SAFA Skysailor Magazine

12 SKY SAILOR March | April 2023 goal. Seven more days to go, so plenty of time to catch back up…” Task 1 had nine Open class pilots in goal. 1 Attila Bertok (Hungary), 1000 points 2 Rohan Taylor 3 Guy Hubbard 7 Corinna Schwiegershausen (Germany) and first in the Women’s class Sport class goal was 74.3km to Peakhill. Stuart McElroy was the day winner. Task 2 Cooler temps with a very welcome max of 30ºC! With winds from the east and problems with road closures to the west due to floods, a 158.7km SSW task was set to Ardlethan. A string of early dust devils through the launch line caused some havoc, though this settled for the next hour while the field got away. Fantastic conditions by all accounts. There were 14 pilots in goal, Olav Opsanger (Norway) with the day win, Attila Bertok second, Ollie Chitty (UK) third and Corinna Schwiegershau- sen (Germany) first woman in. Ollie Chitty reported flying a 30km final from 9000ft! Sport class had two pilots with personal best flights – Magnus Rønningen (Norway) flew 41.6km on a Malibu and placed second for the day, and Akihiro Takeno (Japan) with 35.42km. Richard Hughes joined the comp after missing the first day and won the day in Sport class! Day 3 was set, although with the chance of overdevelopment closing in on us. We set up to fly, but by 1:30pm there were towering cu’s Forbes Flatlands 2023 Those magnificent men in their flying machines! Well done, Bruce – 5000+ tows and counting! – Photo: Dick Heffer Olav Opsanger from Norway (above) Launching on Bill’s paddock (left) Photos: Vicki Cain