March 26th & 27th Cross Country

The location is the SVSS field in Davis California.  The entry fee of $10 per team, will be collected at the field.  The field will be open for practice and fun flying on Friday.  A Motel 6 is only four miles from the field at I-80 & Mace Blvd in Davis (530) 753-3777.  Winches open after brief pilots meeting around 9:30 on both days.  The format will be 2 hour POST (pilot option speed task) on Saturday flying the 26 mile distance course and FAI speed on Sunday flying the 16 mile speed course with the same remote start/finish as last year. For those not familiar with XC tasks the 2 hour POST is a speed task where teams must fly at least 2 hours and cover as much distance as possible. Final distance is divided by time to determine average speed. Teams that cannot make the 2 hour minimum time are still counted only their distance is divided by 2 hours so for instance, team A flies 10 miles but lands out after only 1 hour of flight time. Team A's average speed is 10 miles divided by the 2 hour minimum = 5 mph. So you can see why flying the minimum of 2 hours is critical to being able to place well.

 

Anyone interested in joining a team is encourage to contact a team captain, the CD -  Steve Henke, 916-616-9647, or the contest instigator  - Dudley Dufort 916-207-1266.

Captains, please keep the instigator apprised of any changes to crew or frequency

Team Name Captain Chnl E-mail Crew Crew Crew Crew
Broken Aero Jim Rolle 21 jdrolle@comcast.net Bruce Moore Harry Wilson    
Dust Devils Dudley Dufort 29 dudley@jps.net Scott Meader Jim Thomas    
Screaming Eagles John Ellias 18/22 xcsoaringpilot@yahoo.com Marquita Ellias      
Flying Tigers Dean Gradwell 2.4 dean@xcsoaring.com Roger Hebner      
Windward Steve Henke 17 srh2@pge.com Bill Curry Kathy    
SLO Rick Johnston 45 rickj1151@charter.net Chris Bajorek      
POHODE Racing Jack Stone 53 jack.g.stone@intel.com Dominic Biyani Greg Norsworthy Bob  

Rent-A-Wreck

Carl Vega 25 pressvss@aol.com Scott Woodward      
Stuck in Lodi Bill Chase   billandpaula@gmail.com Barry Danieli Mike Legget