2013 Windsor Scale Aerobatics

Well, it seems Windsor had the only real good weather in the area yesterday, although driving through fog and drizzle to get there sure wasn’t promising. Skies sunny, wind zip, temperatures “OH MY”!  Spoiler alert - if the thermometer in the shelter is reading 35 deg, you can bet the “Johnny on the Spot” will be considerably hotter.....don’t linger!!

Fuelled with copious quantities of Timmies coffee, The Cool man kept the flight line humming, and we managed 4 rounds of Sportsman and Intermediate. Basic had only one participant, Dayle Smith, and after 2 rounds and  lunch he decided to sit the rest of the day out.

Overall, there were 11 pilots flying in the 2013 Windsor Scale Aerobatics contest. They were: Alan Coolen, Ben Lann, Brandon Smith, Chris Garrett, all the way down from New Brunswick, Dayle Smith, Grant Beaver, Kelly Dorry, Mike Notley, Paul Sinnis, Sandy McInnis and Todd Fowler. We flew a grand total of 240 judged sequences.

Ben Lann, with a very nice electric, won the Sportsman class. There were 4 pilots in Sportsman. The winning order was: (1) Ben Lann, (2) Brandon Smith, (3) Todd Fowler and (4) Chris Garrett. They flew 8 known sequences (4 rounds). The scores ranged from a low of 4,789.6 to a high of 6,000 (a range of 1,210.4 points).

Kelly Doary won the Intermediate class. There were 6 pilots in Intermediate. The winning order was: (1) Kelly Dorry, (2) Alan Coolen, (3) Paul Sinnis, (4) Grant Beaver, (5) Mike Notley and (6) Sandy McInnis. They flew 8 known sequences (4 rounds). The scores ranged from a low of 2,336.1 to a high of 6,000 (a range of 3,663.9 points).

The tightest competition was for 3rd place in the Intermediate class, with only 155.7 points difference between Paul Sinnis and Grant Beaver.
                                         
Tim Horton’s of Windsor very kindly provided an urn of coffee at the start of the day (thanks Everett for picking that up), Generosity like that is always appreciated, and the coffee was very welcome first thing in the morning when it was a bit chilly, and a bit damp, at the field. It also generated  much of Al’s enthusiasm, ( 7 cups? 8? 9?) keeping the rest of us going all day.The Avon club hosted the lunch, and burgers and sausages were plentiful (thanks guys).

Personal thanks go to Kathy Garrett for helping out with the data entry. Without her help the results would have been somewhat later being printed.

so I hope you shot some photos to go with that  nice little report and will send it all to cato sandy.  if you hurry you might even make the current newsletter. 

weather was also excellent at ASRCM yesterday and at the stanley fly in where I spent a very enjoyable day.

Another awesome competition guys!  Thanks Avon for hosting!  Shame we never got a group photo. 

Me Too!

I've been too busy this summer trying to wrap up my business and move to PEI...

Anyone want to buy a house?

Next year hopefully.....

Brian