https://twitter.com/naughtylawyer

http://www.faihgworldmex.com/results.php

SPOT:  http://tinyurl.com/lbunner

Jamie couldn't get internet in the Piano goal field, but David Glover told her
how to use SMS to twitter so she got back on-line again. You can see her minute
by minute updates at the link above.

Zac hasn't configured his SPOT yet, so Larry's is the only SPOT track log I
have. No one else sent me their URL.

The results get loaded up about 9 PM. I'll publish ASAP.

I was the meet director today and the task committee called a task that we
modified after the first pilot briefing on launch. Pilots felt that they would
have to fly too far into the west wind.

The forecast was for no clouds and that's what we got. Also weaker lift and
that's what we got. And low top of lift by the launch (11,000'-12,000') and we
got that also.

Pilots were off in 45 minutes except for the purposeful stranglers. We were
getting reports that the air was level 2 turbulence, but not at level 3. Efren,
the Safety Director, and I were continually in communication with various
pilots, task and safety committee members. It looked for a while that we might
stop the task, but assessing widely we decided that it wasn't that bad.

Again the turbulence was in the vicinity of the launch. Hoping to reduce the
incidents of turbulent flying the task committee called a 20 km entry start
cylinder but apparently that wasn't enough to keep pilots away from the scary
areas.

Hearing from Zac, Mario an Jonny that the air wasn't so bad we let the task
continue. According to Jonny the turbulence was much less after getting away
from the launch area and was the least of the first five days.

Christian was first into goal followed quickly by Antoine and  Gianpietro Zin,
all on Laminars. Zippy and Pedro came in later but took the second clock which
was a half hour behind the first one.

Many other pilots made it into goal. Most with respectable landings. Gordon
wasn't paying any attention and almost hit a cow. A few took out aluminum.

Chris Zimmerman didn't fly the course. Mitch landed by the first turnpoint. Matt
Barker bombed out near the Piano. James Stinnett is apparently not flying the
rest of the meet after the first two day (according to his team mates). Larry
Bunner made goal. Kip Stone, I haven't heard from. Greg Dinauer hasn't shown up.
Paris made goal, don't know when he started.

About fifteen pilots have abandoned the meet either through injury or other
reasons, many with no desire to fly in the turbulence. Today, despite the
turbulence in the vicinity of the launch, pilots generally enjoyed the day an
for the most part rated it safe.

Jonny Durand writes:

Day 5 of the comp takes us around a 92km task with 4 turn points.
Some pilots wanted to stop the task before the start as apparently someone
tumbled but flew away. I isn't spend long in the tumble zone and went to the
next ridge with Paris and hung out there until the start. I did the first start
and was blazing ahead alone then got low and watched everyone fly over me. I
caught back up after two good thermals and took over the lead again most of the
way to the 3rd turn point. Christian came over me high and slipped away. The
rest of the gaggle caught up to Jonas Lobitz and I at the turnpoint. Antoine
Boisselier and a couple others including me went more direct to the last
turnpoint. Jonas and I didn't quite get the climb and the rest of the gaggle
came in above and beat us into goal! Top 10 for the day and I think Pedro will
take the day win from the second start!

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