WRCS Glider Day 2010

Photos: Peter Wyss, Mike Minty

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Last preparations.... David Pound our Contest Director ahhh, nice glider.... Stephen and John looking at John's glider pilot briefing.... pilot briefing.... rather boring... yep, it's somewhere up there.... Tom Sparkes & Doug Radford and action.... Robert Kaley David launching his Spectra Doug launching our enthusiastic helper Zoren gets ready while David Menzies is preparing his glider David Menzies launching you can't see it on the picture but there is smoke coming from Col Simpson's speed controller Stephen concentrates on flying while Zoren times the flight nice landing from Stephen MacMahon John Channon lauches Stan's bungee glider Graham getting ready for lauch no need for a bungee, we just need to throw hard enough... spectators.... some of the gliders "parked" everywhere... another "parking" space.. Stephen just launched Mike Minty's glider Robert's glider launched by John best buddies, Zoren and Stephen the first second of a successful bungee launch ...and another launch no that's not a Stryker, that's a glider.... ...at least that's what Peter Papas says... another Spectra goes up while the contest director watches Robert Kaley launches his own glider even our flight line director Mike Minty gets a go spectators prefer the shade.. nice landing from Graham Mark TerLaak launching Peter's glider Peter Wyss getting ready to launch Mark's Skywind David Menzies launches while Zoren times the flight the obligatory group picture presenting the tropies some of the pilots John Channon David Menzies David Foster Stephen MacMahon Stephen MacMahon David Menzies Robert Kaley swapping trophies... Mike Minty takes his trophy from David Pound Mike Minty grabs Mort's Mug the winners showing their trophies