Not The Victorian Open 2005              

The 2005 NTVO bore the same characteristics than most of the previous ones: a good organization and bad weather. Despite all Zoltan's effort there was only one day of a good flying. On the other had - only Monday was bad enough to stop us from flying at all. All tasks went ahead and the weekend was a good fun after all. The comp was especially rewarding for Colin Jeffery, flying his obsolete and tired Gradient Onyx (the predecessor of Golden). Beside of the official prizes He received from PG Headquarters an UHF radio worth $110 and a CX tandem flight with the Aussie champ, Craig Collings. Colin won 2 tasks - ribbon cutting and CX. Congratulations, Colin!

Special thanks to all who contributed to the success of the event, especially Zoltan Toth and the Outdoor Inn team who coped with us for the whole 4 days.

 

                                                        Monday: should we wash the kid or make a new one?

 

                                            Campbell checking "drop pigs" for illegal modifications.

 

               Somebody tried to cheat in the pig drop. The plot has been discovered - WRONG COLOR!

 

                                     challenging conditions at Pines on Sunday - mostly glorifies sleddies

 

              climbing to a low (1,700 m) cloudbase over Black Fellow Peak with Clinton and Brian on Tuesday

 

                                                        Brian and Chris cranking it over Marcus on Tuesday.