The Saltby Open Meeting

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.
Aerobatic Contest Results Organiser, Version 2.0 build 16-08-09, with FairPlay Scoring System