Handicap Class | |||
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1 | PG | Phil Gaisford | 2.043 |
2 | RF | Robin Clark | 1.815 |
3 | 55L | Sergio Reinaudo | 1.649 |
15-Meter Class | |||
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1 | XG | Jerzy Szemplinski | 2.164 |
2 | 5E | Erik Nelson | 2.038 |
3 | 7T | Sean Fidler | 2.020 |
Today we were forced to plan on short, late-starting tasks that would take place in the clearing following the passage of a weak cold front. The cold front did arrive approximately on time, but the clearing did not. With no chance for enough heating to take place for fair tasks, we cancelled the day in both classes at grid time. P.S. Here is a map that shows where we are.
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Mother Nature played a trick on us today. Actually, two tricks. The first was an unpredictable patch of altostratus clouds that was just large enough to cover McMinn County and its airport right when we didn't need it: grid time. The delay it caused made it obvious that we would have no chance to complete our original 295 km and 260 km Racing Tasks. The second trick was the wind. It was forecast to be a factor during the day, but it turned out to be a major player in a game that took all day...
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After two days of rain, we were finally able to put into the history books the first competition day of the first Continental Championships to be held in the USA! The forecast told us to expect good soaring conditions as long as the sun reached the ground. With the recent rain, it was impossible to predict whether the cloud cover would reach an equillibrium or would cycle several times throughout the day. Because of this, our Task Setter John Good called Assigned Area Tasks with 5 circles, to...
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April 8 Task sheets:
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Live Tracking Contest Reporting on Facebook Contest Website
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