World Contest - Open Class

On Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at 12:25:53 PM UTC-8, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
Was looking over the entry sheet for WGC 2017. The open class seem dominated by 21 meter ships. Only two 23 meters (new generation open class) and four EB29. Nary a Nimbus 4 or ASW-22. Shame these beautifully ladies of the sky are not competitive with even the 21 meter birds. There is nothing like flying a 26.5 meter bird, they will stay in the sky on a breath of hot air. Their shape I find so much more alluring than the stubby wings of 21 meters or less.

Yep, those stubby wing 21m birds are pretty hard on the eyes ;-)

Craig
(Nimbus 3-24.5 6 psf min. wing loading)