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Let's Fly!! After being the first off yesterday and getting the longest flight I was keen to get going early today. Every one else seems to be catching on that in an open distance comp you want to go early. I got ready quick but I still wasn't first off. I was second to tow up at 12:30pm and I saw two others towing right behind me. I got a nice slow climb at about 100' per min up to 8000'. I drifted over the other tow road 2 miles away and one pilot was already in the air from there too. Some of the pilots over there saw me high and every one was keen to get going. I was being cautious to make sure I didn't sink out.

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Wed - A good soaring day at Cochrane. Fiona, Paul John C, and Greg soaring really smooth air and getting to several hundred feet over.

Vulcan
Tuesday - confirmation - Doug Litzenberger did not make 200 km but he was satisfied with his 6 hour 192 km flight. Doug Keller landed within 5 km of him at 187. James and John Orders 140 something and various other pilots at 100.

Wed -Rob Clarkson flew is personal best at 155 km and I flew my personal best at 122 km (3 hrs). Many other great flights, height gains to 13,000 feet.

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Windy! Today (Wednesday) the wind was strong out of the SW.

I was the first to tow up at 1:05. I pinned off in a good climb at 1200'. We are split up into two groups on roads about two miles apart. I drifted straight over the other tow road and inspired them to get going over there too. The lift was week and broken and I spent the first hour turning. With the wind I was still putting on some distance. The lift started getting better and I started pushing harder down wind.

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Our flight was a 7:30pm so Scott and I had a lazy day getting ready to leave. We said our good byes to every one and started to short pack our gliders. Dust devils were popping every where and I was disappointed to be packing and not flying. The few of us that were left had lunch and then we hit the road.

Scott dropped me with the gear and took the rental back. We went to check in and the air port was packed. After we maneuvered our way to the check in we had about a 30min wait in line. When we told the agent we were checking two hang gliders he looked confused and stressed. Scott asked him to check his reservation and there should be a note that we are traveling with hang gliders. He says ya it's been cleared. He made a couple calls to see where he needed to send them and then six people show up to get our gliders. I think he was so shocked that he didn't even think to charge us any thing. The flight was uneventful and all our stuff showed up in perfect shape. We got into Calgary at midnight.

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Just a quick note before I head out again today.

Sat - warm up day. Moore, Doug K. James, Michael and I go for open distance. Moore succumbs to the lure of the Lomond pub at 50 km, I flew to Brooks (101km), Michael 105, James 125, Doug 130. Height gains up to 14,500 feet (really cold up there!) and sustained climbs at 1300 fpm.

Sunday -low cloud and some rain but some pilots flew anyway.

Monday - The rest of the pilots show up, about 15. Ross flies to Brooks at 114. the rest of the field somewhere in between.

The 2007 Western Canadian Hang gliding Championship will be held in Vulcan Alberta. I'm looking forward to tring out a new site and the town is enthusiastic about having the event in town.

This years event will run from Sunday May 13th until Sunday May 20th. This is the week before the May long weekend. I have shortend the comp. by one day to allow the Saturday for those traveling from out of province and holiday Monday to travel home.

This will be a truck towing event. The format will be the same as last year. It will be primarilly open distance, using race to score each day. Some type of task will be called the last day to get people back in time for dinner. I would also like to have a task one other day as it is a good chance for people to practice navigating using their gps.

Western Canadian Championships
Vulcan, Alberta

GPS mandatory

See the announcement for more info.