US: 15M/Open Class Writeups?

Looks like there's been some amazing flying at the Nationals, but not a peep that I can find anywhere in terms of reporting. I tried the usual SSA Results page, the SSA Homepage, Facebook searches, the Minden Website. Nada.

P3

On Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 10:45:24 AM UTC-5, Papa3 wrote:
Looks like there's been some amazing flying at the Nationals, but not a peep that I can find anywhere in terms of reporting. I tried the usual SSA Results page, the SSA Homepage, Facebook searches, the Minden Website. Nada.

P3

A sign of the decline, I suppose (Another example is this year we received no applicants for the mentorship awards). In the absence of formal contest write-ups, you can find some great stuff (Wx conditions, types of lift encountered, pilot strategies, even satellite pictures, etc.) from those contestants who post their flts and comments to OLC.

On Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 2:47:40 PM UTC-6, wrote:
On Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 10:45:24 AM UTC-5, Papa3 wrote:
Looks like there's been some amazing flying at the Nationals, but not a peep that I can find anywhere in terms of reporting. I tried the usual SSA Results page, the SSA Homepage, Facebook searches, the Minden Website. Nada.

I agree, Its looks like the early part of the contest was going off the scale.
Too bad no one is writing up a synopsis on the SSA site.
I thought is was a sanction requirement that someone does a daily write up.?
In the OLC comments theirs very little, except comments like " Nats day 5"
Nick
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Yes, theirs very little on OLC..... You would think at the National Contest their would be better coverage..../s

Boggs

On Sunday, June 6, 2021 at 3:06:09 PM UTC-4, Waveguru wrote:
Yes, theirs very little on OLC..... You would think at the National Contest their would be better coverage..../s

Boggs
Rhonda and I have hosted the R5N contest for 20 years and we have always made sure the daily write ups were posted. So much has been written about how we grow this Sport and to have a National Contest be so irresponsible as to not even bother to post brief reports is awful. Maybe one of you contestants can spare a few minutes to fill us in on the details. Charlie Spratt is spinning around in his grave!

On Sunday, June 6, 2021 at 6:54:56 PM UTC-4, Al Tyler 8H wrote:
On Sunday, June 6, 2021 at 3:06:09 PM UTC-4, Waveguru wrote:
Yes, theirs very little on OLC..... You would think at the National Contest their would be better coverage..../s


I guess flying 775.49 km at 176.86 km/h is so boring that nobody thinks anyone (especially this east-coast flat-land pilot) would be interested in reading about it.

I'm surprised Elon Musk hasn't employed Charlie Spratt's spinning bones to drill more useless holes in the ground.

Ray

Hi Al,

I really want to be like Charlie someday. In the meantime, I think he’d understand, having been a CD as many times as he was and as great a writer as he was. See my write up below and understand that my first obligation is to serve as the best CD I can be for the organization and pilots and that I’m no writer like Charlie, who could turn our a contest report in a “few minutes�. No one I know can match his writings. Sorry, I’m trying. I’ll take any suggestions

All the best to you and Rhonda. I sure miss seeing y’all.
Mark

On Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 11:45:24 AM UTC-4, Papa3 wrote:
Looks like there's been some amazing flying at the Nationals, but not a peep that I can find anywhere in terms of reporting. I tried the usual SSA Results page, the SSA Homepage, Facebook searches, the Minden Website. Nada.

P3

I am surprised no one is talking about how low the participation in the contest was, especially considering that Minden is such a good soaring location, 2 classes, 28 pilots only. It is not hard to imagine what the numbers will be like in 10 years, unless something changes.

On Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 6:50:47 AM UTC-4, Andrzej Kobus wrote:
On Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 11:45:24 AM UTC-4, Papa3 wrote:
Looks like there's been some amazing flying at the Nationals, but not a peep that I can find anywhere in terms of reporting. I tried the usual SSA Results page, the SSA Homepage, Facebook searches, the Minden Website. Nada.

P3
I am surprised no one is talking about how low the participation in the contest was, especially considering that Minden is such a good soaring location, 2 classes, 28 pilots only. It is not hard to imagine what the numbers will be like in 10 years, unless something changes.

The drop in contest participation was already noticeable before the pandemic hit. My hope is that the numbers will come up again a bit after things get back to normal but in general, yes, it is a worrying trend.

Uli
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