2018 MayFly Contest
Contest Schedule
The competition will be hosted by the Gatineau Gliding Club on the May long week-end, May 18 to 21, 2017 at the Pendleton Airport, Pendleton (NF3), Ontario.
The competition will be held over 4 days to increase chances of getting at least 2 valid competition days. The first contest day will be on Friday. However, because some pilots may not be able to arrive until Friday morning, it is intended that only a short task will be called and that take-offs will not begin before 1:30 pm. This will permit a thorough briefing on both contest and GGC procedures in the morning, followed by rigging and gridding of gliders.
Contest Days: May 18-21
Sausage Barbeque: Saturday May 19 (cost tbd)
Seminar: "Safely Navigating the Circuit" Sunday May 20th (19:00 hrs GGC clubhouse)
On non-flying days, ground based tasks may be flown using the Condor soaring flight simulator. Trips to local avaition museums may also be organized. We are fortunate to have the NATIONAL AVIATION & SPACE MUSEUM as well as VINTAGE WINGS CANADA within a 30 minute drive of GGC.
Daily Schedule
In order to facilitate a timely launch and to maximize the available flying time in any given day, we ask that pilots and crew plan according to the following default daily schedule:
10:00 - Daily pilot meetings (rain or shine) in the clubhouse.
11:30 - Preposition along side of the grid
12:00 – On grid and ready to launch
If the weather forecast predicts a spectacular day, these times may be accelerated. The pilot briefing from the previous day will provide notice of any expected schedule changes.