Sean,

Sorry you are way off base on today's call. I'm not on the task committee but I thought it was a good call. I like AST's but we have been on the edge of storms for three days. Hard to predict where it will OD right now.

We had a forty mile long cell of rain down the middle of the task area today. It gave pilots the option of how to fly around it today.

Also the first turn area was over very intimidating terrain. The more advance pilots could fly over the high plateau but allowed the newer pilots with less mountain experience to fly where they were more comfortable. I ran a ledge next to a thunderstorm for fifty miles over a high plateau, I don't expect a newer pilot to do the same.

Today's task was really a triangle that all the pilots followed similar paths so much less variation than you would think for three turns with big rings.

As you remember from your last contest at Parowan this can be intimidating weather and country for new pilots. If I remember correctly you did not fly a few days because it was too advanced for your skill level at the time.

The task committee has done a nice job for the last three days with very dynamic weather. We have thunderstorms rolling through right now that could have easily been right through the course area today.

TT