For today's task we have a Compass Rose with North / South / East / West lines centred on North Hill, competitors are tasked with flying to a turning point in each quadrant and back to North Hill.
On the face of it the weather looks similar to yesterday and we are expecting the cloud cover to break allowing thermals to develop. However, our weather correspondent says the air is a bit moister and more unstable than yesterday so there is a possibility it will cycle quickly.
Day 2 winner Chris Gill (Jill Harmer)
And it turned into another classic Enterprise day, in many ways similar to Day 1 but also very different. The weather was forecast to be windier with more likelihood of cloud increasing and filling the sky in but good conditions in between.
The task was designed to give pilots the opportunity to score points locally as well as leaving the possibility open for much longer flights if the conditions allowed.
In the end the gliders launched into excellent conditions and many pilots immediately started eating up the kilometres. The cloud did not fill back in as quickly as anticipated so it's fair to say it was the most ambitious pilots who won the day in the end.
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| Task Day 2 Compass Rose |
Special mention must be made once again to John Burrow and John Pursey in the Eagle (BBB) for their 128km flight to Salisbury which, along with some creative interpretation of the scoring rules meant they finished in fifth place. We note that even without the handicap on distance points the Eagle would have finished in 14th place (in a field of 27 modern gliders!).
Special mention must also be made to Rod Witter / Simon Marriott in the Arcus (OEL) for a remarkable out and return to Lasham covering a total distance of 397km. They would have been the runaway winner of the day had they completed the task and landed back on the airfield, but sadly they couldn't reach North Hill and ended up starting the engine just 20km or so short.
The day winner was once again Chris Gill in his LS4 (449) with a much more modest 293km but the bonus points for landing back plus a full set of turning point bonuses saw him pip Rod to the top spot.
Chris has taken an early commanding lead after two days of competition but there are still 6 days of flying remaining and anything could happen! - Ben Watkins
