In an effort to try out some new an interesting aspects of setting up contests, R1 is hosting our first monthly Condor Race leading up to the actual contest using various task types typical of a Sports class contest. All of the races will be out of Springfield, Vt, so people unfamiliar with the area can utilize the photorealistic scenery to get more comfortable with the major landmarks and terrain.

The first task will be held this Sunday starting at 1900 EST, and will be a Turn Area Task from the Springfield Ridge to Mt. Ascutney, over to Lebanon, NH down to Keene, NH, and then back up, with a minimum Task time of 1 hour and 30 minutes. Flight tracks will need to be e-mailed after the race if you wish to have them properly scored in WinScore.

For some basic information on TAT tasks, you can read Appendix A10.3.2.3 of the 2015 SSA Sports class regional rules. (http://www.ssa.org/files/member/2015...ass_Rules.pdf).

The Latest version of the condor scenery can be downloaded from http://tinyurl.com/h7uuwej

For group chat, there will be a "R1 Contest" chat room in the virtualsoaring.eu Teamspeak3 server

(google to download if you need it)
Address: ts3.virtualsoaring.eu:9982
Password: ask13

Hope to see you on! (and yes, Sean, there will be more than just TATs...)
Chris