Finally a real worthy Aussie day, with tasks up to 747 km. 40 dgr. C. and “legs” going as far as 300 km. from Benalla, no worries on such a day with lift up to 4-6m/s, a base of 2500-3600 m., not too much wind 20 kts from the NW.
First launch at 12.30.
A day in paradise, finally! Not yet,….another day in paradise as we always used to say.
And OFF they went…..
Picture courtesy Swiss Chris.
15 m.; day 7…task 4 …with 484.7 km. a good day a good task and a valid competition now as well for 15 m. It should be in a country as Australia.
With 137.7 km./h. Uys took revenge on his out landing and just showed how good his new JS 3 RAPTURE is by winning the day. 1000 points. That’s the spirit!!!
Mac who started 11 minutes earlier than Uys , started together with Matthew and both did well being 2d and 3d; 136.7 and 134.6 km./h.
Mac is in a real good flow hopefully he keeps this flow till the end.
33 From the now 35 participants in this class finished , 2 out-landed.
Overall scores after 4 tasks; 1. Mac [3469]….. 2.Sebastian [3417] 3…. Lucasz [3342] .
Still a lot possible, as you see that you can drop from 2 to 25 as in the “case” Uys , who now is at 14 again up on his way to the top.
18 m. ;day 7 …task 5 …with a 5 hour AAT. Good to see my Austrian friend Wolfgang on top today. Together with his best mate Andy they formed the daily top. They flew 715 and 705 km. in time 5.04 and 502, so a nice speed over such a big distance of 141 and 140 km./h. Wolfgang and Andy practiced last year already in a 2 seater in Benalla. Not Wolfgang’s first time of flying in Australia.
Good to see Roman Mracek in the top 3 as well. Flying together with his young team mate Petr Svoboda, who finished on spot 4 today.
40 from 43 Finished in this class, 2 out landings, due to airspace violation and USA pilot Sean just missed out after 621 km..
A nice picture from the Hahnweide competition from Andy and Wolfgang.
I made a real nice one last year but I can’t find it.
open ;day 7….task 6 with a racing task from 747 km.
Well that is A DISTANCE!!! And some might not have believed such a task, after all what happened over the last week. But it happened I would nearly say as usual, and it happened with HUGE speed as well. Michael Sommer who used to live in Australia and flew a lot in Benalla and Tocumwal was the best with 161.3 km./h on the clock!!! So a real good day!! Tassilo was with him and just was a tad slower 1000 for 982 points.
Here is Bruce with his day:
“That’s more like it! Strong climbs to 11,000 feet and some serious speeds again. There was time in the blue and time under cu today, and a couple of the best climbs way up between West Wyalong and Rankin Springs that were uncanny in how silky smooth they were. We covered 750 km in good time, though I am still seriously off the pace of the good guys. I seem to start well and run close to the front of the pack, then lose the plot a bit in the middle of the flight. I am feeling easily distracted, and there are stages where I run out of ideas!
Good fun flight today, and the grizzles about the task being too long were (just) unfounded.”
Bruce finished the day on spot 22. The UK pilots Russell and Andy on 9 and 13, with that Russell still leads the overall pact with 4804 points ahead of Andy, 4769 but with only ONE point less he feels the breath from Michael Sommer. Oscar has 4601.
Before start the Chinese team was busy, busy .In the end and Mr Peng Du flew just over 300 km. So out landings as well, but only 2 from the 33 who started.So a GOOD TASK!!!!
team China with their ARCUS.
Courtesy Swiss Chriss.
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So when they fly 743 in Benalla there will be good soaring in Corowa and Tocumwal as well. Indeed good with flights from 857 in the Arcus from Corowa [750 triangle] and 819 in the ASH 26 from Toc.[792 triangle] Good old Stefan Soll is back there and flew in his LS 4 a distance of 715 km. all the way up N and back.
Tocumwal pilot Neil Burns had a good flight with Tilo Holighaus in Roger Druce’s ARCUS;722 km.
And,…great to see Jan Umlauf is back in Toc as well ,…a real kilometer eater and his 2d flight was 703 in the LS 4.
Best flight in Australia today was from John Buchanan in an ASW 27 from Narromine; 858 km.[796 triangle]
And for those who do not know where Tocumwal, my 2d home place is,…here is an 18 M task from today shared by Arne .
You see looking up N W from Benalla a little place Cobram where I always did my shopping. Cobram is on the Victorian site of the Murray River, Toc on the NSW site just 10 km. apart. Not far from Rutherglen more to the East on the river is Corowa.
Toc-Jerilderie was the 50 k distance for beginners and Finley in the middle is the spot where Dennis had the fatal accident with the tug.He was on his way to pick up a first-50 km.-pilot.
And as Craig ,the enthusiastic video maker from Team NZ is leaving there will be different video’s now , [hopefully they continue with their funny met man,] but when you want to see them you find them on youtube.
History and more added pictures later!
Cheers Ritz