We finished the Dutch Balloon Trophy. We 3 flights nine tasks in difficult weather situation. All results in final and published on the Electronic Notice Board.
Dutch Balloon Trophy 2013
Dutch Champion 2013 – Johannes Kooistra
Belgian Champion 2013 – Steven Vlegels
Rookie of the year
We had two flights and six tasks already but the morning flight is cancelled due to the wind. The forcast didn’t promise to much for afternoon and the next days too but let’s hope th best.
All task sheets, wheather sheets, measuring report sheets and results are available on the Electronic Notice Board.
The wind measuring at 2300 gave winds of over 20 knts and the forcast was not much better. When a thunderstorm started at 0100 were close to cancelling the first flight but decided to do the windmeasuring at 0300 to see what had happened.
What a surprise, winds below 10 knts in the piball and pretty stable atmosphere in the forecast. We can see a flight in this forecast.
The tasks were set, the wind measured again, the tasks were changed, target teams send away. A cold front is coming our way so the task briefing is short and compact so we can start the launch period as soon as sunrise.
Within 20 minutes 25 balloons have launched for a fast flight with minimal flight conditions, they are of for a Pilot Declared Goal, Judge Declared Goal and Hesitation Waltz.
Now we are waiting for everyone to come back safely and we can start calculating the results.
What a morning…..
Sanne Haarhuis, Deputy Director DBT 2013
The task Sheet of the first flight on the Electronic Notice Board.
