Yesterday I ran F5J at the MAAA Nats hosted by Queensland this year, at Harrisville near Ipswich, the home field of MRSSA, the glider club for Brisbane. Entries were low, so the event was changed from mid-week to the weekend and picked up a few more fliers. Altogether, nine fliers took part - two from Bundaberg, one from Alstonville, Dave Morgan from Toowoomba, Barry McDonald from Gympie, Russell Wiltshire from Melbourne (AEFA member and participant in the postal events), and the rest from the host club. It was great weather with booming thermals; many fliers exceeded 200m in the climb, but started to get it together as the event progressed. Eight rounds were completed. This could be the start of on-going F5J events in Queensland. First place went to MRSSA glider flier, Evan Bengtson, flying a 3.6m Pulsar PRO. Second went to David Morgan from Toowoomba flying an Xplorer Electric 3.6m. Third place went to Mark Linwood from Bundaberg flying a 2.0m Aero-naut Premiant, so he took out first place in under 2.5m as well! Fourth place was taken out by Russell Wiltshire from Melbourne with a 3.6m Pulsar PRO. Full results are attached. Second place in under 2.5m went to Colin May from Bundaberg flying a 2.0m model, and third to Rod Bailey from Alstonville flying a Radian. Peter Pine
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