New Zealand National Gliding Championships

Matamata, New Zealand,   4 February 2008 – 15 February 2008

Day 3

Today was much the same as yesterday except Gene had moved a bit further to the east so the \'little people\' (aka PWs) were allowed to fly. They were given a 175 km task, half of which was into 20 to 30 km/hr winds. The club class got a 273 km task and the others got 295. I think the club class had the toughest day but all but one got around. Still no landouts, just a few land-backs and a couple of engine starts to get back home.

I am flying a PW5 and today the wind was so strong that unless you could average 4 knots you went backwards, fortunately there were plenty of 5 to 12 knot thermals so we were able to go forwards.

Written on 6 February 2008 at 05:47.

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Task 8, 15 Feb 2008
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Task distance: 263.97 km
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Task 8, 15 Feb 2008
Task distance: 271.76 km
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