The good thing about the format of the club class comp is that there are very few outlandings. The AAT task lets everyone come home after a set time (3-4 hours). Even if you have a slow patch, you can just turn back and come home, you don't get forced into pushing on as the thermals weaken.
More and more competitors are turning up without a crew. No one has been left to sit in a paddock for long, there are enough people around who will come and get you. If you do it too often, then it could get a bit expensive for beer. Terry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Emilis Prelgauskas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 5:39 PM Subject: [aus-soaring] retrieves > At 08:41 AM 17/07/03 +1000, Robert wrote: > >My only problem there is that Brian can't do that one as well and so I > >would be solo, with no crew. > >Is there anyone going to the Waikerie comps that would be prepared to > >enter into a cross retrieve agreement > >Any offers or other solutions? > > My experience in contests is that it is usually your fiercest direct > competitor who will come and get you. Because they want you to be at the > start tomorrow. > > I wonder where this misgiving about the inconvenience in outlanding comes > from. It seems to be a major deterrent to many pilots with gliders better > than mine who choose to not enter contests, even when the venue is at their > home club, and their glider is sitting rigged in its own hangar there. > > Wonder how they'd cope flying in to the contest site by glider before the > contest without a car, trailer or crew. > > I suspect Waikerie will be a pilot friendly event. When it was first mooted, > a meeting at Waikerie received over 2 dozen people coming from clubs all > around South Australia offering to support the running of the event. > -- > Emilis Prelgauskas > B.ARCH ARAIA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. > * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message > * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information. > > -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.
