Dunstable Regionals
17th - 25th August 2013
Our regional competition - two classes, 60
competitors, and 9 days. High excitement, drama, and people
pushing themselves to earn their National ranking (or simply land in a field).
Task Week & Soaring Course
13th to 21st April 2013
The early Soaring Course and Task Week are scheduled for
the 13th to 21st April. The Task Week element is simply a
case of turn up and fly the task - scoring will simply be
based on best ladder scores but you will need to book in
advance as the Soaring Course and Task Week grid WILL get
priority launching.
The Soaring Course element will provide presentations,
lectures, flying the tasks (alone, lead and follow or
dual) and post flight analysis where appropriate. As you
will probably realise this takes quite a bit of dedication
from the people organising the event and providing the
valuable input so we need to know numbers well in advance.
To get the most from this event you need to devote the
full 9 days to it - just pitching up for the odd day does
not really provide much of an experience and the lectures
and presentations build on previous days' work. The
Soaring Course is however open to all and the only real
requirement is a strong stomach or suitable medication -
at this time of year there can be a fair bit of grinding
around.
This task week is not intended to be a training
opportunity however there might be the opportunity to fly
in a two-seat glider and see how it's done (or not as the
case may be!).
Late Task Week
20th to 28th July 2013
This task week is not intended to be a training opportunity
however there might be the opportunity to fly in a two-seat
glider and see how it's done (or not as the case may be!).
For those with a glider or those who have hired one this is
9 days of organised task flying with ladder scoring again
being the determining factor as to who did best on a given
day. I am sure that there will be some opportunity to look
at traces the next morning if we are not in for an early
start. This can often be good fun and sometimes quite
enlightening.