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Dinosaur 2015 - Predictions From the Organizers »
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 »
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.
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Dinosaur day 6 cancelled »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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.
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Dinosaur - day 4 »
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 »
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 »
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.
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Dinosaur - day 3 »
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 »
Glen wins task 2
Dinosaur 2015
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https://airtribune.com/dinosaur2015/blog__day_3
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Dinosaur - day 3 »
Watch live tracking
Dinosaur 2015
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Dinosaur - day 2 »
Christian 40 seconds ahead
Bill Soderquist|Christian Ciech|competition|Dinosaur 2015|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Wills Wing T2C|Zac Majors
https://airtribune.com/dinosaur2015/blog__day_2
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.
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Dinosaur - day 2 »
Zac and Glen first into goal
Dinosaur 2015
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Dinosaur - day 1 cancelled »
Over development - just like in the old days there.
Dinosaur 2015
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Dinosaur 2015 »
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
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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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
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
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 »
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 »
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.
http://www.rockymountainglider.com/
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Dinosaur 2015 goes topless
Dinosaur 2015
No longer restricted to kingpost only
Dinosaur 2015
http://www.rockymountainglider.com
August 30 - September 5, 2015
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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
King posted only - open and sport
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