Region 11 Truckee, California - FINAL CONTEST DAY - GOES-17 vis Videoand Flight Track

[WaltWX[_2_]]

Kudos..

to the R11 organizers, CDs and pilots for pulling of a difficult contest. Poor weather resulted in 4 days of contest flying including one California Grand Prix task.

The last day was the only real racing day, won by John Cochrane "BB" in his ASH-31mi. It shows a classic Minden/Truckee racing day in fair to good conditions. Final summary of that day:

https://www.ssa.org/Contests?cid=2427&show=blog&id=6047&ContestName=2019+Region+11+FAI+Class

Overall results:

https://www.ssa.org/Contests?cid=2427&display=results

....and the video...

GOES-17 0.5km Vis with radar and Flight Track of John Cochrane:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7q88ezmivfe658t/GOES-17_Vis_TruckeeR11_SatJul20_20190720_FlightTrack_Jo hnCochrane.mp4?raw=1

Walt Rogers WX
Remote weather forecaster for R11

[jfitch]

On Sunday, July 21, 2019 at 4:39:06 PM UTC-7, WaltWX wrote:
> Kudos..
>
> to the R11 organizers, CDs and pilots for pulling of a difficult contest. Poor weather resulted in 4 days of contest flying including one California Grand Prix task.
>
> The last day was the only real racing day, won by John Cochrane "BB" in his ASH-31mi. It shows a classic Minden/Truckee racing day in fair to good conditions. Final summary of that day:
>
> https://www.ssa.org/Contests?cid=2427&show=blog&id=6047&ContestName=2019+Region+11+FAI+Class
>
> Overall results:
>
> https://www.ssa.org/Contests?cid=2427&display=results
>
> ...and the video...
>
> GOES-17 0.5km Vis with radar and Flight Track of John Cochrane:
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/7q88ezmivfe658t/GOES-17_Vis_TruckeeR11_SatJul20_20190720_FlightTrack_Jo hnCochrane.mp4?raw=1
>
> Walt Rogers WX
> Remote weather forecaster for R11

And a Big Thanks also to Walt for his weather advice - even if it was mostly bad (weather that is)!

You put a lot of work into this Walt, and we appreciate it.

[Andy Blackburn[_3_]]

Thankfully, even relatively poor soaring weather at Truckee permits racing.

Thanks to all the volunteers who make it possible.

Andy Blackburn
9B

[John Cochrane[_3_]]

On Monday, July 22, 2019 at 7:17:05 AM UTC-7, Andy Blackburn wrote:
> Thankfully, even relatively poor soaring weather at Truckee permits racing.
>
> Thanks to all the volunteers who make it possible.
>
> Andy Blackburn
> 9B

The Truckee format for handicapped grand prix race also worked very well, and turned out to be a lot of fun. It took a lot of work from Jon and MIke, much appreciated. Try it!
John Cochrane
BB

[Tony[_5_]]

F1GP organizers would love to have some overseas competitors again! I'd love to but don't think I can pull off being out of country for two Christmases in a row. Get ahold of them!

https://www.f1gp.com.au/