Day 1: A Devon and Dorset ramble on a windy day
For today's task, competitors score points by flying through specified turning points between Eaglescott in the West and Bovington in the East. They can fly to any of the turning points in any order but they only score each one once.
For today's task, competitors score points by flying through specified turning points between Eaglescott in the West and Bovington in the East. They can fly to any of the turning points in any order but they only score each one once.
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| A Devon & Dorset ramble on a windy day |
A classic Enterprise Day - Since we have strong Westerly winds, turning points to the west of the airfield will score an extra 10 points per turning point.
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| The grid (Andrew Mugleston) |
From the moment the gliders launched in to a sky that most competitions would have abandoned, strategy came in to play. Pilots had to think on their feet and adapt their plans to suit the day.
In the end most found the conditions in the West too challenging so even though there were more points on offer that way, the winners went East. We had several coast crossings with Bob Bromwich managing to cross both the north and south coasts.
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| Chris Gill crossing a coast (Chris Gill) |
Special mention to the Eagle for coming sixth after making it all the way to Eyres Field before landing out just south of Yeovil. A total distance of 157km in a glider built in the 1950s!
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| The Eagle has landed (Team Eagle) |
Congratulations to Chris Gill for winning the day.
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| Well done Chris Gill Day1 winner (Jill Harmer) |
Chris said that he got back to North Hill late afternoon and decided there was still enough day left for another trip back East which he did and very nearly landed out. Chris is used to flying big two-seaters but is in an LS4 this week and said the advantage of flying a lighter glider is the ability to scratch away! Full Results - Ben Watkins
