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| Upper Takaka Valley from Kris Ericksen's viewpoint |
Thursday was another Takaka day, with a nice SW, and the sea
breeze expected to join us in the afternoon.
The 32km course had us fly from Takaka Hill to Hail Knob, out to Waitui Spur, in to Takaka launch, back to Bush Knob, up to East Takaka then riding the sea breeze back in to Takaka bombout.
The 32km course had us fly from Takaka Hill to Hail Knob, out to Waitui Spur, in to Takaka launch, back to Bush Knob, up to East Takaka then riding the sea breeze back in to Takaka bombout.
We discovered that ridge soaring was the way to get ahead in this race. It felt a bit like a Karioitahi Beach run, so the Aucklanders were quite at home with the conditions. Lots of fun.
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sea breeze did come in with a bang, flushing many pilots to the ground just north of Upper
Takaka. At just after 14:00, the task was stopped due to the strong wind in the
valley.
Abe Laguna is the winner of the day, with 31.93km on task.
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| Abe Laguna's track log for the Task |
On the entertaining side of things we also had an exciting evening, with the Magical Mystery Tour. The Tasman club had organised a sponsorship from Burger King, who donated 100 burgers. We may have broken another record – number of burgers a gaggle of pilots can wolf down in under 10 minutes.
After that excitement, Claus Petry put on a truly awesome aerobatic show with his single-seater plane. Wow – everyone was very impressed.
After that excitement, Claus Petry put on a truly awesome aerobatic show with his single-seater plane. Wow – everyone was very impressed.
Results: Highcloud PG Open Nelson Results
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