Hi All.
At RAF Cranwell yesterday, the RAF Flying Club Association held a
beginners level aerobatic training day. The event was organised by
our very own Phil Burgess, who invited the BAeA to run the event
using our 'Open Beginners Day' format.
The day was a great success, helped in no small way by cracking
weather. 23 entrants were spread across 5 aircraft, 2 Slingsby's,
Cap 10c, Extra 200 and a Pitts S2A, so we had our work cut out to
fit in 2 flights for everyone.
Alan Cassidy was Chief Judge for the day, Jen and Jack drove the
scores and the CD was yours truly. David Jenkins and Phil B judged
and Julie Lawley assisted along with members of RAFFCA. I drove
instructors Paul Shaw, Nick Riddin, Phil O'Donoghue, Simon Abbot and
Adrian Willis really hard and they didn't complain, much.
Thanks
chaps. So with everyone pulling in the same direction, the medals
were presented by Air Chief Marshal Sir John Allison (ret) at 1700hrs.
The ripples from the success of this event will hopefully reach far
and wide. 23 novice aerobatic competition pilots are now all very
enthusiastic about our sport. Phil
Burgess's impeccable organisation
of the event will not pass unnoticed by his superiors and the RAF
may have to concede that a successful aerial event can be run by
civilians.
So well done Phil. As PR exercises go, this was a pretty good one.
ps -
there are more photos here,
and an excellent video here
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RAF
Cranwell Aerobatic Training Day Results: Known Sequence |
RAFFCCASTS, Cranwell, 3rd May 2014 |
Ranked by scores
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Rank |
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Pilot |
Aeroplane |
Registration |
Known 1 |
Totals |
O/all % |
1 |
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Tony Ayre |
Pitts S-2A |
G-ODDS |
609.40 |
609.40 |
83.479 |
2 |
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Mark Thomas |
Extra 200 |
G-EEEK |
596.18 |
596.18 |
81.669 |
3 |
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Craig Emslie |
Pitts S-2A |
G-ODDS |
591.46 |
591.46 |
81.021 |
4 |
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Neil Constantine |
Slingsby T67M |
G-BLVI |
589.15 |
589.15 |
80.706 |
5 |
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Mike Bond |
Pitts S-2A |
G-ODDS |
587.66 |
587.66 |
80.501 |
6 |
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Graham Gall |
Extra 200 |
G-EEEK |
587.32 |
587.32 |
80.455 |
7 |
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James Page |
Extra 200 |
G-EEEK |
586.68 |
586.68 |
80.367 |
8 |
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Scott Grove |
Slingsby T67M |
G-BLVI |
584.42 |
584.42 |
80.057 |
9 |
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Paul Bellingham |
Extra 200 |
G-EEEK |
579.59 |
579.59 |
79.397 |
10 |
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Matt Williams |
CAP 10B |
G-CCNX |
566.12 |
566.12 |
77.550 |
11 |
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Alex Groundsell |
Pitts S-2A |
G-ODDS |
555.93 |
555.93 |
76.154 |
12 |
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Andy Mackay |
Slingsby T67M |
G-BLVI |
551.29 |
551.29 |
75.519 |
13 |
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Mike Tetlow |
Pitts S-2A |
G-ODDS |
536.64 |
536.64 |
73.513 |
14 |
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Paul Morrison |
CAP 10B |
G-CCNX |
497.67 |
497.67 |
68.174 |
15 |
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Andy Hadfield |
Extra 200 |
G-EEEK |
490.58 |
490.58 |
67.202 |
16 |
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Chris Bird |
Slingsby T67M |
G-BONT |
466.65 |
466.65 |
63.925 |
17 |
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Paul Bailey |
CAP 10B |
G-CCNX |
458.67 |
458.67 |
62.832 |
18 |
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Paul Dodsworth |
CAP 10B |
G-CCNX |
431.95 |
431.95 |
59.171 |
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Contest Director: Brian McCartney, Contest Chief Judge: Alan Cassidy, Scoring Director: Jen Buckenham. Judges: Alan Cassidy, Phil Burgess, David Jenkins. Judges Assistants: Julie Lawley, Bob Tipping. |
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Aerobatic Contest Results Organiser, Version 3.3 Build 28-04-14, with FairPlay Scoring System |
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