Weather: NNE 25Kmh winds Heavy coverage of cloud with rain
possible in the late afternoon.
Task: Dalby Airport to Millmerran Airport 76Km to the south.
Cloud base 5500ft
With pilots having flown over 25hrs so far, the short task
to Millmerran Airport was welcomed for the last day. Dense cloud cover did not
allow a lot of sun in but with the dark
bases and strong tail wind it looked to be a quick run. This proved to be
wrong. The first half of the course was slow and it was hard to find lift.
Zeros had to be made the most of until about 35km from goal when good lift was
found. About 30 pilots made it to goal with Konrad Heilmann making goal first in 1hr
11min. A great last day task.
Chris Lawry was the first Kiwi in, coming in 2nd
followed by Conrad Loten in 4th place
John Durand Snr took out the overall winner
Nils Vesk in second place and Konrad Heilmann came 3rd
Hagen was the highest scoring Kiwi coming 7th
followed by John in 10th place, Chris Lawry 12th, Conrad
Loten 13th.
Captian Flockheart’s final log entry: “Many Lessons were
learnt and will hopefully be applied at the next Dalby Big Air”