The ON LINE GLIDER CONTEST ( OLC ) 2011

For those Club Members who haven't looked through the results of the 2011 OLC Sailplane contest I'd recommend you spend a few enjoyable minutes checking these out .I only wish there had been such a system years ago to record and compare flights . It's really instructive. 

 

Our group of cross country fliers within the club really did an outstanding job compared to any of the other clubs in the four State region ( Ohio , Indiana, Michigan , Kentucky ). Thirteen pilots covered over 15000 kms of cross country flying posting 103 flights - right at 150 kms on average each flight .

 

Surprising to me the months in which we flew the most were July , August and October . April was a disaster ( only 1 flight ), May slow and September  was only average - you will no doubt remember the Contest in which we never managed to fly a task !

 

 

Flight Distances covered were:

• 500km +   -   1   flight
• 400km     -    0   flights
• 300km     -    9   flights
• 200km     -   14  flights
• 100km     -   36   flights

With 13 club pilots posting flights CISS and Alexandria airfield exceeded any other club in the region in flights claimed and cross country flight takeoffs  ( Ionia field in Michigan did have postings from 17 pilots but many were there for the Regional contest including some of us ) . Our total number of cross country flights posted totalled 103 flights - an excellent number .

 

Reviewing this data makes me think :

• More club members could be enjoying more cross country flying especially as we have the Schweizer 1- 34 ( and maybe the Grob ) for such use. I'd recommend more members log and post flights on OLC in future years . If you're not familiar with the process feel free to ask me or any of the cross country pilots, we'd love to have more members participating and the new season has just begun ! 

• 300 km flights are quite possible out of Alex.on many days in the season and should be the goal of many more members , especially those who are after their SSA Gold Badges 

• We should have a target of leading the Region in OLC points in 2012 . We finished a strong second to Caesar Creek in 2011 - How about it guys ?

• OLC is a possible vehicle to use for our "Club Contest"  - We could for example specify a task length and then use the OLC speeds for each pilot who exceeds the distance . Lets hear your views .

Happy landings ahead ,

Ron (ZA)