Midwest Slope Challenge 2012
A view of the far turn from behind the flaggers (above left) during the MWSC- 2012 Unlimited Race. The flag held up indicates that the sailplane has passed the course marker and can make a turn back onto the course. Note the whitecaps on Wilson Lake. The wind is up. Mike Bailey from Wichita, Kansas launches a CR Aircraft Fun-1ODR race sailplane (above right). On the radio is Mike Tallman, AMA District IX Assistant Vice President for Kansas and Contest
Director for the MWSC. On the clipboard is Erik Eaton, president of the Wings Over Wilson (WOW) soaring club, sponsor of the event. Andrew Williams (below left) (Canuck Engineering, Denver, CO) launches Larry Blevins’ (Magnum RC Models, Knoxville, TN) MiG-3 Foam Warbird Racer over Wilson Lake during a race heat. Joe Chovan launches Mike Bailey’s original design Unlimited Race sailplane (below right).
A view from the near turn (above left) behind the lineup of pilots and spotters as four One Design Racers (ODR) enter the course from a dive at the beginning of an ODR Race heat. Pilots Mike Bailey and Joe Chovan (above center) fly in the Foam Combat Match. Mike Tallman signs Joe‘s card to record a kill point after being downed. The “Colorado format” for combat match scorekeeping is explained in the text. The Foam Combat Match (above right) was run on Saturday after waiting for the wind to die down a little. This shot shows the pilots
and foam combat gliders as well as Wilson Lake and the surrounding topography. The lake offers slope flying in four wind directions from public land. Chance Cooper (below left) from McPherson, Kansas launches his Windrider Bee 2with Predator built from Canuck Engineering in Denver, Colorado in the Foam Combat Match. Joe Chovan (below right) of North Syracuse, New York and Joe Hosey of Topeka, Kansas practice formation flying and get their planes trimmed in preparation for the Foam Warbird Race.
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