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UK Northern Regional Gliding Championships 2013

United Kingdom,   27 July 2013 – 4 August 2013

Mon 29/07/2013

Monday's briefing resulted in the following task options:

SU1 - WBS - NRT - YOE - SutFinS = 174.4km

SU1 - WET - THI - YOE - SutFinS = 136.8km

SU1 - TON - THI - CAR - SU4 - SutFinS = 91.8km 

After a few hrs grid squatting the Director took a flight to feel what the air was doing. After landing long, near the clubhouse, it was decided to scrub the day. The call being made 30 seconds before a torrential down pour. A few cunning pilots figured where the best place to stay dry at short notice could be:

Shelter from rain in Glider

Picture courtesy Chris Gill - 173.

 

Written on 31 July 2013 at 13:20.

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Task 5, 4 Aug 2013
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