It was certainly a great achievement to conduct such an enjoyable and successful operation in such difficult circumstances. Well done all, and thanks for a great week. Paul Mander
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Lennon Sent: Saturday, 3 December 2011 11:31 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] So it all over - NSW State Comps The comp started in soggy conditions with trailers unable to be parked in the grass areas which were under water. Gliders were rigged in the cold and wet of the practise day which was blown out with 25kts of wind. We set tasks and gridded gliders using hard surfaces only as the entire grass areas on the aerodrome were unusable. On the first day we only bogged two cars and one glider but we achieved a competition day. Day 2 proceeded the same then it rained some more and the wind blew. The Temora ground marshals managed the impossible and herded the wild cats into gridding on narrow bitumen and car parks without destroying the airfield grass or losing crew and cars in the bog holes. Today we managed the extraordinary by gridding about 30 gliders on an active runway, vacating the grid of all personnel for the Aviation Museum flying display and had gliders launching within about 15 minutes of the last museum aircraft display. Five days of challenging and rewarding flying and happy pilots at the dinner tonight. See the results at http://www.soaringspot.com/nsw2012/results/ Scott
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