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Region 4 South
New Castle International New Castle, Virginia, USA Saturday, 19 SEP 09: Unofficial practice. Some pilots made flights. Sunday, 20 SEP 09: Official practice. No flying due to solid, low, overcast skies. Monday, 21 SEP 09: First scheduled race day. No flying due to overcast skies. Ray Lovinggood Carrboro, North Carolina, USA |
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Wednesday, 23 SEP 09:
At 12:30 local time, gliders were on the grid and a sniffer had been launched. Tops of the mountains still hidden by clouds, but there were cu's reported in the area. Hopefully, they will get a task in today! Ray Lovinggood Carrboro, North Carolina, USA |
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Wednesday, 23 SEP 09:
At 16:30 local time, I received information that the fleet got to fly today. We'll have to wait until later to read the Dick Butler report on the SSA web page. Ray Lovinggood Carrboro, North Carolina, USA |
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Weather forecast for the last two days, Friday and Saturday, the 25th
and 26th of September doesn't look too favorable for soaring. Two days are currently "in the bag" for this regional contest, and two days will make it an official contest, even if they can't fly the last two. As of Thursday, the preliminary standings a Standard Class: 1. Baude Litt 2. Herbert Kilian 3. David Cole 15 Meter Class: 1. Karl Stiedieck 2. Roy McMaster 3. Hank Nixon 18 Meter Class: 1. Al Tyler 2. John Murray 3. John Seymour We won't know if the contest is over until Dick Butler has said so, and now, still on Friday morning and before the pilot's meeting, it's too early to say. Glider pilots are ever the optimists, so who knows? I'm keeping my fingers crossed they can get in some more flying. I think a special recognition should go out to Scott Alexander for his performance in Standard Class. He was flying an ASW-15, a ship more suited for Club and Sports Class and not the Standard Class where he has no help from a handicap. He ended up in 7th place in a class with 10 pilots (not sure if one pilot didn't make it to the race and thus having a class of 9 pilots). I think he did quite well! Nicely done, Scott! Ray Lovinggood Carrboro, North Carolina, USA |
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