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54 SOARING PROSPECTS AT MARFA . . to report the landing place co-ordinates, so from a nearby town he had called his secretary in Denver, and asked her to get on to Marfa. . . . All day conditions remained difficult. The cloud base, which only went up to 3,000ft above the ground, with rugged country underneath, provided really tough going. In the Ardoin region the mountains and the clouds met. The evening brought some news of landing damage, John Firth, Canada, having hit a fence post in his HP-11A. Fortunately Dick Schreder, the designer and builder, was at Marfa, and was fetched from his bed so that the glider could fly the next day. Wodl, Open Class world champion, and Deleurant, Canada, both landed in inaccessible places, and special arrangements were going to have to be made to get them as even a ranch truck would have problems. Deleurant walked 28 miles before he could even get news out. By midnight one pilot, Neubert, Germany, in the 22m Kestrel, was still unreported. 1015hr June 23 Delta November, Neuberts' Kestrel, was located a short time ago, undamaged, by the search aircraft. It had landed in the Guadaloupe Peak area, in the mountains north of Ardoin, 20 miles north of Eagle Flat (pumping) station. A few minutes ago the pilot, who was not with the glider, was located, and is now in radio contact with his crew. The task for the second day is not to be postponed. FLIGHT International, 9 July 1970 The best return for the day came from the Poles, Makula in the Open Class 17m Kobra being the only pilot to crack 500km. He went 506km, with the two Standard Class Kobras 490km. It was certainly not the best day for the big new ships. The top of the Open Class list was really international, the places being Poland, Argentina, France, West Germany, Italy, Brazil, with Britain's John Delafield tenth. Con Greaves was third in the Standard Class having used the Carlsbad turn-point, and then flown south-east, into the wind, but in somewhat less erratic conditions. An interesting aspect of this first day was the greater distances flown by the visitors than by the local pilots. The US has perhaps four of the most able pilots here, but suffered a considerable setback on this task. But perhaps one of the most interesting things about gliding championships is that the visiting pilot rarely seems to find himself at much of a disadvantage. COMPETITION RESULTS—DAY 1 Open Class: 1, Makula, Poland (1,000); 2, Hossinger, Argentina (974); 3, Labar, France (926); 4, Grosse, W Germany (921); 5, Zoli, Italy (855); 6, Munch, Brazil (805); 7, Rizzi, Argentina (793); 8, Ehrat, Switzerland (770); 9, Mercier, France (759); 10, Delafield, Gt Britain (630). Standard Class: 1, Wroblewski, Poland (1,000); 2, Kepka, Poland (998); 3, Johannessen, Norway (913); 4, Greaves, Gt Britain (865); 5, Cameron, New Zealand (823); also 5, Reichmann, W Germany (823); 7, Nietlispach, Switzerland (794); 8, Waibel, W Germany (704); 9, Stouffs, Belgium (642); 10, Junqueira, Brazil (639). The daily task-winner in each class is awarded 1,000 points, and other placings are calculated on a pro rata basis. 12th WORLD SOARING CHAMPIONSHIPS June 21 to July 4,1970, Presidio County Airport, IVIarfa, Texas, USA List of competitors in alphabetical order Pilot Rudolph Allemann Alberto Araoz Goran Ax Menahem Bar Patrick Beatty Urs Bloch Caupolican Boisset lb Braes George Burton Allan Cameron Robert Clifford Willi Deleurant Leif Corydon Louis de Dorlodot George Defosse John Delafield Emil Ehrat Ivan Evans Othmar Fahrafellner John Firth Saburo Fujikura Dick Georgeson Jean Claude Gombert Andy Gough Con Greaves H. W. Grosse Vishwa Gupta Seppo Hamalainen Walter Hansson Juhani Horma Rolf Hossinger Maxwell Howland David Innes Maurice Jackson Malcolm Jinks Tor Johannessen Claudio Junqueira Franciszek Kepka Camille Labar Holger Lindhardt Ian Loughran Juan Lyon Edward Makula Robert Martin Country USA Argentina Sweden Israel South Africa Switzerland Chile Denmark Great Britain New Zealand South Africa Canada Denmark Belgium Belgium Great Britain Switzerland New Zealand Austria Canada Japan New Zealand France Great Britain Great Britain West Germany India Finland Sweden Finland Argentina Australia Guernsey South Africa Australia Norway Brazil Poland France Denmark India Chile Poland Australia Sailplane Libelle Phoebus B Phoebus C Sisu 1A BJ-4B ASW15 Cirrus Libelle Kestrel 19 Libelie ASW15 Libelle Phoebus C ASW12 BS-1 ASW 12 AN66 Cirrus LS-1C HP-11A Diamant 16.5 Cirrus WA-26 Cirrus Libelle ASW 12 Ka-6CR Libelle Phoebus C Cirrus Libelle Libelle BJ-4A Diamant 18 Cirrus Urupema Kobra 15 ASW 12 Cirrus Ka-6CRPE Phoebus A Kobra 17 Comp. No. TP* LW* TA 5L 4B 80* CP HU GB 50* 75* TR* 31 BD BS GD LL PV 11* NN SR NT 35A 72* 71* DH 9R* * 78* FH AH 14* 5R 4A 68 30* 59* 38* FL EK* MV* 95* PM * Pilot Jacques Mattern Michel Mercier Wolfram Mix George Moffat Ed Mouat-Blggs George Munch Walter Neubert H. Nietlispach Carlos Perez Giovanni Perotti Gyorgy Petroczy Ake Pettersson Ferrucio Piludu Helmut Reichmann Ross Field Dick Reparon Roberto Rizzi Sture Rodling John Rowe Ernst Schraffl Dick Schreder Alf Schubert Ekkehard Schubert Wallace Scott Niels Seistrup A. J. Smith Henry Stouffs Kornel Tury Luis Urbanclc Ed van Bree J. van Steinfoorn Walter Vergani Gerhard Waibel Juan Waplinger David Webb Matlas Wiitanen Harro Wodl Jan Wroblewski Venceslav Zakel Bert Zegels Angelo Zoli Country France France Canada USA South Africa Brazil West Germany Switzerland Chile Italy Hungary Sweden Italy West Germany New Zealand Netherlands Argentina Sweden Australia Austria Hors Concours Austria Brazil USA Denmark USA Belgium Hungary Argentina Netherlands Netherlands Italy West Germany Peru Canada Finland Austria Poland Yugoslavia Belgium Italy Sailplane LS-1C ASW 12 Cirrus Nimbus Cirrus HP-13M Kestrel Libelle Cirrus Libelle SH-1 Diamant 18 Libelle LS-1 ASW 15 ASW 15 Cirrus Libelle Cirrus LS-1C HP-16 Kestrel Urupema ASW 12 LS-1b LS-1 LS-1G Phoebus B Libelle ASW 15 Diamant 18 Kestrel ASW 15 Skylark 4 Kestrel Phoebus C D-36 V-2 Kobra 15 Diamant 17.2 Libelle Kestrel Comp No. 34* FM 24* XX 74* 44 DN 81* BJ 40* 6X* LE 41* 84* 61* 47* AR 77* LB 10* 73* AL 55* WA WR* 1* 20* OK* HE* 46* NV LV BT* 70 CW FW A 37* TX 21* LT Standard class
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