wrote:
711 -- I don't see a report from Day 5 (Friday) on the SSA contest
results. Que pasa?

I flew over the task area in a Bonanza around 4pm and it looked like
the sheer line was working pretty good ...

2NO

Garret had a 6am flight to the UK this morning to participate in a
contest over there so he was busy last night getting packed for his
trip. Hopefully Renee will finish posting the scoring once she has
Garret on his way.

Yesterday, Friday, didn't live up to the weather forecast. We quickly
decided to change to task B for all classes, a 2hr TAT with a 124 mile
nominal distance. Even this task turned out to be a struggle for almost
everyone.

The scoresheet was really shaken up for the Open and 15m/Standard
Combined classes because 711 and SKY landed out in Open class, and GW
and FWS landed out in the combined class. The Sports class had two who
landed at Warner, GO and XPT, but didn't finish the task.

Here's what I can remember regarding final standings from last night's
awards banquet:

Open Class

1st Place - Orion Kingman (W)
2nd Place - Tom Kelley (711)
3rd Place - Tony Smolder (TS1)

Combined 15m/Standard Class

1st Place - Dan Ladd (8N)
2nd Place - Don Finnell (KD)
3rd Place - Chuck Deerick (FWS) ??? (This one I'm not sure of)

Sports Class

1st Place - Bill Richardson (4W)
2nd Place - Dean Chantiles (GO)
3rd Place - Jerz Rossignol (GC)

There was one other new award presented. Garret commissioned a trophy
for the fastest flight during the contest (handicapped to make to fair
for all). The trophy is a museum quality SHK-1 model that will stay at
Sky Sailing. The annual winners will have their name engraved on a
plate. The detail on this model is unbelievable. We're told that over
700 hours went into building it.

The first name on this new trophy is Tom Kelley (711) for his 95+ MPH
flight. Orion and Tony also had very fast flights, but the handicap
factor gave Tom the win. Congratulations to 711.

These are the UNOFFICIAL final results from the banquet awards.

We had a really fun contest. Lots of great flying. A very big thank you
to the Willat's and all of the Sky Sailing crew for hosting this event.

Thermal tight, flight high, land safe.

Bill Richardson
4W
(I don't check the fourwhiskey email address)