15-01-2008 Alphen aan den Rijn

I mentioned  last sunday,  or did I forget, that after the State comps at Benalla the Australian Nationals  were due and after one official practise day , we had day 1 which  started with great tasks and results.
Good friend Gerrit Kurstjens is one of the competitors and after day 1 he was 2d behind Tomas Rendla [CZE] in open class.What great speed and what great flights!!!!
Tomas flew in his ASW 22/BLE an AAT  between 280 and 553 km.,in exactly the 3 hours which were requested ,with a speed of 137 km p/h over 411.3 km.
 Gerrit flew over 374 km a speed of 124.9 kmp/h.

And what about Mac!!?? Yes Makoto Ichikawa! Our Japanese friend flew in 18 m. class an AAT between 280 and 553 km. in 3 hours over 414.8 km. in his ASG 29. His SPEED: 138.1 km.

In 15 m. class the best speed was 122 km.p/h over 384 km also an AAT in 3 hours and in standard class another AAT with 3 hours and a speed of 125.6 km over 392 km. Good, very good !

Great results on day 1 from Temora airfield in NSW [Australia] .
Look for the next couple of days on; www.soaringspot.com/ausmulti2008/
Jo will give us later a detailed coverage of these comps.

Enjoy it! Ritz