I was one of the turkey winners and pulled one out of my 'landing sequence' at 50 feet to do a little better than the rest of the group. It made my weekend.
I really like the seeded MOM as it is never boring in the last few rounds.
Although it was 18 Min. I did about a 10 and won the round and that really felt good as the total group at the Pumpkin Fly was "above average" in capability. Depending on air for the round it could have been a 5 min winner or an 18 min winner. It was fun and a challange.
I did not finish well, but will tell you that that the OVSS has the most fun fomat for TD that I have flown in.
Thanks for the fun:
Jack Iafret "Keeper of the Nostalgia Rules"
From: "Steve Siebenaler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [RCSE] 18 minute tasks... Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 17:34:03 -0400
Just so happens that I was CD at the CSS Pumpkin Fly last Sunday, October 12th. We fly "seeded" man-on-man and I called an 18 minute round for the last round of our contest, which was our TURKEY SHOOT round. Conditions were breezy, but sunny, so pilots had to find multiple thermals and many went way down wind to hook their first thermal. It was no "cakewalk" like some would surmise. Not every pilot got there time, and some landed a minute early after "specking out", as they were trying to find the next thermal and all they found upwind was big sink. We even had a round where two pilots were "duking" it out at 50' with several minutes to go in the round.
Of course, those pilots who skillfully completed the soaring task made it a "landing contest" to win a turkey.
That was definitely a test of soaring skills. If conditions were really easy, it would have been silly to call such a long task. But when conditions are challenging, long task times really test one's soaring skills.
Steve Siebenaler h <http://www.cincinnatisoaring.org> ttp://www.cincinnatisoaring.org Cincinnati, Ohio USA
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