Contest Comments

Damn you Beardsley!  July was a essentially a landing contest.  CD Rich Beardsley laid out four painted rectangles about 25 fee long by 3 feet wide.  The landing task demanded that the nose of the plane come to rest within the box.  Our standard landing tape then was used to measure the landing to determine your score.  But ya hadda be in the box!!  With 26 pilots competing, there were 104 landings.  Only 40 attempts were successful.  Damn you Beardsley!  Only three pilots got landing points in all four of their rounds.  Needless to say they are pictured above.  Bob Huff, Scott Meader and Neil Nolte all hit the box four out of four.  It wasn't a boomer or "catch and release" day.  When you found lift, you were well advised to stay with it until your time expired.

Special thanks to Bob Mosher who grilled some delicious hamburgers that were served with all the trimmings.  Anyone who's barbecued for guests at home, appreciates all the preparation required to put on a feed like that.  Bob did it all, almost single-handedly and we all thank him for his efforts.  Those were REALLY good hamburgers.  Thank you Bob!      -Dudley Dufort-

It was good to see Dave Olsen out there yesterday. The last time he was on a winch was 15 years ago at the Cheese Factory. Dave helped teach me to fly on a slope about the same time. He seemed to have a good time. Thanks Dave.  --Jim Rolle-

The D.Y.B Contest.  After having the very successful Soaring Challenge with 5 and 10 minute flights all weekend, you would think 5,5,7,9 would be a piece of cake right?  Can you say inversion layer?  That plus the patented Beardsley landing had many pilots grumbling to themselves or out loud, D.Y.B!  Chef Bob-R-Dee with his new apprentice David had a great barbeque.  Gooood Contest.  -Scott Meader-