Advanced & Unlimited British National Championships, 2018 results
This year's Senior Nationals were again held at Sywell, their regular base since the early '90s. So, special thanks are due to the Sywell airfield management who so kindly agreed to host the event again.
The entry at Unlimited this year was, sadly, just 3 pilots, but Advanced attracted 15 or so entrants. Bad weather in the north on Wednesday afternoon/Thursday morning reduced the field a little. Twelve Advanced pilots, however, managed to stay the course and the results are published on the BAeA website, alongside this report. So, special congratulations to our two 2018 National Champions: Gerald Cooper at Unlimited and David Thomson at Advanced.




























Wednesday afternoon saw a number of competitors fly in, to be sure to be sure, with more following on Thursday morning in time for the scheduled briefing time of 1030. Unfortunately, the low cloud was slower than forecast to lift and the start of Programme 1 was delayed until getting on for 3pm. Brisk work from the pilots, as well as by the judges under CJ Steve Todd, enabled us to complete this first routine very shortly before the airfield closed at 6pm.
Friday's weather was more co-operative and allowed each pilot to fly twice either side of the lunch break. As none of the Unlimited pilots opted to try for the Final Freestyle David Perrin trophy, that just left the final Unknown, Programme 4, for each pilot to complete on Saturday. Again, the early weather had low cloud, but this lifted enough for us to get going again with a free break available, and the contest was fully completed by the early afternoon.
Our guest judge from the USA, Peggy Riedinger, kindly agreed to award the trophies and medals; I am sure that Leif will soon have uploaded a number of images to the website by way of illustration.
Alan Cassidy
Advanced National Champion 2018
Rank | Pilot | Aeroplane | Registration | Fr/Known | Unkwn #1 | F/Unk P3 | F/Unk P4 | Totals | O/all % |
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1 | David Thomson | CAP 232 | OH-SKA | 2867.21 | 2711.72 | 2841.06 | 2772.95 | 11192.94 | 79.950 |
2 | Emily Collett | CAP 232 | G-GODV | 2766.85 | 2434.36 | 2847.51 | 2622.71 | 10671.44 | 76.225 |
3 | Paul Tomlinson | CAP 232 | OH-SKA | 2861.35 | 1977.14 | 2859.54 | 2670.61 | 10368.63 | 74.062 |
4 | Paul Brice | Extra 330SC | G-IISC | 2728.05 | 1907.10 | 2795.16 | 2679.95 | 10110.26 | 72.216 |
5 | Nick Wakefield | Pitts S-2A | G-IIIT | 2207.43 | 2621.64 | 2430.56 | 2581.15 | 9840.78 | 70.291 |
6 | Phil Massetti | Edge 540 | G-EDGY | 2586.96 | 1911.30 | 2323.97 | 2238.72 | 9060.95 | 64.721 |
7 | Paul Elvidge | Edge 360 | G-CDDP | 2627.80 | 2317.32 | 1727.26 | 2384.40 | 9056.78 | 64.691 |
8 | Chris Sills | Edge 540 | G-EDGY | 2279.43 | 2215.85 | 1959.71 | 2527.47 | 8982.46 | 64.160 |
9 | Matthew Morris | Extra 200 | G-TWOO | 2173.87 | 1736.68 | 2652.76 | 2348.41 | 8911.73 | 63.655 |
10 | Ron Allan | Edge 360 | G-ZVKO | 2229.92 | 2141.48 | 2305.06 | 2209.55 | 8886.02 | 63.472 |
11 | David Nichols | Extra 330SC | G-IISC | 2546.71 | 665.20 | 2317.98 | 2589.71 | 8119.60 | 57.997 |
12 | Dave Farley | CAP 231 | G-GKKI | 2072.25 | 1871.95 | 2028.13 | 5972.32 | 42.659 |
Contest Director: Alan Cassidy, Contest Chief Judge: Steve Todd, Scoring Director: Jen Buckenham
Judges: Steve Todd, Peggy Riedinger (USA), Nick Buckenham, Ian Scott,
Judges Assistants: Martin Sandford, Rod Herve, Peter Rounce, Leif Culpin
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The Neil Williams Trophy 2018
Rank | Pilot | Aeroplane | Registration | Fr/Known | Unkwn #1 | F/Unk P3 | Unkwn P4 | Totals | O/all % |
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1 | Gerald Cooper | XA-41 | G-IIRI | 3771.97 | 3355.69 | 3374.19 | 3740.88 | 14242.73 | 76.574 |
2 | Chris Brook | Extra 330SC | G-IISC | 3641.40 | 2825.64 | 2747.43 | 2828.31 | 12042.78 | 64.746 |
3 | Phil Burgess | DR-107 | G-RIHN | 2634.07 | 3052.54 | 2416.03 | 2876.44 | 10979.07 | 59.027 |
Contest Director: Alan Cassidy, Contest Chief Judge: Steve Todd, Scoring Director: Jen Buckenham
Judges: Steve Todd, Peggy Riedinger (USA), Nick Buckenham, Ian Scott,
Judges Assistants: Martin Sandford, Rod Herve, Peter Rounce, Leif Culpin
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