http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/para/flightinfo.html?flightId=-476979632

http://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:davisstraub/18.9.2015/20:34

http://www.paraglidingforum.com/leonardo/flight/1266834

https://airtribune.com/2015scfr/blog__day_6

https://airtribune.com/play/1053/2d

We were down to three Dragonflies and no trikes so they opened up the launch to
an hour and a half between the first ordered launch and the first start gate. I
launched near last so it was great to have plenty of time in the air to get
ready. Didn't really need it as there was good lift to 6,900'.

Mike Degtoff gets a shot of me taking off.

Apparently I had the best lift around because it wasn't long before I had a lot
of friends. The winds were light and the sky was blue except for all the high
clouds, i.e. no cu's, so it was good to find friends.

Forty five minutes in the air in the start cylinder, and I took the first start
time four minutes late with half a dozen other pilots. I was not too worried
about this putting me at a disadvantage after the previous day where I lead out
three times and the third time put me on the dirt.

We worked 300 fpm before the Casa Grande Mountain and then found almost 300 fpm
over the south end of the mountain. When the lift petered out I headed east out
in front and by myself. 10 km on glide I went over a land fill. Down to 1,400'
AGL I found 250+ fpm which gets me back to 5,000'. All the other pilots who were
with me at Casa Grande Mountain had rejoined me.

A couple of kilometers down the course line a few of the pilots from the second
start time joined us, which should be helpful. I left 200 fpm with 5,700
following after Ryan and a couple of other pilots. Filippo was not far below and
I followed him but we didn't get much and then we saw Ryan climbing at the
turnpoint and came in under him and another pilot.

It was less than 200 fpm to 5,000' at the turnpoint. There were plenty of pilots
around as most of the pilots from the second start were now nearby. As we headed
west into a 6 mph quartering head wind it didn't look like we had an easy leg.
Lots of green fields, we were going slow and not getting too high.

There was a couple of pilots low out in front of about a dozen of us so we had a
few spotters. We worked 200 fpm to 5,400'. I got tired of the weak lift and when
none of the pilots over my head would go I headed out on my own.

Six kilometers later there was a wind change to 10 mph out of the north as we
headed west. We climbed to 5,200' at 200+ fpm. There was nothing on the ground
other than bare fields and green fields and it was not clear exactly where to
go. Again I got tired of the weak lift with the pilots above not willing to take
the lead, so I headed out again.

We were getting close to the 10 km cylinder at the Baker turnpoint. I found 150
fpm and climbed to 4,400' There were about a half a dozen pilots nearby. Inside
the Baker turnpoint cylinder are some very reliable hills out on the
reservation. You don't want to land on the reservation, as they might confiscate
your glider.

From 4,400' I lead out once again and headed into the reservation and toward the
hills sides. I was on my own. Down to 2,900' I got to the hills and facing
northwest I found 140 fpm over hot rocks. I wanted to stay up and didn't want to
have to glide out to the flats and away from the saguaro cactus so I hung in the
weak lift. For about five minutes I was alone but then Filippo, Pedro, Jonny and
a couple of other pilots joined me.

Jonny went out in front and while I was climbing at 300 fpm, he found 600 fpm. I
joined him and soon three of us were at 6,300' and Pedro and Filippo were at
least 1,500' below us. The three of us headed northwest along the ridge line and
toward the next set of small hills.

We stopped for 300 fpm and then saw Pedro and Filippo. They must have hit a
boomer as they were right up with us. We joined them back a bit for 300 fpm to
7,200'.

We raced to the north most set of small hills and when we got there there was
again 300 fpm. We climbed up with me on the bottom now and Pedro and Fillipo
left first. I think maybe the other pilot was Kraig Coomber. Jonny hung around
for a few more minutes of turning. I could not figure out why. Did he want to
stay in second place? I don't think so.

There was a giant shadow from the thick high clouds on the way to goal but we
were so high that it didn't matter. Six pilots made goal. A nineteen kilometer
final glide.