UK Mountain Soaring Championship

United Kingdom,   September 5, 2010 – September 11, 2010

Champions

Regionals
1 Phil King 1,702
2 Roy Wilson 1,590
3 David Latimer 1,354

WEDNESDAY SCRUBBED

We've scrubbed the day, it MIGHT get flyable with a 1500' cloudbase but is not taskable. Tomorrow looks better, briefing will be at 10:00, rig before briefing.
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Written on September 8, 2010 at 12:38 PM.

Update Wednesday

There is some potential for improvement this afternoon, rebrief at 12:30.
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Written on September 8, 2010 at 10:13 AM.

This morning's weather

YEUCH! See webcam for further details.
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Written on September 8, 2010 at 9:31 AM.

Tuesday 7th

Just briefed a whisky tour in lieu of flying. We're hoping tomorrow's occlusion moves further south than forecast and lets us get into the air.
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Written on September 7, 2010 at 10:28 AM.

Day scrubbed

Really not a good forecast with gusts over 50kt on the airfield this afternoon. Tomorrow will be wet and we're unlikely to have a task until Wednesday. Next briefing at 13:30 for the rounders competition, in the meantime John Williams is going to give us a presentation on his time in Argentina. Next flying brief is at 10:00 tomorrow - attendance is optional.
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Written on September 6, 2010 at 10:21 AM.

Day 2

A bright but breezy day. Surface wind 125/16G25. Let's see what the met says in the 10:00 briefing.
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Written on September 6, 2010 at 9:16 AM.

Next Briefing

Next briefing will be at 10:00 tomorrow morning, hope the weather takes a turn for the better.
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Written on September 5, 2010 at 1:42 PM.

DAY 1 Scrubbed

The sun has broken through but the wind is building and turbulence will be very bad so better to sit down here wishing we were up there than vice versa.
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Written on September 5, 2010 at 1:21 PM.

DAY 1

Rebrief at 13:00. It cleared up and started waving yesterday and as conditions today are similar we hope it'll do the same today.
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Written on September 5, 2010 at 10:05 AM.

DAY 1

SE breeze & low cloud to start the day. There is a potential for wave to 10000' and 1-2kt thermals later but cloud base will probably stay below 3000'. Briefing at 09:30.
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Written on September 5, 2010 at 9:19 AM.

Latest winner

1. Roy Wilson 139.35 km/h
2. Phil King 131.14 km/h
3. David Latimer 113.94 km/h

Latest task

Task 3, Sep 10, 2010
Task distance: 136.82 km  /  353.60 km  (242.97 km)
Task duration: 2:00:00
Updated: 5/21/15, 6:34 AM

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