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CD's Report
“Festina lente” said the ancient Latins, which roughly
translated means “when thou plannest an aerobatic contest read the
scripture according to Saint Alan, and do not rush”. As CD at Tiger
Trophy last weekend I contravened both, with the result that,
notwithstanding my position as keeper of BAeA’s Trophies, I failed to
draw a Beginners Award from my stock and am grateful to Gerald Cooper for
allowing me to borrow one from his even greater stock of trophies in his
Gamston hoard. I was then reminded that in addition to overall  winner
of the Tiger Trophy, medals are awarded to winners in each category (it
never happened in the old days!) and to those undecorated winners I
apologise. You are listed elsewhere, with my special congratulations.
The Tiger Trophy is generally
considered to be second only to National Championship in its desirability.
Not only do you get a lot for your money – five kilos of bronze tiger on
a three tier plinth – but you share the company of some historic BAeA
aces on what is our oldest trophy, presented by Esso in 1959. Early
contests included a sequence ending in a closed throttle spot landing…
The weather gods who had favoured us
at Sywell for the Nationals the previous weekend continued to favour
Sywell and environs, but poured retribution on the North. Friday’s
positioning was challenging, and, in the case of Team Barton, impossible,
earning them a rare dispensation to arrive late. The Beginners' class was
held under drizzling grey skies, but produced a surprised winner –
Juliet Kinney – under coach Cas Smith.
Saturday saw 31 entrants, this time
under a deceptively low cloud base. The morning’s proceedings were
therefore intermittent at best, with the unfortunate weather dummy getting
more practice at landing than aerobatics. The afternoon improved, but the
Team Barton, placed at the end as the price for arriving late, suffered
lowering scud which undoubtedly affected their performance: bad luck
indeed.
Tom Cassells had been billed as CD,
but perhaps to enable him to grapple again with his archrival Uncle Alan
(flying hors de concours because he had written the “unknown”
sequence), Tom delegated the function of CD to yours truly to allow him to
enter. With nearly 80 contests’ experience – half each as CD and
contestant – I felt it was time to combine the two. Yes, it can be done,
but at a cost to both: see above!
Tom succeeded in beating his
archrival, but still came second, this time to advanced champion Gerald
Cooper. Third was Adam Lewis, at Standard level in uncle’s STUA.
Venues for the Tiger have varied, but
currently Sherburn hosts it with evident pride. Cas Smith is CFI there,
and consequently the airfield is always busy – and staff always pressed
– for our events. But we all got served, and when I left (in a downpour
at 1900 Saturday) another bash had
just started. I said it was my last contest as contestant, but I say that
– and tell my wife! – every year….
Special thanks are due to hosts
Sherburn and their crew, including caterers, controllers and fuellers, and
to BAeA personnel, including Ben Ellis and Corinne Davis as scorers, and
especially to Steve Green as our extraordinarily competent Chief Judge.
Eric Marsh
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The Tiger Trophy 2003 : Sherbert in Elbow : 19/20 Sept
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Beginners Finals
Order Pilot Aircraft type Reg'n Known #1 O/all %
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1 Juliet Kinsey Cap 10 B G-G-GDTU 467.8 70.874
2 Andrew Brown T67M G-SKYC 453.4 68.694
3 Nick Mitchell T67M G-SKYC 361.4 54.759
4 Simon Ducker Yak-52 G-TYAK 341.6 51.758
Standard Unknown
Order Pilot Aircraft type Reg'n Unkwn #1 O/all %
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1 Adam Lewis Pitts S-2A G-STUA 1022.1 74.066
2 Alex Smith T-67M G-SKYC 1012.0 73.332
3 Chris Malkin Pitts S-2A G-BTTR 956.1 69.282
4 Alan Wood Pitts S-!S G-BRZX 943.5 68.366
5 Andy McClean Cap 20 LS G-BIPO 940.6 68.163
6 Neil Bigrigg Pitts S-2A G-BTUL 908.4 65.824
7 Corinne Dennis Cap 10 B G-GDTU 906.9 65.717
8 Al Coutts Pitts S-1S G-BKKZ 884.9 64.126
9 Richard Buchan Pitts S-1D G-OODI 883.6 64.031
10 Eric Marsh Vans RV-4 G-BXPI 880.1 63.773
11 Mark Davies Pitts S-2A G-BTUL 776.8 56.289
12 Paul Tomlinson Pitts S-1C G-BXAU 770.1 55.804
13 Dave Cowden Pitts S-2C G-IICI 722.4 52.351
14 Giles Caunter Pitts S-1D G-BLAG 560.4 40.606
Intermediate Unknown
Order Pilot Aircraft type Reg'n Unkwn #1 O/all %
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1 John Dixon Pitts S-1S G-BRZX 1605.6 72.322
2 Clive Butler Pitts S-2B G-BPLY 1477.3 66.543
3 Phil O'Donoghue Laser G-LAZA 1400.8 63.098
4 Graham Smith Pitts S2B G-ICAS 1393.5 62.772
5 James Brown CAP-20LS G-BIPO 1363.8 61.430
6 Mike Caskey Cap 10B G-BXRC 1274.8 57.421
7 Richard Pargeter Pitts S2A G-STUA 1264.5 56.958
8 Ian Scott Cap 10 B G-BXRC 1178.3 53.077
Advanced Unknown
Order Pilot Aircraft type Reg'n Unkwn #1 O/all %
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1 Gerald Cooper Extra-230 G-CBUA 2590.1 80.689
2 Gary Ferriman Pitts S1-11B G-IIIV 1693.9 52.770
3 Ron Allan Pitts S2B G-IIII 1688.0 52.586
4 Dave Kaberry CAP-231 F-GKKI 1496.6 46.622
5 Tony Maxwell Pitts S2B G-IIII 1274.6 39.706
6 David Copse Cap 20 G-BIPO 797.2 24.836
7 Steve Carver Extra 260 G-EXTR 527.8 16.442
Unlimited Unknown
Order Pilot Aircraft type Reg'n Unkwn #1 O/all %
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1 Tom Cassells CAP 232 F-GOTC 3035.0 77.820
2 Alan Cassidy H/C CAP 232 F-GYRO 2944.4 75.496
Tiger Trophy 2003
Order Pilot Aircraft type Reg'n Unkwn #1 O/all %
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1 Adv Gerald Cooper Extra-230 G-CBUA 2590.1 80.689
2 Unl Tom Cassells CAP 232 F-GOTC 3035.0 77.820
Unl Alan Cassidy H/C CAP 232 F-GYRO 2944.4 75.496
3 Std Adam Lewis Pitts S-2A G-STUA 1022.1 74.066
4 Std Alex Smith T-67M G-SKYC 1012.0 73.332
5 Int John Dixon Pitts S-1S G-BRZX 1605.6 72.322
6 Std Chris Malkin Pitts S-2A G-BTTR 956.1 69.282
7 Std Alan Wood Pitts S-!S G-BRZX 943.5 68.366
8 Std Andy McClean Cap 20 LS G-BIPO 940.6 68.163
9 Int Clive Butler Pitts S-2B G-BPLY 1477.3 66.543
10 Std Neil Bigrigg Pitts S-2A G-BTUL 908.4 65.824
11 Std Corinne Dennis Cap 10 B G-GDTU 906.9 65.717
12 Std Al Coutts Pitts S-1S G-BKKZ 884.9 64.126
13 Std Richard Buchan Pitts S-1D G-OODI 883.6 64.031
14 Std Eric Marsh Vans RV-4 G-BXPI 880.1 63.773
15 Int Phil O'Donoghue Laser G-LAZA 1400.8 63.098
16 Int Graham Smith Pitts S2B G-ICAS 1393.5 62.772
17 Int James Brown CAP-20LS G-BIPO 1363.8 61.430
18 Int Mike Caskey Cap 10B G-BXRC 1274.8 57.421
19 Int Richard Pargeter Pitts S2A G-STUA 1264.5 56.958
20 Std Mark Davies Pitts S-2A G-BTUL 776.8 56.289
21 Std Paul Tomlinson Pitts S-1C G-BXAU 770.1 55.804
22 Int Ian Scott Cap 10 B G-BXRC 1178.3 53.077
23 Adv Gary Ferriman Pitts S1-11B G-IIIV 1693.9 52.770
24 Adv Ron Allan Pitts S2B G-IIII 1688.0 52.586
25 Std Dave Cowden Pitts S-2C G-IICI 722.4 52.351
26 Adv Dave Kaberry CAP-231 F-GKKI 1496.6 46.622
27 Std Giles Caunter Pitts S-1D G-BLAG 560.4 40.606
28 Adv Tony Maxwell Pitts S2B G-IIII 1274.6 39.706
29 Adv David Copse Cap 20 G-BIPO 797.2 24.836
30 Adv Steve Carver Extra 260 G-EXTR 527.8 16.442
British Aerobatic Association
Results after TBLP at 90% confidence with 1.20 threshold
Sequence & Group two-pass processing at 18:15:58 on 23-09-2003
BAeA Scoring System - software Ver 6:1 Apr-03
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