There was a better forecast today, and with it looking like it could be an early task. So gliders were pulled to the grid for 9am, the briefing at 10am with three possible tasks. Many of the Juniors embracing the fancy dress ‘animal’ theme (but hoping not to land out)!
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| Fancy Dress - Zebra (Sally Hender) |
The sniffer was sent out at 11am, and the grid started launching at 11:55am and Task A chosen. Dan (Zebra) was back seat of a Duo Discus with Ed Foxon, and they got their launch at 12:46pm, not having any time to test the area, starting the task at 1:06pm.
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| On the grid in 620 with Ed Foxon (Sally Hender) |
They were the first glider to attempt the task, and therefore had no markers to follow, making it more challenging in the blue sections of the task.
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| Task sheet (Sally Hender) |
Dan flew the whole task, which was a fantastic experience, and blazed in from 15km out at VNE, first over the finish line, blitzing passed an ASH25. However, once points were calculated, and the Duo handicap accounted for, this did not remain the case. Unofficial results. First place got 580 points, Dan and Ed came in twelfth with 480points - 92kph. The grin on Dan’s face when he climbed out of the glider made it all worthwhile. Thank you Ed Foxon, for an amazing opportunity. - Sally Hender
