Grasmere Show - August 2009

CSC held the annual fun accuracy event at Grasmere show on 30 August 2009. Chris Field was Master of Ceremonies. Poor weather dominated the day with "Irish Mist" setting in from 1100 onwards. In spite of this, we managed to get some flying in. This year, to add something different, a maximum height gain prize was held and produced a good result in spite of the conditions.

The team competition is between CSC and NHPC. The B comptetition is open to anyone who completed their CP within the last 12 months.

A Competition

No
Pilot
Club
Distance
1 Mario Stevenson Derbyshire 2.13m
2 Malcolm Grout CSC 9.53m
3 Tony Eadington CSC 9.85m

B Competition

No
Pilot
Club
Distance
1 Rob Grout CSC Tape Measure not long enough
2      
3      

Team Competition - CSC

No
Pilot
Club
Distance
1 Malcolm Grout CSC 9.53m
2 Tony Eadington CSC 9.85m
3 Tony Thompson CSC 13.2m
4 Pete Askew CSC 17.28m

Team Competition - NHPC

No
Pilot
Club
Distance
1 Jan Little NHPC 26.63m
2 Dave Horne NHPC 26.92m
3 Chris Hurtle NHPC Rear end landing
4      

Height Competition

No
Pilot
Club
Height (A2)
1 Brian Doub CSC 462ft
2 Mario Stevenson Derbyshire 262ft
3 Rob Grout CSC 200ft

Photo Gallery

grasmere6 The view at take off. The rain quickly appeared over the Langdales but took some time to reach us. Photo by Pete Rycroft
grasmere1 The scene on the landing field
grasmere7 Jim Stilling was the first competitor to take to the air. Photo by Pete Rycroft
grasmere2 Dave Robinson packs up after a particularly elegant rear end landing
grasmere3 On the way down from takeoff
grasmere4 Catherine looking pleased after gaining a good score (for the day!)
grasmere8 Looking down to the show ground. You can see the landing square in the bottom right of the photo. Click the photo to see more detail. Photo by Pete Rycroft
grasmere5 Rob Grout and Catherine. Rob was the only B competition competitor. He was one of the few pilots to get a good height gain.