courtesy;Oedske.
Friday morning May 25 2012
9.00 ; Day 5 at the CAE/NLS NK is a fact and I guess day 6 and 7 will be there as well as the weather for the rest of this week looks good, not only for the beach but also for soaring.
I told you already that Rob [Looisen] was and still is a good pilot and after his out landing he proved it straight away by winning the combi class yesterday. It was not a flash day,as you can see on the speed of 66 km./h. over the 178 km he flew during the 2.30 AAT. But a win is a win . Rob flew the pre-worlds in 1990 at Minden , I forgot why he was not in the team at Uvalde in 1991, as I had only 4 pilots then.
Steven [Raimond] was 2d again so 3 times daywinner and 2 times 2d, till now, so good on him and more then ready for Uvalde this year. One of them Sikko Vermeer.
And…Sikko flies in open class in an ASG 29 and is doing well, very well. Yesterday he was 4th and overall he is on spot 3!!!!!Daily winner Rien Bastiaanse in the Nimbus 4M, flying during the 2 hour AAT a distance of 171 km. with 78 km./h., before Ronald [Termaat], who was 2 times 1 once on spot 6 and 2 times 2 till now. Ready as well for Uvalde!!!
In club class the pilots had the same task as the combi-pilots and the best was this time Arjan Scheffers with 145 km. with 55.6 km./h. In this class every day a different winner. But on spot 1 overall with 2 days to go; Stefan Telkamp.
Look for more pictures from Oedske at the NK site, but here are a few I like!!
By the way , Vlissingen in the SW of Holland was sunny and pleasant yesterday. No beach but a walk over the boulevard was very relaxing.
CU you around 11.00 as they are setting the tasks for today I noticed on soaringspot.
club ; 190.9 km
combi ; 232 km
open ; 270 km
Tasks are in the East direction into Germany. Look at the tasks I got from Facebook.
The club boys get the B task ,[137 km.] not due to bad thermal activity but due to strong wind it just did not get high enough. Here in Alphen the pillows from my lounche chairs go with the wind.
So after delay of launches to 13.30 it was then 14.00.
Also the other 2 classes go for the B task 169 combi and 185 open. Hurray for “glidertracking” with the latest news , you can follow the pilots on this link. www.live.glidertracking.com
More later in a new blog!