OCL 949 points!!!

from OLC 949 points
http://www3.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?flightId=568160830

Flight information - alojz maros (0) - 29.01.2009
Type of glider: DuoBanjo, Take-off location: Corowa Rwx Gld (AU/ VIC)

Points for the flight: 949.29 (GFA-DCE Cat 0 Summer Event)
scoring distance: 794.92 km
Speed: 106.1 km/h
Duration: 07:29:33
Scoring class: club
Index: 80.0
Club: Prievidza
Date of claim: 29.01.2009 10:09:34

http://www.profe.cz/airplanes/duobanjo/performance-airplane.html

DuoBanjo - Performance
Stall speed 64 km/h
Maneuver speed Va 130 km/h
Max. speed in turbulence Vb 130 km/h
Max. speed Vne 175 km/h
Min. sink (at 90 km/h) 0,9 m/s
Best L/D (at 100 km/h) 29
Cruise speed (5000 rpm) 110 km/h
Max. climb 3 m/s
Load factor + 4.4 / - 2.4 G


Takes some real doing.

EY

Watch this space

Dave Mortimer, Chairman of SSSA, has asked Carol Clifford to advise you the following - please inform all relevant members of your club/s. So Carol suggests we wait for a further email communication after their meeting:-
" I am getting calls daily on our ARO status with particular reference to Motorgliding and can only tell you that SSSA has an agreement in place until the 12th Feb 2009. However we have a meeting with CAA scheduled for the 2nd. Feb and only after that will we able to tell our members what to expect regarding the regulation of Motorgliding."

what more can I say?

Contest results

The final tally in the Chilean Qualifying GP


1. Uli Schwenk Alemania 37
2. Tilo Holighaus Germany 26
3. Thomas Gostner Italia 24

with Uli and Tilo going through to the final.

Thanks to Elke for the commentary (and, when i get the time, i am going to watch the races - at http://www.rockitg.com/chile/index.html )

Down under they have finished, and the results are

Champions
Standard class
1. Peter Temple ASC 7636
2. Tom Gilbert Temora 7065
3. Tobias Geiger GCV 6964
15-Metre
1. John Buchanan Kingaroy 7942
2. Miles Gore-Brown Kingaroy 6976
3. David Pietsch Temora 6816
18-Metre
1. Graham Parker ASC 7683
2. David Jansen Kingaroy 7507
3. Bruce Taylor Kentucky 7443
Open class
1. Paul Mander/ David McManus 6645
2. Dion Weston 6211
3. Gerrit Kurstjens 5744

(it could not have been easy if someone like Bruce Taylor places third. )

EY

Post script

Tilo added this comment to his OLC flight claim

"This was for Mauricio Perez. In the Briefing the task was called Mauricio-Perez-Task and I'm touched that I could finish this special task. "

We salute both of you

EY

Remarkable day 4 at Chilean QGP

The second time in this contest only one pilot makes it home. Much like R3 was shrouded in a storm in the last nationals, the second turnpoint was placed beyond the reach of all but Tilo Holighausen. He went round and the remainder of the field went down. Elke Schwenk's postings http://www.uli-schwenk.de/index.php?page=news makes for compelling reading as the drama unfolds.

the official website http://www.grandprixchile2009.org/ posting captures it all:

"Like Moses parting the waters of the Red Sea, Tilo Holighaus (GER) was the only one to succesfully handle the showers that covered 15 km before TP Central to TP Copin in the north. The problem for the rest of the pilots was that the waters closed right before VV's tail. Carlos Rocca (CHI) was pulled from the sky in -7 m/s downdrafts, even using the same way Tilo flew.
Tilo arrived in great style, looping his glider once after the finish line. After his succesful flight we was interviewed live by Nick Farrel, but it turned out to be a plot masterminded by all other pilots, in which he landed in the Clubs swimming pool. Unable to part the pools water, he was then interviewed live for all our online tracking audience.
"Team Germany" is leading the competition, with Uli Schwenk accumulating 20 points and Tilo Holighaus 16 points.Carlos Rocca (CHI) is in third position with 13 points."

EY

a wonderful sky

Credit und Bildrechte: Chris Picking (Starry Night Skies Photography)

.. it is a wonderful sport we have, to be able to fly in skies such as this

EY

Chilean QGP day 3

The results are
1.- Uli Schwenk2.- Tilo Holighaus3.- Thomas Gostner
with the winning speed at 132kph down to 60kph and some outlandings.
It places Uli in a commanding position after three days.
His wife's reporting is superb and makes for compelling reading. The start time seems to be set at 15h00GMT so if you have broadband at home, try the tracking!!
Also see the video footage and pictures and reporting at http://grandprixchile2009.blogspot.com/

the finish line as at 150m and for every meter below there is a 5 second penalty. The ETA would have incurred a 745 (ie 12 minute 25 second!!!) penalty for yesterday's beat up!!

EY