Central Plateau Soaring Competition

Days 3 and 4

Day 3 has been declared a fishing day due to overcast skies and light rain. Some of us went fly fishing and some went trolling on the lake. The score was 2 zip to the trollers.

Day 4 is still overcast with light drizzle and will be cancelled.

Day 2

Again the overcast cleared late in the day, too late to set a task and get all the gliders launched and settled which takes about an hour. We cancelled the day and most pilots went free flying at about 3 o\'clock. The Wellington pilots Dane, Grae, Martyn and Warren flew North into the Waikato for about a 300km flight while others went to the East and the South. Not bad for a cancelled day and Warren was heard to say "what\'s it like on a good day then". We\'re still optimistic we\'ll get some g...
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Day One

The strong wind and overcast skies turned to reasonable conditions and the twenty three competitors all launched without a hitch, some launched several times. Conditions were not expected to be great so we set a 150km to 370km AAT and only 5 of the 17 Open Class pilots got around and none of the Club Class. Everyone enjoyed themselves and the retrieves were easy so I thimk we\'ve had a good start. We were treated to a very tasty BBQ and dessert by the local Taupo Gliding Club members to finish o...
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