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Old August 15th 15, 03:15 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Sean Fidler
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Default 13.5 Meter World Championships

On Friday, August 14, 2015 at 2:57:57 AM UTC-4, Tony wrote:
Contest is going alright. We'll end up with 12/14 flying days. Hope you've all been following along!

Sean would be happy here...so far 9/10 tasks have been Racing Tasks. We had an area task on a day where thunderstorms were expected.


:-). I have been keeping quit but am also glad that you mentioned the great tasking, befitting a world championships.

Bravo to the CD. I think its absolutely fantastic to have a 13.5 contest with all racing tasks. This would of course be near blasphemy in the US right now unfortunately, We definitely do not call enough...but this year has been a distinct improvement. I am hopefull we continue to add these pure, clean tasks to our contests whenever possible.

I think the Diana 2 and Lak mini have an edge (as they should as they are both newer designs). What was your impression of them vs. your gliders? The GP 14 will probably surpass them. This leapfrogging in performance is a bit unfortunate for the 13.5 class right now. I hope things stabilize.

I think you and Francios have done an incredible job. Congratulations!