DAY SUNDAY(2) is over

All pilots safe & well
All gliders safe & well
One trailer unhappy with broken axle and will have to have some serious attention

In the Standard/15 metre combined class TD & KZ showed some superior skills and finished the task. However they were gazzumped for any points when the remaining 20 pilots decided to have meetings in paddocks about 30km on course. The rules say it is a no competition day unless 25% of the fleet do more than 80kms. All our sympathy go to Tony & Stu who, while winning prizes dont get any points.

The same fate fell on the club class.

I guess heading off into a big blue hole over the forrest and hoping for blue thermals was not a winning strategy!!

What can I say other than the grid launch team were once again brilliant.

Pat Driessen shows that he is the consumate competitor.
Not only did he drive a towplane and launch off the back of the grid, but then came back to the field and voluntereed for a road retrieve. Thanks Pat....you are the man!!!!!

Noline and Yvonne(Evey) rallied around and filled the radio operations spot as Sue had to leave us....to go skiiing in Austria.............!!!

I should mention that we had one pilot reporting it great at 9,000ft...mm we suspect that it was a certain ASH25 pilot on his way home after doing a small "display" for the locals and then demonstarting an auto(car) launch with a red ute hurtiling down the runway with glider/motor going hooked on behind. Thansk for your visit Terry-much appreciated by all.

Talking about visitors, this morning we had Bob Henderson and wife Eileen visit. Bob is President of the International Gliding movement and proud to be a KIWI. While here Bob presented Terry with his NZ Record certificate for his recent(then) world record flight. Terry advised that his record was broken with 24 hours by Klaus Ulman and therefore his world record would not appear in the world record archives.

Have put up a survey for your opinion on AAT tasks.

Tomorrow is another day

Keep it up

Roy
Sunday 8:30pm (and yes I am off to shower & bed-knackered)