The Saltby Open Glider Aerobatics Meeting - 2009
CD's Report
I am not, as regular readers, both of them, will confirm very complimentary about the general weather picture at Saltby, having presided over one complete washout and several truncated contests ... so the drive up the A1(M) on the day before the Open in bright sunshine was a pleasant surprise. I was even more surprised to watch the cloud which hung about at 1,500ft climb and disappear by about 11am.

So by opening time we were very much ahead of the game. Far enough ahead to have a discussion about what we were going to do to keep the pilots amused having completed the contest flights well before lunch on the second day. And so the "FunFree" was born. There were some interesting programmes, the most original of which was Graham Saw's with a performance consisting entirely of rolling circles which, for reasons I can't recall, was not scored by the judges.

Prize-giving took place with His Grace the Duke of Rutland, an active member of Saltby doing the honours, ahead of the Bar-B-Q which was well attended and of the usual high standard. Full results are below. The Beginners Plaque went to Trevor Dale, David Gethin won the Sports and was runner up for the open, and David Gibbs took the Open Trophy and the Intermediate.

Thank you to all at Saltby for your enthusiasm and hard work.
Sam Mummery
BAeA Contest Director

P.S Hope to see Jyrki Viitasaari "The inverted Finn" next year
PPS Dick the Hatchet Happs scored a loop flown by beginner Rachel Brewin at 9.5 and later described it as "beautiful"...
Beginners Plaque
Saltby OPEN Spectacular at Saltby Airfield, 11-13 September 2009

Ranked by percent   

Rank Pilot Aeroplane Registration Known #1 Totals O/all %
1 Trevor Dale LUNAK OM-0973 470.03 470.03 71.22
2 Rachel Brewin ASK 21 G-CKNL 460.71 460.71 69.80
3 Graham Drankell Pilatus B4 G-GDD 448.29 448.29 67.92
4 Paul Bott ASK 21 G-CKNL 297.38 297.38 45.06
The Saltby Open Trophy

Ranked by percent   

Rank Level Pilot Aeroplane Registration Unk'n #1 Unk'n #2 Totals O/all %
1 ING David Gibbs MDM-1 Fox G-CFOX 1269.54 1381.38 2650.92 79.13
2 SPO David Gethin ASK 21 G-CKNL 1070.40 1329.80 2400.20 75.72
3 ADG Graham Saw CHECH MATE OM-0927 1221.58 1510.47 2732.06 75.47
4 ING Maz Makari MDM-1 Fox G-CFOX 1057.15 1355.97 2413.11 72.03
5 ING Jyrki Viitasaari Pilatus B4 G-CHDA 1022.83 1312.81 2335.64 69.72
6 ING Patrick Greer MDM-1 Fox G-CFOX 1185.13 1080.98 2266.10 67.64
7 SPO Adam Lindsay ASK 21 G-CKLN 1015.81 1120.29 2136.10 67.39
8 SPO Gary Nuttall ASK 21 G-CKLN 1065.36 1044.30 2109.67 66.55
9 ING Jonathan Ross ASK 21 G-CKNL 1056.83 1147.21 2204.04 65.79
10 SPO Adam Hoskin ASK 21 G-CKLN 1086.61 981.48 2068.09 65.24
11 UNG Mike Newman Swift S-1 G-IZZI 1333.16 1512.18 2845.34 63.80
12 SPO Mark Erlund LUNAK OM-0973 1044.03 949.47 1993.50 62.89
13 ING Charles Baker ASK 21 G-CKNL 1071.05 1014.50 2085.55 62.26
14 SPO Michael Corcoran LUNAK OM-0973 857.10 1097.11 1954.21 61.65
15 SPO Brian Griffin LUNAK OM-0973 895.84 662.44 1558.28 49.16
Fun Frees . . . .

Ranked by percent   

Rank Level Pilot Aeroplane Registration Free #1 Totals O/all %
1 UNG Mike Newman Swift S-1 G-IZZI 1953.67 1953.67 76.61
2 ING David Gibbs MDM-1 Fox G-CFOX 1188.27 1188.27 67.90
3 ING Maz Makari MDM-1 Fox G-CFOX 1112.41 1112.41 63.57
4 ING Jyrki Viitasaari Pilatus B4 G-CHDA 1096.83 1096.83 62.68
Contest Director: Sam Mummery. Contest Chief Judge: Ben Ellis. Scoring Director: Cindy Copsey. Judges: Ben Ellis, Chris Cain, Dick Happs. Judges Assistants: Rachel Worth, Rachel Brewin, Alan Macken, Jonathan Ross, Judi Jones.

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