Wesley Hill <>
writes:

Results for the 2007 Birchip Flatter than the Flatlands are
available at: http://www.hgfa.asn.au/~fttf



Birchip turned on one of its best years, with 4 excellent days of flying.



Day 1 - 79 kms to Mittyack. A blue day with a light SSE wind. Weak thermals
below 2000 ft made low saves difficult, but there were occasional 400 to 500 fpm
climbs to 4200 ft if you stayed high. 6 pilots made goal. 1st Wesley Hill 38.7
km/h 2nd Hughbert Alexander 37.5 km/h 3rd Steve Blenkinsop 34.2 km/h



Day 2 - 65 kms to Boolite. Another blue day with a very light ENE wind. The wind
earlier in the day had been north so we set up to tow north. Half the field was
didn't get away when the surface winds turned more east, making launches
difficult. It was a good day for those that got away with 12 in goal, and climbs
of 600 fpm to 6000 ft. 1st Gary Fimeri 34.0 km/h 2nd Tove Heaney 33.1 km/h 3rd
Trevor Sangster 32.3 km/h



Day 3 - 104 kms to Tottington. Yet another blue day (there were a few cus while
we were setting up) with a fresh NNE wind. The task committee picked the
direction badly, but strong thermals made it possible for 9 pilots to make goal
(a couple of pilots ended up 30 kms off track). We were getting over 6000 ft,
with the better thermals averaging 800 fpm. 1st Gary Fimeri 43.4 km/h 2nd Tove
Heaney 39.7 km/h 3rd Ian Rees 39.6 km/h



Day 4 - 74 kms to Rich Avon. Blue again, with a moderate NNE wind. Weaker lift
down low made it hard to get out of the paddock with a few late starts. 12
pilots at goal. Nick Isaacs deserves a special mention - he started flying 4
months ago, had his first XC flight yesterday and made goal today flying a
kingpost glider. =1st Andy Schmidt 43.9 km/h =1st Paul Kelley 43.9 km/h 3rd Phil
Campbell 42.6 km/h



Overall results: 1st Gary Fimeri 3141 2nd Paul Kelley 2989 3rd Steve Blenkinsop
2753 State challenge - SA Team - Show me the money Kingpost Class - Jeronimo
Lavanchy Floater Class - Rob Swart