Hawling Open esoaring

We enjoyed the weather that was ordered for the day.
Sunny, warm with very light breezes however some competitors did encounter thick fog on their way to the venue. (which must have concerned those with little faith)

We welcomed three new participants to the eSoaring league, namely Chris Bishop, Phil Hayward and James Morrison. Although new to the BMFA eSoaring comps. they are all experienced and accomplished pilots.

Spencer scraped in just in time, having experienced a horrible journey down from Manchester - but was set up and ready to go in record time.

The first slot went off on time and Chris Bishop signalled his intent by posting the first 1000 on the scoreboard.

After four rounds lunch was taken. Mick Barnett, Andy Clark and Graham Beggin were called up for altimeter checks as is normal for the leaders at this stage. Followed closely by Phil Hayward and Chris Bishop in fourth and fifth places respectively.

Despite the ideal conditions, albeit with only subtle patches of lift at times. I was relieved that it was not becoming a landing competition with flight times in the slots, generally between six and ten minutes.
Therefore the decision on whether to drop the launch height for the afternoon was not a consideration!

A closely fought competition continued in good spirit for the rest of the the afternoon under a cloudless sky.

The very last slot was notably won by James Morrison, after overcoming some 'mechanical' problems in earlier flights that were causing him reduced launch heights. It was pleasing to see him post the last 1000 of the day.

I will not list the winners of the classes as Martin has already posted the results above for your perusal.
However congratulations to Mick Barnett for taking the Open and Gordon Brown, the 2M.

In closing I would like to thank everyone for their support by attending this event. Also and particularly, John Davis our host at Hawling, Martin Bell for doing all the technical things with the matrix and results. (things that are beyond my intellect!!) Marlene and Teresa for recording the flights.
AND finally my cousin Ian who once again gave up his day to come along and assist - mainly manning the microphone to announce proceedings and calling out the slots. (I'm sure this made things easier for everyone and certainly prevented any 'wrong slotting' or misflights)

Regards to all

Cliff

Entries are invited for the next Midland area comp to be held at Plllerton Hersey on Sunday sept 16th

Location can be found on this map
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid= ... 961930b140

Pilot briefing 9.45am
Comp start 10.00am
Lunch break approx 12.30
Comp finish approx 4.30
Prize giving 5.00

Please enter with your Name class of model (open or 2mtr)
Frequency (choice of 2 if on 35megs)
If you require a H/L switch @ a cost of £5.00 to hire,if this is your first comp the hire of switch is FOC.
BMFA card if first esoaring comp
Entry fee will be £7.00

A FIRST PRIZE OF ENGRAVED CUT GLASS WILL BE AWARDED TO THE WINNER OF OPEN CLASS AND 2MTR CLASS

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