Just another brilliant sky, looking South over Lake Waikare towards Huntly
JANUARY 2011
DRURY COMPETITION By Dave Moody
We’ll be talking about this fabulous event for years. Some of us can remember a spell of weather like this before; sometime in the 1970’s we think. We had high cloud bases to around 6000 feet, good co-operation from Air Traffic Control so we could use the height outside the Glider Flying Areas (GFAs), thermals, convergence, light winds - so not much real ridge flying, and a great bunch of enthusiasts to enjoy it with. Statistics for the contest include 27,516 km and 1197 hours flown. The Fast Class few close to 300 km tasks every day for nine days. On the biggest day Patrick Driessen flew 479 km at 118 km/h. iri, er M an ga ta wh Low sa ve ov ay 8) kn ot cli m b! (D
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Left: Day 1, 8 January, Climb at Mt Te Hoe, close to final glide and 55 km from Drury! Below: Over the Bombays and heading South.
The Duo-Discus with Nigel McPhee and Paul Knight flew 295 km at 133.4 km/h on Day Five. All six finishers that day flew speeds over 100 km/h. On Day Eight the first five were over 110 km/h on a 267 km task. In the Club Class, speeds were up to 88 km/h (Grahame Player in the Apis WR) and tasks from 160 to 230 km. So, here are three ‘bar stories’ from three different points of view, which give a sense of what we’ve been up to.
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February 2011
