History Question - 1983 Worlds in Hobbs

David Innes shipped his own Nimbus 3, UK comp no. 174 to the '83 Worlds,
so I guess Ake is the best candidate.

At 20:12 06 September 2016, Craig Funston wrote:
On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 11:00:22 AM UTC-7, Michael Opitz wrote:
At 16:32 06 September 2016, Craig Funston wrote:
I'm hoping to update the historic record of my Nimbus 3 which=20
was flown in
the 1983 Worlds in Hobbs. The glider was owned by Lawrence=20
Wood at the
time. The flight hours were logged, but there's no mention of who=20
flew it
in the worlds. =20

Does anyone know which pilot flew Lawrence Wood's Nimbus 3=20
(7L - N3127Q) in
the '83 Worlds in Hobbs? Any leads would be appreciated.

Cheers,
7Q

7Q,
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The SSA on line archive has an article on the 1983 WGC by Doug=20
Lamont in the September 1983 issue:
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http://ssa.org/Archive/ViewIssue.asp...983&month=3D09
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It appears that nobody flying in the open class used 7L, which is=20
not to say that your glider didn't fly there. The pilot probably
just=20
used a different contest number. It looks like Holger Back of=20
Germany flew a Ventus with the CN# 7L. My guess is that because=20
Holger had already reserved 7L, your glider's pilot had to modify
the=20
contest number on your glider. The easiest modification from=20
looking at the score sheet would have been converting 7L to ZL with=20
some duct tape, etc. ZL was flown by Sweden's Ake Pettersson to=20
5th place. If the individual flights are logged, you might compare=20
speeds etc with the score sheet. David Innes of Guernsey flew #74=20
which is also a possibility for a modified 7L, but not as easy to do.
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RO

Thanks Michael,

I've been through the Soaring article as well and have the same suspicion
t=
hat Ake is the pilot given that a few pieces of colored tape are the only
b=
arrier between "7L" and "ZL". There aren't any speeds in the logbook so
I
=
can only make rough approximations. I'm hoping someone's able to
confirm
f=
rom memory or has old pictures that show the N number.

7Q