UK Mountain Soaring Championship 2022

Aboyne, United Kingdom,   September 4, 2022 – September 10, 2022

Champions

Open
1 253 John Williams 484
2 X6 Jordan Richards 478
3 3D John Tanner 444

Day 4

Yet another night of being woken up by the rain, maybe its time to invest in a canoe. Briefing is at 09:30 and the rain has finally stopped falling on the airfield, lets see what the day brings us. You can see a Timelapse of the clouds and rain from yesterday in YouTube.
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Written by: Deeside Gliding Club on September 7, 2022 at 8:05 AM.

Day 3

Another damp day in propsect, however are aren't giving up on the day and will re-brief at 12:00
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Written by: Deeside Gliding Club on September 6, 2022 at 9:37 AM.

Day 2 - Height Gain Results

After a fairly damp day, we had two entries for the height gain, ZA winning the day with a gain of only 515 feet. Glider Pilot            GainZA      Tony Brown    515115    Team Tait         85
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Written by: Deeside Gliding Club on September 6, 2022 at 9:36 AM.

Day 2 - XC Scrubbed - Height Gain available

The weather is not playing ball at the minute, the cross country has been scrubbed, however launches are available until 18:00 for the Height Gain competition.
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Written by: Deeside Gliding Club on September 5, 2022 at 11:25 AM.

Day 2

Morning All, Breifing is over and we have a complex weather system today. We are hoping to see an improvement later in the day, so will be re briefing at 12:00
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Written by: Deeside Gliding Club on September 5, 2022 at 9:25 AM.

Day 1 - Height Gain Results

Morning All, So we had a Height Climbing day yesterday, Stuart Naylor won the day with a gain of 3,078 feet. Glider Pilot      GainStuart Naylor     3,078Matt Roberts      2,286Tony Brown        1,887Martin Phillimore 1,483Robert Tait       1,125Bob Bromwich       574Docherty & Docherty289
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Written by: Deeside Gliding Club on September 5, 2022 at 9:23 AM.

Day 1 - Launching

We have gliders on the end of the runway and tugs starting their engines, the clouds are clearing and the evening wave is visible....You can follow all the action live at https://link.glideandseek.com/2022-ukmsc
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Written by: Deeside Gliding Club on September 4, 2022 at 4:47 PM.
Edited by: Deeside Gliding Club on September 4, 2022 at 4:47 PM.

Day 1 - XC Scrubbed - Height Gain available

The Cross Country has been scrubbed, however launches are available for the Height Gain until 18:00 Next briefing will be at 09:30 tomorrow 
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Written by: Deeside Gliding Club on September 4, 2022 at 2:25 PM.

Day 1 - The sun has got his hat on

The sun has come out and the sniffer is sitting at the end of the runway ready to launch... You can follow all the action live at https://link.glideandseek.com/2022-ukmsc
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Written by: Deeside Gliding Club on September 4, 2022 at 2:05 PM.
Edited by: Deeside Gliding Club on September 4, 2022 at 2:05 PM.

Day 1 - Task set

It is beginning to clear up and a task has been set - Loch Kinord Start - Loch Muick - Feshie South - Aboyne (113.23 km / 161.55 km). Task Time 1 hour 30 minutes. Time on grid: 14:00 First Launch not before: 14:30 Pilot Operated Start Height Last Launch: 18:00 You can follow all the action live at https://link.glideandseek.com/2022-ukmsc
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Written by: Deeside Gliding Club on September 4, 2022 at 11:41 AM.

Latest winner

1. John Williams 71.98 km/h
2. Jordan Richards 71.19 km/h
3. John Tanner 66.69 km/h
Updated: 9/9/22, 1:31 PM

Latest task

Task 1, Sep 7, 2022
Task distance: 66.07 km  /  143.81 km  (74.87 km)
Task duration: 1:30:00
Updated: 9/8/22, 8:15 AM

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