U.S. Sports Class Nationals

Albert Lea, MN

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Wednesday (Day 7) was another great soaring day in Albert Lea, Minnesota. Alfonso Jurado (ASW-20) had the fastest flight so far and won the day with a handicapped speed of 64.60 mph (nearly 8 mph faster than the second place finisher). He is now in second overall with 6499 points. Ron Ridenour had a fast day as well in his Grob Twin Astir. He placed second for the day and is in 10th overall. Third place for the day went to Joe Owensby in his HP-18. He is still winning the contest with 6566 points. Tom Gilbert (Libelle 201B) landed out and fell from second to sixth place overall. Manfred Franke finished fourth today in his LS-3a and moved up the ranks to seventh place overall. Gene Hammond has been flying very consistently and moved into 3rd place overall (6209 points) by finishing 9th today.

Day 7 - Wednesday, June 21,1995 

Pilot Option Task
Minimum Time: 3:30

RnkPts  #   Pilot              Aircraft        Dist   Speed  Accum
                                               Hdcp   Hdcp   RnkPts
                                               miles  mph  
-- ---- --  -----              --------        -----  -----  -- ----
 1 1000 E9  Jurado, Alfonso    ASW-20          231.58 64.60   2 6499
 2  878 V11 Ridenour, Ron      Twin Astir      202.80 56.72  10 5717
 3  874 3B  Owensby, Joseph    HP-18           197.52 56.43   1 6566
 4  865 HF  Franke, Manfred    LS-3a           195.60 55.88   7 5816
 5  827 HH  Meyer, Burt        Mini Nimbus     201.42 53.40  20 4237
 5  827 KJ  Wells, John        ASW-20          201.62 53.39  12 5558
 7  821 CS  Stevenson, Malcolm ASK-21          205.13 53.05   8 5800
 8  811 EE  Burton, Anthony    RS-15           210.97 52.42   9 5759
 9  809 GH  Hammond, Gene      ASW-20          190.44 52.23   3 6209
10  808 E8  Estrada, Ernesto   Ventus C        184.71 52.21  19 4753
11  804 9N  Finegan, Michael   Std. Austria    202.60 51.96  22 3398
12  802 93  Eisenbeiss, Duane  Discus B        183.81 51.81  16 5250
13  790 YV  Wastvedt, John     LS-6            180.69 51.03  15 5251
14  780 MT  Ridenour, Neal     Mini Nimbus HS7 180.59 50.41  13 5461
15  765 AAA Hutchison, Michael Discus B        179.26 49.42  17 4930
15  765 GI  Macys, Bob         Ventus          185.38 49.42   4 6077
17  757 1   Mozer, Rudy        ASW-24          192.41 48.87  14 5340
18  727 ZA  Clarke, Ron        LS-6a           164.33 46.95   5 6019
19  711 KH  Barber, Robert     Mosquito        160.86 45.96  10 5717
20  695 12  Mozer, Norm        Discus A        163.30 44.87  18 4838
21  400 JA  Kunda, Rudy        Pegasus          70.31 20.09  23 2854
22  327 TP  Gilbert, Tom       Libelle 201B    179.62     -   6 6017
23  272 CL  Larsen, Catherine  Libelle 201B    149.48     -  21 3868
24    0 SB  Bowen, Stephen     ASW-22               -     -  24 2302

Penalties (Day 7): None

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