On Jun 16, 10:10 am, Mitch wrote:
From looking at the sports class nationals scores, And seeing that

their have been only THREE landouts in four days of a 42 glider
NATIONALS, I'm thinking CD McQuigg is not pushing his troops hard
enough at this huge contest. I have heard that he is an ultra-
conservative CD, which is fine for a regional. I am of the opinion,
however, that with a spot on the team at stake that there be a bit
more separation of the scores. What do you folks think?

Oh, by the way anyone willing to take that thankless job of CD has my
undying respect, so before you jackals flame the crud out of me,
realize I'm trying to get some interesting discussion going on here as
"The Beatles sent my father to Hell" and "My air conditioner ate my
brother" are just not what I'm looking for when I come to this group.

-EX

It's a few days after this first post, and resulting intemperate
remarks.
I would observe the following:
After 7 days, my average distance per day is very close to 200 miles.
Time in the air about 4 1/ 2 -5 hr per day.
It is true that launching is being done only after sniffer reports
good lift. On a couple days the sniffer required relights so it has
not always
been an hour os so late as implied by some.
As to point speads MItch is looking for, after 5 days only about 100
points seperated the top 4 or 5 and these guys had yet to even fly
together.
Why? Good uniform weather and close pilot skills. If we flew 5 hr
tasks , the results would be little, if any different. Where the
spread would show would be in the middle of the score sheet and down.
Not where the champion or the team is selected.
I think maybe Mitch is sorta off base, but he has a right to voice his
opinion without abuse.
I hope we get to see him come race with us and maybe his view would be
refined a bit.
Cheers UH