The WBC 2013
Printer-friendly versionHalfway thru the soaring season it is time again to look at our yard stick for west side XC soaring - the Willy Burhen Cup (WBC 2013). This little friendly competition amongst west side soaring pilots is now in its 10th year and still gaining momentum. It is based on the best west side soaring flight of any pilot according to the OLC rules and has proved to be quite a stimulus for exploring the challenging XC potential of Western Washington. So here are the results for the WBC 2013 as of July 15. Only flights with over 150 OLC points are listed. There are 15 entries so far, 13 from Arlington (ES) and 2 from Bergseth (PSSA). As the OLC rules give now quite a bonus for triangles, the triangle distances are listed also. Large triangles are difficult to fly in Western Washington but provide an incentive to get away from yo-yo flights.
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pilot
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sailplane
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OLC HC
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OLC pts.
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distance
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speed
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tri dist.
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km/h
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Ron Clark
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14-May
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LS-3
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107
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545.7
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499.2
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68.4
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282.4
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Dan Housler
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14-May
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Cirrus 17.7
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100
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536.6
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458.0
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63.4
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261.9
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Chris Young
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14-May
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LS-8/18
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110
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446.6
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421.4
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73.1
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203.6
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Brad Hill
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14-May
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Tetra-15
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110
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446.3
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418.2
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61.0
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242.4
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Fred Hermanspann
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14-May
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Chinook
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98
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425.5
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355.2
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67.3
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205.8
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Noel Wade
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Apr. 30
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DG-300
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104
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375.6
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366.2
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78.9
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81.4
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Kevin Finke
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Apr. 16
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ASW-24
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107
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319.6
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277.5
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61.5
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215.0
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Travis Brown
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14-May
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Krokus
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106
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310.7
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281.3
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57.2
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160.1
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Phil Rose/ Heinz Gehlhaar
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14-May
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DG-1000/20
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110
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278.0
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300.8
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72.1
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13.2
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Kenji Ominato
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6-Jun
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LS-6
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111
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253.8
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237.9
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51.2
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145.8
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Chris Klix
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LS-7
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108
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200.2
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176.3
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133.1
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Movses Babayan
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14-May
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G102
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96
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188.9
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155.2
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31.8
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87.2
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Tim Henneghan
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10-Jun
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ASH-26E
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117
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188.0
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191.3
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74.6
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95.8
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Dave Reusch
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23-Mar
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Std. Libelle
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98
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160.6
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167.0
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71.2
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99.3
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Howard Glover
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14-May
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Std. Libelle
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98
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155.1
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129.5
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56.6
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75.2
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Looking at the results it is immediately clear that May 14 was by far the best day so far – 9 of the listed flights were flown on that day!
Arlington is easily maintaining its number 2 spot in Region 8 in terms of accumulated
OLC points (behind Ephrata). Lets keep those flights coming in!