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Ed Levin Speed Gliding (On for this Saturday! 3/12)

Postby crvalley » Wed Jan 05, 2011 10:38 pm

Wings of Rogallo Announces
Ed Levin Speed Gliding 2011

Register online HERE...

When:
March 12th

Where:
Ed Levin Park in Milpitas, CA.

Pilot Meetings:
The pilot's meeting for day one will be held at Mission Soaring Center at 7:00 AM. The pilot's meeting for day two will be held 8:45 AM at launch. Pilots are required to attend all meetings during this event.

Competition Classes:
Open Class: H3 or higher pilot on any glider.
King Post Class: H3 or higher pilot on any king post-equipped glider.
Rookie Class: H2 or higher pilot on any glider.

1st, 2nd, and 3rd place trophies awarded in each competition class!

Fees:
$30 per pilot (includes T-shirt). Additional Ed Levin Park entry fees are the responsibility of the pilot.

Eligibility:
This event is open to current H2 (or higher) USHPA pilots meeting the Ed Levin and Wings of Rogallo requirements for flying from the 1750-foot launch. Each pilot will be required to sign an Ed Levin Park waiver and event waiver. Wings of Rogallo site rules must be followed at all times.

Registration:
Registration may be done online via link above or the first day of the event at the pilot's meeting.

Event Organizers and Meet Directors:
Brian Foster and Chris Valley

The speed course will be set the weekend of January 8th and 9th for practice runs.

Last year we had approximately 25 pilots compete in this event...let's try to get at least that many again this year.

Contact Brian or Chris if you have questions...

Be there!
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Re: Ed Levin Speed Gliding 2011 (Registration Open)

Postby crvalley » Mon Jan 24, 2011 1:14 pm

Ed Levin Speed Gliding 2011 Pilot Roster (as of 1/24/11)

Wayne Michelsen
Jim Bowe
Douglas Doerfler
Mark Suttie
John Taylor
Diev Hart
Vann Pelham
Ryan Goebel
William Brown
Brian “Noman” Horgan
Robert Booth
Kenny Brown
Chad Bogardus
Jay Bass
Eric Froehlich
Anthony Tagliaferro
Rob Johnson
Lijian Liu
Ben Dunn
Brian Houston
Brian Foster
Chris Valley
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Video Tutorial of the Course

Postby crvalley » Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:08 am

Cool aerial perspective of the course, here:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=n_G6CgitxYY

Conservatively flown onboard perspective of the course, here:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZcJPxNnRUi0

Know your limits...fly within them!
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Re: Ed Levin Speed Gliding 2011 (Moved to Feb 12th & 13th)

Postby crvalley » Thu Feb 03, 2011 8:27 pm

[EDIT]

See new announcement below.
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Ed Levin Speed Gliding 2011 (Moved to Feb 19th & 20th)

Postby crvalley » Sat Feb 05, 2011 8:56 pm

[EDIT]

See announcement below.
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Re: Ed Levin Speed Gliding 2011 (Moved to Feb 19th & 20th)

Postby cliffblack1 » Mon Feb 07, 2011 9:31 pm

I'm sure you will slay the course Chris!
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Ed Levin Speed Gliding 2011

Postby crvalley » Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:47 pm

[EDIT]

See announcement below.
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Re: Ed Levin Speed Gliding (WX Cancellation / Future date TB

Postby crvalley » Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:42 pm

Due to inclement weather, Ed Levin Speed Gliding has been postponed. A future date for this event will be announced 48 to 72 hours prior.

Stay tuned!

Chris Valley & Brian Foster
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Re: Ed Levin Speed Gliding (On for this Saturday! 3/12)

Postby crvalley » Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:43 pm

Looks like the weather will give us an opportunity to hold this event, so it is on for this Saturday, March 12th.

Thanks for sticking with us!

CRV & BWM
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