G'day all,
The below story is still correct (except that Dad was 2nd by 70points), my only
addition to it was that the reason why Dad initially thought he may've cleaned
up is because his WinPilot was incorrect, and nothing to do with the scorer (if
it was taken that way)! Dads speed was actually 92km/hr off the stick..
The scorer, who I think, working with the webmaster did a sensational job.
This comp has been the first in Australia that I can recall that has had the
*.igc traces available for download each day - Nice work guys!
I didn't mention the WinPilot fault in the below e-mail as I'm all for
WinPilot. 9 times out of 10 in my experience, the speeds and data are accurate
:).. doh!
Sorry for any offence to the scorer, if any at all was taken.
WPP
P.s. Jo, would you be able to write something to the group about what was going
through your head, and how you made that massive decision?! I think many of us
could learn from it if we were to be in that same situation in future comps.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:26:38
+1000Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Results: Qld Easter comps 2008
Just spoke to Dad, sounds like it was an interesting day to finish up on.
Blue, windy and generally ordinary conditions.. After the task was completed,
Dad and Georgo met. The conversation was, how fast did you go?! Dad's
response was "98km/hr", Georgo responded, "oh well, congratulations, you got
me. 93km/hr".. Later that night at prize giving, the daily results were called
out. "3rd, Georgo"... "2nd, Robert Hart"... ... "and 1st place for the day goes
to... Bill Hatfield!" Dad and Georgo look over at each other, throw their hands
up in the air and expressions of something like "well bugger me!".. The CD then
moved onto the final winners presentation, "Congratulations Georgo, you've won
Performance Class". Dad said he's speach was short and sweet, but told at how
he was totally surprised by the result! Dad was 2nd by 40something points,
well done Dad. ---- I believe Jo had an eventful day as well. Dad tells me
that she almost landed out near Tara, decided to make a re-start at 13:45 (I
think, maybe later too), and managed to pull off a Day win to clean up Club
Class. Congratulations Jo!! Guess that decision came down to 'do I want to
have a chance at winning, or loose and stay on task?' Well, seeing as when
ever a ASG29 wins, 'someone' basically says "it's the ASG29, it is soooo much
better than the V2, thats why it won". So it must mean that the Shark is
better than the V2 :( hahaha Congrats Georgo and Jo! WPP
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