Thanks Matt, both for the explanation and the description of the flight. I know Allan well, he flew at DDSC, so I follow his exploits.
Cheers Paul On Feb 13, 2014 1:11 PM, "Matt Gage" <[email protected]> wrote: > Unlike Australian comps, there is nothing in the sporting code (which > governs records) that suggests the flights can't be done pair flying, or > even receiving weather or condition information from multiple locations to > assist decision making. > > Additionally, I believe that Pam actually contacted the IGC for > clarification on this before posting the notification. > > For those that like to know where the task was, TP1 was an arbitrary GPS > point midway between Ivanhoe and Balranald - there's nothing there, so > nothing to name it after ! > > Wombat is correct in that we were using this flight as a training exercise > for the worlds, this was actually the 2nd record attempt in the week we > spent together - we fell well short of Peter Temple's new 750k o/r record a > few days earlier. > > We were wingtip to wingtip at both the start and finish, although for much > of the flight, this wasn't the case as we repeatedly had one then the other > get separated vertically and the had to work hard to pull the low one back > up without slowing the high one - very good training for us. The intention > was to try and do this jointly, although, if one of us had been clearly > ahead at the finish, they were not going to wait ! > > For others thinking of doing the same, you are not going to be able to > pair fly effectively without a lot of practice, equivalent gliders at the > same wing loading and a similar flying style - we had this, and had almost > no disagreement over thermal strengths to use, height bands, speed to fly, > tracks in both the blue and with Cu, etc. > > Over the week, we flew for over 30 hours together over about 3,500 km. > This particular flight was on the last day. > > Finally, we need to apologise to everyone affected by the huge amount of > radio traffic between us last week > > Matt > > > > > > > On 13 Feb 2014, at 13:12 , Paul Bart <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Wombat > > Those were my thoughts, but the question still remains, is the flight > unassisted, given that the whole point of pair flying is to go faster. I > have no axe to grind, I am just interested. > > > > Cheers > > Paul > > > On 13 February 2014 09:09, Mike Cleaver <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The flight was a pairs-flying exercise and they started and finished >> wingtip to wingtip to ensure the times were the same to the second! >> >> Wombat >> >> >> On 13/02/2014 8:10 AM, Peter (PCS3) wrote: >> >> Now that must be a record: two simultaneous claims on the same day in the >> same model of glider with the exactly the same location, speeds and >> distance!!!! >> What are the chances of that? !!!!!!!!!! >> PeterS >> >> On 12/02/2014 9:47 AM, Pam wrote: >> >> GFA has received the following record claims for the Australian National >> Standard Class 750km triangle speed record: >> >> >> >> >> Category: General >> >> Class: Standard >> >> Type of record: 750km triangle speed >> >> Location: West Wyalong >> >> Performance: 134.01 kph >> >> Pilot: Matt gage >> >> Glider: LS8/15m >> >> Date: 8/2/2014 >> >> >> >> >> Category: General >> Sub-class Standard >> Type of record : Speed over a 750km triangle >> Course/location : West Wyalong Aerodrome, NSW ( Australia ) - TP1`- >> Conargo and return >> Performance : 134.01 km/hr >> Pilot : Allan Barnes >> Glider : LS8/15mRegistration: VH-NSZ >> Date : 08 Feb 2014 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing [email protected] >> To check or change subscription details, >> visit:http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing [email protected] >> To check or change subscription details, >> visit:http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> [email protected] >> To check or change subscription details, visit: >> http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >> > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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