http://www.gulgongclassic.com/

William Olive <<William.Olive>>
writes:

The scores on the web site are the final scores: Junior first,
Atilla second and Trent Brown third (they were the task committee....hmmmm).
Rory Duncan was first in sport class with a very good performance overall.

For the last day the task committee called an approximately 190km task to Jerrys
Plains via Cassilis, almost the same task that was cancelled the day before due
to a restricted military airspace being activated. The surface winds were 15
knts gusting and it was over 38C on the strip when towing commenced, and it was
obvious the winds aloft were even stronger.

We were using an ordered launch, so as to ensure that pilots didn't have to wait
on the field fully kitted up in the heat, and we had only launched about nine of
the alternates before the safety committee suggested that it may be prudent to
call a halt.

Most of the pilots made it back to the strip for interesting landings, Attila
was the last back. Lisa Bradley and Mark Russell landed in paddocks down wind of
the strip. We had a moment on concern for Mark, but he was found OK.

In the wash up, we flew on every one of the eight days (including the practice
day). Two days were not taskable and one task was cancelled due to the wind. We
got four valid comp rounds with some very challenging tasks and one spot landing
comp on a non taskable day (won by James McKirdy). The tugs burnt more fuel on
that day than any other.

We had hundreds of tows in, at times, very challenging conditions with no
incidents. The standard of towing was pleasingly high. It was great to see all
the international pilots show up for the event, in particularly the Kiwis who
support all our comps (and also make a great effort for the presentation too,
Jamie Sheldon should have some good pics on her blog I think).

http://naughtylawyertravels.blogspot.com.au/

Final Results: