brasilia-2017#pilots

# Piloto País
1 Kathleen Rigg Gbr - United Kingdom
2 Corinna Schwiegershausen Deu - Germany
3 Chisato Nojiri Jpn - Japan
4 Yoko Isomoto Jpn - Japan
5 Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet Fra - France
6 Akiko Suzuki Jpn - Japan
7 Niki Longshore Usa - United States
8 Rohan Taylor Aus - Australia

So instead of seven pilots from five countries, which is what they thought that they had yesterday when they wrote to me and assumed that they would get an eighth very soon to make the women's worlds valid (did they just throw in Rohan?), they actually have four pilots (three from Japan) and two countries represented.

# Piloto País
1 Kathleen Rigg Gbr - United Kingdom
2 Chisato Nojiri Jpn - Japan
3 Yoko Isomoto Jpn - Japan
4 Akiko Suzuki Jpn - Japan

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The 2017 Dalby Big Air

April 13, 2017, 11:28:48 EST -0400

The 2017 Dalby Big Air

Day 5, task 3, Scott Barrett wins the day

Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Nick Purcell|Niki Longshore|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Steve Blenkinsop

http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/2017/comp results.html

After just missing goal on task 2, Scott wins the day:

Task 3:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Scott Barrett Wills Wing T2C 144 02:07:26 1000
2 Tony Armstrong Moyes RX PRO 3.5 02:14:15 910
3 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX3.5 02:14:24 908
4 Rory Duncan Airborne Rev 13.5 02:14:50 893
5 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 02:15:00 880
6 Josh Woods Moyes RX PRO 3.5 02:15:35 876
7 Jonny Durand Moyes RX PRO 3.5 02:14:44 814
8 Jason Kath Wills Wing T2C 144 02:28:22 811
9 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 02:28:26 799
10 Harrison Rowntree Moyes RX 3.5 02:35:29 737

Cumulative:

# Name Glider T 1 T 2 T 3 Total
1 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX3.5 863 956 908 2727
2 Josh Woods Moyes RX PRO 3.5 851 920 876 2647
3 Jonny Durand Moyes RX PRO 3.5 1000 764 814 2578
4 Jason Kath Wills Wing T2C 144 871 664 811 2346
5 Harrison Rowntree Moyes RX 3.5 839 729 737 2305
5 Scott Barrett Wills Wing T2C 144 858 447 1000 2305
7 Tony Armstrong Moyes RX PRO 3.5 366 943 910 2219
8 Nick Purcell Moyes RS 4 384 920 724 2028
9 Rory Duncan Airborne Rev 13.5 341 732 893 1966
10 Andrew Barnes Moyes RX 3.5 745 680 533 1958

Niki Longshore writes:

One of the many faces of competition. Final glide is always a tense moment and such a frustration when it doesn't work out. Had to stop for a climb 8km out and never got back up.

The 2017 Dalby Big Air

April 12, 2017, 8:13:09 EST -0400

The 2017 Dalby Big Air

Many in goal, Niki in early

Facebook|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Konrad Heilmann|Moyes Litespeed RX|Nick Purcell|Niki Longshore|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop

http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/2017/index.html

Task 2, day 4:

# Name Glider SS Time Lead.
Points
Time
Points
Arr.
Pos.
Points
Total
1 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Technora 13:20:00 02:23:30 61.1 428.0 76.4 954
2 Tony Armstrong Moyes RX PRO 3.5 13:20:00 02:23:36 58.9 423.5 70.0 941
3 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 13:20:00 02:23:59 59.9 415.1 64.0 928
4 Josh Woods Moyes RX PRO 3.5 13:20:00 02:24:18 59.8 410.0 58.4 917
5 Nick Purcell Moyes RS 4 13:20:00 02:24:18 59.3 410.0 58.4 916
6 Niki Longshore Moyes RX PRO 3.5 13:20:00 02:36:27 59.3 312.8 40.5 801
7 Konrad Heilmann Moyes RX 3.5 13:00:00 02:48:45 107.0 248.3 48.7 793
8 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 13:00:00 02:54:32 100.9 221.8 44.4 756
8 Jonny Durand Moyes RX PRO 3.5 13:40:00 02:34:51 18.6 322.5 26.2 756
10 rob degroot Moyes RX 3.5 13:20:00 02:43:36 49.3 273.6 33.8 745

Cumulative:

# Name Glider T 1 T 2 Total
1 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Technora 863 954 1817
2 Josh Woods Moyes RX PRO 3.5 851 917 1768
3 Jonny Durand Moyes RX PRO 3.5 1000 756 1756
4 Konrad Heilmann Moyes RX 3.5 810 793 1603
5 Harrison Rowntree Moyes RX 3.5 839 721 1560
6 Jason Kath Wills Wing T2C 871 654 1525
7 Niki Longshore Moyes RX PRO 3.5 652 801 1453
8 rob degroot Moyes RX 3.5 680 745 1425
9 Andrew Barnes Moyes RX 3.5 745 670 1415
10 Viv Clements Laminar 14.8 733 645 1378

Niki Longshore writes:

Un zigzag day to goal. My personal goal is to be faster. Faster faster faster. It's not a matter of making goal anymore; have to be fast and charge ahead.

I did really well up until TP 3 at Warra where I slowed down. Caught up under the lead gaggle at the last turnpoint, but it wasn't the ticket to stay with them to goal.

Left for goal 25k away at 8 grand ASL in a cross wind under a beautiful cloud. I was trying to catch up to the boys ahead but couldn't. Eventually I had to stop 2km away from goal cylinder to get up because I wasn't going to make it. I put on the conservative brakes (probably too conservative) to ensure I'd make it.

Taking the cart with you

November 1, 2016, 8:43:28 PST -0700

Taking the cart with you

Using your harness zipper line

Facebook|photo|Rohan Taylor

cart|Facebook|photo|Rohan Taylor

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2017 Canungra Classic »

Sat, Oct 29 2016, 3:26:36 pm GMT

Final results

Canungra Classic 2017|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Facebook|Jon Durand snr|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop

http://corinnaflies.blogspot.com.au/

http://www.hgoutlanders.com/

https://www.facebook.com/CanungraClassic2013/?fref=ts

http://highcloud.net/xc/task_result.php?comPk=200&tasPk=911

Task 5:

Place Pilot Glider Kms Total
1 GLEN Mcfarlane Wills Wing T2C 144 56.11 477
2 ROHAN Taylor Moyes Litespeed RS4 55.19 471
3 ADAM Stevens Moyes Lsrx 3.5 55 470
4 MIC Jackson Moyes Lsrx 5 53.65 464
5 JON Durand Moyes Lsrx 3.5 50.88 431
6 STEVE Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 35.14 347
7 GLEN Macleod Moyes Lsrx 3.5 31.51 328
8 NILS Vesk Moyes Lsrx 3.5 30.42 320
9 JON Durand Sr Moyes Lsrx 4 26.04 290
10 HOWARD Jones Moyes Lsrx 3.5 25.58 287

http://highcloud.net/xc/comp_result.php?comPk=200

Final results:

1 Jon Durand Moyes Lsrx 3.5 3997 813 957 981 815 431
2 Mic Jackson Moyes Ls 5 3921 851 853 936 817 464
3 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 3859 767 969 977 799 347
4 Glen Mcfarlane Wills Wing T2C 144 3745 695 961 836 776 477
5 Jason Kath Wills Wing T2C 144 3509 797 858 578 995 281
6 Adam Stevens Moyes RX3.5 3498 676 751 657 944 470
7 Josh Woods Moyes RX3.5 3488 687 972 762 814 253
8 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 3405 736 847 707 879 236
9 Rohan Taylor Moyes Litespeed RS4 3326 804 846 231 974 471
10 Glen Macleod Moyes Lsrx 3.5 3278 671 871 497 911 328

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2017 Canungra Classic »

Thu, Oct 27 2016, 4:28:36 pm GMT

Canungra Classic 2017|Craig Taylor|Guy Hubbard|Jason Kath|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Josh Woods|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Tony Armstrong

Day 6 Results

http://highcloud.net/xc/task_result.php?comPk=200&tasPk=909

Task 4:

1 Jason Kath Wills Wing T2C 144 2:16:05 996
2 Rohan Taylor Moyes LiteSpeed RS4 2:16:53 975
3 Adam Stevens Moyes LSRX 3.5 2:18:44 945
4 Gavin Myers Moyes RX 5.0 2:18:44 941
5 corinna schwiegershausen moyes RX 3 2:19:01 934
6 Glen Macleod Moyes LSRX 3.5 2:21:30 911
7 Tony Armstrong Litespeed RX 3.5 2:25:10 900
8 Jon Durand Sr Moyes LSRX 4 2:25:39 880
Craig Taylor Moyes LSRX 3.5 2:18:52 880
10 Guy Hubbard Moyes LSRX 3.5 2:25:09 879

http://highcloud.net/xc/comp_result.php?comPk=200

Cumulative:

1 Jon Durand Moyes LSRX 3.5 3572 814 959 983 816
2 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 3517 768 970 979 800
3 mic jackson Moyes LS 5 3464 852 856 938 818
4 Glen Mcfarlane Wills Wing T2C 144 3268 697 962 834 775
5 Josh Woods Moyes RX3.5 3237 688 973 761 815
6 Jason Kath Wills Wing T2C 144 3235 798 862 579 996
7 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 3171 738 849 705 879
8 Adam Stevens Moyes RX3.5 3032 678 754 655 945
9 Glen Macleod Moyes LSRX 3.5 2953 673 873 496 911
10 Tony Armstrong Litespeed RX 3.5 2885 810 858 317 900
Day 6 Results

http://highcloud.net/xc/task_result.php?comPk=200&tasPk=909

Task 4:

1 Jason Kath Wills Wing T2C 144 2:16:05 996
2 Rohan Taylor Moyes LiteSpeed RS4 2:16:53 975
3 Adam Stevens Moyes LSRX 3.5 2:18:44 945
4 Gavin Myers Moyes RX 5.0 2:18:44 941
5 corinna schwiegershausen moyes RX 3 2:19:01 934
6 Glen Macleod Moyes LSRX 3.5 2:21:30 911
7 Tony Armstrong Litespeed RX 3.5 2:25:10 900
8 Jon Durand Sr Moyes LSRX 4 2:25:39 880
Craig Taylor Moyes LSRX 3.5 2:18:52 880
10 Guy Hubbard Moyes LSRX 3.5 2:25:09 879

http://highcloud.net/xc/comp_result.php?comPk=200

Cumulative:

1 Jon Durand Moyes LSRX 3.5 3572 814 959 983 816
2 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 3517 768 970 979 800
3 mic jackson Moyes LS 5 3464 852 856 938 818
4 Glen Mcfarlane Wills Wing T2C 144 3268 697 962 834 775
5 Josh Woods Moyes RX3.5 3237 688 973 761 815
6 Jason Kath Wills Wing T2C 144 3235 798 862 579 996
7 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 3171 738 849 705 879
8 Adam Stevens Moyes RX3.5 3032 678 754 655 945
9 Glen Macleod Moyes LSRX 3.5 2953 673 873 496 911
10 Tony Armstrong Litespeed RX 3.5 2885 810 858 317 900

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Thu, Oct 27 2016, 4:21:45 pm GMT
Our buds

Ron Gleason

Ron Gleason «Ron Gleason» sends:

Seniors – Old guys flying around FL after winter hibernation, Seminole Lake Gliderport, 3/11-17/2017, maximum 65 gliders

Grand Prix – Gliders racing around a course, 3 hour tasks, maximum 20 gliders, Seminole Lake Gliderport, 3/19-25/2017

Standard class, 15M and Open Class – Cordelle, GA 6/3 – 14 /2017, maximum 65 gliders

Our buds

Ron Gleason «Ron Gleason» sends:

Seniors – Old guys flying around FL after winter hibernation, Seminole Lake Gliderport, 3/11-17/2017, maximum 65 gliders

Grand Prix – Gliders racing around a course, 3 hour tasks, maximum 20 gliders, Seminole Lake Gliderport, 3/19-25/2017

Standard class, 15M and Open Class – Cordelle, GA 6/3 – 14 /2017, maximum 65 gliders

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2017 Canungra Classic »

Tue, Oct 25 2016, 2:35:02 pm GMT

Day 3

Canungra Classic 2017|Nick Purcell|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop

https://airtribune.com/canungraclassic/blog__day_3

http://highcloud.net/xc/task_result.php?comPk=200&tasPk=904

Task 2:

Place Pilot Glider Time Total
1 JOSH Woods Moyes RX3.5 (open) 1:59:44 973
2 STEVE Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 (open) 1:59:50 971
3 GLEN Mcfarlane WW144 (open) 1:59:56 963
4 JON Durand Moyes Lsrx 3.5 (open) 2:00:14 959
5 HARRISON Rowntree Moyes Lsrx 3.5 (open) 2:00:10 958
6 ROD Flockhart Moyes Lsrx 3.5 (open) 2:00:26 954
7 GAVIN Myers Moyes RX 5.0 (open) 2:01:35 941
8 GLEN Macleod Moyes Lsrx 3.5 (open) 2:06:31 873
9 JASON Kath WW144 (open) 2:15:02 862
10 TONY Armstrong Litespeed RX 3.5 (open) 2:15:49 858

http://highcloud.net/xc/comp_result.php?comPk=200

Cumulative:

1 Jon Durand RX3.5 1787 828 959
2 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 1739 768 971
3 Mic Jackson L 1723 866 857
4 Tony Armstrong Litespeed RX 3.5 1676 818 858
5 Jason Kath WW144 1665 803 862
6 Glen Mcfarlane WW144 1653 690 963
7 Josh Woods Moyes RX3.5 1650 677 973
8 Rohan Taylor Moyes Litespeed RS4 1641 791 850
9 Guy Hubbard RX3.5 1588 738 850
10 Nick Purcell RS4 1559 709 850

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2017 Canungra Classic »

Mon, Oct 24 2016, 3:18:28 pm GMT

The first days

Canungra Classic 2017|John Smith|Niki Longshore|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop

http://www.hgoutlanders.com/canungra-classic-days-2-3/

A 73km task was set taking us to the SW toward the beautiful Mt Lindsey. We then turn around and head back NE to a small country town of Rathdowney.

Takeoff conditions were light but it seemed most pilots were doing a good job of getting off the hill and up into the sky.

Once airborn we saw a NW wind of around 15-20kmph which swung a little more west and dropped off a bit as the day went on. Nearly all the pilots took the first start gate and headed off around 7,000ft towards the Kerry valley.

http://highcloud.net/xc/comp_result.php?comPk=200

1 John Smith RX4 1000
2 Mic Jackson L 866
3 Jon Durand RX3.5 828
4 Tony Armstrong Litespeed RX 3.5 818
5 Jason Kath WW144 803
6 Nils Vesk RX3.5 797
7 Rohan Taylor Moyes Litespeed RS4 791
8 Tony Giammichele More RX 3.5 773
9 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 768
10 Guy Hubbard RX3.5 738

Niki Longshore is leading in the sport class.

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2016 Pre-pre-worlds »

Flat and empty half way to goal

2016 Pre-pre-worlds

August 19, 2016, 2:40:02 pm MST -0600

Corinna Schwiegershausen|Facebook|Pre-Pre-worlds 2016|Rohan Taylor

Corinna Schwiegershausen writes:

Landed only half way to the 109km goal, but thanks to Nils Vesk and Craig Taylor, I'm quite comfortable with strong wind take offs and landings. It was a howling 30km/h (and maybe in gusts even more where I landed) on launch today, not easy to fly for a light girl, but I'm thankful for great support from my team mates Eduardo Jacintho W Oliveira and Marcelinho. So much to learn here! It just looks like Forbes with more hills, but it isn't quite the same. Still spectacular, beautiful country and lovely people!

Texas On Fire

July 19, 2016, 7:47:28 MST -0600

Texas On Fire

Hot there

Facebook|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Niki Longshore|Rohan Taylor

Cowboy Up <fly> writes:

It is hot as Hades in Texas and you can bet Texas has been on fire these past weeks. We have been burning up the skies.

Our own Texas hometown Gecko Girl Niki Longshore has been blazing a trail in search of that elusive Moyes Gecko Challenge win, but she had to come back to her grassroots of Texas to win that Challenge, surpassing Jonny Durand's 188km to fly a whooping 210 kilometers. Yes I said whooping!! She did great that day.

Mick Howard flying, yes I'll say it again, a whooping 175 miles (MILES) to land in Palestine, Texas. I'm still hearing the beat.

Our own new guy - Falcon Fella Tyson Taylor (a Cowboy Up student) just flew his longest cross country, 33.5 miles today - and yes, on his Falcon - AMAZING!

You gotta tune into the Cowboy Up Flying Club (League) or the HHPA facebook page and follow these flights.

https://airtribune.com/cowboyupflyingclub/blog

https://www.facebook.com/groups/818952661513536/

If these past weeks are any indication, the flying at the 2016 Big Spring Nationals is going to be freakin' off-the-hook. Texas is on fire.

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2016 Dalby Big Air - last task »

Sat, Apr 16 2016, 6:14:55 am MDT

Paris wins, Curt second

Curt Warren|Dalby Big Air 2016|Facebook|John Smith|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Konrad Heilmann|Paris Williams|Rohan Taylor|Tascha "Tish the Flying Fish" McLellan|Tove Heaney|Wills Wing T2C

http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/2016/comp results.html

Task 5:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Len Paton Moyes RX 4 01:56:51 994
2 Curt Warren Moyes RX 4 01:58:39 964
3 John Smith Moyes Rs 4 01:58:47 948
4 Gavin Myers Moyes RX 5 01:59:50 932
5 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 02:00:18 922
6 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 02:02:54 893
7 Paris Williams Moyes RX 3.5 02:03:01 890
8 Konrad Heilmann Moyes RX 3.5 02:04:00 885
9 Nils Vesk Moyes RX 3.5 02:04:25 878
10 Chris Lawry Moyes Lss 4 02:09:50 838

Final:

# Name Glider T 1 T 2 T 3 T 4 T 5 Total
1 Paris Williams Moyes RX 3.5 988 829 1000 796 890 4503
2 Curt Warren Moyes RX 4 866 754 819 1000 964 4403
3 Len Paton Moyes RX 4 715 915 777 856 994 4257
4 Gavin Myers Moyes RX 5 864 835 803 785 932 4219
5 John Smith Moyes Rs 4 727 782 907 837 948 4201
6 Jonny Durand Moyes RX 3.5 658 915 833 751 705 3862
7 Vic Hare Wills Wing T2C 716 913 865 707 625 3826
8 Rohan Taylor Moyes Rs 4 653 916 754 791 651 3765
9 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 832 898 351 759 893 3733
10 Tyler Borrdaile Wills Wing T2C 828 811 818 709 493 3659

The women of Dalby including the Flying Fish:

Tove Heaney, daughter Hannah, Tish the Flying Fish

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2016 Dalby Big Air task four

April 15, 2016, 8:51:13 EST -0400

2016 Dalby Big Air task four

Curt wins the day.

Curt Warren|Dalby Big Air 2016|Facebook|John Smith|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Nick Purcell|Paris Williams|Rohan Taylor|Wills Wing T2C

American pilots are dominating the Dalby Big Air (even if they live in New Zealand and Australia).

Task 4:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Curt Warren Moyes RX 4 01:57:38 1000
2 Len Paton Moyes RX 4 02:09:33 856
3 John Smith Moyes RS 4 02:12:21 837
4 Paris Williams Moyes RX 3.5 02:08:04 795
5 Rohan Taylor Moyes RS 4 02:18:12 790
6 Gavin Myers MoyesRX5 02:18:01 784
7 Nils Vesk Moyes RX 3.5 02:18:39 780
8 Jason Kath Wills Wing T2C 02:19:15 779
9 Rory Duncan Airborne Rev 13.5 02:18:28 765
10 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 02:20:49 758

Cumulative:

# Name Glider T 1 T 2 T 3 T 4 Total
1 Paris Williams Moyes RX 3.5 988 829 1000 795 3612
2 Curt Warren Moyes RX 4 866 754 819 1000 3439
3 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 851 896 849 725 3321
4 Gavin Myers MoyesRX5 864 835 803 784 3286
5 Len Paton Moyes RX 4 715 915 777 856 3263
6 John Smith Moyes RS 4 727 782 907 837 3253
7 Vic Hare Wills Wing T2C 716 913 865 706 3200
8 Tyler Borrdaile Wills Wing T2C 828 811 818 707 3164
9 Jonny Durand Moyes RX 3.5 658 915 833 750 3156
10 Nick Purcell Moyes RS 4 860 753 833 703 3149

2016 Dalby Big Air task two

April 12, 2016, 8:25:09 EST -0400

2016 Dalby Big Air task two

The task stopped.

Dalby Big Air 2016|Facebook|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Rohan Taylor|Wills Wing T2C

http://www.williamolive.com/dalby/2016/comp results.html

Wolfgang Seiss.

Day 2 results:

# Name Glider Distance Altitude Adj. Distance Total
1 Rohan Taylor Moyes RS 4 37.61 +1557 53.18 896
1 Jonny Durand Moyes RX 3.5 37.99 +1677 53.22 896
3 Len Paton Moyes RX 4 35.11 +1890 53.34 895
4 Vic Hare Wills Wing T2C 33.57 +1982 53.29 894
5 Jason Kath Wills Wing T2C 35.21 +1853 52.96 890
6 Sam Prest Moyes RX 3.5 34.44 +1830 52.70 885
7 Harrison Rowntree Moyes RX 3.5 33.94 +1910 52.68 883
8 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 38.01 +1804 52.44 879
8 Adam Stevens Moyes RX 3.5 34.88 +1833 52.48 879
10 Rory Duncan Airborne Rev 13.5 33.24 +1932 52.48 878

The FS scoring system allows the scorekeeper to calculate about how much further a pilot would have flown after a task is stopped based on their altitude at the time the task was stopped (minus an interval, in this case 15 minutes).

A cross country virgin

March 30, 2016, 8:52:58 EST -0400

A cross country virgin

His first time

Facebook|Flytec 4005|Larry Bunner|photo|Rohan Taylor

Tyson Taylor writes in this edited version to the Houston Yahoo Group:

Previously I was the first one to launch and I was a bit too early to make it stick so I definitely didn't want to go first again. Radio check, Jeff K is probably too busy coring a thermal to get on the horn right now. Oh well, time to launch.

Tiki and I had a smooth tow and she dropped me off upwind about a mile south of the airport. But somehow I didn't find what it was that Tiki dropped me off in and I decided to glide upwind a bit more and try the cloud directly to the south. There was nothing! I looked over my shoulder to the north and there is Ted way up at cloud base and I'm starting to panic down at 1700'.

Radio check, nothing. So I did my best glide downwind to Ted's thermal and thankfully it provided me with a lift back up to 2500'. Yet Ted was even higher than I, easily at 3000', but the light SE wind had carried us towards the highway and Ted booked it back to Wharton Regional. Off to the North I catch a glimpse of Jeff K's wing making a turn off, Rich 2 and Jeff B had launched. Radio check, silence. The cirrus clouds had us covered up completely.

At 2500' what was left of Teds' thermal was starting to fizzle out and I glided parallel with the highway going north finding little bumps to keep me afloat. There seemed to be a bit of wind that was smooth at altitude and I was taking stock of the situation.

As a pilot who has only flown in Wharton, TX., thanks to Cowboy Up. I knew that (with the wind the way it was) I was only going to be able to drift a little bit further if I was going to be able to make it back to the airport safely. Safely, what I mean by that, "making it back safely" is not landing in the "no landing zone" that Cowboy Up has. There is a line from the windsocks that is a no landing zone. If you land before it you have to buy a case of beer or land in the adjacent field to the east which is rough and lets just say I don't like that field either.

It was the the line in the sand moment. I glanced back at the airport knowing that I'd be gliding upwind losing a bunch of altitude, and maybe, just maybe find another climb out if I was lucky or there was a gaggle of fifteen or so falcons (the birds, not the Wills Wing single surface hang gliders) downwind perfectly illustrating the presence of a well defined thermal.

Jeff K at this point was no where to be seen, the radio has transformed into extra weight, but, with the promise of lift just a skip away I broke the leash that was Wharton Regional Airport, alone, or at least I thought I was alone.

Right away it felt liberating and I was rewarded with a fantastic thermal of the 200-300fpm variety. The falcons were all over the place! Marking lift all around and we gleefully drifted downwind circling, listening to the vario sing her song.

I have believed for a long time that the birds are very smart creatures with very good memories. It's amazing really and from time to time you see in the news a researcher makes astonishing discoveries about birds and their ability to remember. The way I see it, the birds are always watching us, with their ability to spot a rabbit two miles away, they are watching us easily, specked out up in the clouds, watching how we go about our lives, there is always birds watching us. As I drifted away from Wharton airport, I was met with a full escort of birds. It was as if they knew I was going out of the nest for the first time, and by escort I mean it was as if every bird that I saw flying around my "nest" came out to come visit me on my flight. They wouldn't let me go fly alone, not on my first cross country, it was the warmest welcome I've ever had.

As I topped out with the falcons, our local bald eagles came out to visit me and gave me a solid lead out on some mighty fine thermals. There were three of them mom, dad, and Jr. bald eagles and we glided beautifully downwind together in formation. Never have I been so close to nature at this point, literally eight foot away from a full grown bald eagle and family. We locked eyes.. It was an absolutely incredible feeling, majestic, spiritual. At this point I pretty much morphed into a bird myself and we soared together all the while my vario sang one of my favorite songs, 400fpm.

And just like that, the eagles were nowhere to be seen. More than likely they went way above me, to keep an eye on me. Anyway by this time I am approaching the Colorado River and I set a course over a town where there was either a cloud forming up or dissipating. Surprisingly I hit a nice thermal on glide over a forested area and I went back to make a turn in it. I was at 1800' and was kinda nervous. There were LZ's everywhere and I had to tell myself to just relax and stay focused. So I did and I realized I was getting thrown off because the wind had died down and I had a nice climb up to 2500' again. A buzzard came up to visit me, and we climbed out together.

I decided to head towards better formed cloud and I glided with what was left of my south east breeze. I had a beautiful glide and I was going places and it was neat to see these little towns from my point of view. After a while I began to miss the sound of my vario. I was below 2000' again and I had plenty of options for landing in fields that were way bigger than my "nest" field so I mellowed out.

I kept on gliding, looking out for anything, but I was just sinking out and I did everything I could to block out the LZ blues that was starting to play in my head. Then, I spotted a group of about ten buzzards and a lone falcon. They were doing what I was doing just trying to stay buoyant. Soon enough I was down at their level of 600'. We weren't sinking but we weren't gaining. All of us doing lazy turns in this corner of a field.

It was lore passed down to me that sometimes you have to wait for thermals to trigger. If you find yourself in zero sink, just be patient. So I waited with my mob of buzzards. I was thinking that this must have been a good show for the people living in the trailer across the way. "Hey honey grab me a beer, we got one of these kite dudes bout to land in our yard!" I thought.

Before too long, like tuning the dial on an old am/fm radio, I started to hear my favorite station. My trusty Flytec 4005 vario started to pick up on the pulses of the brand new thermal. A gap opened up in the oppressive cirrus blanket, and the sun shined through to warm up our wings.

Next thing I knew I was banked over as far as I had ever banked and I was wing tip to wing tip with my gang of buzzards. The vario was singing as loud as she had sung for the whole day, 600fpm. My left shoulder was killing me since I tend to favor left turns in thermals for some reason, and I switched to a right turn once I was a bit more up. I relaxed and listened to my favorite jams on my 4005 all the way up to 3000'. It was chilly up there and I was smiling with my gang of buzzards. I went on another tasty glide along with a couple of my buzzard buddies as the gap in the cirrus filled back in.

There I was setting up my approach, still one buzzard stayed with me, and I couldn't believe that this amazing journey was about to come to and end. There was what seemed to be a tailwind on every part of my approach and it just turned out to be no wind at all. I skimmed along the ground half a second too long and missed my flare window and landed on my knees. Oh well, it was kinda disappointing because I had a perfect no wind landing on the Sport 2 155 last week, but that's all I was doing, focused on landing practice.

I just had a remarkable flight that drained me mentally and I waited to the last minute to get my head out of the "thermal game" and on the task at hand, a no wind landing, which is very demanding. After that low save I couldn't give up on the day and thus I paid the price for not being completely on point for my landing.

All I could do was laugh out loud at how incredible the adventure I had just experienced. Michael and Jeff K came and picked me up. Cold beer never tasted so good.

As always, thanks so much to everyone for helping me get to this point in flying. It is very special to me. Thank you thank you thank you know who you are.

Thanks to Larry Bunner.

2016 Forbes Flatlands, day 6 »

Thu, Jan 7 2016, 7:50:16 pm EST

The results.

Øyvind Ellefsen|Forbes Flatlands 2016|Gerolf Heinrichs|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Phil Schroder|Rohan Taylor|Wills Wing T2C

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

Task 4:

# Name Glider SS ES Time Total
1 Jonny Durand Moyes RX 3.5 13:09:46 18:51:20 05:41:34 1000
2 Rohan Taylor Moyes Rs 4 13:07:52 18:55:18 05:47:26 935
3 Michael Jackson Moyes RX 5 13:07:09 18:55:47 05:48:38 926
4 Len Paton Moyes RX 4 12:42:20 18:35:43 05:53:23 896
5 Glen Mcfarlane Wills Wing T2C 144 13:08:14 19:03:39 05:55:25 884
6 Phil Schroder Wills Wing T2C 144 13:10:09 19:05:43 05:55:34 883
7 Simon Braithwaite Moyes RX 3.5 13:08:09 19:03:57 05:55:48 882
8 Tony Armstrong Moyes RX 3.5 13:07:02 19:03:43 05:56:41 877
9 Yasuhiro Noma Moyes RX 3.5 13:50:58 19:48:35 05:57:37 872
10 Gerolf Heinrichs Moyes RX 3.5 13:08:10 19:06:09 05:57:59 870

Cumulative:

# Name Glider T 1 T 2 T 3 T 4 Total
1 Jonny Durand Moyes RX 3.5 33 1000 949 1000 2982
2 Michael Jackson Moyes RX 5 28 909 889 924 2750
3 Simon Braithwaite Moyes RX 3.5 26 903 816 879 2624
4 Tony Armstrong Moyes RX 3.5 34 840 804 874 2552
5 Glen Mcfarlane Wills Wing T2C 144 18 712 911 882 2523
6 Lukas Bader Moyes Rs 4 16 801 850 845 2512
7 Fredy Bircher Moyes RX 3.5 25 887 780 747 2439
8 Jason Kath Wills Wing T2C 144 16 746 764 843 2369
9 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 20 759 824 757 2360
10 Len Paton Moyes RX 4 26 680 755 893 2354

Twenty six in goal. Oyvind 0.19 km short.

2015 Canungra Classic - day 4 »

Tue, Oct 6 2015, 8:09:58 am MDT

2015 Canungra Classic

Attila wins the day and takes the lead

Attila Bertok|Canungra Classic 2015|Corinna Schwiegershausen|John Smith|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Paris Williams|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Wills Wing T2C

http://chgc.asn.au.143us.blankserver.com/CanungraClassic.aspx

Task 3:

# Name Glider Time Time
Points
Arr.
Time
Points
Total
1 Attila Bertok Moyes Litespeed RX5 01:41:08 211.0 70.3 960
2 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 01:51:09 157.2 49.4 886
3 Guy Hubbard Moyes Litespeed RS4 02:10:59 99.7 40.9 820
4 Craig Taylor Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 02:08:46 105.3 23.4 808
5 John Smith Moyes Litespeed RX5 02:14:45 90.5 35.1 805
6 Jon Durand Jnr Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 02:22:39 72.3 11.0 762

Only six make it to goal.

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Attila Bertok Moyes Litespeed RX5 2704
2 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 2644
3 Jon Durand Jnr Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 2593
4 John Smith Moyes Litespeed RX5 2494
5 Glen Mcfarlane Wills Wing T2C 144 2412
6 Guy Hubbard Moyes Litespeed RS4 2397
7 Nils Vesk Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 2281
8 Paris Williams Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 2224
9 Jason Kath Wills Wing T2C 144 2157
10 Corinna Schwiegershausen Moyes Litespeed RX3 2126

The average distance flown was 35 kilometers. With a nominal distance of 40 kilometers this is still long enough to make the distance validity 100%. Launch validity was 96% given that so many people who didn't fly. Only 45 of the 51 pilots on launch flew, 88%. Nominal launch validity was defaulted at 96%, i.e. if 96% of the pilots launched the launch validity would be 100%. Hang glider pilots have not used this variable before.

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2015 Dalby Big Air - Day 7 »

April 18, 2015, 8:13:52 EDT

Dalby Big Air - Day

And the winner is...

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.

Wing comes off sailplane

April 6, 2015, 9:38:49 EDT

Wing comes off sailplane

Pilot bails and lands at hospital

Rohan Taylor|Ron Gleason|sailplane

Ron Gleason <<xcflying>> sends:

http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2015/04/incident-occurred-april-05-2015-in.html

A pilot has suffered just minor injuries, after parachuting from a malfunctioning glider and landing on the roof of a Downtown Reno parking garage Sunday afternoon.

Reno Fire says a man took off from Mammoth, California in his glider earlier on Sunday.

Officials say as he was flying through windy conditions over Reno, when one of his wings snapped off.

The debris landed in Dick Taylor Park.

The pilot then evacuated the glider by parachute, landing on the 5-story parking structure of St. Mary's hospital, near Circus Circus.

Here is a link to live tracking for the Minden flights http://glideport.aero/map?p=GlidePort:472

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2015 Forbes Flatlands »

Fri, Jan 9 2015, 9:45:15 am EST

Recent winners

Forbes Flatlands 2015|Manfred Ruhmer|Paris Williams|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors

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

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

2015 Australian National Hg Championships Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 144
2014 Australian National Hg Championships Paris Williams Aeros Combat GT
2013 19th FAI World HG Class 1 Championship,
Forbes, Australia
Manfred Ruhmer Icaro Laminar Z9
2012 FAI HG Pre-World Rohan Holtkamp Airborne Rev 13.5

In January 2014 Vicki mentioned to me in a joking fashion that she was slightly upset that the Moyes gliders hadn't recently won the Forbes Flatlands.

New ATOS distance to goal record

December 18, 2014, 8:53:48 EST

New ATOS distance to goal record

Scott Barrett goes out into the outback, 581 km (361 miles)

record|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett

Scott Barrett <<scottbarrettc4>> writes:

Goal:

The task was designed to be a class 5, distance to declared goal of around 570k with start and goal cylinders of 400m, great circle distance is a bit more. Start is a road intersection perhaps 1 k SE of Boort airfield in Central Victoria, the flight goes through NSW and into South Australia.

There were good climbs and a good pace, but the day had many challenges and changes of pace, it was a blue day, but I had to go through the trough that had recently dumped rain along the course, there was water laying on the ground in many places and the high level cloud shaded out sections making some slow going. There were forest crossings, lake systems to negotiate without getting into the thermal shadows of the lakes. I got low once, it was turbulent and it was the first time I had flown in turbulence in a rigid.

I had less than ten hours experience on the VQ and I was impressed with how it felt in turbulence, it did as it was told with light control pressures even if the air got bumpy. I could tell it was turbulent because of the negative g, but the pitch was really stable, damped and felt secure. On this day I had the choice to fly a VQ rigid or an RX flexi. I was very pleased that I did not choose to borrow the Moyes RX which just sat on the car roof for the trip, the RX just doesn’t feel as secure in rough air and it takes a lot more energy out of the pilot.

There are beautiful, sparse remote areas that I overflew, the roads came and went underneath me (very occasionally), but I was just linking the thermals and did not ever follow roads. The later the day got, the more enjoyable it was, I was slowing down and going higher as the lift got more gentle and the ground underneath became more desolate. I flew under more high cloud associated with the trough and patiently drifted along with the “1:1 map” moving underneath me.

Now the dry sand turned into shaded out scrub and grass land. There were hills in the distance, at Broken Hill to my East, the Flinders ranges silhouetted the Western skyline and there were some hills poking out of the Flatland ahead of me. As I made my way up onto final glide, the clouds allowed sunbeams to pass through hitting the floor of the otherwise shaded desert. I made long slow glides. There was lift in the shade and my final glide was improving, I was going to make it in for sure. Up until going onto final glide slope it had been a race against the sun going down, only when reaching final glide did the urgency disappear, already having the feeling of having made it and there is no longer any rush. So when the lift continued to be provided to me, I was happy to circle around and over cook the final, I would go no further than goal, but there was no reason not to just hang out, watch, enjoy.

During the day, I had vowed to stay high and await the thermals to stop, the wind to die down, for a nice landing time and the longer I can just hang out, the better it will get. Goal was intended to be Mooleulooloo airstrip, but when I got there, the coords were past the airstrip, lee side of the first hill I would have to overfly. So I flew into the lee side goal cylinder happy to have the height to fly back to land beside the windsock on the strip. Conditions were gentle and smooth for a beautiful landing.

Mooleulooloo airstrip was carefully chosen, it is on the last sheep station on the last road, it is two wheel drive access and easy to get to, it just takes a lot of drive time, about two hours from Broken Hill. It was physically possible to go further, but the chosen goal is a sensible place to stop, as after that there are no more roads and it would be rather inconvenient. Anyway the aim was achieved; a class 5 world record distance to a declared goal, it extended the record by approximately another 190km and that was enough.

I was advised to delay the retrieve making access the station at night because of the huge numbers of kangaroos on the road and you don't want to take the wrong turn in the dark, otherwise someone would have to look for you. The last phone reception is around 70km away. So I stayed the night and thank the Treloars of Mooleulooloo Station for a shower, bed three good meals, welcoming social company. The next day I was treated to a very interesting tour of the place before my retrieve arrived. Thanks to the Treloars my hosts at goal; all of the team, including tug driver Peter Eicher, dolly runner Marlice Eicher and team mate task setter Rohan Holtkamp. Special thanks to Virpi for a successful five day round trip drive and job well done.

The previous record was 379 km (235 miles) set by Benjamin Herring in Zapata in 2008.

http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=15125

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2014 Canungra Classic »

October 27, 2014, 9:30:31 PDT

2014 Canungra Classic

Results from the third day

Canungra Classic 2014|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Facebook|John Smith|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Nick Purcell|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown

http://www.triptera.com.au/canungra/classic2014/

Task 3:

# Name Glider Distance Total
1 Guy Hubbard Moyes RS4 60.02 538
2 Trevor Purcell Moyes Litespeed 5 54.99 499
3 Andrew Barnes Moyes RX 49.77 451
4 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 50.23 448
5 Adam Stevens Moyes RS 49.66 445
6 John Smith Moyes Litespeed RS4 48.30 439
7 Rohan Taylor Moyes RS4 49.10 438
8 Jonathan Kinred Moyes Litespeed 48.07 435
9 John Durand Sr Moyes RX 47.70 427
10 Trent Brown Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 42.85 387

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 1604
2 Adam Stevens Moyes RS 1572
3 John Smith Moyes Litespeed RS4 1469
4 Jon Durand Jnr Moyes RX 1369
5 Guy Hubbard Moyes RS4 1303
6 John Durand Sr Moyes RX 1294
7 Nick Purcell Moyes RS4 1236
8 Corinna Schwiegershausen Moyes Litespeed 3.5s 1168
9 Jonathan Kinred Moyes Litespeed 1161
10 Hagen Bruggemann   1126

Pictures from the Canungra Classic here.

Dealing with turbulence

October 20, 2014, 10:47:25 MDT

Dealing with turbulence

Birds tuck their wings

Rohan Taylor|video

NY Times article and video.

When an aircraft hits turbulence, bad things can happen. At the very least, passengers may feel an unpleasant lurch in their stomachs.

But soaring birds, however they may feel, seem better able to deal with sudden gusts, said Graham K. Taylor, a mathematical biologist at the University of Oxford.

And the way they do it, he and his colleagues Kate V. Reynolds and Adrian L.R. Thomas have found, is by momentarily pulling in their wings — a maneuver called a wing tuck.

The behavior has long been observed in big soaring birds like eagles and vultures. But the three scientists recently reported in The Journal of the Royal Society Interface that they have documented the maneuver in “a level of detail that’s completely unprecedented” and shown that the tuck is different from regular wing flapping.

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Forbes 'Big Spring' Floater Comp October 2014

October 5, 2014, 8:19:41 MDT

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

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Jonny's records affirmed

August 22, 2014, 7:56:57 MDT

Jonny's records affirmed

Nullabar out and return

Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|record|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Tomas Suchanek

Type of record : Speed over an out-and-return course of 300 km
Course/location : Nullabor National Park (Australia)
Performance : 71.28 km/h
Pilot : Jonny Durand (Australia)
Hang Glider : Litespeed RX 3.5 / Moyes Delta Gliders
Date :28.01.2014
Previous record : 56.59 km/h (12.02.1998 - Rohan Holtkamp, Australia)

Type of record : Speed over an out-and-return course of 100 km
Course/location : Nullabor National Park (Australia)
Performance : 90.41 km/h
Pilot : Jonny Durand (Australia)
Hang Glider : Litespeed RX 3.5 / Moyes Delta Gliders
Date :28.01.2014
Previous record : 75.73 km/h (09.01.1998 - Tomas Suchanek, Czech Rep.)

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BoneYardies

Wed, May 21 2014, 7:21:24 am EDT

Gooning in Sydney

Rohan Taylor|video

http://vimeo.com/95728924

A nice afternoon with Paulie Maggot having a bit of fun, Dick zooms, Gar works on his ground handling and Rohan does shtylin'.

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Dalby Big Air Hang Gliding 2014

April 10, 2014, 8:20:45 EDT

Dalby Big Air HG 2014

Curt wins again (after falling down yesterday)

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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Dalby Big Air Hang Gliding 2014

April 9, 2014, 8:42:14 EDT

Dalby Big Air HG 2014

Lenny wins

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

Dalby Big Air Hang Gliding 2014

April 8, 2014, 8:25:49 EDT

Dalby Big Air HG 2014

Curt wins task 2

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.

2014 New South Wales State Titles »

Fri, Feb 21 2014, 1:38:01 pm GMT

Finally after essentially no flying, they get a day on the sixth day

New South Wales State Titles 2014

Facebook page here.

Photo by Dustan.

Carl Wallbank is the only one at goal, with Jonny a few meters short apparently. The day is worth only 368 points and Carl is in the lead. Task was 89.73 km straight north to Bingara.

Day 6, task 2:

# Name Glider Time Dist. Total
1 Carl Wallbank Moyes LS RX 3.5 02:48:19 89.73 368
2 Jon Durand Jnr Moyes LS RX 3.5 89.66 336
3 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes LS RX 3.5 78.54 308
4 Paul Kelley Airborne Rev 14.5 63.40 272
5 Don Gardner Moyes LS RS 4 14.70 168
5 Bruce Wynne Moyes LS RX 4 14.86 168
7 Rohan Taylor Moyes RS4 13.73 165
8 Nils Vesk Moyes RX3.5 12.58 160
9 Tony Masters Moyes RX 3 11.54 156
10 Rod Flockhart Moyes RX 3.5 11.48 155

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Carl Wallbank Moyes LS RX 3.5 387
2 Jon Durand Jnr Moyes LS RX 3.5 355
3 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes LS RX 3.5 326
4 Paul Kelley Airborne Rev 14.5 284
5 Bruce Wynne Moyes LS RX 4 189
6 Don Gardner Moyes LS RS 4 180
7 Rod Flockhart Moyes RX 3.5 179
8 Rohan Taylor Moyes RS4 177
9 Nils Vesk Moyes RX3.5 172
10 Jerry Furnell Airborne REV 13.5 159
10 Shannon Black Moyes RS 3.5 159
10 Simon West Sting 3 168 159

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Thanks so much to my Australian friends

February 12, 2014, 7:40:29 PST

Thanks so much to my Australian friends

My trip would not have been possible without them

Belinda Boulter|Cameron Tunbridge|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Judy Durand|record|Rohan Taylor|Steve Blenkinsop|Vicki Cain|weather

I traveled in December, January and February with the help of many wonderful people. My wife, Belinda stayed home in the US to help care for her mother and step father, so I really needed the support of others. Without their help I wouldn't have been able to come to Australia and fly in the 2014 Australian Nationals/Forbes Flatlands. Here's the list:

Vicki Cain: I stayed with her and Greg for a few days at their house when I first got to Australia. She also appointed me as the unofficial assistant meet director and weatherman for the Forbes Flatlands, and among much else provided a place to stay with good folks (Bruce, Alan, and Bobby) in Forbes. Thanks to Alan and Bruce for help with the bike.

Jonny Durand, Jnr.: He brought me on as the Official Observer for his World Record attempts, which made it so I could come to Australia. Shuttled my gear and bike to Eucla and back to Sydney (1000's of kilometers).

Steve Blenkinsop: Got me another place to stay in Forbes for a couple of days. He shuttled me to the Victorian Alps and rode with me over the mountains then shuttled me to Port Elliot so that I could continue push bike riding south of Adelaide (the first day with him). I also stayed at his house in Adelaide after riding until heading to Eucla. A great riding companion around Adelaide and to the Tour Down Under also.

Scott and Virpi Barrett: They let me stay at their house over Christmas and before I headed back to the US. I store my Australian bicycle there. Scott took me mountain biking (on his best bike) through the Wallarah National Park.

Curt and Louise Warren: I had a lovely stay at their home with their kids Wiley and Gala and got to fly Curt's Moyes Malibu.

Phil Shroder: Steve and I got to stay at his house in Beechmont before the three of us tackled the ride up to Falls Creek.

Paul Kelley: Long time Oz Report reader. Stayed with him when riding on the Fleurieu peninsula.

Cameron Tunbridge : He gave Paris and I a ride to Forbes.

Hadewych Van Kempen: She gave Paris and I a ride from Newcastle to Cameron's house.

Michelle Taylor and Judy Durand: Retrieving me from the outback north of Eucla when I took out a tire and a tube.

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Jonny, boomeranging

Tue, Feb 4 2014, 3:51:25 pm EST

Red Bull releases the announcement of Jonny's world records

Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|photo|record|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Tomas Suchanek|video

http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/watch/21273287/hang-glider-sets-two-records-in-a-day/

FAI announces it also:

100 km out and return record:

Performance: 90.41 km/h
Date: 2014-01-28
Course/Location: Nullarbor National Park (Australia)
Claimant: Jonny Durand Jr (AUS)
Hang glider: Moyes Delta Gliders Litespeed RX 3.5

300 km out and return record:

Performance: 71.28 km/h
Date: 2014-01-28
Course/Location: Nullarbor National Park (Australia)
Claimant: Jonny Durand Jr (AUS)
Hang glider: Moyes Delta Gliders Litespeed RX 3.5

Previous 100 km out and return speed record: http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=5264

Performance: 75.73 km/h
Date: 1998-01-09
Course/Location: Eucla (Australia)
Claimant Tomas Suchanek (CZE)
Hang glider: Moyes Delta Gliders CSX-5

Previous 300 km out and return record: http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=5288

Performance: 56.59 km/h
Date: 1998-02-12
Course/Location: Eucla (Australia)
Claimant Rohan Holtkamp (AUS)
Hang glider: Moyes Delta Gliders CSX-5

The Red Bull story and video here.

Additional video here.

Photos from Red Bull. Photographed by Mark.

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Two new world records

January 29, 2014, 9:28:58 GMT+0900

Two new world records

Jonny goes fast here at the Nullarbor National Park

Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|record|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Tomas Suchanek

I've been under embargo for a couple of months on this story and I'm still not able to release the whole story until next week, working in conjunction with communications at Red Bull, the sponsors. But I'll be sending in the record claims today to the HGFA and the FAI.

Here's the nub of it:

100 km out and return record:

Performance: 90.41 km/h
Date: 2014-01-28
Course/Location: Nullarbor National Park (Australia)
Claimant: Jonny Durand Jr (AUS)
Hang glider: Moyes Delta Gliders Litespeed RX 3.5

 300 km out and return record:

Performance: 71.28 km/h
Date: 2014-01-28
Course/Location: Nullarbor National Park (Australia)
Claimant: Jonny Durand Jr (AUS)
Hang glider: Moyes Delta Gliders Litespeed RX 3.5

Previous 100 km out and return speed record: http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=5264

Performance: 75.73 km/h
Date: 1998-01-09
Course/Location: Eucla (Australia)
Claimant Tomas Suchanek (CZE)
Hang glider: Moyes Delta Gliders CSX-5

Previous 300 km out and return record: http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=5288

Performance: 56.59 km/h
Date: 1998-02-12
Course/Location: Eucla (Australia)
Claimant Rohan Holtkamp (AUS)
Hang glider: Moyes Delta Gliders CSX-5

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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

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.

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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