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109 Pilots Fly 31,000Km in 7 Days • NSW Hang Gliding State Titles 109 Pilots Fly 31,000km in 7 Days • NSW Hang Gliding State Titles 2014 • Inaugural Portland PG Fly-In ‘Bulls-Eye’ a formation of two microlights high over the Ningaloo Reef, Exmouth, Western Australia Photo: Gavin Penfold [www.ningaloomicrolights.com] Index SkySailor Editorial Contributions The contact points for HGFA members sub mitting to SkySailor are the 109 Pilots Fly 31,000km in 7 Days 2 HGFA Editor/Graphic Designer and the HGFA Office. These contacts NSW Hang Gliding State Titles 2014 8 Official publication of the Hang Gliding Federation of Australia (HGFA) should be used accord ing to the directions below. 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April | May 2014 SKYSAILOR 1 he concept of the XC Camp is to get a group of like minded pilots together and to do what they Tlove: fly XC, share stories, get tips and tricks from the better pilots and throw in a little bit of friendly, gentlemanly and simple scoring as you would if you were flying with a bunch of mates. It’s not world record breaking stuff in tough places (like Quixada or Texas), so pilots of all levels can come along and try for their PB. The mix is a good alternative to racing comps and doesn’t promote risk taking for WPRS ranking places, national ladder, titles or prizes. There were 109 pilots of all levels from 14 nations. Especially pleasing was that despite the hot, dry, potentially and occasionally strong conditions and 1000s of kilometres flown there were no major accidents or injuries (though there were a few sore ones). We had no stronger winds or days filled with epic cloud streets to the horizon to allow 300km plus flights, but all those present enjoyed great flying nevertheless. Most clocked up many hours over the week and learnt a lot more about 109 Pilots Fly flying XC on blue days. Day 1 A blue day with easterly winds to start with, turning north after the 80km point. Most pilots hit the inversion 31,000km in at 1600 to 1800m early, but reached 3000m plus late in the day. The route was west towards Narrabri and Wee Waa, the best performance was Ivan on his Comp Class R11 with 139km. Half of those that flew did over 50km, 7 Days including many Fun Class pilots. Day 2 The 2014 Manilla XC Camp week from 1 to 8 February The forecast, actual conditions in the morning and XCSkies model all showed different winds as a trough attracted more pilots than ever before and offered XC moved further to the south – a tricky day to predict. In the end XCSkies was closest and pilots launched flying for seven out of the eight days. into SW winds which were south up high, turning to by Godfrey Wenness SE further north along the route for the day. Some nice Piedrahita­style convergence cloud set up in places at well over 3500m. Most flew north towards Bingara or the Horton Valley then turning NW for the run into the Moree flatlands. Mt Borah launch Photos: Brooke Whatnall More than 30% of pilots flew over 100km, on a day which was mostly blue but with some very high level convergence clouds forming lines of lift in the northern parts of the region. Underneath the winds were in opposite directions (of course). Best of the day was again Ivan on his R11 who used the lines to fly NW out to 130km then back and forth (east/west) to make his 3TP 225km landing at sunset. Day 3 The winds were flowing through the region in a counter­ clockwise direction, so the further north pilots flew, the more they tended west to maximise the tailwind (winds were S>SE>E>NE). The track logs of most pilots who flew over 100km showed them adapting to the changing direction with a big left curve towards Moree. Climbs were slow down low and 3­4m/s average above the 1400 to 1500m inversion with maximum heights around 3000m again. Some cu’s were forming At the top of the launch gaggle around Mt Kaputar and many pilots had a very scenic with Stephan Guilbert (FRA) and Arnan Hukanovic (NOR) Photo: Brooke Whatnall flight around the ancient volcanic landscape before Photo: Godfrey Wenness 2 SKYSAILOR April | May 2014 April | May 2014 SKYSAILOR 3 were present despite the cirrus shadows, and with the wind it was a >300km record day going begging. Ivan managed 265km on his Open Class R11 to win the day as well as a 25km walk to town after his mobile phone was out of range and his driver wasn’t given an accurate location on the radio. Five pilots in the top 10 did PBs and flew over 150km. Day 6 Cirrus again delayed what could have easily been a >200km day. It was slow going to start with as two large gaggles of pilots ventured north with the southerly wind and into the cirrus shadows to find lift. Some mid­level instability and a light convergence created cloud streets later in the afternoon. Bases were 2700m with solid climbs above the inversion of up to 7m/s averaged. There were many low saves and, despite the slow tricky conditions, some pilots still flew PBs! Most distances were straight line, though some did a few turnpoints and triangles to stay in the sun. The light northerly at the end of the day bunched up those who were still in the air at 6 or 7pm, thus the top 10 were all quite close in distance. Felipe on his R10.2 Comp Class flew 111km while Claus from Germany flew a 109km triangle on his Mentor3. Day 7 Pilots launched at Mt Borah from midday and headed in Photo: Brooke Whatnall three main gaggles north towards the clouds forming at around 2700 to 3300m after the 15km mark.
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