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2018 Quest Air Nationals Series

Mon, Nov 27 2017, 7:14:35 am PST

The meet is over-subscribed

Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|André Wolfe|André Wolfe|Attila Bertok|Bill Soderquist|Bruce Barmakian|Christian Ciech|CIVL|Davide Guiducci|David Gibson|Davis Straub|Derrick Turner|Dustin Martin|Filippo Oppici|Glen Volk|John Simon|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Kevin Carter|Kraig Coomber|Krzysztof "Krys/Kris" Grzyb|Larry Bunner|Lawrence "Pete" Lehmann|Marco Laurenzi|Pete Lehmann|Primoz Gricar|Quest Air|Quest Air Nationals 2018|Robin Hamilton|Steve Blenkinsop|Thomas Weissenberger|USHPA|World Pilot Ranking Scheme|Zac Majors

The meet filled up in three days. We have 82 pilots registered. We are currently looking at expanding the number of pilots who can attend. Frankly we had no idea that this would happen so quickly. We have to follow the following USHPA rule:

All competitors should be registered on a first-come, first-served basis except during the first 30 days of registration, where 30% of the available places may be held for the top 20 NTSS and top 30 WPRS ranked pilots.

We'll use NTSS and WPRS rankings as of November 1st, 2017.

Pos Name
1 Zac Majors
2 Robin Hamilton
3 Bruce Barmakian
4 John Simon
5 Kraig Coomber
6 Dustin Martin
7 Larry Bunner
8 Derrick Turner
9 James Stinnet
10 Jd Guillemette
11 Davis Straub
12 Bill Soderquist
13 Kevin Carter
14 Patrick Pannese
15 David Gibson
16 Glen Volk
17 Kevin Dutt
18 Mick Howard
19 Krzysztof Grzyb
20 Pete Lehmann

WPRS

Rank Name CIVL ID
1 JONNY Durand 2231
2 ALESSANDRO Ploner 5724
3 FILIPPO Oppici 6295
4 THOMAS Weissenberger 7819
5 CHRISTIAN Ciech 6034
6 ALVARO Figueiredo Sandoli 5760
7 MARIO Alonzi 7043
8 ANDRE Wolf 5783
9 PETR Benes 9764
10 DAVIDE Guiducci 6142
11 MARCO Laurenzi 25161
12 DAN Vyhnalik 6089
13 DAVID Brito Filho 13846
14 CARLOS Niemeyer 6001
15 PETER Neuenschwander 398
16 GLEN Mcfarlane 17641
17 VALENTINO Bau 7889
18 GRANT Crossingham 6440
19 STEVE Blenkinsop 7701
20 PRIMOZ Gricar 7437
21 BALAZS Ujhelyi 5893
22 ATTILA Bertok 5885
23 ROLAND Wöhrle 7547
24 JOSH Woods 42097
25 RODOLFO Gotes 12376
26 ANTON Moroder 5842
27 TAKASHI Sunama 7755
28 ROBIN Hamilton 7536
29 GUY Hubbard 6467
30 OLAV Opsanger 7271

To secure a higher place in the order that pilots are chosen to participate in the competition, we need pilots to be confirmed. To be confirmed you need to register, fill out on-line and send in your correct waivers and medical form (use Adobe Acrobat DC - the free version, https://helpx.adobe.com/reader/faq.html), and pay the entry fee. See:

https://airtribune.com/2018-quest-air-national-series/info/details__info

https://OzReport.com/waivers.php

https://OzReport.com/2018QuestAirpay.php

We will keep track of the order in which pilots are confirmed (everything is time and date stamped), check any forms for errors, and notify pilots if they are allowed entry into the meet.

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2016 Santa Cruz Flats Race »

September 17, 2016, 10:51:35 pm MST

2016 Santa Cruz Flats Race

Final results

Bruce Barmakian|competition|David Gibson|John Simon|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Kevin Carter|Kraig Coomber|Moyes Litespeed RX|Niki Longshore|Robin Hamilton|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2016|Tyler Borradaile

https://airtribune.com/santacruzflatsrace2016/results

Task 6:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Robin Hamilton Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 01:56:34 990
2 Josh Woods Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 01:56:53 980
3 Bruce Barmakian Laminar 01:56:55 970
4 Tyler Borradaile Wills Wing T2C 01:57:15 944
5 Kraig Coomber Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 01:57:42 930
6 Jonny Durand Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 02:05:38 850
7 Patrick Pannese Wills Wing T2C 154 02:10:30 801
8 Kevin Carter Wills Wing T2C 154 02:04:28 782
9 Pedro L. Garcia Wills Wing T2C 144 02:18:20 767
10 John Simon Aeros Combat C 12.7 02:05:43 761

Final:

# Name Glider Total
1 Kraig Coomber Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 4187
2 Jonny Durand Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 3872
3 Kevin Carter Wills Wing T2C 154 3774
4 Bruce Barmakian Laminar 3597
5 Tyler Borradaile Wills Wing T2C 3579
6 David Gibson Wills Wing T2C 144 3550
7 Josh Woods Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 3419
8 Pedro L. Garcia Wills Wing T2C 144 3364
9 Patrick Pannese Wills Wing T2C 154 3288
10 Robin Hamilton Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 3257

Sport task 6:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Kelly Myrkle Moyes Gecko 00:54:12 829
2 Niki Longshore Moyes Gecko 01:25:08 485

Final:

# Name Glider Total
1 Kelly Myrkle Moyes Gecko 4500
2 Niki Longshore Moyes Gecko 3331

2016 Santa Cruz Flats Race »

September 16, 2016, 10:36:58 pm MST

2016 Santa Cruz Flats Race

Friday's task with very preliminary results

Belinda Boulter|Bill Soderquist|Bruce Barmakian|David Gibson|Dustin Martin|Facebook|John Simon|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Kevin Carter|Kraig Coomber|Moyes Litespeed RX|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2016|Tyler Borradaile|Zac Majors

The forecast was for very light winds, no cu's, of course, and good lift, hopefully as good as Thursday. I encouraged the task committee to keep us out of the cultivated areas and for the most part they did.

I was near the back of the staging line a few pilots in front of Zac and that turned out to be a great thing for all of us as we didn't have spend an hour and forty five minutes in the start cylinder. Just forty minutes, thanks very much.

The lift was good right at launch and I pinned off at 1,000' after being pulled up by Bobby for the third day in a row. He stated to the folks on the ground that no one deserved a second tow as the lift was so plentiful.

The lift in the first thermal to 5,500' averaged over 400 fpm. Then the lift slowed down but soon almost everyone was up over 8,500'. We had to hang out for another twenty minutes but still were able to take the first start window at 7,000' and then quickly find a 300+ fpm to over 8,000'.

The course was to the northwest to Montezuma Peak, south to the off ramp for highway 84 at I8 and then back east to the Francisco Grande hotel. It was possible to stay north of the course line on the first leg to stay out of the cultivated fields out of Maricopa.

I raced following about eight pilots, four of who I could see, toward the north side of Maricopa. It took fifteen kilometers before those of us behind found 300+ fpm to get back up from 3,500' just on the dry east side of Maricopa.

I climbed back up to 7,000' with Bruce and Dustin and another pilot a little higher. We headed northwest again and just over the northwest corner of Maricopa we came in over eight pilots struggling at least three thousand feet below us. We had just flown over the lead gaggle.

The lift was a little over 100 fpm above these guys so Dustin, Bruce and I headed toward the big mountain and over the alluvial fan that spreads out from it to the south and east. I have been over this area a number of times and always found good lift before getting to the mountain side itself.

The lift before the hill side was only 100+ fpm and after gaining 500' I followed Bruce and Dustin in to the mountain face. I had seen one of them start climbing well so I went for it at about 4,000'. We were in the lead by far.

Getting to the hill side I didn't find any lift. Bruce and Dustin continued after the brief episode of lift to the west side I followed but didn't find any thing and had to land way back off road to the west of the mountain and on Indian land. Fortunately I found a nice open area to land without having to negotiate too many saguaro cactus.

Walked out about three miles on a jeep track just in time to find Belinda driving up a dirt road that connected to the jeep track. We drove back in to pick up the gear and glider.

A great romantic adventure for our anniversary.

Other more patient pilots got up on the mountain but not as high as we have been before, merely to about 9,000' and then they headed south along the low north-south range finding little if any lift. Dustin mentioned that he faced an 18 kmh east wind as he got to the second turnpoint and after working an hour to get to 6,000' being pushed to the west still landed at the turnpoint. The winds were forecast to be very very light today.

Preliminary results:

# Name Glider Distance Total
1 Kraig Coomber Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 94.48 917
2 Alex Cuddy Moyes Litespeed RX 4 89.76 881
3 JD Guillemette Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 89.14 880
4 Bill Soderquist Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 88.79 876
5 Tyler Borradaile Wills Wing T2C 87.49 864
6 Jonny Durand Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 87.61 861
7 Josh Woods Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 86.69 852
8 Derreck Turner Moyes Litespeed RX5 86.56 846
9 Patrick Pannese Wills Wing T2C 154 86.05 840
10 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 144 85.94 835

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Kraig Coomber Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 3258
2 Jonny Durand Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 3022
3 Kevin Carter Wills Wing T2C 154 2992
4 David Gibson Wills Wing T2C 144 2871
5 Derreck Turner Moyes Litespeed RX5 2827
6 Tyler Borradaile Wills Wing T2C 2635
7 Bruce Barmakian Laminar 2626
8 Patrick Pannese Wills Wing T2C 154 2487
9 Josh Woods Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 2439
10 Alex Cuddy Moyes Litespeed RX 4 2405

We also had an unfortunate incident where a pilot clipped a tree on landing out. He was unconscious and was helicoptered to the hospital. Larry Bunner was on the scene quickly and stated later that the pilot and John Simon got themselves in a situation where they did not have good landing options.

2016 Santa Cruz Flats Race »

September 16, 2016, 10:14:44 MST

2016 Santa Cruz Flats Race

Rescored with proper track logs

Bruce Barmakian|competition|David Gibson|Davis Straub|Dustin Martin|John Simon|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Kevin Carter|Kraig Coomber|Larry Bunner|Moyes Litespeed RX|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2016|Tyler Borradaile|Zac Majors

Task 4 from Thursday redone:

https://airtribune.com/santacruzflatsrace2016/results

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 144 01:19:24 979
2 Kevin Carter Wills Wing T2C 154 01:19:31 956
3 Kraig Coomber Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 01:19:36 946
4 Tyler Borradaile Wills Wing T2C 01:19:48 931
5 Derreck Turner Moyes Litespeed RX5 01:20:22 923
6 Dustin Martin Wills Wing T2C 144 01:20:23 912
7 David Gibson Wills Wing T2C 144 01:20:27 903
8 Davis Straub Wills Wing T2C 144 01:22:02 879
9 John Simon Aeros Combat C 12.7 01:22:48 867
10 Larry Bunner Wills Wing T2C 144 01:28:11 805

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Kevin Carter Wills Wing T2C 154 2409
2 Kraig Coomber Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 2341
3 Jonny Durand Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 2161
4 Larry Bunner Wills Wing T2C 144 2160
5 David Gibson Wills Wing T2C 144 2157
6 Pedro L. Garcia Wills Wing T2C 144 2049
7 Bruce Barmakian Laminar 2043
8 Derreck Turner Moyes Litespeed RX5 1981
9 Kevin Dutt Icaro Z9 1808
10 Tyler Borradaile Wills Wing T2C 1771

2016 Santa Cruz Flats Race »

September 15, 2016, 9:00:04 pm MST

2016 Santa Cruz Flats Race

Day 5, preliminary results

Bruce Barmakian|competition|David Gibson|Davis Straub|Dustin Martin|Gary Anderson|John Simon|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Kevin Carter|Kraig Coomber|Larry Bunner|Moyes Litespeed RX|Niki Longshore|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2016|Tyler Borradaile|Zac Majors

https://airtribune.com/santacruzflatsrace2016/results

Task 4:

# Name Glider Time km/h Total
1 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 144 01:19:24 52.2 979
2 Kraig Coomber Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 01:19:36 52.1 952
3 Tyler Borradaile Wills Wing T2C 01:19:48 51.9 937
4 Derreck Turner Moyes Litespeed RX5 01:20:22 51.6 928
5 Dustin Martin Wills Wing T2C 144 01:20:23 51.5 916
6 David Gibson Wills Wing T2C 144 01:20:27 51.5 906
7 Davis Straub Wills Wing T2C 144 01:22:02 50.5 882
8 John Simon Aeros Combat C 12.7 01:22:48 50.0 869
9 Larry Bunner Wills Wing T2C 144 01:28:11 47.0 806
10 Jonny Durand Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 01:30:47 45.6 769

Not Yet Processed: Glen and Kevin Carter

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Kraig Coomber Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 2347
2 Jonny Durand Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 2162
3 Larry Bunner Wills Wing T2C 144 2161
4 David Gibson Wills Wing T2C 144 2160
5 Pedro L. Garcia Wills Wing T2C 144 2049
6 Bruce Barmakian Laminar 2045
7 Derreck Turner Moyes Litespeed RX5 1986
8 Kevin Dutt Icaro Z9 1808
9 Tyler Borradaile Wills Wing T2C 1777
10 Dustin Martin Wills Wing T2C 144 1732

Task 4 sport:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Kelly Myrkle Moyes Gecko 01:07:35 1000
2 Niki Longshore Moyes Gecko 01:42:07 579
3 Gary Anderson Wills Wing Sport 2 01:58:53 452
4 Douglas Hale Moyes Gecko   334

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Kelly Myrkle Moyes Gecko 2671
2 Niki Longshore Moyes Gecko 1869
3 Gary Anderson Wills Wing Sport 2 928
4 Douglas Hale Moyes Gecko 503

2016 Santa Cruz Flats Race »

September 14, 2016, 10:25:58 pm MST

2016 Santa Cruz Flats Race

Day 4

Results

Bruce Barmakian|competition|David Gibson|Gary Anderson|Glen Volk|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Kevin Carter|Kraig Coomber|Larry Bunner|Moyes Litespeed RX|Niki Longshore|Phill Bloom|Robin Hamilton|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2016

https://airtribune.com/santacruzflatsrace2016/results

Day 4:

# Name Glider Distance Total
1 Bruce Barmakian Laminar 67.62 640
1 David Gibson Wills Wing T2C 144 67.55 640
3 Kevin Carter Wills Wing T2C 154 67.24 637
4 Patrick Pannese Wills Wing T2C 154 41.98 483
5 Larry Bunner Wills Wing T2C 144 40.84 480
6 Jonny Durand Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 41.41 479
7 Kraig Coomber Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 40.80 474
8 Derreck Turner Moyes Litespeed RX5 39.67 467
9 Pedro L. Garcia Wills Wing T2C 144 39.97 465
10 Kevin Dutt Icaro Z9 38.75 448

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Kevin Carter Wills Wing T2C 154 1448
2 Kraig Coomber Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 1390
3 Jonny Durand Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 1388
4 Pedro L. Garcia Wills Wing T2C 144 1377
5 Larry Bunner Wills Wing T2C 144 1350
6 Bruce Barmakian Laminar 1339
7 Robin Hamilton Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 1332
8 Phill Bloom Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 1326
9 Kevin Dutt Icaro Z9 1300
10 Glen Volk Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 1268

Sport Day 4:

# Name Glider Time Distance Total
1 Kelly Myrkle Moyes Gecko 01:58:43 34.72 775
2 Niki Longshore Moyes Gecko   25.34 390
3 Douglas Hale Moyes Gecko   7.54 169
4 Gary Anderson Wills Wing Sport 2   5.00 123

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Kelly Myrkle Moyes Gecko 1671
2 Niki Longshore Moyes Gecko 1290
3 Gary Anderson Wills Wing Sport 2 476
4 Douglas Hale Moyes Gecko 169

2016 Santa Cruz Flats Race »

September 11, 2016, 10:07:59 pm MST

2016 Santa Cruz Flats Race

Day 1

Bruce Barmakian|competition|David Gibson|Davis Straub|dust devil|Dustin Martin|Gary Anderson|Glen Volk|Greg Kendall|John Simon|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Kevin Carter|Kraig Coomber|Larry Bunner|Moyes Litespeed RX|Niki Longshore|Phill Bloom|Robin Hamilton|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2016

Too long a task and against the wind. I knew right away that we would not make it back unless the lift was really much better than usual and we started getting to 11,000' as forecast right away. That didn't happen.

The task was a triangle to the east then south then back to the Francisco Grande Hotel, 130 km. Quite a task for days that end around 5 PM and the tasks start at 2 PM.

We started launching a little after 12:45 PM and there was plenty of lift. Launching eleventh I was able to climb right up to 7,500'. The wind was west northwest at about 8 mph so a bunch of us were soon on the south eastern edge of the start cylinder.

We pushed back up wind getting down to 6,000'; but were able to get back up to 7.400' in time for the first start time. Zac went out in front by far. Larry Bunner next, then me and I was followed by the rest of the pilots. Pilots bunched up and we found 200 to 300 fpm over Casa Grande, getting back over 6,500' and continued east. I chased a dust devil that gave out before I got to it and ended up 500' to 1,000' below my gaggle.

There was a reasonable amount of lift out on the flats and I went chasing the gaggle to see if I could find some. A couple of hundred foot per minute got me close and the lift was spread out and there were not consistent cores. Even closer by the time I got to the first turnpoint out over no man's land 7 km from the Cactus airport.

We headed south for the hills which were small bumps as we approached them from the north. But the bumps were hot and at almost 400 fpm and back to 7,300' it was time to race down the ridge line. Another 380 fpm north of Newman Peak and back to 7,300' before heading across the gap to Picacho Peak and what looked like it might be the last good lift of the day as we would soon be on the return leg into the wind over the flats and irrigated areas,.

Took the 400 fpm to 8,800' which was the highest so far. Jonny left early below a few of us. Later Larry with Kevin Carter below him would get to 10,500' staying at Picacho until he couldn't get any higher. Smart move. He had forecasted the 11,000' so he needed to get high to show that he was correct.

We thought we were pretty smart to let Jonny go out in front low and stay in the lift that much longer, but Larry was smarter.

Catching the edge of the 15 km cylinder around the next turnpoint John Simon and I headed northwest over a small range. It didn't work. About half way through it I saw a pilot turning to the south over more no man's land. I headed right for him. Jonny was working up slowly low on the small range.

The lift averaged less than 150 fpm and we were drifting back in the 5 mph head wind. But it was easy flying and the lift  had been very comfortable all day. John Simon headed out without climbing much with us and we saw him later on the ground not too far down the course line.

There was a cu to the west and I dearly wanted to go to it but no one else seemed to be inclined to do so. It was over the no mans land but we were high enough to make it as it died out. It was off the course line a bit but the only nearby cu we had seen all day.

Jonny headed out and we all followed along the course line all spread out. I was way to the west hoping the there would be lift toward where that cu had been. Jonny out in front finally found some light lift and I came in under him (I had been over him since the first turnpoint although he took a later clock) at 900' AGL to find 80 fpm and a head wind. I climbed 900' back to 3,500' and as I watched the four or five guys over head head north west I headed also in that direction.

Again back down to 900' AGL I found 175 fpm to 3,900' but that was it. I went on glide to land about 33 km short. Jonny geot to within 15 km. Larry within 17 km. No one made goal.

https://airtribune.com/santacruzflatsrace2016/results

Task 1:

# Name Glider Distance Total
1 Kraig Coomber Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 120.91 916
2 Robin Hamilton Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 120.72 912
3 Jonny Durand Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 120.29 909
4 Phill Bloom Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 119.95 906
5 Glen Volk Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 119.54 905
6 Larry Bunner Wills Wing T2C 144 116.52 875
7 Kevin Dutt   115.18 859
8 Alex Cuddy   112.48 825
9 Kevin Carter Wills Wing T2C 154 112.47 820
10 Greg Kendall Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 107.09 737
11 Bruce Barmakian Laminar 103.81 700
12 Davis Straub Wills Wing T2C 144 102.94 687
13 Sergey Kataev Wills Wing T2C 99.30 641
14 Dustin Martin Wills Wing T2C 144 95.26 604
15 David Gibson Wills Wing T2C 144 95.04 598

Task 1 sport:

# Name Glider Distance Total
1 Niki Longshore Moyes Gecko 39.00 900
2 Kelly Myrkle Moyes Gecko 38.72 896
3 Gary Anderson Wills Wing Sport 2 13.36 353

Hands under the bar

March 7, 2016, 10:24:15 EST

Hands under the bar

It feels so wrong

Dave Gibson|Ryan Vought|technique

Ryan Vought <<airthug84>> writes:

After doing lots of flying with Dave Gibson, I noticed he often has at one hand turned palm-up holding the base tube from underneath. I tried it a few times, and found it felt very awkward, very different from what I was accustomed to.

After asking him about it, he said it helps use different muscles and gives the arms a bit of a rest… especially during long glides. Fascinated, I decided to practice it a bit more before making a call on if it’s something I wanted to use from time to time.

I can now say- after putting in the time and effort to practice flying that way (it feels so WRONG at first!) - I really like it on glide! I find it much easier to hold the base tube in if there is a lot of pressure. It also helps me hold my upper-body down in an aerodynamic dangle angle, where as pulling in with the traditional hand position can lead to rocking more head up if you’re not careful about only pulling in and not pushing down at all like a pushup. With palms up holding under the base tube, it also puts my arms and elbows tucked into a much more aerodynamic position!

Oz Report readers might want to check it out… but if you’ve never tried it before, be prepared to feel like a H2 all over again! I was astounded at how “different” flying with my hands that way felt. I had to really work to learn the new feel and be precise again.

Hope that helps some people!

2015 Santa Cruz Flats Race - day 7 »

September 19, 2015, 10:42:30 pm MST

2015 Santa Cruz Flats Race - day 7

Pedro doesn't make goal

Chris Zimmerman|competition|David Gibson|Dustin Martin|Filippo Oppici|Fred Kaemerer|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Kraig Coomber|Moyes Litespeed RX|Paul Voight|Ryan Voight|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2015|Tyler Borradaile|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors

https://airtribune.com/2015scfr/results

Task 7 (those at goal):

  Name Glider Time Total
1 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 144 02:27:52 1000
2 Jonny Durand Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 02:29:23 960
3 Ryan Voight Wills Wing T2C 144 (2011) 02:29:23 959
4 Kraig Coomber Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 02:33:59 882
5 Josh Woods Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 02:47:12 858
6 Dustin Martin Wills Wing T2C 144 03:03:15 803

Final:

# Name Glider Total
1 Jonny Durand Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 5765
2 Pedro Garcia Wills Wing T2C 154 5692
3 Kraig Coomber Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 5599
4 Filippo Oppici Wills Wing T2C 144 4985
5 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 144 4908
6 Ryan Voight Wills Wing T2C 144 (2011) 4780
7 Olav Opsanger Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 4597
8 Tyler Borradaile Wills Wing T2C 4562
9 Dustin Martin Wills Wing T2C 144 4508
10 David Gibson Wills Wing T2C 144 4097

In a surprise victory Jonny Durand won the competition after Pedro led it all week. Pedro was three kilometers short.

Fred Kaemerer won the day and overall in the ATOS class.

Floyd Fronius won the Goat/Superfloater class overall.

In a surprise victory Chris Zimmerman won the day in the Swift class and overall (by 17 points out of 5847), and is the Swift Class National Champion. For the first time in like forever the class was very competitive.

John Maloney won the last day which was worth almost nothing. Zachary Hazen is the overall winner in sport class.

Zac Majors is the Class 1 open national champion.

2015 Santa Cruz Flats Race - day 6 »

September 18, 2015, 10:33:50 pm MST

2015 Santa Cruz Flats Race - day 6

Guess who got the most leading points for the day.

competition|David Gibson|Davis Straub|Dustin Martin|Filippo Oppici|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Kraig Coomber|Moyes Litespeed RX|Paul Voight|Ryan Voight|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2015|Tyler Borradaile|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors

https://airtribune.com/2015scfr/results

Task 6 (those at goal):

# Name Glider SS ES Time Dist.
Pts
Lead.
Pts
Time
Pts
Arr.
Pos.
Pts
Total
1 Kraig Coomber Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 14:30:00 16:52:29 02:22:29 656.3 45.9 240.6 43.0 986
2 Filippo Oppici Wills Wing T2C 144 14:30:00 16:52:34 02:22:34 656.3 45.2 238.3 29.5 969
3 Pedro Garcia Wills Wing T2C 154 14:30:00 16:52:54 02:22:54 656.3 41.4 234.0 20.2 952
4 Jonny Durand Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 14:30:00 16:53:22 02:23:22 656.3 47.2 229.8 14.2 948
5 Tony Armstrong Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 14:15:00 16:56:32 02:41:32 656.3 56.9 156.7 10.8 881
6 Davis Straub Wills Wing T2C 144 14:15:00 17:00:27 02:45:27 656.3 60.1 145.5 9.1 871

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Pedro Garcia Wills Wing T2C 154 5022
2 Jonny Durand Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 4805
3 Filippo Oppici Wills Wing T2C 144 4780
4 Kraig Coomber Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 4717
5 Olav Opsanger Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 3953
6 Tyler Borradaile Wills Wing T2C 3934
7 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 144 3908
8 Ryan Voight Wills Wing T2C 144 (2011) 3821
9 Dustin Martin Wills Wing T2C 144 3705
10 David Gibson Wills Wing T2C 144 3686

Fred made goal in the ATOS class and flew with the finishing class 1 pilots. He leads over all.

Floyd was the only pilot to fly in the Goat/Super floater class today.

Chris and Bruce made goal in the Swift class. So that means that the overall in Swift is very tight. Brian hasn't reported yet but should still be in the lead.

No one made goal in the sport class. Zach was the furthest out. He leads the class.

Boise state played four quarterbacks today as they won 52 to 0.

2015 Santa Cruz Flats Race - day 5 »

September 17, 2015, 9:52:53 pm MST

2015 Santa Cruz Flats Race - day 5

The results

Brian Porter|Chris Zimmerman|competition|David Gibson|Dustin Martin|Filippo Oppici|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Kraig Coomber|Moyes Litespeed RX|Paul Voight|Ryan Voight|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2015|Tyler Borradaile|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors

https://airtribune.com/2015scfr/results

Task 5:

  Name Glider Time Total
1 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 144 02:26:25 942
2 Filippo Oppici Wills Wing T2C 144 02:35:15 917
3 Pedro Garcia Wills Wing T2C 154 02:36:14 899
4 Ryan Voight Wills Wing T2C 144 (2011) 02:46:04 817
5 Kraig Coomber Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 02:46:11 813
6 Jonny Durand Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 02:52:01 786
7 Tyler Borradaile Wills Wing T2C 02:51:27 784
8 Dustin Martin Wills Wing T2C 144 03:05:32 764
9 JD Guillemette Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 03:10:19 755
10 Jim Weitman Will Wing T2C 144 03:06:52 749

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Pedro Garcia Wills Wing T2C 154 4074
2 Jonny Durand Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 3867
3 Filippo Oppici Wills Wing T2C 144 3816
4 Kraig Coomber Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 3738
5 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 144 3556
6 Tyler Borradaile Wills Wing T2C 3548
7 Olav Opsanger Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 3425
8 Dustin Martin Wills Wing T2C 144 3310
9 David Gibson Wills Wing T2C 144 3306
10 Ryan Voight Wills Wing T2C 144 (2011) 3136

Four of five sport class pilots made goal with John Maloney winning the day. Zach Hazen is in first overall.

Chris Zimmerman won in the Swift Class for the first time. Brian Porter is in the lead overall. Only two of the Swifts out of four made it back to goal.

Peter Cairns was the one ATOS to make it back to goal (out of two). Fred Kaemerer leads overall by a few points.

No results from the Goat/Super floater class. I saw them in the start cylinder having trouble climbing.

2015 Santa Cruz Flats Race - day 4 »

September 17, 2015, 7:05:28 MST

2015 Santa Cruz Flats Race - day 4

The results

Brian Porter|David Gibson|Dustin Martin|Filippo Oppici|Fred Kaemerer|Greg Kendall|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Kraig Coomber|Moyes Litespeed RX|Paul Voight|Ryan Voight|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2015|Tyler Borradaile|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors

Task 4:

# Name Glider Time km/h Distance Total
1 Pedro Garcia Wills Wing T2C 154 01:51:19 42.7 81.41 986
2 Kraig Coomber Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 01:51:23 42.7 81.41 969
3 Olav Opsanger Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 01:51:24 42.6 81.41 960
4 Jonny Durand Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 01:51:37 42.6 81.41 948
5 Filippo Oppici Wills Wing T2C 144 01:52:33 42.2 81.41 925
6 Tyler Borradaile Wills Wing T2C 01:53:21 41.9 81.41 912
7 Wolfgang Siess Wills Wing T2C 154 01:53:17 41.9 81.41 911
8 Dustin Martin Wills Wing T2C 144 01:53:05 42.0 81.41 906
9 David Gibson Wills Wing T2C 144 01:53:28 41.9 81.41 895
10 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 144     81.01 622
11 Josh Woods Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5     80.74 604
12 Ryan Voight Wills Wing T2C 144 (2011)     76.80 578
13 Greg Kendall Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 03:09:48 25.0 81.41 564

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Pedro Garcia Wills Wing T2C 154 3175
2 Jonny Durand Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 3081
3 Kraig Coomber Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 2925
4 Filippo Oppici Wills Wing T2C 144 2899
5 Olav Opsanger Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 2869
6 Tyler Borradaile Wills Wing T2C 2764
7 David Gibson Wills Wing T2C 144 2711
8 Wolfgang Siess Wills Wing T2C 154 2701
9 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 144 2614
10 Dustin Martin Wills Wing T2C 144 2546

Fred Kaemerer leads Peter Cairns in the ATOS class. Brian Porter has the overall lead in the Swift class. Floyd in the Goat leads in the Goat/Super floater class. The Sport class is not fully scored yet.

2015 Santa Cruz Flats Race - day 3 »

September 15, 2015, 11:01:48 pm MST

2015 Santa Cruz Flats Race - day 3

Results

competition|David Gibson|Davis Straub|Dustin Martin|Filippo Oppici|Jeffrey "Jeff" Lawrence Bohl|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Kraig Coomber|Larry Bunner|Moyes Litespeed RX|Patrick Kruse|Paul Voight|Ryan Voight|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2015|Steven "Steve" Pearson|Tyler Borradaile|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors

https://airtribune.com/2015scfr/results

Task 3:

# Name Glider Time km/h Distance Total
1 Jonny Durand Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 02:05:12 32.7 75.75 889
2 Pedro Garcia Wills Wing T2C 154 03:00:17 22.7 75.75 805
3 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 144     71.06 726
4 Patrick Kruse Wills Wing T2C 144     69.84 718
5 Wolfgang Siess Wills Wing T2C 154     58.93 640
6 Larry Bunner Wills Wing T2C 144     55.39 623
7 Dustin Martin Wills Wing T2C 144     54.39 616
8 Patrick Pannese Wills Wing T2C 154     54.31 612
9 Davis Straub Wills Wing T2C 144     53.07 596
10 Filippo Oppici Wills Wing T2C 144     52.51 578

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Pedro Garcia Wills Wing T2C 154 2191
2 Jonny Durand Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 2135
3 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 144 1993
4 Filippo Oppici Wills Wing T2C 144 1975
5 Kraig Coomber Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 1957
6 Olav Opsanger Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 1910
7 Tyler Borradaile Wills Wing T2C 1854
8 David Gibson Wills Wing T2C 144 1817
9 Wolfgang Siess Wills Wing T2C 154 1792
10 Patrick Kruse Wills Wing T2C 144 1747
11 Ryan Voight Wills Wing T2C 144 (2011) 1741
12 Davis Straub Wills Wing T2C 144 1718
13 Josh Woods Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 1688
14 Robert deGroot Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 1660
15 Dustin Martin Wills Wing T2C 144 1642
16 Patrick Pannese Wills Wing T2C 154 1617
17 Jeffery Bohl Wills Wing T2C 144 1575
18 Tony Armstrong Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 1549
19 Steven Pearson Wills Wing T2C 144 1545
20 Larry Bunner Wills Wing T2C 144 1534

Brian won the Swift class and leads overall. The Goat/ Super floater class didn't fly. John Maloney who just got here today made goal in the Sport Class and leads overall.

2015 Santa Cruz Flats Race - day 2 »

September 15, 2015, 7:19:51 MST

2015 Santa Cruz Flats Race - day 2

Results - Steve Pearson wins the day

Bruce Barmakian|competition|David Gibson|Davis Straub|Dustin Martin|Filippo Oppici|Greg Kendall|Jeffrey "Jeff" Lawrence Bohl|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Kraig Coomber|Larry Bunner|Moyes Litespeed RX|Paul Voight|Ryan Voight|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2015|Steven "Steve" Pearson|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors

https://airtribune.com/2015scfr/results

https://airtribune.com/2015-santa-cruz-flats-and-mark-knight-memorial/results/task1038/day/class-1

Task 2:

# Name Glider Distance Total
1 Steven Pearson Wills Wing T2C 144 50.73 538
2 Larry Bunner Wills Wing T2C 144 48.61 533
3 Kraig Coomber Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 45.54 497
4 Filippo Oppici Wills Wing T2C 144 43.62 480
5 Ryan Voight Wills Wing T2C 144 (2011) 38.43 440
6 David Gibson Wills Wing T2C 144 37.96 437
7 Olav Opsanger Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 37.92 436
8 Robert deGroot Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 36.15 418
9 Felix Cantesanu Aeros Combat Carbon 12.7 35.10 405
10 Davis Straub Wills Wing T2C 144 34.50 396

Cumulative:

1 Filippo Oppici Wills Wing T2C 144 1381
2 Pedro Garcia Wills Wing T2C 154 1373
3 Kraig Coomber Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 1371
4 Olav Opsanger Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 1328
5 Ryan Voight Wills Wing T2C 144 (2011) 1274
6 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 144 1256
7 Jonny Durand Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 1235
8 David Gibson Wills Wing T2C 144 1234
9 Wolfgang Siess Wills Wing T2C 154 1141
10 Steven Pearson Wills Wing T2C 144 1127
11 Josh Woods Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 1120
12 Robert deGroot Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 1119
13 Tony Armstrong Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 1118
14 Davis Straub Wills Wing T2C 144 1110
15 JD Guillemette Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 1081
16 Greg Kendall Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 1044
17 Kenneth Andrews Wills Wing T2C 144 1031
18 Dustin Martin Wills Wing T2C 144 1029
19 Jeffery Bohl Wills Wing T2C 144 1021
20 Patrick Pannese Wills Wing T2C 154 996

Steve Pearson and Ryan Voight were by far the last pilots to go out on the course. Larry Bunner was early and almost went down at the second turnpoint but found 1,500 fpm over a power station.

Bruce Barmakian won the day in the Swift category. All the Swifts made it into goal with their triangle task. Bruce is in the lead overall.

Most of the Sport Class didn't fly given the launch conditions with nearby virga earlier.

It's not clear what's up with the Goat/Super floater class.

2015 Santa Cruz Flats Race - day 1 »

Mon, Sep 14 2015, 8:57:00 am MDT

Results

Øyvind Ellefsen|David Gibson|Davis Straub|Dustin Martin|Filippo Oppici|Gerry Pesavento|Greg Dinauer|Greg Kendall|Jeffrey "Jeff" Lawrence Bohl|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Kraig Coomber|Moyes Litespeed RX|Patrick Kruse|Paul Voight|Ryan Voight|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2015|Steven "Steve" Pearson|Tyler Borradaile|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors

There is a glitch on the Airtribune server, so the results aren't on-line yet.

Class 1:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Pedro Garcia Wills Wing T2C 154 01:35:40 1000
2 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 144 01:40:55 911
3 Filippo Oppici Wills Wing T2C 144 01:41:09 900
4 Olav Opsanger Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 01:41:36 891
5 Kraig Coomber Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 01:42:26 873
6 Tony Armstrong Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 01:42:37 864
7 Dustin Martin Wills Wing T2C 144 01:42:34 860
8 Josh Woods Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 01:43:30 855
9 Jonny Durand Moyes Litespeed Rs 3.5 01:44:48 840
10 Oyvind Ellefsen Moyes Litespeed Rs 4 01:43:44 837
11 Ryan Voight Wills Wing T2C 144 (2011) 01:44:56 832
12 Tyler Borradaile Wills Wing T2C 01:47:37 803
13 Wolfgang Siess Wills Wing T2C 154 01:47:40 799
14 David Gibson Wills Wing T2C 144 01:48:37 795
15 Kenneth Andrews Wills Wing T2C 144 01:53:11 755
16 Jd Guillemette Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 01:56:48 729
17 Patrick Pannese Wills Wing T2C 154 01:58:52 718
18 Patrick Kruse Wills Wing T2C 144 01:56:33 717
19 Davis Straub Wills Wing T2C 144 01:57:48 712
20 Greg Dinauer Aeros Combat 12.7 C 02:01:42 699
21 Grant Emary Wills Wing T2C 02:07:05 668
22 Greg Kendall Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 02:05:40 649
23 Gerry Pesavento Wills Wing T2C 144 02:07:52 646
24 Jeffery Bohl Wills Wing T2C 144 02:07:16 645
25 Steven Pearson Wills Wing T2C 144 02:21:54 587
26 Jim Weitman Will Wing T2C 144 430
27 Cory Barnwell Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 394
28 Robert Degroot Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 388
29 Jay Devorak Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 344
30 Alfredo Grey Wills Wing T2C 329
31 Michael Williams Wills Wing Sport 2 152
32 Mike Jefferson Wills Wing T2 144 21

Scoring issues with Sport class, no Class 4 reports yet, ATOS class not fully reported, some missing from open class.

Dinosaur 2015 - Predictions From the Organizers »

September 7, 2015, 8:27:25 MDT

Dinosaur 2015 - Predictions From the Organizers

A pilot had qualms

Dinosaur 2015|Terry Reynolds|weather

https://www.rockymountainglider.com/locale.html

WEATHER

(1) While no one would be so foolish as to guarantee the weather for any hang gliding contest, the period scheduled for this meet should yield seven straight days of outstanding flying conditions. The desert area around Dinosaur is not affected by the high mountain weather which makes many mountain sites inconsistent. (2) While a high mountain site could have a solid week of virtually unflyable conditions, it is unlikely that there will be even a single day at Dinosaur on which a safe, valid task cannot be called. (3) During the post-monsoon period of this meet, pilots can expect a weather pattern dominated by high pressure, with light westerly winds aloft and blue thermals/small cumulus. Climbs above 17,000'msl are normal.

The numbers in parentheses and emphasis added.

The pilot writes:

Terry Reynolds and Crew, Jim and Amy Zeiset, and all those vested deeply in Dinosaur 2015 should be applauded and recognized for their enthusiastic and significant effort in putting on such a comp from scratch. Events such as this are a labor of love and demonstrate both a philanthropic and historical support for the sport of hang gliding. They are by nature cash negative.

However, when will event organizers properly recognize the importance of meteorological assessments and strategies? Pursuits which rely upon harvesting energy from atmospheric discontinuities which is both reliable and safe must fully understand the scope and impact of these parameters.

Reading the paragraph about the weather from the Dinosaur 2015 website in advance (see above), and being somewhat familiar with the area, meteorological patterns, and time of year for this event, I bit my lip, sublimated the skepticism, and hoped for the best.

The good (1) and the bad (2), bad (3). Unfortunately my concerns about the conditions proved to be only too well founded. Congratulations to Zippie on another top performance and extending something of a real roll! Congratulations to the organizers for putting on a very special event at a special site. It's unfortunate that the weather didn't run against historic patterns, but it didn't, and that's like crying over spilt milk.

The message: Make sure events, sites, and meet practice synch with meteorological realities. Time is precious, as are the best and well-meaning efforts and lives themselves.

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Dinosaur day 7 cancelled »

September 5, 2015, 1:59:22 pm MDT

Dinosaur day 7 cancelled

Gail force winds force the end of the meet after three days of flying.

Bill Soderquist|Bruce Barmakian|Christian Ciech|competition|Dinosaur 2015|Jim Yocom|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Lawrence "Pete" Lehmann|Pete Lehmann|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors

https://airtribune.com/dinosaur2015/results

Final:

# Name Glider T 1 T 2 T 3 Total
1 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 144 962 928 1000 1962
2 Glen McFarlane Wills Wing T2C 144 947 1000 945 1947
3 Christian Ciech Icaro Laminar 987 916 730 1903
4 Pedro Garcia Wills Wing T2C 144 935 897 416 1832
5 Jon Sr Durand Moyes RX4 833 878 374 1711
6 Rudy Gotes Wills Wing T2C 144 576 969 442 1545
7 Jonny Durand Moyes RX3.5 880 472 448 1352
8 Bruce Barmakian Wills Wing T2C 144 556 102 709 1265
9 Bill Soderquist Moyes RS3.5 812 443 380 1255
10 Pete Lehmann Wills Wing T2 154 266 536 673 1209

Sport class final:

# Name Glider T 1 T 2 T 3 Total
1 Kelly Myrkle Aeros Discus 844 133 451 1295
2 Beau Buck North Wing Liberty 148 794 107 464 1258
3 Nathan Grimes Wills Wing U2 145 652 272 514 1166
4 Brian Morris Freedom 170 862 220 194 1082
5 Josiah Stephens Predator 142 450 114 468 918
6 Rob DeGroot Moyes Gecko 321 477 265 798
7 John Christian Wills Wing U2 145 613 107 0 720
8 Carlos Alvarado Wills Wing U2 145 363 272 203 635
9 Jon Lindburg Wills Wing Sport 2 135b 319 114 126 445
10 Rick Maddy Wills Wing U2 160 195 0 164 359

Kelley

Jim Yocom was the first of two ATOS pilots.

Dinosaur day 6 cancelled »

September 4, 2015, 2:00:05 pm MDT

Dinosaur day 6 cancelled

Forecast for unpleasant conditions

weather

NWS forecast for this afternoon, here:

Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. South southwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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Dinosaur - today's forecast »

Fri, Sep 4 2015, 8:17:14 am MDT

30 mph gusts again forecast

Dinosaur 2015

Forecast here:

Isolated showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. Breezy, with a southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

NWS hazardous weather forecast for today here:

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON…WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF GENERATING HEAVY RAIN…SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 mph.

Forecast for Saturday:

A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 5 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.

Forecast by Rich Jesuroga. Tomorrow looks worse.

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Dinosaur day 5 cancelled »

September 3, 2015, 1:59:48 pm MDT

Dinosaur day 5 cancelled

Windy with gusts to 30 mph

weather

NWS forecast for this afternoon, here:

This Afternoon: Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. South southwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Glen sends:

And reports 30 mph gusts just as forecast. I wonder if there is anything to do in Dinosaur, Colorado.

From the cancelled day:

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Dinosaur - Hazardous weather forecasted »

Thu, Sep 3 2015, 9:44:04 am MDT

Thunderstorms for the Yampa

Dinosaur 2015

NWS hazardous weather forecast for today here:

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING AND SPREAD SLOWLY NORTH DURING THE DAY BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF GENERATING HEAVY RAIN…SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 mph.

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Dinosaur - Thank goodness for the Sport Class »

Thu, Sep 3 2015, 9:29:20 am MDT

So few open class pilots

Dinosaur 2015

https://airtribune.com/dinosaur2015/pilots

There are only eighteen open class pilots flying in the Dinosaur competition. But, fortunately there are eleven sport class pilots and two rigid wing pilots. This with a competition that promised in advance $15,000 in prize money and had lower costs because there was no need for towing.

Without the sport class this would be a very poorly attended competition. It is also a warning flag to future meet organizers that they should be careful about how many pilots might want to come to their competition and how carefully they should encourage sport class pilots.

It wasn't that long ago that there weren't any sport class competitions in the US. We have worked hard to turn that around despite lots of discouragement from old fart pilots who felt that this was a travesty. It has turned out to be very favorable to competitions and has been a whole lot of fun.

It's great to see such enthusiasm from these newer pilots and the fast learning that is taking place.

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Dinosaur - day 4 »

Wed, Sep 2 2015, 10:37:51 pm MDT

The results

Bill Soderquist|Bruce Barmakian|Christian Ciech|competition|Dinosaur 2015|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Lawrence "Pete" Lehmann|Moyes Litespeed RX|Pete Lehmann|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors

https://airtribune.com/dinosaur2015/results

Task 3:

# Name Glider Time Distance Dist.
Points
Lead.
Points
Time
Points
Arr.
Pos.
Points
Total
1 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 144 01:59:35 115.67 717.5 49.4 197.8 35.3 1000
2 Glen Mcfarlane Wills Wing T2C 144 02:04:37 115.67 717.5 42.8 167.6 16.6 945
3 Dave Gibson Wills Wing T2C 144 03:19:32 115.67 717.5 7.5 8.8 734
4 Christian Ciech Icaro Laminar 107.93 688.0 41.6 730
5 Bruce Barmakian Wills Wing T2C 144 112.99 709.2 709
6 Pete Lehmann Wills Wing T2 154 105.07 672.8 673
7 Cory Barnwell Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 56.85 480.2 480
8 Aaron Rinn Wills Wing T2C 144 53.12 464.5 465
9 Felix Cantesanu Aeros Combat C 12.7 51.86 457.9 458
10 Jonny Durand Moyes RX3.5 50.24 447.5 448

I'm quite certain that Christian was happier to get his leading points than not.

Cumulative (well here's a little different outcome):

# Name Glider T 1 T 2 T 3 Total
1 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 144 962 928 1000 1962
2 Glen Mcfarlane Wills Wing T2C 144 947 1000 945 1947
3 Christian Ciech Icaro Laminar 987 916 730 1903
4 Pedro Garcia Wills Wing T2C 144 935 897 416 1832
5 Jon Sr Durand Moyes RX4 833 878 374 1711
6 Rudy Gotes Wills Wing T2C 144 576 969 442 1545
7 Jonny Durand Moyes RX3.5 880 472 448 1352
8 Bruce Barmakian Wills Wing T2C 144 556 102 709 1265
9 Bill Soderquist Moyes RS3.5 812 443 380 1255
10 Pete Lehmann Wills Wing T2 154 266 536 673 1209

Only the best two scores are used. Clearly, so far, Zac and Glen are disadvantaged by this elimination of the worst day (perhaps they'll have bad days later), while everyone else was advantaged, especially Christian.

Four sport class pilots made goal. Kelly Myrkle is in the overall lead.

Dinosaur - day 4 »

Wed, Sep 2 2015, 4:32:36 pm MDT

Zac tasks wins task 3

Dinosaur 2015|Facebook

https://airtribune.com/play/995/2d

https://airtribune.com/dinosaur2015/blog__day_4

Zac in first, Glen second, Christian lands 9 km short. No one else in goal.

Dave Gibson makes it in later in third:

Nice looking sky. Thanks to Glen for his on the spot (goal) reports.

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Dinosaur - day 3 »

Tue, Sep 1 2015, 11:06:19 pm MDT

Just like the good old days

Dinosaur 2015|Facebook|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|photo

Jonny Durand «Jonny Durand» writes:

If you want to know why I was not in goal today it was because I was in front and at the last turnpoint I went to land because there was lightning and rain on course. Glen reports he flew through hail to make goal and win the day. I did the safe thing and turned around and landed away from the storm.

Every day of the 1990 Nationals at Dinosaur was like this. We didn't know any better then.

Good for Jonny making the safe decision. There is a reason I'm not flying at Dinosaur.

Photo from the first task.

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Dinosaur - day 3 »

Tue, Sep 1 2015, 10:59:34 pm MDT

The results

Bill Soderquist|Christian Ciech|competition|Dinosaur 2015|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors

https://airtribune.com/dinosaur2015/results

Task 2:

# Name Glider Time Lead.
Points
Time
Points
Arr.
Pos.
Points
Total
1 Glen Mcfarlane Wills Wing T2C 144 01:52:45 85.1 340.5 60.8 1000
2 Rudy Gotes Wills Wing T2C 144 01:53:09 78.2 330.7 46.0 969
3 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 144 01:55:55 78.2 301.7 34.5 928
4 Christian Ciech Icaro Laminar 01:56:22 78.5 298.1 26.0 916
5 Pedro Garcia Wills Wing T2C 144 01:57:21 72.5 290.7 20.1 897
6 Josh Woods Moyes RX3.5 01:58:15 66.5 284.4 16.1 881
7 Jon Sr Durand Moyes RX4 01:59:14 72.4 277.9 13.8 878
8 Pete Lehman Wills Wing Sport 2-155 03:11:37 9.4 12.6 536

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Glen Mcfarlane Wills Wing T2C 144 1946
2 Christian Ciech Icaro Laminar 1902
3 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 144 1889
4 Pedro Garcia Wills Wing T2C 144 1831
5 Jon Sr Durand Moyes RX4 1708
6 Rudy Gotes Wills Wing T2C 144 1537
7 Jonny Durand Moyes RX3.5 1350
8 Bill Soderquist Moyes RS3.5 1251
9 Pedro Montes Aeros Combat GT 15 1143
10 Josh Woods Moyes RX3.5 1119

Rob DeGroot was the only sport class pilot to make goal on a Moyes Gecko.

Brian Morris on a North Wing Freedom 170 (single surface) is in first place over all with Kelley Myrkle on an Aeros Discus right behind him. There is a handicap.

Dinosaur - day 3 »

Tue, Sep 1 2015, 5:57:20 pm MDT

Rudy second, Zac third, Christian, fourth, only seven in goal

Dinosaur 2015|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr

Jonny Durand, not in goal.

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Dinosaur - day 3 »

Tue, Sep 1 2015, 5:01:53 pm MDT

Glen wins task 2

Dinosaur 2015

https://airtribune.com/play/990/2d

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Dinosaur - day 3 »

Tue, Sep 1 2015, 12:46:34 pm MDT

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Dinosaur - day 2 »

Mon, Aug 31 2015, 9:53:41 pm MDT

Christian 40 seconds ahead

Bill Soderquist|Christian Ciech|competition|Dinosaur 2015|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors

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https://airtribune.com/dinosaur2015/results

Task 1:

# Name Glider Time Lead.
Points
Time
Points
Arr.
Pos.
Points
Total
1 Christian Ciech Icaro Laminar 01:39:40 81.3 354.9 63.4 986
2 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 144 01:40:20 86.0 340.0 46.0 959
3 Glen Mcfarlane Wills Wing T2C 144 01:40:22 82.4 339.5 33.2 942
4 Pedro Garcia Wills Wing T2C 144 01:40:35 82.1 336.5 24.2 929
5 Jonny Durand Moyes RX3.5 01:47:25 88.7 278.3 18.4 872
6 Jon Sr Durand Moyes RX4 01:51:11 66.5 255.2 15.0 823
7 Bill Soderquist Moyes RS3.5 01:52:55 57.7 245.4 13.3 803

Notice that Arrival Position and Time points (the difference between the values given) are way more important than Leading points (where the differences are very small among the top five pilots).

Sport class: Most pilots not scored yet.

Dinosaur - day 2 »

Mon, Aug 31 2015, 5:13:26 pm MDT

Zac and Glen first into goal

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Dinosaur - day 1 cancelled »

Sun, Aug 30 2015, 3:20:56 pm MDT

Over development - just like in the old days there.

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2015 Big Spring Nationals - task 7 »

Sun, Aug 9 2015, 2:59:31 pm CDT

The off switch again on the final day

Belinda Boulter|Bruce Barmakian|competition|David Gibson|Davis Straub|Gerry Pesavento|James Stinnett|Jeffrey "Jeff" Lawrence Bohl|Larry Bunner|Moyes Litespeed RX|PG|Robin Hamilton|USHPA|US Nationals 2015|weather|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors

Results: https://airtribune.com/2015-big-spring-nationals/results

https://airtribune.com/2015-big-spring-nationals/blog__day_7

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/para/flightinfo.html?flightId=328673370

http://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:davisstraub/8.8.2015/19:06

http://www.paraglidingforum.com/leonardo/flight/1235059

We were faced again with the prospect of a windy (10-15 mph) day with the constraint that we needed to get back to Big Spring at 9 PM for the awards dinner. We often have tasks that come back to the airport because the winds are light in August, but not this year.

The task committee came up with a zig zag task that would give us again a cross wind component of strong winds.

The winds on launch were about the same as on Friday so there was no drama. We've had once again a perfectly safe competition with no injuries.

The sky was blue again as has been the case for most days this year in contrast to all the other years when we regularly get cu's at 1 PM. The wet weather in Texas since the winter has suppressed the lift and there have been inversions (which we never had before) every day.

I got off early again and there was lift right at the end of the runway. Pilots have been asking to be towed straight upwind no matter what the lift and Russell just kept right on going instead of turning in the lift. That was fine because I knew where it was.

Pilots were upset earlier when tug pilots would not continue upwind because with the strong winds it was too easy to get blown back and have to quickly land back at launch without risking going downwind to find lift.

There was lift back where we originally flew through it and I slowly climbed out watching Olav Olsen, Larry, and Dangerous Dave (he really is dangerous in gaggles) thermal up higher than me upwind. I was hoping that my lift would be good enough to get me back up and not drift me outside the 10 km start cylinder. I couldn't really hope to get under them by pushing upwind. I was going up at 94 fpm and drifting at 12 mph.

At 6,700' and feeling okay I moved east a little to over a recently built pond watching the wind lines and found 135 fpm. Now the pilots south of me came downwind and joined me. We climbed to over 8,400' still three kilometers inside the start cylinder with 38 minutes to go before the race start gate.

We pushed up wind and did some more twirling to soak up the rest of the minutes. Other pilots joined us and a few minutes before the start we found 220 fpm and climbed back up to 8,500' and a good start with about a third of the field all enjoying themselves in the gaggle.

Cory and I headed out first when the lift got too weak and no one was willing to lead out. We are all together and it is a race against each other so there is no advantage in leading. But I got tired of the whole wait for the other guy thing (one of my many weaknesses).

After a few thermals with ten of us in the lead the lift was weak, often less than 100 fpm, sometimes a little over 200 fpm on average. Broken and moving about. James, Robin, Olav Olsen, and another pilot or two got high on the rest of us and got away. I was hanging with Zippy and Dangerous with a four or five others following.

It wasn't until we were 27 km north of the start cylinder that we found 500 fpm. I had lead out three times moving quickly to the newly forming wispies and it just took awhile to find the best lift.

Zac raced off right after the 500 fpm thermal, which got us to 10,000' and I took off after him. I could not keep up. One of the keys to Zac's good performance is the ease and willingness that he has to go very fast on glide when conditions allow for it.

Again with light lift and a 12-15 mph tail wind we made it quickly to the west side of the 5km turnpoint at 1T out in the dry areas where the top soil is thin and they don't/can't grow cotton.

Heading to the northwest just behind Dave and Zac and to their right I found the lift over the remains of the canyon before it goes up to the plateau and the croplands at 240 fpm. They both turned around and came back to me. They must have mirrors on their gliders. We climbed almost to 8,000'.

Before us stretched the crop lands and the prospect of weak lift. No cu's or wispies ahead. It looked like we would suffer as we had in previous days when we didn't go to the east and get over the drier and thinner lands. There were ponds and lakes every where, something that we haven't seen before in Big Spring.

A 9 km glide and we caught up with Olav Olsen turning in 8 fpm. Apparently Robin Hamilton was already on the ground.

We moved further west and found 15 fpm. Then found 240 fpm. The guys I was with including Ospanger, Zac, Bruce, Pannese, Dave, and Danny found a better core and left with 500' on me. I left with 6,700' and headed for the 10 km radius turnpoint at Welch northwest of La Mesa.

I watched the guys ahead and above me to see how they would do. Making the turnpoint and heading into the 17 mph south southeast wind toward Tahoka, I didn't see them start to circle. I headed further north, downwind of their track to check out some other areas and watching the ground for ponds or other wind disruptors, I found weak lift that averaged 72 fpm. I was by myself at 4,200' (1,200' AGL).

Although drifting north of the northeast course line I stayed in whatever I had so I could get high enough to head further east. I moved over a little to the west and found 133 fpm and worked it.

One pilot came in under me and then Larry came in at about my level and popped up above me. I worked it until the lift quit at 6,650'. Larry was 200' over me as we headed east northeast 8 km downwind of the course line. After a couple of kilometers he stopped and turned in 50 fpm. I didn't find that lift.

I continued easterly skimming the cotton fields. Down to 100' I had picked out a nice field and then saw that Zippy and Olav were breaking down right there I landed next to them. Larry would continue on for another six kilometers and win the day. No one made goal. I was 15 km short.

Six of us landed within half a kilometer of each other. The guys who got high on me and made the turnpoint in front of me never found lift after that.

James Stinnett was about 8 kilometers behind us but 20 kilometers ahead of Robin so he held on strong to second place after Robin was one point behind him after six days. Robin dropped from third down to fifth.

The wet cropped fields to the north and northwest of Big Spring cut dramatically into the lift that we normally expect here in Big Spring. The combination of strong winds, weak lift and cross wind tasks made it difficult, still we were able to get across a lot of country.

Everyone indicated that once again they had a great time flying in the best competition site in the US. They were very appreciative of Belinda Boulter as the meet director and want to come back next year for some more great flying.

We raised $2,840 for the needy children in Big Spring and the Cloudbase Foundation added another $1,000. The folks from the Rainbow Room came to our awards dinner and presented the USHPA and Cloudbase with plagues stating how much they appreciate our substantial support of their effort.

Matt's landing on the last day:

Task 7 results:

https://airtribune.com/2015-big-spring-nationals/results/task7/day/open-class

# Name Glider Distance Dist.
Points
Lead.
Points
Total
1 Larry Bunner Wills Wing T2C144 119.65 896.9 12.0 909
2 Patrick Pannese Wills Wing T2C 154 113.98 868.6 13.4 882
2 Bruce Barmakian Wills Wing T2C 144 113.78 867.5 14.8 882
4 Olav Opsanger Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Technora 113.54 865.7 15.2 881
5 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 144 113.57 866.0 13.7 880
5 David Gibson Wills Wing T2C 144 113.63 866.5 13.6 880
7 Davis Straub Wills Wing T2C 144 113.47 865.1 13.4 879
8 Danny Jones Wills Wing T2 154 111.50 840.5 12.1 853
9 James Stinnett Wills Wing T2C 105.32 758.2 17.4 776
10 Gerry Pesavento Wills Wing T2C 144 99.72 692.4 12.1 705

Final results:

# Name Glider Total
1 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 144 4249
2 James Stinnett Wills Wing T2C 3845
3 David Gibson Wills Wing T2C 144 3752
4 Bruce Barmakian Wills Wing T2C 144 3654
5 Robin Hamilton Moyes RX3.5 3632
6 Olav Opsanger Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Technora 3628
7 Derreck Turner Moyes Litespeed RX5 3494
8 Davis Straub Wills Wing T2C 144 3447
9 Larry Bunner Wills Wing T2C144 3440
10 Danny Jones Wills Wing T2 154 2969

There were a number of former Sport class pilots (last year) flying in open class including Danny Jones, Cory Barnwell, Jeff Bohl, Jeff Kannard, Matt Christensen, and Patrick Pannese. There were a few others that were Sport Class pilots previously. Sport Class is the feeder class for Open Class.

2015 Big Spring Nationals - task 6 »

Sat, Aug 8 2015, 12:41:13 am CDT

The off switch

competition|David Gibson|Davis Straub|Gerry Pesavento|James Stinnett|Larry Bunner|Moyes Litespeed RX|PG|US Nationals 2015|Wayne Michelsen|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors

Results: https://airtribune.com/2015-big-spring-nationals/results

Blog and live tracking and replay: https://airtribune.com/2015-big-spring-nationals/blog__day_7

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/para/flightinfo.html?flightId=195761036

http://www.paraglidingforum.com/leonardo/flight/1233318

http://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:davisstraub/7.8.2015/20:17

It was windy and blue at launch at 2 PM. Tiki pulled me up fifth and for the first time ever I was being towed so slow that when the rope bellied I broke a two hundred pound weak link at 500'. That pretty much screwed my day.

I got back in line but it was soon too late for the first start clock. I got another tow but didn't find any lift. On the third tow I raced downwind to get under Dave Proctor and we climbed out at 150 fpm as the clocked ticked down to the second time at 3:50 PM for the start window.

After getting up the lift was strong and there were wispies along our route:

We were racing trying to catch the guys a half hour in front. Ground speeds were in the 60's (mph) with a 17 mph south southeast wind.

We climbed higher in each thermal and jumped from wispy to wispy getting to 10,700'. It took merely an hour and forty minutes to go 125 km (plus ten for the start cylinder). Then the lift stopped.

I stayed near or to the right of the course line given the second leg to the north northeast and the south southeast winds.

South west of Post at over 10,000' I headed for some cu's northeast of Post. Down to under 7,000' northwest of Post I took 240 fpm to 8,500' just to make sure that I could make it to the cu's. I figured that they were enough east of the course line and that I would get high enough to make it in to goal from cloud base.

Unfortunately by the time I got to them they were dying and it was all blue out in front in a open canyon. I continued toward the goal but it looked like I was diving into a blue hole.

I saw some little wispies off downwind across the north south highway. I decided that that was my best chance to get up. I went to the best looking and newly forming cu and got nothing. I had gained no distance toward goal. I was 30 km away.

I headed north just so that I could land up on the plateau and have an easier retrieve. When I got to the edge of the canyon I found lift that turned into 190 fpm. I was being blown to the northwest away from goal at 17 to 19 mph.

I figured that if I could climb to 11,000' I could make it back to the goal despite the wind. There were wispies forming further to the northwest and I climbed to 7,500' before going to them and getting up to 9,200' but that was it.

It was a glide toward goal with a strong quartering head wind and I got within 8.3 km.

I was on the radio with Larry Bunner. I almost caught him just passed Post but he took the earlier start gate and was able to get up and into goal before I had to turn and take my chances with the wispies downwind. I landed a little after 7 PM.

Preliminary results:

# Name Glider SS ES Time Distance Dist.
Points
Lead.
Points
Time
Points
Arr.
Pos.
Points
Total
1 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 144 15:20:00 17:37:45 02:17:45 161.20 564.4 76.2 304.9 54.4 1000
2 James Stinnett Wills Wing T2C 15:20:00 17:51:42 02:31:42 161.20 564.4 67.6 217.5 39.5 889
3 David Gibson Wills Wing T2C 144 15:20:00 17:55:50 02:35:50 161.20 564.4 59.6 201.0 28.5 854
4 Derreck Turner Moyes Litespeed RX5 15:20:00 17:56:38 02:36:38 161.20 564.4 62.1 198.0 20.8 845
5 Larry Bunner Wills Wing T2C144 15:20:00 18:10:27 02:50:27 161.20 564.4 50.0 150.7 15.8 781
6 Wayne Michelsen Icaro Laminar 15:20:00 18:25:00 03:05:00 161.20 564.4 39.1 107.8 12.8 724
7 Gerry Pesavento Wills Wing T2C 144 15:20:00 18:41:21 03:21:21 161.20 564.4 64.6 11.4 640
8 Olav Opsanger Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Technora 15:20:00 155.18 553.9 65.4 619
9 Jeff Kannard Wills Wing T2C 15:20:00 152.93 548.4 10.0 558
10 Davis Straub Wills Wing T2C 144 15:50:00 153.33 549.6 550

2015 Big Spring Nationals - task 5 »

Fri, Aug 7 2015, 8:57:28 am CDT

Updated results

Alejandro Gonzalez|Bruce Barmakian|competition|David Gibson|Davis Straub|James Stinnett|Larry Bunner|Moyes Litespeed RX|Robin Hamilton|US Nationals 2015|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors

Results: https://airtribune.com/2015-big-spring-nationals/results

Blog and live tracking and replay: https://airtribune.com/2015-big-spring-nationals/blog__day_6

Task 5:

# Name Glider SS ES Time Dist.
Points
Lead.
Points
Time
Points
Arr.
Pos.
Points
Total
1 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 144 16:15:00 17:09:02 00:54:02 200.4 54.4 247.8 44.2 547
2 Davis Straub Wills Wing T2C 144 16:15:00 17:16:17 01:01:17 200.4 61.9 185.1 37.5 485
3 Robin Hamilton Moyes RX3.5 16:15:00 17:16:09 01:01:09 200.4 39.3 185.8 40.8 466
4 Larry Bunner Wills Wing T2C144 16:15:00 17:24:34 01:09:34 200.4 38.2 143.6 24.6 407
5 Derreck Turner Moyes Litespeed RX5 16:00:00 17:17:57 01:17:57 200.4 59.7 108.8 34.5 403
6 Olav Olsen Ww T2C 136 16:00:00 17:22:02 01:22:02 200.4 49.1 93.4 31.7 375
7 Olav Opsanger Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Technora 16:15:00 17:30:51 01:15:51 200.4 33.0 117.1 22.6 373
8 David Gibson Wills Wing T2C 144 16:00:00 17:22:56 01:22:56 200.4 49.9 90.1 26.8 367
9 Jay Devorak Moyes Lightspeed RX 3.5 16:00:00 17:22:05 01:22:05 200.4 33.8 93.2 29.2 357
10 Bruce Barmakian Wills Wing T2C 144 16:15:00 17:34:23 01:19:23 200.4 21.7 103.3 20.8 346

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Zac Majors Wills Wing T2C 144 2369
2 Bruce Barmakian Wills Wing T2C 144 2213
3 Robin Hamilton Moyes RX3.5 2189
4 James Stinnett Wills Wing T2C 2174
5 Olav Opsanger Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Technora 2113
6 Derreck Turner Moyes Litespeed RX5 2088
7 David Gibson Wills Wing T2C 144 2018
8 Davis Straub Wills Wing T2C 144 2002
9 Wolfgang Siess Wills Wing T2C 154 1915
10 Jay Devorak Moyes Lightspeed RX 3.5 1827

Sport class:

# Name Glider Total
1 John Maloney Ww Sport 2 155 788
2 Jose Sandoval Aeros Aeros Discus C 433
3 Alejandro Gonzalez Aeros Discus 350
4 Chris Chaney Wills Wing Sport 2 135 308
5 Michelle Haag Wills Wing Sport 2 186
6 W. Michael Ford Wills Wing S2-175 22

2015 Big Spring Nationals - task 5 »

Thu, Aug 6 2015, 9:36:05 pm CDT

A short race to goal with most everyone there

Bruce Barmakian|competition|David Gibson|Davis Straub|Moyes Litespeed RX|Robin Hamilton|US Nationals 2015|Wills Wing T2C

Results: https://airtribune.com/2015-big-spring-nationals/results

Blog and live tracking and replay: https://airtribune.com/2015-big-spring-nationals/blog__day_5

Today we got preliminary results early:

https://airtribune.com/2015-big-spring-nationals/results/task5/day/open-class

# Name Glider SS ES Time Dist.
Points
Lead.
Points
Time
Points
Arr.
Pos.
Points
Total
1 Davis Straub Wills Wing T2C 144 16:15:00 17:16:17 01:01:17 223.9 69.2 272.1 41.7 607
2 Robin Hamilton Moyes RX3.5 16:15:00 17:16:09 01:01:09 223.9 43.6 276.8 49.4 594
3 David Gibson Wills Wing T2C 144 16:00:00 17:22:56 01:22:56 223.9 55.6 136.8 29.3 446
4 Jay Devorak Moyes Lightspeed RX 3.5 16:00:00 17:22:05 01:22:05 223.9 37.3 140.5 35.0 437
5 Bruce Barmakian Wills Wing T2C 144 16:15:00 17:34:23 01:19:23 223.9 23.6 152.5 24.6 425
6 Danny Jones Wills Wing T2 154 16:30:00 17:49:26 01:19:26 223.9 10.1 152.2 13.3 400
7 Jeff Kannard Wills Wing T2C 16:00:00 17:39:30 01:39:30 223.9 18.7 72.7 20.7 336
8 Luke Waters Moyes RS4 16:15:00 17:54:47 01:39:47 223.9 9.7 71.7 12.0 317
9 Cory Barnwell Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 16:00:00 17:45:35 01:45:35 223.9 17.1 51.7 17.6 310
10 Grant Emary Wills Wing T2C 16:00:00 17:47:07 01:47:07 223.9 20.9 46.5 15.2 307

I guess I like leading points.

Dinosaur 2015 »

July 29, 2015, 7:06:04 MDT

Dinosaur 2015

Fees rising

Terry <<terryreynolds2>> writes:

Dinosaur 2015 (see http://rockymountainglider.com) is a maximum NTSS points (600) meet (+$10,000 prize money). Also, at least fourteen Sport Class ($5000 prize money) pilots have signed up and more to come. Entry fee goes up August 1. Pilots registering and paying before then get an embroidered fleece jacket instead of a t-shirt. So far all entrants are foot launching, so too bad we built Dinosaur International.

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Dinosaur 2015 »

July 16, 2015, 8:00:22 MDT

Dinosaur 2015

150 million years of soaring

Terry <<terryreynolds2>> writes:

The entry fee for Dinosaur 2015 ( http://rockymountainglider.com ) goes up to $425 August 1.

As anyone who has been part of organizing a hang gliding comp could tell you, it would be much easier and better for all concerned if competitors were able to plan ahead and pay the earlier, lower prices ($300 for Dinosaur.) For pilots registered and paid before August 1, the “T-Shirt Size” requested on the pilot registration form is actually for a nice fleece jacket (or vest, as shown) with “Dinosaur 2015; 150 Million Years of Soaring” embroidered around a pterodactyl and hang glider. Entrants paid after that date - we have to place the order - will get a t-shirt. Extra jackets for family, crew, etc. can be ordered by paid up pilots, before August 1, for $55.

The event is non-profit and any money left over will go to the Cloudbase Foundation.

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Tyler Canadian Champion

July 5, 2015, 7:07:07 pm MDT

Tyler Canadian Champion

A few bucks for the winners

David Gibson|Doug Keller|Dustin Martin|photo|Ralph Herten|Randy Rauck|Tyler Borradaile

Bruce Barmakian|David Gibson|Doug Keller|Dustin Martin|photo|Ralph Herten|Randy Rauck|Tyler Borradaile

Bruce Barmakian|David Gibson|Doug Keller|Dustin Martin|photo|Ralph Herten|Randy Rauck|Tyler Borradaile

Randy Rauck <<randy>> writes:

After 5 rounds the winners are

Overall winners:

Open Class

1st David Gibson, USA $500.00
2nd Jonas Lobitz, New Zealand $300.00
3rd Bruce Barmakian, USA $200.00
4th Dustin Martin, USA $100.00
5th Konrad Heilman, Brazil $100.00

Canadian National Champs

Open

1st Tyler Borradaile, Kelowna $500.00
2nd Ross Hunter, Calgary $300.00
3rd John Theoret $200.00
4th Doug Keller, Calgary
5th Tim Middlemiss, Calgary

KingPost

1st David Bacon, Summerland $300.00
2nd Stewart Trowsdale, Vancouver $200.00
3rd Ralph Herten, Vancouver $100.00

All Scores and Photos can be found at: http://lumbyairforce.weebly.com/blog

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The 2015 Canadian National Championships »

July 4, 2015, 12:39:13 pm MDT GMT-0600

The 2015 Canadian National Championships

Fifth task

Bruce Barmakian|David Gibson|Doug Keller|Dustin Martin|Moyes Litespeed RX|Tyler Borradaile|Wills Wing T2C

http://lumbyairforce.weebly.com/blog

Task five:

# Name Glider Time Dist.
Points
Lead.
Points
Time
Points
Arr.
Pos.
Points
Total
1 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RS3.5 01:27:40 378.9 42.8 409.4 51.8 883
2 Bruce Barmakian WW T2C 144 01:41:03 378.9 102.4 276.7 73.1 825
3 David Gibson WW T2C 01:41:02 378.9 73.7 276.8 61.6 791
4 Konrad Heilman Moyes RX 01:39:44 378.9 39.2 285.6 43.4 747
5 Marcelo Menin WW T2C 01:41:56 378.9 38.3 270.9 36.4 725
6 Wolfgang Siess WW T2C 154 02:02:45 378.9   157.1 30.7 567
7 Ross Hunter Moyes Litespeed S4.3 02:16:13 378.9 8.3 96.1 22.4 506
8 Tyler Borradaile Wills Wing T2C 02:15:50 378.9 1 97.8 26.1 504
9 Doug Keller Moyes Litespeed RX4 02:19:08 378.9   83.7 19.7 482
10 Rory Duncan WW T2C 144 02:28:09 378.9   46.7 17.7 443
11 Doug Hartley Wills Wing T2C 02:30:37 378.9   36.9 16.3 432
12 Tim Middlemiss WW T2C 02:35:44 378.9   17.0 15.4 411
13 Greg Leslie WW T2C 03:17:17 378.9     14.9 394

The pilots at goal. Thanks to Ryann.

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 David Gibson WW T2C 3732
2 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RS3.5 3693
3 Bruce Barmakian WW T2C 144 3559
4 Dustin Martin WW T2C 3291
5 Konrad Heilman Moyes RX 3208
6 Tyler Borradaile Wills Wing T2C 2856
7 Wolfgang Siess WW T2C 154 2717
8 Rory Duncan WW T2C 144 2586
9 Ross Hunter Moyes Litespeed S4.3 2492
10 Marcelo Menin WW T2C 2428

The 2015 Canadian National Championships »

Thu, Jul 2 2015, 10:48:19 pm MDT

Fourth task

Bruce Barmakian|Canadian Nationals 2015|David Gibson|Doug Keller|Dustin Martin|Moyes Litespeed RX|Tyler Borradaile|Wills Wing T2C

http://lumbyairforce.weebly.com/blog

Task four:

# Name Glider Time Dist.
Points
Lead.
Points
Time
Points
Arr.
Pos.
Points
Total
1 Dustin Martin Ww T2C 02:08:49 422.4 84.6 404.3 72.2 984
2 Wolfgang Siess Ww T2C 154 02:09:00 422.4 85.6 397.7 59.0 965
3 Konrad Heilman Moyes RX 02:10:57 422.4 101.1 370.4 47.9 942
4 Bruce Barmakian Ww T2C 144 02:11:22 422.4 99.2 366.2 38.9 927
5 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RS3.5 02:12:09 422.4 90.4 358.7 26.1 898
6 David Gibson Ww T2C 02:11:51 422.4 76.2 361.5 31.7 892
7 Tyler Borradaile Wills Wing T2C 02:14:08 422.4 88.4 342.0 21.9 875
8 Marcelo Menin Ww T2C 02:10:22 422.4 50.3 376.9 18.9 869
9 Rory Duncan Ww T2C 144 02:25:14 422.4 34.0 272.2 15.5 744
10 Ross Hunter Moyes Litespeed S4.3 02:37:17 422.4 72.9 213.7 16.8 726
11 Doug Keller Moyes Litespeed RX4 03:22:15 422.4 45.7 14.8 483

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Dustin Martin Ww T2C 2947
2 David Gibson Ww T2C 2941
3 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RS3.5 2810
4 Bruce Barmakian Ww T2C 144 2734
5 Konrad Heilman Moyes RX 2461
6 Tyler Borradaile Wills Wing T2C 2352
7 Wolfgang Siess Ww T2C 154 2150
8 Rory Duncan Ww T2C 144 2143
9 Ross Hunter Moyes Litespeed S4.3 1986
10 John Theoret Ww T2C 1954

The 2015 Canadian National Championships »

Wed, Jul 1 2015, 10:17:09 pm MDT

Third task

Bruce Barmakian|Canadian Nationals 2015|David Gibson|Doug Keller|Dustin Martin|Moyes Litespeed RX|Tyler Borradaile|Wills Wing T2C

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Task three:

# Name Glider Time Distance Dist.
Points
Lead.
Points
Time
Points
Arr.
Pos.
Points
Total
1 Dustin Martin Ww T2C 02:29:51 86.35 667.7 34.7 184.0 32.9 919
2 David Gibson Ww T2C 02:30:52 86.35 667.7 41.6 175.1 15.4 900
3 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RS3.5 02:31:06 86.35 667.7 39.9 173.8 8.2 890
4 Konrad Heilman Moyes RX 76.47 629.5 43.9 673
5 Bruce Barmakian Ww T2C 144 70.41 598.3 46.0 644
6 Tyler Borradaile Wills Wing T2C 62.65 549.9 28.4 578
7 John Theoret Ww T2C 62.00 545.8 10.7 557
8 Doug Keller Moyes Litespeed RX4 61.10 538.9 16.7 556
9 Marcelo Menin 55.66 492.8 32.7 526
10 Wolfgang Siess Ww T2C 154 55.21 488.8 31.0 520

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 David Gibson Ww T2C 2049
2 Dustin Martin Ww T2C 1963
3 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RS3.5 1912
4 Bruce Barmakian Ww T2C 144 1807
5 John Theoret Ww T2C 1524
6 Konrad Heilman Moyes RX 1519
7 Tyler Borradaile Wills Wing T2C 1477
8 Rory Duncan Ww T2C 144 1399
9 Ross Hunter Moyes Litespeed S4.3 1260
10 Wolfgang Siess Ww T2C 154 1185

The 2015 Canadian National Championships »

Wed, Jul 1 2015, 8:37:26 am MDT

Seven in goal

Bruce Barmakian|Canadian Nationals 2015|David Gibson|Dustin Martin|Tyler Borradaile|Wills Wing T2C

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Task 2:

# Name Glider Time Dist.
Points
Lead.
Points
Time
Points
Arr.
Pos.
Points
Total
1 Dustin Martin Ww T2C 01:42:43 321.3 55.8 223.2 39.9 640
2 David Gibson Ww T2C 01:44:07 321.3 53.9 207.9 28.9 612
3 Bruce Barmakian Ww T2C 144 01:46:41 321.3 43.4 192.7 20.9 578
4 Tyler Borradaile Wills Wing T2C 01:48:50 321.3 47.9 182.5 15.2 567
5 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RS3.5 01:49:56 321.3 36.0 177.7 11.5 547
6 Rory Duncan Ww T2C 144 01:55:04 321.3 37.7 158.1 9.4 527
7 John Theoret Ww T2C 02:22:42 321.3 35.4 80.8 8.4 446

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Bruce Barmakian Ww T2C 144 1163
2 David Gibson Ww T2C 1149
3 Dustin Martin Ww T2C 1044
4 Rory Duncan Ww T2C 144 1034
5 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RS3.5 1022
6 John Theoret Ww T2C 967
7 Tyler Borradaile Wills Wing T2C 899
8 Konrad Heilman Moyes RX 846
9 Ross Hunter Moyes Litespeed S4.3 753
10 Wolfgang Siess Ww T2C 154 665

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Dinosaur 2015 »

June 25, 2015, 5:15:33 pm MST -0600

Dinosaur 2015

Fees rising

Terry <<terryreynolds2>> writes:

The entry fee for Dinosaur 2015 goes up July 1 to $400.

The comp was conceived last year to boost hang gliding through competition by providing a major foot launch meet in a proven location. (Although designed primarily as a footlaunch event, we built a runway just for this comp for those who prefer to aerotow.) While aerotow contests have evolved and been refined to a fine art, particularly through the work of Davis Straub and Jamie Shelden, large footlaunch comps in the U.S. seem to be a thing of the past.

Dinosaur 2015 aims to:

1) To attract the world’s top pilots - the World Champion and the U.S. Champion are coming;
2) To bring back former regular competitors - “The Jeffs,” among others, are coming;
3) To build on the well thought out efforts to encourage the Sport Class.

Most of the Sport Class pilots signed up thus far have never flown in either class of a major comp. Nothing changes the fact that only the individual pilot can determine what is safe or not for that individual pilot. That said, we are making special efforts to encourage and cater to Sport Class:

1) Ryan Voight, USHPA Instructor of the Year and experienced big air pilot, will teach a free clinic, including video critique of launches, onsite Friday and Saturday before the contest starts Sunday;
2) Sport Class competitors will drop their two low score days - bomb out or choose not to fly and you’re still in the comp!;
3) Jim Zeiset has pledged $5,000 prize money (split $3K, $1500, $500) to the class.

To register, and to see the answers to more questions than you thought to ask, please go to http://rockymountainglider.com.

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Dinosaur 2015 »

May 26, 2015, 8:27:04 EDT

Dinosaur 2015

Entry fee rises soon

Terry <<terryreynolds2>> writes:

Reminder, the entry fee for Dinosaur 2015 goes up June 1. Please see http://rockymountainglider.com for more information and to register. Contact us at <rockymountainglider> with any questions, to volunteer, etc.

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Dinosaur fees to rise

March 30, 2015, 3:09:16 pm EDT

Dinosaur fees to rise

March 31st.

Dinosaur 2015

Terry writes:

March 31 is the last day for the Dinosaur 2015 early entry fee. Go to http://www.rockymountainglider.com/registration-fees.html to fill out your Pilot Entry Form and pay before the entry fee goes up!

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2015 Dinosaur »

March 16, 2015, 9:01:12 EDT

2015 Dinosaur

Registration is open

Terry <<terryreynolds2>> writes:

Registration is now open for Dinosaur 2015. Open ($10,000 First Prize), Sport ($5,000 prize money) and rigid classes. August 30 - September 5. Dinosaur, Colorado. Please see http://RockyMountainGlider.com for complete information.

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Dinosaur 2015 »

December 4, 2014, 8:51:59 CST

Dinosaur 2015

Terry is up and going for it

Terry <<terryreynolds2>> writes:

Tim Collard, longtime Colorado tow pilot, stood in for me with the Mayor of Dinosaur and a local rancher/county road grader artist building the new hang glider towing runway (1800' x 75') just east of town. While Dinosaur 2015 is being organized primarily as a foot launch contest, we want to provide an alternative for pilots who prefer to tow. The runway is within the same 10k start circle as the foot launches and a 2000' tow puts the pilot at the same altitude.

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Dinosaur 2015 goes topless

September 17, 2014, 6:37:26 MST

Dinosaur 2015

No longer restricted to kingpost only

Dinosaur 2015

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August 30 - September 5, 2015

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Dinosaur 2015 »

July 4, 2014, 7:08:31 MDT

Dinosaur 2015

$5,000 prize money for sport class

http://www.rockymountainglider.com/about.html

Terry<<terryreynolds2>> writes:

Jim Zeiset just kicked in another $5,000, designated for Sports Class prize money. This will be escrowed as will the $10,000 from us.

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Dinosaur 2015 »

June 23, 2014, 7:44:53 MDT

Dinosaur 2015

King posted only - open and sport

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Tin Cup

This is where the tough get going

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2011 Santa Cruz Flats Race - final results »

Mon, Sep 26 2011, 8:32:16 am MDT

2011 Santa Cruz Flats Race

The results

Alex McCulloch|Ben Dunn|Bill Soderquist|Brett Hazlett|Charles Allen|Chris Zimmerman|David Gibson|Davis Straub|Dustin Martin|Gary Solomon|Glen Volk|Greg Dinauer|Greg Kendall|James Stinnett|Jeff Chipman|John Hesch|Jonathan Dietch|Kraig Coomber|Larry Bunner|Mitchell "Mitch" Shipley|Patrick Kruse|Robin Hamilton|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2011

http://santacruzflatsrace.blogspot.com/

# Name Glider Total
1 Jeff Obrien Ww T2C 144 4247
2 Dustin Martin Ww T2C144 4158
3 Mitch Shipley Ww T2C 144 3713
4 Kraig Coomber Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 3584
5 James Stinnett Ww T2C 144 3579
6 Robin Hamilton Moyes Litespeed RS4 3552
7 Glen Volk Moyes RS3.5 3484
8 Brett Hazlett Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 3204
9 Josef Bostik Ww T2C 154 3151
10 Chris Zimmerman Ww T2C 154 3089
11 Larry Bunner Ww T2C144 2872
12 David Gibson Ww T2C 144 2855
13 Davis Straub Ww T2C 144 2825
14 Ben Dunn Moyes RS3.5 2688
15 Matt Barker Ww T2C 144 2536
16 Patrick Kruse Ww T2C 144 2395
17 Bill Soderquist Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 2389
18 Rudy Gotes Moyes Litespeed S 3.5 2035
19 Bob Filipchuk Aeros Combat L 15 1966
20 Greg Kendall Moyes Litespeed S4 1942
21 Olav Olsen Ww T2C 144 1925
22 Charles Allen Icaro Laminar Z8 1908
23 Ricker Goldsborough Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 1865
24 Konrad Heilman Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 1854
25 John Hesch Moyes RS4 1555
26 Jochen Zeischka Moyes Litespeed S4 1539
27 Alex Mcculloch Ww T2C 153 1506
28 Jd Guillemette Moyes Litespeed 4S 1465
29 Jeff Chipman Moyes Litespeed 4S 1446
30 Mike Branger Ww T2 155 1348
31 Jonathan Dietch Ww T2C 144 1239
32 Markus Venturini Ww T2 150 1090
33 Jay Devorak Moyes Litespeed 4S 986
34 Efren Fierro Ww T2C 144 693
35 Bill Reynolds Aeros Combat L 13 652
36 Rodrigo Russek Moyes Litespeed S4.5 638
37 Greg Dinauer Aeros Combat L-13 445
38 Alex Cuddy Moyes Litespeed RS4 411
39 Matt Dittman Moyes Litespeed S4 65
39 Gary Solomon Icaro Laminar MR700 14.1 65

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2011 Santa Cruz Flats Race - results for day three »

Wed, Sep 21 2011, 8:37:34 am MDT

2011 Santa Cruz Flats Race

A low scoring day

Ben Dunn|Brett Hazlett|Charles Allen|Chris Zimmerman|David Gibson|Davis Straub|Dustin Martin|Glen Volk|Greg Kendall|James Stinnett|Kraig Coomber|Larry Bunner|Mitchell "Mitch" Shipley|Robin Hamilton|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2011

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# Name Glider Time Total
1 Dustin Martin Ww T2C144 02:38:17 684
2 Jeff Obrien Ww T2C 144 02:39:47 663
3 Glen Volk Moyes RS3.5 02:46:03 635
4 Chris Zimmerman Ww T2C 154 03:18:28 554
5 Ben Dunn Moyes RS3.5 03:21:30 550
6 Larry Bunner Ww T2C144 462
7 Mitch Shipley Ww T2C 144 453
8 Ricker Goldsborough Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 411
9 Jd Guillemette Moyes Litespeed 4S 398
10 Charles Allen Icaro Laminar Z8 362
11 David Gibson Ww T2C 144 355
12 Davis Straub Ww T2C 144 346
13 Robin Hamilton Moyes Litespeed RS4 291
13 Josef Bostik Ww T2C 144 291
15 Kraig Coomber Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 290
16 James Stinnett Ww T2C 144 288
17 Brett Hazlett Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 231
18 Greg Kendall Moyes Litespeed S4 229
19 Bob Filipchuk Aeros Combat L 15 222
20 Rodrigo Russek Moyes Litespeed S4.5 198

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2011 Santa Cruz Flats Race - totals after two days »

September 20, 2011, 9:29:32 MST

2011 Santa Cruz Flats Race

Landing out hurts

Ben Dunn|Bill Soderquist|Brett Hazlett|David Gibson|Davis Straub|Dustin Martin|Glen Volk|James Stinnett|Kraig Coomber|Larry Bunner|Mitchell "Mitch" Shipley|Mitch Shipley|Patrick Kruse|Robin Hamilton|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2011

Ben Dunn|Bill Soderquist|Brett Hazlett|David Gibson|Davis Straub|Dustin Martin|Glen Volk|James Stinnett|Kraig Coomber|Larry Bunner|Mitchell "Mitch" Shipley|Patrick Kruse|Robin Hamilton|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2011

Ben Dunn|Bill Soderquist|Brett Hazlett|Chris Zimmerman|David Gibson|Davis Straub|Dustin Martin|Glen Volk|James Stinnett|Kraig Coomber|Larry Bunner|Mitchell "Mitch" Shipley|Mitch Shipley|Patrick Kruse|Robin Hamilton|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2011

Ben Dunn|Bill Soderquist|Brett Hazlett|Chris Zimmerman|David Gibson|Davis Straub|Dustin Martin|Glen Volk|James Stinnett|Kraig Coomber|Larry Bunner|Mitchell "Mitch" Shipley|Patrick Kruse|Robin Hamilton|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2011

# Name Glider Total
1 Jeff Obrien WW T2C 144 1797
2 Dustin Martin WW T2C144 1730
3 James Stinnett WW T2C 144 1667
4 Brett Hazlett Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 1631
5 Kraig Coomber Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 1593
6 Josef Bostik WW T2C 144 1551
7 Robin Hamilton Moyes Litespeed RS4 1478
8 Mitch Shipley WW T2C 144 1459
9 Larry Bunner WW T2C144 1375
10 Ben Dunn Moyes RS3.5 1263
11 Chris Zimmerman WW T2C 154 1257
12 Glen Volk Moyes RS3.5 1158
13 Davis Straub WW T2C 144 1124
14 David Gibson WW T2C 144 1089
15 Rudy Gotes Moyes Litespeed S 3.5 1065
16 Matt Barker WW T2C 144 957
17 Patrick Kruse WW T2C 144 923
18 Olav Olsen WW T2C 144 897
19 Bill Soderquist Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 836
20 Ricker Goldsborough Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 779

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2011 Santa Cruz Flats Race - top twenty results from day one »

September 19, 2011, 8:07:53 MST

2011 Santa Cruz Flats Race

Eight pilots in goal

Brett Hazlett|Chris Zimmerman|David Gibson|Davis Straub|Dustin Martin|Glen Volk|Greg Dinauer|James Stinnett|Jeff Chipman|Kraig Coomber|Larry Bunner|Mitchell "Mitch" Shipley|Patrick Kruse|Robin Hamilton|Santa Cruz Flats Race 2011

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# Name Nat Glider Total
1 James Stinnett USA WW T2C 144 998
2 Davis Straub USA WW T2C 144 902
3 Jeff Obrien USA WW T2C 144 899
4 Mitch Shipley USA WW T2C 144 865
5 Dustin Martin USA WW T2C144 822
5 Robin Hamilton USA Moyes Litespeed RS4 822
7 David Gibson USA WW T2C 144 800
8 Larry Bunner USA WW T2C144 769
9 Chris Zimmerman USA WW T2C 154 645
10 Brett Hazlett CAN Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 640
11 Kraig Coomber USA Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 627
12 Olav Olsen NOR WW T2C 144 596
13 Josef Bostik USA WW T2C 144 582
14 Glen Volk USA Moyes RS3.5 551
15 Rudy Gotes MEX Moyes Litespeed S 3.5 530
16 Bob Filipchuk USA Aeros Combat L 15 485
17 Ricker Goldsborough USA Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 468
18 Jeff Chipman USA Moyes Litespeed 4S 461
19 Greg Dinauer USA Aeros Combat L-13 450
20 Patrick Kruse USA WW T2C 144 432

Dave Gibson's T2C

Tue, Jun 7 2011, 2:26:35 pm GMT

Nice undersurface

David "Dave" Gibson|Wills Wing T2C

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