British National Std & Int Championships - 1998

Contest Director's Note

Blessed by truly fantastic CAVOK weather and two days of blazing sunshine, the third Flyer Magazine Standard level and the BAeA Intermediate level Championships provided intensely close competition amongst a group of pilots whose average scores seem to rise inexorably year by year.

Following his clean sweep at Fenland, John Askew continued to show the rest of the standard group a clean pair of heels throughout, whilst in the Intermediate class last year's standard champion Mark Walden led off in fine style but was just pipped at the post by Martin Sandford's determined recovery from a second place start.

Chief Judge Bob Oliver's team was Christelle Robineau, Tony Lloyd, Brian Webberly, Dick Happs and
Graham Hill, Jen Buckenham was registrar and posted all the scores, and yours truly ran the shop.
It was a privilege to be there - if only all contests could be this much fun!  Roll on Seething...

Nick Buckenham





                    British Nationals Part-1 : Conington-Peterboro' : 7-8 Aug 98
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                           The Flyer Magazine Standard level Championship
Standard level
Order   Pilot            Aircraft type   Reg'n     Known #1  Unkwn #1  Unkwn #2  All Grps  O/all %
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  1  John Askew          Yak 52          G-BWVR       989.4     747.9     871.0    2608.3   79.522
  2  Mark Waite          Yak 52          RA-44516     987.1     716.8     853.5    2557.4   77.970
  3  Patrick Rushmore    Pitts S2-A      G-STUA       983.3     727.7     835.4    2546.4   77.635
  4  David Cooke         Eagle-11        G-OEGL       976.7     701.6     832.9    2511.2   76.560
  5  Pete Pengilly       Extra 300       G-IIZI       972.0     707.0     819.8    2498.8   76.184
  6  Nick Plumeridge     Pitts S2-A      G-WREN       956.3     713.8     828.8    2498.8   76.181
  7  Martin Beezley      Extra 200       D-EVNO       949.1     711.6     816.9    2477.6   75.536
  8  Adrian Howe         T67-M           G-SKYC       939.5     701.8     811.6    2452.8   74.782
  9  Paul Ambrose        Pitts S1-D      G-BLAG       920.5     696.6     826.6    2443.7   74.502
 10  Ian Scott           Robin-A         G-RAFC       912.9     677.8     781.2    2371.8   72.312
 11  John Penfold        Eagle-11        G-OEGL       898.8     665.6     795.6    2359.9   71.949
 12  David Squire        Robin-A         G-RAFC       898.8     653.2     794.7    2346.7   71.545
 13  Mike Caskey         Robin-A         G-RAFC       938.3     632.3     774.9    2345.4   71.507
 14  John Wicks          Cap 10          G-WIXI       940.4     621.3     759.5    2321.3   70.770
 15  Martin Rafter       Robin-A         G-RAFC       902.2     640.9     768.2    2311.3   70.465
 16  John Swinnerton     Stampe SV-4     G-ASHS       878.2     661.5     768.0    2307.7   70.356
 17  Bernard Merlino     Robin-2160      G-SACK       878.4     641.3     775.3    2295.0   69.970
 18  David Cowden        Pitts S2-A      G-TIII       872.0     633.0     787.3    2292.3   69.888
 19  Simon Johnson       RF 4-D          G-BHJN       864.8     661.7     742.3    2268.8   69.169
 20  Marcus Hill         C150-A          G-AZID       860.5     651.0     732.2    2243.7   68.404
 21  Robert Tinkler      Pitts S2-A      G-WREN       824.9     652.1     759.1    2236.1   68.173
 22  Patrick Caruth      Pitts S2-A      G-STUA       744.3     621.0     758.5    2123.8   64.748
 23  Kim Harris          C152            G-BFKF       771.9     549.3     416.3    1737.6   52.975




                    British Nationals Part-1 : Conington-Peterboro' : 7-8 Aug 98
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                                The BAeA Intermediate Championship
Intermediate level
Order   Pilot            Aircraft type   Reg'n     Known #1  Free-Gp2  Unkwn #1  All Grps  O/all %
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  1  Martin Sandford     Cap 20          G-BIPO      1557.9    1256.7    1295.3    4109.8   78.732
  2  Mark Walden         Pitts S1-D      G-OODI      1594.8    1236.7    1262.9    4094.4   78.437
  3  Eddie Goggins       Pitts S2-A      G-WREN      1525.0    1232.6    1261.4    4019.0   76.992
  4  Andy Shuttleworth   Yak 50          G-BTZB      1528.3    1210.3    1226.7    3965.3   75.964
  5  Nick Bloom          Stampe          G-ATIR      1508.5    1221.3    1172.8    3902.7   74.764
  6  Peter Rutterford    Pitts S1-T      G-BKPZ      1471.7    1194.6    1233.8    3900.0   74.713
  7  Gary Ferriman       Pitts S2-B      G-SIIB      1515.4    1169.0    1190.7    3875.1   74.235
  8  Simon Cattlin       Yak 55M         RA-01333    1512.9    1185.1    1155.8    3853.8   73.827
  9  Iain Dall           Pitts S2-A      G-WREN      1459.8    1182.8    1195.5    3838.2   73.528
 10  Mark Janney         Pitts S2-A      G-TIII      1489.1    1130.1    1177.0    3796.2   72.724
 11  Cas Smith           Pitts S2-B      G-ICAS      1441.0    1155.8    1180.4    3777.3   72.361
 12  John Vize           Pitts S1-S      G-BPDV      1473.3    1175.3     988.1    3636.7   69.668
 13  Steve Green         Pitts S2-A      G-STUA      1415.3    1028.2    1191.0    3634.4   69.625

  British Aerobatic Association
  Results after TBLP processing sorted in percentage order
  BAeA Scoring System - printed at 19:31:58 on 09-08-1998