Perry 2014 soaring competition post flight analysis. I was asked to share these videos showing CU analysis along with pilot commentary of Perry 2014 Days 1-5. Enjoy! JP
Perry Days 1-5 post flight analysis
by Bill Elliott •
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Day 8 @ Sisteron. Last Day of a Very Successful SGP! AND … the Winner is DIDIER!
by Bill Elliott •
ready for day 8. Picture courtesy SGP organizers SISTERON in the Southern Alps 5:30 PM. What a fantastic week it was. Heroic stuff is what Brian called it. So do I. Even today you thought, “It’s in the pocket,” but then they were in “the weeds” and had to dig themselves out. Being first at…
Day 8 @ Sisteron; updated… 5 pilots in race to become WORLD CHAMPION, but first a wrap-up from day 7.
by Bill Elliott •
10 AM. What a great day for Didier !!!!! After his out landing the day before he started refreshed and with a GOAL on day 7. Good on him! Flying high and conservative and making speed when he could. Didier , before departure on day 7.
Day 7 @ Sisteron: “Pushing Hard Was Not Good Today”
by Bill Elliott •
What a great day again! Sometimes a bit scary, then exciting, then just unbelievable … how do they do it? Ingredients today: fast pilots losing in the end because they did not take good lift in between, police to help Bruce get away from the farmers land he landed in, pilots “written off” but returning to the lead! Here is the day for you if you had no time to follow it live. Enjoy!
Day 7 @ Sisteron: But First—Amazing Day 6 with Stars Bruce and Nicolas “Shining”.
by Bill Elliott •
What an amazing and exciting flight it was yesterday between Bruce and Nicolas. A farmer from the East Coast of Australia (NSW), used to flying over flat country, and an instructor from St Auban in France, used to the mountains and blessed with the skills to fly them. Loved it. They truly deserved the 10 and 8 points and showed how spectacular our sport can be.
Day 6 at Sisteron! “Again it was Bruce’s day!”
by Bill Elliott •
10.30 AM; They welcomed us with the message that it was a sunny good morning, but windy again. Graham called yesterday ” a blustery gnarly sort of a day ,where I was tossed around as much as any flight I can remember, great fun though!” Giorgio ready to go to the grid. Courtesy Aussie team
Day 6 @ Sisteron with Highlights from Yesterday! UPDATED!!!
by Bill Elliott •
It took quite a while before they knew who was the winner yesterday. Penalty points for a too high start … a too early start … a too low finish, all variations passed by. So I thought I’d better look tomorrow and I just did.
Grand Prix is Addictive – Tilo Holighaus Enjoys the Race
by Bill Elliott •
All photos by Tilo Holighaus It’s hard to ignore what’s going on at the Grand Prix Final 2014 in Sisteron these days: reading OLC Magazine, browsing through the Grand Prix website, and following Ritz’s great Café reports I try to keep up with the latest news. Haven’t tried the live tracking yet… but with three…
Day 5 @ Sisteron! “Three Musketeers” – this Time not from France, but from Australia!
by Bill Elliott •
They started in Sisteron with day 5 and expectations were HIGH! First launch was at 1.20 PM and the expectation was for a day with thermals, ridge soaring, maybe even wave and maybe some showers–lot of ingredients to make the pilots happy, though the expected 25+ kt wind might be a bit of a “devil”.…
Concordia Deploying Its Drogue Chute
by Bill Elliott •
At the recent Perry contest I was able to try the chute and it worked fine after a few small changes. Trish Drury was nice enough to make a series of very good pictures of the Concordia landing with chute deployment which was very helpful in sorting out the small issues. The Drogue chute is…
