US 2008 Competition Facts
On Jan 21, 4:32*pm, P1 wrote:
In 2008 there we
354 * * pilots who flew at least one contest day at a sanctioned
contest.
(In 2004 there were 408). This list is different from the Pilot
Ranking List as the PRL covers a three year period.
22 * * *contests at 19 sites. *Three sites had two contests
simultaneously.
* * * * 15 Regionals and 7 Nationals, including 1-26.
* * * * There were 5 contest sites that had 50 or more pilots with 2 of these
* * * * being combined Nationals or combined National/Regional.
114 * * contest days were flown. *Regionals had 65. *Nationals had 49.
* * * * Average number of contest days: *Regionals 4.5 and Nationals 7
5 * * * National contests flown west of the Mississippi River and 2 east
197 * * Total tasks were flown, being 143 TAT, 41 MAT and 13 AT
* * * * These tasks were divided as follows:
* * * * * * * * * * * * Regionals * * * * * * * Nationals * * * * * * * Total Tasks
* * * * TAT * * * * * * 114 * 77% * * * * * * * 29 * 60% * * * * * * * *143 * 69%
* * * * MAT * * * * * * 27 * *18% * * * * * * * 14 * 26% * * * * * * * * *41 * 24%
* * * * AT * * * * * * * 7 * *5% * * * * * * * * *6 * 14% * * * * * * * * 13 * * 7%
The 2008 WGC at Lesse had about 50% TAT and 50% AT (Racing)
The 2008 WGC at Rieti had about 33% TAT and 67% AT
This means that about 58% of the WGC tasks were AT (Racing task in
Europe)
* * * * with our Nationals having about 14%
Some facts for those who are interested!
67% of tasks in Club Class/Standard class were AT. Does anyone know
how many AT tasks we had this year in Sports and Standard class
nationals?
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