2017 Midwest, day 5, task 4
Photo by Mike Degtoff.
The forecast for the day:
NWS forecast: Increasing clouds, with a high near 79. Light west
wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Hourly forecast is for a 9 mph west southwest wind
There is a front to our west.
NAM 3 forecast:
1 PM:
Lift: 600 fpm
TOL: 6,000’
Cloudbase: No cu’s
Surface wind: southwest 10 mph
TOL wind: southwest 12 mph
4 PM:
Lift: 300 fpm
TOL: 5,000’
Cloudbase: No cu’s
Surface wind: southwest 11 mph
TOL wind: southwest 15 mph
With the approaching front, cirrus clouds could shut down the lift early.
OP40:
1 PM:
TOL: 5,000’
53 degrees
Southwest wind 7 - 8 mph
No cu’s
Four models show no lift at 5 PM, 2 (RAP 3 and HRRR 3) show good lift then.
The major feature is an approaching front. I have the task committee move the
task up an hour so that we can have a better chance of flying before the front
gets here. That proves to be an important change.
The cloud from the front are already encroaching upon us as we start launching
at 12:20. I get towed up into no lift and only find a little before landing. A
few pilots find the lift and a few more land for reflights.
Despite the nearby mid level clouds associated with the front pilots find lift
and get up over 6,000'. Niki and I launch again and climb up to 3,000' AGL. Our
thermal stops there and I go west to find more lift. Just as I leave the pilots
upo wind of us circling low find lift and Niki heads for them Her radio doesn't
work so she can't tell me what's up. I land soon. She gets up and goes on to
take the second clock.
With the weak lift the pilots who take the second clock are able to quickly
catch the pilots who took the first clock twenty minutes before them. Pilots are
just working hard to stay up and drift to the northeast toward the turnpoint 39
kilometers away.
Only David Brito Filho is able to make goal at the East Troy airfield.
Task 4:
# |
Name |
Glider |
Time |
Distance |
Total |
|---|
1 |
David Brito Filho |
Willswing T2Cx 144 |
02:12:20 |
76.15 |
991 |
2 |
Ollie Chitty |
Moyes Rx5 PRO |
|
72.73 |
873 |
3 |
Robin Hamilton |
Moyes RX3.5 |
|
68.42 |
832 |
4 |
Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli |
WW T2C144c |
|
65.99 |
813 |
5 |
Fabiano Nahoum |
Icaro Laminar 14.1 |
|
65.00 |
803 |
6 |
Niki Longshore |
Moyes LSRX 3.5 PRO |
|
63.60 |
784 |
7 |
Glen Volk |
Moyes RX 3.5 |
|
60.53 |
753 |
8 |
Krzysztof Grzyb |
Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 |
|
56.45 |
725 |
9 |
Pete Lehmann |
Wills Wing T2-154 |
|
56.45 |
708 |
10 |
Bruce Barmakian |
Icaro Laminar 13.2 |
|
53.64 |
691 |
Cumulative:
# |
Name |
Glider |
Total |
|---|
1 |
Ollie Chitty |
Moyes Rx5 PRO |
3072 |
2 |
Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli |
WW T2C144c |
2970 |
3 |
Zac Majors |
Wills Wing T2C 154 |
2933 |
4 |
Glen Volk |
Moyes RX 3.5 |
2888 |
5 |
Robin Hamilton |
Moyes RX3.5 |
2884 |
6 |
Bruce Barmakian |
Icaro Laminar 13.2 |
2786 |
7 |
John Simon |
Aeros Combat C 12.7 |
2721 |
8 |
Jonny Durand |
Moyes LSRX 3.5 PRO |
2670 |
8 |
Steve Rewolinski |
Icaro Z9 |
2670 |
10 |
Krzysztof Grzyb |
Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 |
2638 |
Task 4:
# |
Name |
Glider |
Time |
Total |
|---|
1 |
Sara Weaver |
Wills Wing Sport 2 135 |
00:51:17 |
971 |
2 |
Knut Ryerson |
Aeros Discus C |
00:51:33 |
954 |
3 |
Rick Maddy |
Wills Wing U2 160 |
01:02:03 |
772 |
4 |
Richard Milla |
Wills Wing U2 145 |
01:03:48 |
751 |
5 |
Matt Pruett |
WW U2 145 |
01:03:52 |
750 |
6 |
Dan Lukaszewicz |
Wills Wing U2 |
01:06:06 |
724 |
7 |
Douglas Hale |
Moyes Gecko |
01:12:26 |
659 |
8 |
Mark Dowsett |
Moyes Techno-Gecko |
01:20:33 |
583 |
9 |
Greg Sessa |
Wills Wing U2 160 |
01:21:14 |
577 |
10 |
Ty Taylor |
Wills Wing U2 160 |
01:26:48 |
530 |
11 |
Kelly Myrkle |
Moyes Gecko |
01:47:55 |
377 |
The pilots at the Sport Class goal: 
Your editor coming out of the cart:
Photo by Mike Degtoff
Derrick Turner coming out of the cart:
Photo by Mike Degtoff.
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