Happy Birthday

I had the pleasure of having my dad with me for the whole week during the Chelan Classic. He provided me with support, motivation and acted as our unofficial photo documentarian. Thanks Dad! BTW, no one believes me when I tell them you'll be turning 83 this month.

Happy Birthday!

Dad getting a better vantage point to capture the action

He has an eye for beauty...Stella and Katie watching the pilots launch.

Day 6

The 2008 Chelan Classic has come to a close. The last day was very windy and although some pilots managed to get off the Butte and onto the flats, no one improved their ranking and we were all back that evening for a great BBQ and awards ceremony. The final standings are as follows:

Topless (HG)	4118	Ben Dunn
Topless (HG)	4113	Tom Pierce
Topless (HG)	3925	David Gibson

King Post (HG)	2118	Jim Fennison
King Post (HG)	1402	Konrad Kurp
King Post (HG)	1355	Tina Jorgensen

Single Surface (HG)	2226	Joe Evans
Single Surface (HG)	1433	Tom Johns
Single Surface (HG)	50	Adrian Dybwad

Paraglider	2806	Brett Yeates
Paraglider	2333	Brian Webb
Paraglider	2145	Matt Senior

Rest Day

Day 5 has been called due to the severe weather forecast...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY
EVENING. A SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING EVENT IS POSSIBLE TODAY.

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Looking back at meet HQ

Day 4 Scores

Thursday saw slightly weaker conditions with light winds. The battle for first place continues between Benn Dunn and Tom Pierce. Both flew incomplete triangle tasks on day four with Benn getting a bit closer to goal on the final leg putting him in the lead again by a slim 5 points.

I ended up on the ground as well on the final triangle leg from Sims Corner. As I was breaking down the glider a doe and her two fawns came out of the wheat field right next to me and calmly walked across the street. They were totally unconcered with me and my scrambling to get my camera out and take a picture.

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Daily Flight Scores

Day 4 totals

Day 3 Scores

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More perspectives of the Chelan Classic on Konrad Heildmann page.

More Chelan Info

Day 3 saw more over development in the late afternoon with big cloud suck, sightings of incredibly large dust devils, rain hail and lightning. Many pilots cut their flight short or altered coarse to avoid the quickly deteriorating conditions.

Todays scores aren't ready yet. I'll get an update out tomorrow night. In the mean time check out Ben Dunn's (b)Log for more pictures and accounts of his Chelan Classic experience.

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Pics of the Day

Meet headquarters


Meet (Meat?) Head and pilots at morning briefing

Uncle Chop Chop giving Darren some advice on going long...


...Darren on his way directly to the Soccer Field LZ
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Ah, relaxing after a day of flying in the lake behind meet HQ