Your veteran Wednesday blogger would like wish all club members and Wednesday flyers a very happy Christmas and a more flyable new year and a special thank you to the club officials who are doing such a fantastic job for the club.
Happy Landings and best wishes for the New Year - John Street
Condor Racing
The Tuesday afternoon race was 220kms in Austria with a ridge run but needing a few thermals at strategic points as well, Salzburg - Aschau Vale - Zell-am-See - Salzburg, with Jill Harmer finishing marginally fastest at 118kph, (thanks to missing the start at the first attempt and having to restart and Stewart marking some good thermals.)
With no "real" flying on Wednesday due to incessant heavy rain at North Hill, there was a callout for another Condor race (where the sun always shines). So another task in the Austrian Alps - 203Kms centred on Innsbruck.
7 racers lined up including John Davis in his brand new Ventus 3, Stewart Henshall in ASG29, Dan Hender in JS1 and David Clements, Chris Warnes, Pete Harmer and Matt Howard in Antares18. The task needed some careful topping up from the ridge lift to cross some valley gaps. With Stewart and Dan having flown the task in a Eurobattle comp last week, they were keen to explore the optimal routings, with a tricky col to climb over on the final glide. -
Happy Christmas to all our DSGC Blog readers - J&P
