CLGC, Review of 2011 SeasonLocal Clubs Reporting

Accomplishments, NewsSporting Events and Results

2011 Soaring Season

• Local Clubs: Relevant events, licenses, badges, new gliders

• Club Events that made a Difference • Safety Considerations • Membership

NISC (Northern IL Soaring Contest)

• After a slow start the local flying season was again quite successful.

• Submitted were a total of 135 flights over a total distance of 16,357 mi (raw) or over 100 mi per flight.

• Compared to the East Coast clubs, we had a strong weather season after mid-June

• Even without the Sky Memorial-Day contest contributing, the total stats are impressive, congrats to all participants

NISC Participation

• Number of flights, total mileage, number of pilots are all up vs. 2010.

• Weekday-flying was stronger than last year.• Aggressive task-setting at CGC yielded more and

longer flights (Thanks SH and BB)• The NISC is alive and well and it seems to be quite

unique in the US Soaring scene. • John C. deserves loads of thanks for doing most of the

scoring. (Applause please)• Who won?

2011 NISC ResultsScore # of flights Name

1. 8000 24 Kilian, Herb 2. 7938 11 Cochrane, John 3. 7585 18 Shakman, Michael 4. 6757 9 Macys, Robert 5. 6418 17 Dziedzic, Jan6. 5646 6 Borycki, Marek 7. 5437 7 Akerley, Mark 8. 5436 7 Eisenbeiss, Duane9. 5278 8 Ridenour, Neal

10. 4867 5 Spitz, Bob11. 4748 7 Konrath, Ray12. 2241 4 Molidor III, Gerry13. 2232 4 Norton, Robert14. 1739 2 Russell, Jeff15. 1403 2 DeRosa, John16. 994 1 Molidor, Gerry17. 783 1 Ratajewski, Dariusz18. 672 1 Watkins, Dale19. 492 1 Weck, Geoff

Online Contest (OLC)

• More local pilots entered flights• Our Region 7 quite a bit behind others in flights and

distances entered• Blackhawk Soaring in Iowa beat all Chicago Clubs,

can’t let that happen again!• We are doing the fastest flights, however• Stats for Region 7 only containing flights that originate

in region• Following are stats that I downloaded from the OLC

results spreadsheets:

# Name Club Sum Flight 1 Flight 2 Flight 3 Flight 4 Flight 5 Flight 6

1Michael McGlothlen (US / Blackhawk Soaring Club 2518 561.47pt. (11.09) 466.93pt. (05.09) 444.36pt. (10.08) 378.88pt. (14.08) 354.44pt. (09.10) 311.82pt. (08.05)

2 Don Gurnett (US / Blackhawk Soaring Club 2274 438.75pt. (11.08) 435.01pt. (11.09) 396.64pt. (07.05) 373.77pt. (05.09) 320.80pt. (14.08) 309.51pt. (21.08)

3 Herbert Kilian (US Chicago Glider Club 2058 384.12pt. (10.08) 363.94pt. (29.06) 335.70pt. (29.08) 334.37pt. (06.05) 332.65pt. (11.08) 306.73pt. (09.07)

4 Christopher Prince Red Wing Soaring Assn. 2007 684.86pt. (24.04) 341.52pt. (26.05) 304.34pt. (17.04) 241.96pt. (05.06) 222.45pt. (09.10) 211.59pt. (16.05)5 James Hard (US / ) 126 Association 1990 439.99pt. (13.09) 394.43pt. (26.05) 387.26pt. (16.05) 279.91pt. (05.06) 259.31pt. (11.09) 228.74pt. (05.09)

6 Terry Edmonds Blackhawk Soaring Club 1950 369.80pt. (11.08) 358.84pt. (10.08) 317.16pt. (17.05) 309.18pt. (05.09) 299.32pt. (06.07) 296.20pt. (06.05)7 Kevin Ford (US / ) 126 Association 1939 536.71pt. (11.09) 427.35pt. (15.08) 388.15pt. (19.05) 296.57pt. (06.05) 148.20pt. (09.10) 142.47pt. (21.08)

8 Ted Clausing (US / Wisconsin Soaring Society 1898 387.07pt. (28.08) 342.62pt. (21.08) 309.71pt. (10.09) 304.91pt. (27.08) 296.16pt. (04.07) 257.39pt. (06.08)

9 Cochrane John (US Chicago Glider Club 1851 338.77pt. (05.09) 329.60pt. (29.06) 327.71pt. (15.09) 304.17pt. (17.09) 290.74pt. (26.06) 259.53pt. (04.07)

10 Steve Johnson (US Wisconsin Soaring Society 1743 347.31pt. (10.08) 317.49pt. (08.07) 316.08pt. (27.08) 286.45pt. (28.08) 240.59pt. (04.07) 235.01pt. (05.09)

11 Daniel Johnson None 1673 411.33pt. (06.07) 316.52pt. (08.07) 260.55pt. (05.09) 232.96pt. (28.08) 225.92pt. (13.07) 225.42pt. (03.05)

12 Barry Jaeger (US / Cross Country Soaring 1645 338.08pt. (06.07) 330.33pt. (11.09) 277.03pt. (03.05) 271.13pt. (10.09) 227.75pt. (08.07) 200.85pt. (02.07)

13 Curt Lewis (US / Sylvania Soaring Adv 1644 352.04pt. (10.08) 291.47pt. (04.07) 276.15pt. (08.07) 268.99pt. (17.09) 232.86pt. (11.09) 222.04pt. (15.08)

14 Mark Akerley (US Chicago Glider Club 1275 332.38pt. (29.06) 246.36pt. (06.05) 181.05pt. (28.08) 179.96pt. (20.05) 177.62pt. (11.09) 157.82pt. (12.06)

15 Steve Kennedy ( Red Wing Soaring Assn. 1205 266.70pt. (24.04) 252.53pt. (05.09) 227.14pt. (06.05) 176.23pt. (05.06) 153.68pt. (07.05) 128.41pt. (21.08)

16 Leon Zeug (US / Cross Country Soaring 889 232.43pt. (03.05) 176.23pt. (06.07) 155.59pt. (14.08) 134.05pt. (10.09) 113.34pt. (28.06) 77.63pt. (26.05)

2011 Region 7 OLC Champion

# Name Club Total Score

1 Gordon Boettger (US / R11: CA-N GU HI Minden Soaring Club 88322 Jim Payne (US / R12: CA-S) Tehachapi Soaring 8351

3 Michael Higgins (US / R4: DE DC MD VA M-ASA Mid-Atlantic Soaring Assn 6195

4 Devin Bargainnier (US / R6: IN KY MI OH) Caesar Creek Soaring 5911

5 Mitch Polinsky (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) Minden Soaring Club 5870

6 Ramy Yanetz (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) Hollister Gliding Cl 56777 Wilfried Krueger (CA / ON/Q) York Soaring Association 5414

8 Pedja Bogdanovich (US / R9: AZ CO NM UT Soaring Society of Boulder 51849 Gary Ittner (US / R12: CA-S) Hole in the Wall 5137

10 Randall Acree (US / R9: AZ CO NM UT WY) Tucson Soaring Club 490311 Kevin Wayt (US / R12: CA-S) Southern Sierra 4889

12 Baudouin Litt (BE / R4: DE DC MD VA WV) M-ASA Mid-Atlantic Soaring Assn 4842

13 Uwe Kleinhempel (CA / R11: CA-N GU HI Minden Soaring Club 4823

14 Ken Sorenson (US / R10: AR KS LA MO-W Soaring Club of Houston 4823

15 Bill Hill (US / R9: AZ CO NM UT WY) Albuquerque Soaring 4748

16 Robert Templin (US / R2: NJ NY-S PA-E) Aero Club Albatross 472917 Doug Levy (US / R12: CA-S) Warner Springs Gliders 4656

18 Rolf Siebert (CA / R9: AZ CO NM UT WY) Albuquerque Soaring 4609

19 Darren Braun (CA / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) Hollister Gliding Cl 4547

20 David Leonard (US / R9: AZ CO NM UT WY) Black Forest Soaring 4527

21 Michael Mitton (US / R11: CA-N GU HI NV) Minden Soaring Club 451822 Jerzy Szemplinski (CA / ON/Q) SOSA Gliding Club 4484

23 Paul Seifried (US / R2: NJ NY-S PA-E) Aero Club Albatross 430324 Michael Reid (US / R12: CA-S) Tehachapi Soaring 423125 Martin Eiler (US / R12: CA-S) Southern Sierra 421626 Mike Abernathy (US / R9: AZ CO NM UT Albuquerque Soaring 418627 Russ Owens (US / R12: CA-S) Warner Springs Gliders 4162

28 Bill Ruehle (US / R10: AR KS LA MO-W NE TSA-Texas Soaring Association 4128

29 Terry Stroud (US / R10: AR KS LA MO-W NE TSA-Texas Soaring Association 4121

US OlC Champion

2011

East of Mississippi

# Name Club sum Flight 1 Flight 2 Flight 3 Flight 4 Flight 5 Flight 6

1 Herbert Kilian (US / R7: IL I Chicago Glider Club 528.5697.16pt. (10.08)

91.80pt. (06.05)

90.34pt. (26.06)

85.72pt. (11.08)

82.39pt. (29.06)

81.14pt. (29.08)

2Michael McGlothlen (US / R7:

Blackhawk Soaring Club 464.16

96.89pt. (11.09)

75.88pt. (09.10)

73.67pt. (17.05)

72.92pt. (10.08)

72.47pt. (14.08)

72.33pt. (08.05)

3 Cochrane John (US / R7: IL Chicago Glider Club 463.0382.71pt. (15.09)

82.46pt. (17.09)

80.77pt. (05.09)

74.33pt. (29.06)

72.63pt. (11.09)

70.14pt. (04.07)

4 Barry Jaeger (US / R7: IL IA Cross Country

Soaring 443.4477.97pt. (10.09)

75.97pt. (03.05)

75.81pt. (11.09)

73.14pt. (06.07)

72.55pt. (25.09)

67.99pt. (08.07)

5 Don Gurnett (US / R7: IL IA Blackhawk Soaring

Club 429.8285.41pt. (07.05)

79.65pt. (11.09)

79.59pt. (11.08)

62.21pt. (05.09)

61.87pt. (19.05)

61.09pt. (21.08)

6 Christopher Prince (CA / Red Wing Soaring

Assn. 429.0990.97pt. (24.04)

73.66pt. (16.05)

72.12pt. (26.05)

69.86pt. (17.04)

68.00pt. (02.07)

54.49pt. (09.10)

7 Ted Clausing (US / R7: IL IA Wisconsin Soaring

Society 428.2483.63pt. (28.08)

72.18pt. (04.07)

71.96pt. (10.09)

71.57pt. (21.08)

67.78pt. (27.08)

61.12pt. (06.08)

8 Terry Edmonds (US / R7: IL Blackhawk Soaring

Club 421.4683.07pt. (06.05)

74.53pt. (11.08)

70.46pt. (10.08)

65.20pt. (07.05)

65.12pt. (05.09)

63.07pt. (16.05)

9 Steve Johnson (US / R7: IL Wisconsin Soaring

Society 416.4274.00pt. (04.07)

72.78pt. (08.07)

72.47pt. (10.08)

68.86pt. (28.08)

68.41pt. (27.08)

59.89pt. (09.07)

10 Daniel Johnson (US / ) None 406.9575.88pt. (06.07)

69.16pt. (13.09)

68.99pt. (05.09)

68.54pt. (28.08)

63.28pt. (03.05)

61.11pt. (13.07)

11 Curt Lewis (US / R7: IL IA Sylvania Soaring Adv 391.774.74pt. (08.07)

67.96pt. (17.09)

65.61pt. (04.07)

63.01pt. (20.05)

61.42pt. (11.09)

58.96pt. (21.08)

12 Mark Akerley (US / R7: IL IA Chicago Glider Club 372.9876.41pt. (06.05)

72.81pt. (29.06)

61.02pt. (11.09)

56.39pt. (28.08)

54.21pt. (12.06)

52.14pt. (20.05)

13 James Hard (US / ) 126 Association 320.3772.68pt. (16.05)

69.94pt. (11.09)

61.65pt. (13.09)

58.66pt. (26.05)

57.44pt. (05.09)

2011 Champion, Speed-OLC

# Points Name km Flights1 5,606.06 Terry Edmonds (US) 5,817.77 302 5,191.05 Herbert Kilian (US) 4,901.85 233 4,430.24 Michael McGlothlen (US) 4,189.55 164 3,620.01 Daniel Johnson (US) 3,558.88 245 3,288.69 Steve Johnson (US) 3,084.89 176 3,283.34 Curt Lewis (US) 2,721.14 167 3,020.37 Don Gurnett (US) 2,898.98 108 2,933.60 Ted Clausing (US) 2,699.83 129 2,661.54 Barry Jaeger (US) 2,611.00 14

10 2,660.17 Cochrane John (US) 2,563.89 1011 2,314.25 Christopher Prince (CA) 2,053.60 812 2,138.34 James Hard (US) 1,292.05 713 2,068.10 Kevin Ford (US) 1,079.85 714 1,827.73 Steve Kennedy (US) 1,603.52 1415 1,275.19 Mark Akerley (US) 1,234.49 616 889.26 Leon Zeug (US) 903.64 717 861.32 David Hoppe (US) 757.12 418 832.54 Daniel Shallbetter (US) 855.44 519 703.98 Tim Gossfeld (US) 724.74 520 698.95 Robert Norton (US) 634.57 4

All Flights OLC 2011

# Points Club km Flights Pilots

1 13,056.67 Blackhawk Soaring Club 12,906 56 3

2 9,825.36 Chicago Glider Club 9,335 43 4

3 7,846.39 Wisconsin Soaring Society 7,316 44 54 4,343.41 126 Association 2,446 16 4

5 4,254.79 Cross Country Soaring 4,239 26 3

6 4,141.98 Red Wing Soaring Assn. 3,657 22 27 3,620.01 None (US / ) 3,559 24 1

8 3,283.34 Sylvania Soaring Adv (US ) 2,721 16 1

9 2,774.68 Minnesota Soaring Cl (US ) 2,743 18 9

10 740.14 Sky Soaring, Inc (US / R7: IL 602 16 3

11 592.84Saint Louis Soaring (US / R7: IL 754 6 3

12 336.29 Black Hill Soaring Club (US 366 1 1

13 161.83 Association de Vol a Voile 156 1 1

14 98.18 APA American Polish Aero 83 1 1

2011 Best Club Region 7, OLC

US National Contests

• Seniors Contest, Clermont FL (R. Ridenour 8th, Kroesch 12th, Spitz 17th, Macys 24th) total of 6 pilots from CGC

• Sports Class Contest, Benton TN (R. Ridenour 6th)• 15 – m Class, Logan UT (Cochrane and Shakman)• Pre-Worlds Uvalde, TX, CochraneSome Regionals were alsoattended, have no details

Comments Regarding Logan UT• Controversial contest with high number of comments from pilots• Disturbing number of highly rated pilots left the contest, especially in

Nationals.• There were 3 damaged gliders, 2 of them pretty badly.• Task calls by KS were very aggressive• No thermals in the valley, had to go rock-polishing to make it up the

mountain• More relights than desirable, especially for water-ballasted ships• Day starts very late (2-3 PM), lasts until around 7 PM• Intimidating terrain, perceived out-landing options are scarce• J. Cochrane and Duane Eisenbeiss did very well• Organization was lacking, no retrieve office was established until John

C. stepped in, CM was ineffective and inexperienced, no Port-a-Potties• Local knowledge was more important than usual

Were the risks any greater than elsewhere? Perhaps; I didn't feel any more vulnerable flying along the ridge than usual, didn't have any close calls, and with some sensible planning it was always possible to reach a reasonable field for landing. But that's because I was flying in survival mode much of the time and not able to think much about competing, so I was making sensible rather than competitive decisions. There was some damage to a few gliders whose pilots knowingly carried on into bad weather over inhospitable terrain, but not necessarily more than would occur in a contest anywhere else. The real carnage was in the dwindling number of competitors as the contest went on. Mass landouts, late night retrieves and aggressive and inflexible tasking options relative to the actual weather conditions took their toll, and by the end of each competition a very significant proportion of the competitors had chosen to go home early, rather than risk becoming a statistic.

From Tom Kelley’s Blog (711)

The Logan 15m Nationals and Regional contest was by far the worst managed and most dangerous contest of the season. We were extremely lucky to get away from that contest with *only* 3 broken gliders and no serious injuries or fatalities. After the first contest day, my contest strategy changed to “please let me leave this place with all my body and glider parts in the same order in which they arrived”. They got just about everything wrong, with the topper being their decision to censor my commentary from the contest. Too bad they spent so much time getting wound up over my use of the “Unlandable” word and not enough time figuring out how to run a safe contest in the Logan soaring area. These guys really ought to get a life and enjoy the sport a little more ;-). My vote would be to never hold another nationals at Logan either – it is just too technical, and there are too many temptations to literally bet your life on the outcome of a tricky transition. it would be a great place for a soaring safari, with it’s spectacular scenery and great soaring potential, but not a good place for a serious contest.

From Frank Paynters Blog (TA)

For more information, google ‘Logan Contest’ on rec.aviation.soaring, also go to Frank Paynters blogs on soaringcafe.com where you can find comments from John Cochrane and Mike Shakman

Show some flight recordings, picture slides and video from

Logan if time permits!