On Saturday, Eagleville Sailplanes hosted the second of two Fourth of July GTA races at Puckett Field, TN. There were no B class entries, but six pilots showed up to race in A class. The sky was mostly blue with a few widely scattered cus, including some cumulus lenticularis. No one encountered wave lift underneath the lennies, but some produced strong thermals. I topped 6,000' MSL once, but the height band was ~3500-5500'. The task was a two-hour MAT with one mandatory turnpoint at Lewisburg, about 16 miles SW of Puckett. Yours Truly won the day in my LS-8, but it wasn't easy. After Lewisburg, I flew to R&S Buzzard, Puckett, Shelbyville, Lewisburg, Versailles, and back to Puckett for the finish--104 miles. I averaged 3.1 knots in climbs and achieved a 29% circling to gliding ratio. Rock outcroppings seemed to me to be the best thermal generators in the area. The other pilots were: Bob Richard (ASW-27), Werner Ruegger (LS-3), Panos Kanes (ASW-24), JJ Malosse (LS-3a), and Michael Poe (ASW-20B). Rand Eagleville GTA Friday Puckett Field, TN Friday, July 03, 2009 A Class Day 1 Task: Turn Area ID Name Distance (Miles) Radius 1 PUCKETTEAGLV 0.00 3.0 39 Hunter 16.20 5.0 56 Moontown Apt 87.55 25.0 88 Warren Co AP 161.95 25.0 1 PUCKETTEAGLV 204.22 1.0 Minimum Time 03:00 Cumulative Day Speed Distance Remarks Rank Points ID Name Glider Rank Points Hndcp Actual Hndcp Actual Code Penalty Points ---- ----- -- ---- ------ ---- ------ ----- ------ ----- ------ ---- ------- ------ 1 1000 NN Baldwin, Rand LS-8 1 1000 49.15 56.30 153.46 175.79 SSA 2 976 RHR Richard, Bob ASW-27 2 976 47.99 55.67 148.69 172.49 SSA 3 955 NX Myers, Scott ASW-24 3 955 46.95 50.98 154.22 167.44 SSA 4 950 MP Poe, Michael ASW-20B 4 950 46.68 53.78 154.99 178.56 SSA 5 714 S4 Malosse, Jean-Jacque LS-3A 5 714 32.03 34.08 114.19 121.48 SSA 6 183 EL Ruegger, Werner LS-3 6 183 44.88 48.15 SSA Codes: SSA No SSA number on file for this pilot. Created on Thursday July 09, 2009 - 10:16 by Winscore Rev 6, http://www.gfbyars.com/winscore Eagleville GTA July B Class Puckett Field, TN Friday, July 03, 2009 Preliminary Sports Class Day 1 Task: Modified Assigned ID Name Distance (Miles) Radius 1 PUCKETTEAGLV 0.00 3.0 1 PUCKETTEAGLV -4.00 1.0 Minimum Time 02:00 Cumulative Day Speed Distance Remarks Rank Points ID Name Glider Rank Points Hndcp Actual Hndcp Actual Code Penalty Points ---- ----- -- ---- ------ ---- ------ ----- ------ ----- ------ ---- ------- ------ 1 1000 SRK Murphy, John "Discus b, 1 1000 37.07 39.48 87.84 93.55 SSA Codes: SSA No SSA number on file for this pilot. Created on Thursday July 09, 2009 - 21:38 by Winscore Rev 6, http://www.gfbyars.com/winscore