US Standard Class National Championship

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From: rw@surgicad.com (Randy Witlicki)
Subject: U.S. Standard Class Nationals - Day 3
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Organization: Dover Systems
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 94 21:44:06 EDT
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  Day 3 of the 1994 U.S. Standard Class Nationals was held on Sunday
June 26th at Warren-Sugarbush Airport in Vermont. 
  The weather synopsis put on the daily task sheet by Attila the
weatherman (his name really is Attila) read:
  "Cold front has moved through.  Very moist air. Overdevelopment
later in day.  More clouds to NorthWest.  Chance of Showers. Winds
South at 12, gusting to 25.  Light to moderate turbulence.  Montpelier
terminal forecast 6000 scattered, occasional broken.  Winds 220 at 12.
Chance of showers. 20 miles visibility."
  The weather gods had a different idea for the day.
  It didn't overdevelop.
  There weren't any showers.
  At about 11:30 when the sniffers were launched the wind was 10 to 20
knots with occasional higher gusts.  The wind gusts almost immediately
became frequent up to 30-35 knots.  The sniffers scratched about the sky
and reported broken lift in rotor thermals. Winds aloft were out of the
south (parallel to the ridges) at about 30-35 knots.
  Launch was delayed for safety reasons until the surface winds calmed
down.  At about 2:40 P.M. Launch started.  Competition Director Charlie
Spratt was in the hot seat.  His sniffers were not reporting wonderful
rates of climb and there was not a lot of time left.
  A minimal task of 63 Miles north to Morrisville and return was called.
As soon as the task opened at 3:35 P.M. the weather gods pulled a fast one
and allowed the thermals to strengthen and for the day to otherwise
improve.
  As a result, it was a severely devalued day point-wise with only
three landouts.

UNOFFICIAL DAY 3 SCORES
No turnpoint photos have been interpreted yet so standings may change.

Overall                    Day Rank/Pts  Speed  Overall Points
 1 Jacobs, Douglas ASW 24    9 / 216    65.96     1889
 2 Garner, James   Discus   19 / 194    59.42     1870
 3 Striedeck, Karl ASW 24    1 / 262    80.12     1859
 4 Opitz, Mike     ASW 24   17 / 198    60.44     1733
 5 Walker, Jae     Discus    2 / 241    73.81     1700
 6 Seymour, John   ASW 24    3 / 234    71.61     1600
 7 Cundiff, Roy    Discus   31 /  64   36.41 miles  1547
 8 Sorenson, Ken   Discus   16 / 199    60.79     1541
 9 Philbrick, Pat  Discus   31 /  64   36.41 miles  1512
10 Payne, Jim      Discus   12 / 210    64.35     1506
11 Murray, John    ASW 24    7 / 217    66.23     1503
12 Byrd, John      Discus    6 / 222    67.96     1501


- Randy   rw@surgicad.com