US Glider Clubs Lead IGC-OLC World League!

The consistently good soaring weather in the western US, and some
blisteringly fast 100+ mph flights, have put two US glider clubs on top
of the IGC-OLC World League after nine rounds of competition.
Albuquerque Soaring in NM has a commanding lead with 149 points, and
Black Forest Soaring of CO is in second place with 118 points, 37
points ahead of the third place club from Germany. The US Clubs have 5
of the top 8 spots with Warner Springs Gliders of CA placed 6th, the
Ridge Soaring Irregulars of PA ranked 7th and The Soaring Society of
Boulder in CO holding 8th.

The IGC-OLC World League is an multi-national decentralized soaring
competition sanctioned by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale
(FAI) that runs in conjunction with the aerokurier Online-Contest for
19 consecutive weekends during the Northern Summer season. Club members
flying from their Club's home airfield on the competition weekend days
are scored on an optimized 2.5 hour sprint task, all in gliding flight,
with the finish altituide no lower than the start. The longest
cross-country distance flown in 2.5 hours is handicapped by the
glider's performance index to generate a handicapped average speed. The
top three club member's speeds are added to get the club's speed score
for the weekend round. Each club is ranked by total speed in their home
country, then the top 5 clubs from each country are entered in the
international scoring for that round. Scoring is similar to
Formula-One, with each higher finishing position worth one additional
point for the round. Scoring is totaled to the end of the season to
declare the overall winner.

Round 10 begins this weekend. You can participate by claiming your
flights in the OLC. All national and international scoring is
automatic, so there is nothing else to do. To claim your flights, all
you need is an approved logger in your glider, and web access to
process the claim. For more info, including links to detailed rules,
see the SSA-OLC web site at:

http://www.ssa.org/members/contestreports/OLC.htm

You can follow the IGC-OLC World League scoring at:

http://www.fai.org/gliding/olc.html

You can also get more info on the Soaring Society of America and its
participation in the OLC by email to:

olc at ssa dot org

Doug Haluza
SSA-OLC Administrator

Soar Truckee of CA grabbed the top spot in Round 10 of the IGC-OLC
World League this past weekend, surpassing the dominant Albuquerque
Soaring club from AZ, who had to settle for second this time around.
Warner Springs Gliders, also of CA, rounded out the top three finishers
in the worldwide competition this week.

Albuquerque Soaring and Warner Springs Gliders retain the top two spots
respectively in the overall scoring, as the World League passed the
half-way point in the season with this round.

Full results at:

http://www.fai.org/gliding/olc.html

Doug Haluza
SSA-OLC Admin

Doug Haluza wrote:
Soar Truckee of CA grabbed the top spot in Round 10 of the IGC-OLC
World League this past weekend, surpassing the dominant Albuquerque
Soaring club from AZ, who had to settle for second this time around.

Boy, when ABQ soaring sees you put them in AZ, you better
duck..............


Warner Springs Gliders, also of CA, rounded out the top three
finishers
in the worldwide competition this week.

Albuquerque Soaring and Warner Springs Gliders retain the top two spots
respectively in the overall scoring, as the World League passed the
half-way point in the season with this round.

Full results at:

http://www.fai.org/gliding/olc.html

Doug Haluza
SSA-OLC Admin

Oops, Sorry....it was late last night....

wrote:
Doug Haluza wrote:
Soar Truckee of CA grabbed the top spot in Round 10 of the IGC-OLC
World League this past weekend, surpassing the dominant Albuquerque
Soaring club from AZ, who had to settle for second this time around.

Boy, when ABQ soaring sees you put them in AZ, you better
duck.............. finishers
in the worldwide competition this week.

Albuquerque Soaring and Warner Springs Gliders retain the top two spots
respectively in the overall scoring, as the World League passed the
half-way point in the season with this round.

Full results at:

http://www.fai.org/gliding/olc.html

Doug Haluza
SSA-OLC Admin


Warner Springs Gliders, also of CA, rounded out the top three

Doug Haluza wrote:
Soar Truckee of CA grabbed the top spot in Round 10 of the IGC-OLC
World League this past weekend, surpassing the dominant Albuquerque
Soaring club from AZ, who had to settle for second this time around.
Warner Springs Gliders, also of CA, rounded out the top three finishers
in the worldwide competition this week.

Albuquerque Soaring and Warner Springs Gliders retain the top two spots
respectively in the overall scoring, as the World League passed the
half-way point in the season with this round.

Full results at:

http://www.fai.org/gliding/olc.html

Doug Haluza
SSA-OLC Admin

The second spot is actually still held by Black Forest Soaring Society,
not Warner Springs. Monsoon season has started here on the eastern edge
of the Rockies, so both Albuquerque and Black Forest will likely have
some tough weekends ahead.

Dave Leonard

Doug-

No big deal- NM or AZ is acceptable. Just don't screw up and stick us
in NJ.

There are some things a pig won't do.

Mark Mocho

(who is confused by this crap falling from the sky.)

It is called rain Mark, but don't worry, it will not hurt you- unless
you hold your head under the surface of a puddle. A puddle is a low
spot on the ground where the rain gathers due to the effects of
gravity.

Mike


Mark628CA wrote:
Doug-

No big deal- NM or AZ is acceptable. Just don't screw up and stick us
in NJ.

There are some things a pig won't do.

Mark Mocho

(who is confused by this crap falling from the sky.)