47th Australian Multiclass Nationals

Benalla, Australia,   12 January 2009 – 23 January 2009

11am day 7 Tue 20 Jan 09

Day 6 provisional winners were the same as the previous day winners in each class:
Standard:  Peter Temple (LS 8) -126.7 km/h - 504.8 km
15m:  Peter Trotter (ASW 20) - 125.0 km/h - 519.2 km   
18m:  Bruce Taylor (Ventus 2cT) - 133.2 km/h - 490.3 km   
Day 5 provisional winner:
Open: Gerrit Kurstjens (Nimbus 4T) - 126.2 km/h - 477.9km  

Leaders after 6 days of flying are:
Standard:
1. Peter Temple - LS 8 - 5648
2. Tom Gilbert - SZD55 - 5540
3. Tobias Geiger - LS 4A - 5296
4. Lisa Trotter - LS 8 - 5025

15m:
1. John Buchanan - ASW 27 - 5941
2. Peter Trotter - ASW 20 - 5525
3. Miles Gore-Brown - LS 8 - 5341
4. David Pietsch - ASW 20 - 5188

18m:
1. Graham Parker - ASG 29 - 5714
2. Bruce Taylor - Ventus 2cT - 5680
3. David Jansen - ASG 29 - 5678
4. Tom Claffey - ASG 29 - 5411 

There is a protest meeting tonight regarding day 2 Open Class scores.
   
Today there is a total fire ban in Victoria and south-western New South Wales.  The day is difficult to predict.  A high pressure system is in the Tasman. Benalla surface wind 340/15.  Max temp predicted 41 degrees. Lift unstable; max height DALR 12,000; ave lift 7 - 9 kts, max 12+. Start 1200 hrs, cut off at Benalla late.

Graham Garlick predicts that it could be very very good because a trough of low pressure near western and coastal regions is moving north-eastwards into the task area. Cu is already popping over the mountains.    

An AAT has been set in each class - Mount Beauty (50), Euroa (40), Coreen (50), Glenrowan (10).  15m has 3.5 hrs; all other classes 3.0 hrs. Grid 15m, Standard, 18m, Open.   

 

Written on 19 January 2009 at 22:29.

Latest winner

1. Peter Temple 131.30 km/h
2. Matt Gage 124.48 km/h
3. John Nicholls 121.10 km/h
1. John Buchanan 126.11 km/h
2. Peter Trotter 116.88 km/h
3. Ian McCallum 114.63 km/h
1. Graham Parker 128.69 km/h
2. David Jansen 127.30 km/h
3. Lars Zehnder 127.02 km/h
1. Paul Mander/ David McManus 116.37 km/h
2. Mick Webster/ Graham Rock 115.41 km/h
3. Dion Weston 110.14 km/h

Latest task

Task 11, 23 Jan 2009
Task distance: 430.26 km
Updated: 21/05/2015, 06:27
Task 11, 23 Jan 2009
Task distance: 430.26 km
Updated: 21/05/2015, 06:27
Task 11, 23 Jan 2009
Task distance: 451.97 km
Updated: 21/05/2015, 06:27
Task 11, 23 Jan 2009
Task distance: 0.00 km
Updated: 21/05/2015, 06:27