The Glider Aerobatic National Competition was held at Saltby on 31st May to 3rd June. The traditional September date was changed to allow our 'Unlimited ' pilots to train,  practice and prepare for the World Championship in Spain on June 18th to 30th.

Glider Aerobatics in the UK has grown steadily over the last 10 Years and this year 5 pilots will represent in Spain.

The Sports class at Saltby attracted a record 10 entries , flying 5 different types of glider. Competition was very strong with some programmes scoring over 80%. The strong winds and low cloud base were well managed  and contributed to a close final result.

Congratulations to this years winners, Jamie Allen (Unlimited), John Gilbert (Intermediate) and Ashley Benjamin (Sports).

Saltby will be hosting an end of season Open Aerobatic competition on September the 8th and 9th.

Ray Stoward

  
                      Glider Nationals 2001 : Saltby : 31.5-3.6 2001
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                                    Sports Champion

Order   Pilot            Aircraft type   Reg'n     Known #1  Unkwn #1  All Grps  O/all %
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  1  Ashley Benjamin     Pilatus          JXX        1307.7    1385.1    2692.8   73.173
  2  Alex Yeates                                     1435.9    1216.8    2652.6   72.083
  3  Karen Denyer        Puchacz                     1326.4    1025.6    2352.0   63.914
  4  Donald Gosden                                   1296.9     946.1    2243.0   60.952
  5  Stephen Alexander   Blanik           DPD        1208.1     824.1    2032.1   55.221
  6  R Misselbrook       Puchacz                     1214.5     731.3    1945.7   52.874
  7  Warren Davies       Blanik           DPD         693.9    1166.0    1859.9   50.541
  8  Mark Rogers         Puchacz                      852.3     956.9    1809.1   49.161
  9  Richard Chapman     Blanik                       938.0     814.6    1752.6   47.626
 10  Graham Burton       Puchacz                      447.7     455.8     903.5   24.551



                                   Intermediate Champion

Order   Pilot            Aircraft type   Reg'n     Known #1  Known #2  Unkwn #1  All Grps  O/all %
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  1  John Gilbert        Pilatus          HDA        1355.3    1413.0    1322.3    4090.6   72.145
  2  Andrew Cunningham   Fox              JKC        1430.3    1275.9    1373.1    4079.2   71.944
  3  Stephen Lewis       Fox             MDM-1       1379.3    1108.5    1356.0    3843.7   67.790



                                     Unlimited Champion

Order   Pilot            Aircraft type   Reg'n     Known #1  Program1  Unkwn #1  All Grps  O/all %
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  1  Jamie Allen         Fox              JKC        1719.2    2170.0    1656.5    5545.7   87.471
  2  Guy Westgate        Fox              JKC        1550.0    1677.8    1699.7    4927.4   77.720
  3  Paul Conran         Fox              JKC        1189.9    2169.8    1458.0    4817.7   75.989
  4  Ian Tunstall        Fox              JKC        1657.9    2040.0    1062.5    4760.4   75.085
  5  Chris Cain          Fox              JKC        1311.5    1739.5     564.4    3615.4   57.025

  British Aerobatic Association
  Results after TBLP at 90% confidence with 1.20 threshold
  Sequence & Group two-pass processing at 19:19:55 on 05-06-2001
  BAeA Scoring System - software Ver 5.1 Jun 01