Saturday, May 7 brought the promise of good soaring weather with convection to ~7,000' MSL. CD Dave Stevenson assigned TATs to both classes, based on FAI triangles defined by the control points. B class was to fly a nominal 100K+ triangle with the Saturn Rocket and Fayetteville as control points surrounded by 5-mile turn areas. The A class had to cross the Tennessee River twice to make it around a 300K nominal triangle with Gadsden Airport and Marion Co. Airport as control points with 15-mile turn areas. Michael Poe and John Murphy elected not to fly the assigned B task. Michael decided instead to attempt a national World Class record around a different triangle. Bill led the A class with a nice flight at ~54 mph to earn 1000 points. David got low on the second leg, but managed to find weak lift and summoned the patience to work it high enough to get home. Dick nicked the edge of the Marion Co Turn Area then landed at Stevenson Airport. After turning at Gadsden, Gary back-tracked in a vain attempt to find better lift and landed back at Moontown. Your reporter had a fast leg to the first turn, then limped along on the second leg while passing up a few too many thermals, finally landing in a decent field near Henagar, AL. Sunday dawned clear and cloudless, and remained so throughout the day. David called shorter tasks for both classes, including a ~107-mile TAT for the A class. Again, Bill waxed everyone with a fine flight and walked away with another 1000 points. David pushed the Elfe hard, but not enough to wrest the gold ring from Bill. Dick got mired in the weak conditions near Guntersville and elected to land at the airport there. Chris landed at Fayetteville after making the first turns at Hazel Green and Fayetteville. John Murphy had a good flight and, as the only B-class competitor, handily pocketed a 1000 points. Rand Moontown GTA May 2005 Moontown Airport Cumulative Summary A Class May 08, 05 May 07, 05 Cumulative Score Turn Area: 02:30 Turn Area: 03:00 Rank Points ID Name Glider Rank Points Rank Points ---- ------ -- ---- ------ ---- ------ ---- ------ 1 2000 WE Elliott, Bill ASW-27 1 1000 1 1000 2 1880 DS Stevenson, David Elfe S3 2 959 2 921 3 1072 HK Carter, Gary ASW-20 3 850 4 220 4 282 NN Baldwin, Rand LS-8a 5 DNC 3 282 5 137 H6 Ruf, Chris 303 Mosquito 4 137 4 DNC 6 0 DB Butler, Dick ASW-27 5 0 4 0 No Flight Log Submitted B Class May 08, 05 May 07, 05 Cumulative Score Turn Area: 02:30 Turn Area: 03:00 Rank Points ID Name Glider Rank Points Rank Points ---- ------ -- ---- ------ ---- ------ ---- ------ 1 1000 IZ Murphy, John LS-4 1 1000 DNC Created on Thursday May 12, 2005 - 15:58 by Winscore Rev 1