Dust Devil Dash - Tehachapi on Saturday September 7th

The 2019 Dust Devil Dash is coming up on Saturday, September 7th at Mountain Valley Airport (L94) in Tehachapi, California This year marks the 35th year of this annual event. This is a one day straight out handicapped distance event. All sailplanes and sailplane pilots welcome. 2 place sailplane..........no problem. Pilots are responsible for paying for their own tow, flight, and bringing their own crew. Camping facilities, and tows available through Skylark North. Hotels and other amenities available nearby. Potluck BBQ on the Friday evening (9-6-19) prior to the Dust Devil Dash. Bring your own meat to grill, your own beverage, and a dish to share. Grill, plates, utensils and other necessities provided. For more information contact Rob Morgan 858-442-6194.

Thanks to John Leibacher, the 2019 DDD waypoint file is now on the soaring turnpoint exchange in all the common and most of the uncommon formats.
http://soaringweb.org/TP/Tehachapi
http://serkowski.com/soaring/TP/Tehachapi/
http://soaring.guenther-eichhorn.com/TP/Tehachapi
etc...
The CUPX file for SeeYou Mobile and LX90x0, with satellite images of all landable points, is located he
http://tinyurl.com/gwv75jt
Jim

And now there are current TFR files at this link:
https://tinyurl.com/SoaringStuff
Most significant ones:
W of Olancha
W of Big Pine
Between Mammoth and Lee Vining
and for some
S end of Ruby Mountains (W of Ft. Ruby)
NW of Cedar City
E of Mt. Pleasant

Reno Air Races TFR starts on Sunday.
Rocket launches at Black Rock Desert start on Monday.
I'll buy beers for anyone in the Dash who has to skirt the TFRs near Grant County or Yellowstone.
Have fun!
Jim

Looks like Ramy won at Battle Mountain! 2nd and 3rd in Austin.

Congrats!

On Sunday, August 11, 2019 at 2:09:27 PM UTC-7, wrote:
The 2019 Dust Devil Dash is coming up on Saturday, September 7th at Mountain Valley Airport (L94) in Tehachapi, California This year marks the 35th year of this annual event. This is a one day straight out handicapped distance event. All sailplanes and sailplane pilots welcome. 2 place sailplane..........no problem. Pilots are responsible for paying for their own tow, flight, and bringing their own crew. Camping facilities, and tows available through Skylark North. Hotels and other amenities available nearby. Potluck BBQ on the Friday evening (9-6-19) prior to the Dust Devil Dash. Bring your own meat to grill, your own beverage, and a dish to share. Grill, plates, utensils and other necessities provided. For more information contact Rob Morgan 858-442-6194.

Any results yet?

Preliminary Report:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ok3kn4161p...EPORT.pdf?dl=0

My Weather Briefing:
https://demo.codimd.org/s/SkOwKhg8r#

Flight Tracks and Grapic of All Flights:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/k2bvcfo1q...kHS2R5Zza?dl=0

Walt Rogers WX


1 - TG Ramy Yanetz – Landed Battle Mountain NV (ASG-29)
2 - 5Z Tom Serkowski – landed Austin NV (ASW-27)
2 - ER Eric Rupp – landed Austin NV (ASW-27)
4 - PB David Heffel – turned Boundary peak returned to Bishop (PID-20D)
4 - TR Tom Riley – landed Bishop (ASW-27)
4 – Z9 Tom Coussens – landed Bishop (PID-20D)
7 - JG Joel Garris – landed Jean NV (Discus C FES)
8 – HA Kathyrn Fosha – landed Olancha strip .. 24sm south Lone Pine (LS-1f)
9 – NXS Douglas Fornius – landed 1.5sm south Lake Los Angeles RanchoPicacho (ASW-27)
10 – N NivLevy – landed California City L94 (ASW-15)
11- BB Britton Bluedorn – landed Mojave CA (ASW-27)

Todd Schultz in a 1-26 flew ~197 miles for the DDD. After handicaps are calculated, his standing should be way up there... either 2nd or 4th for day. Landed on a remote dry lake between Twenty Nine Palms, CA and Parker AZ (6sm North Iron Mountain).

My apologies for missing that flight.

Walt WX


On Sunday, September 8, 2019 at 5:38:52 PM UTC-7, WaltWX wrote:
Preliminary Report:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ok3kn4161p...EPORT.pdf?dl=0

My Weather Briefing:
https://demo.codimd.org/s/SkOwKhg8r#

Flight Tracks and Grapic of All Flights:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/k2bvcfo1q...kHS2R5Zza?dl=0

Walt Rogers WX


1 - TG Ramy Yanetz – Landed Battle Mountain NV (ASG-29)
2 - 5Z Tom Serkowski – landed Austin NV (ASW-27)
2 - ER Eric Rupp – landed Austin NV (ASW-27)
4 - PB David Heffel – turned Boundary peak returned to Bishop (PID-20D)
4 - TR Tom Riley – landed Bishop (ASW-27)
4 – Z9 Tom Coussens – landed Bishop (PID-20D)
7 - JG Joel Garris – landed Jean NV (Discus C FES)
8 – HA Kathyrn Fosha – landed Olancha strip .. 24sm south Lone Pine (LS-1f)
9 – NXS Douglas Fornius – landed 1.5sm south Lake Los Angeles RanchoPicacho (ASW-27)
10 – N NivLevy – landed California City L94 (ASW-15)
11- BB Britton Bluedorn – landed Mojave CA (ASW-27)

I downloaded and played on SeeYou TG's and 5Z's flights. Jeez those guys are brave. And must really know the local area.
I don't know the area from Tehacapi to Lone Pine, but watching those flights was a lesson on how to depart and head north at a low low and lower altitude.
Then when 5Z goes off the back of the Whites it gets really exciting again.
Hats off to those guys, took a lot of local knowledge and balls to pull off those flights in those conditions.
I would like to fly in that contest, but not in those conditions.
Two most excellent pilots at there best!

UPDATED 8AM Sunday 9-8-2019

Todd Schultz 2nd Place !!! 1-26
Joel Garris 4th Place ! Discus 2c FES

1 - TG Ramy Yanetz – Landed Battle Mountain NV (ASG-29) – 389.23sm handicap 328.90sm

2 – Todd Schultz – Landed 30sm SE Cadiz – 197.44sm handicap 315.90sm

3 - 5Z Tom Serkowski – landed Austin NV (ASW-27) – 309.28sm handicap 271.55sm

3 - ER Eric Rupp – landed Austin NV (ASW-27) – 309.28sm handicap 271.55sm

4 - JG Joel Garris – landed Jean NV (Discus C FES) – 180.21sm handicap 157.78sm

5 - PB David Heffel – landed Bishop (PID-20D) – 157.02sm handicap 137.86sm

5 - TR Tom Riley – landed Bishop (ASW-27)

5 – Z9 Tom Coussens – landed Bishop (PID-20D)

8 – HA Kathyrn Fosha – landed Olancha strip .. 24sm south Lone Pine (LS-1f)

9 – NXS Douglas Fornius – landed 1.5sm south Lake Los Angeles RanchoPicacho (ASW-27)

10 – N NivLevy – landed California City L94 (ASW-15)

11- BB Britton Bluedorn – landed Mojave CA (ASW-27)

Walt Rogers WX

These results are NOT OFFICIAL...

Rob Morgan, contest director for DDD will be publishing official results

Walt Rogers WX