The 2009 Santa Cruz Flats Race
Kraig Coomber, flying a Moyes Litespeed, won three days. Dustin Martin and Zac Majors each won one day, each flying Wills Wing T2C-144's.
Kraig Coomber, Robin Hamilton, and Derreck Turner, all flying Moyes Litespeeds placed retrospectively first, second and third.
Team flying was a big deal at this competition, with a group of southern California pilots flying together. Of course, the US National team (minus Jeff Shapiro) flew in radio contact and often together.
There was only one bad landing, Terry Reynolds, who broke his keel on the first day coming early off tow and trying to land back close to the launch, instead of just landing safely. No injuries, and no other problems. A very safe meet, as all the tow/flatland meets have been all year.
The US airspace data file from SeeYou/Naviter doesn't reflect changes in the definition of controlled airspace around Phoenix, which are less restrictive than previously. The new values can be found at http://skyvector.com. The data files from SeeYou/Naviter are based on the files in the OpenAir data format, see http://www.justsoar.com.
Lots of pilots who are new to competition showed up and really enjoyed themselves. This meet is seen as very friendly to pilots new to competition, with easy retrieves, great air conditions, large open landing areas, and amenities for the wife.
We all paid for a new asphalt runway. The organizers didn't earn any money from the meet. Meet organizers are earning little to nothing from these competitions.
We have another launch site nearby if there are east winds. We'll be ready to use it next year.
Pilots want to come back to the Francisco Grande next year. I'll have more details on this soon.
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