Jonny Durand: August 2010

Brasilia Final Results

Here is the top 20. The full results can be found HERE.

#	Id	Name		Nat	Glider	Sponsor	T 1	T 2	T 3	T 4	T 5	T 6	T 7	Total
1	204	Jon Durand	M	AUS	Moyes LS RS 3.5	RedBull / Moyes	877	892	968	983	911	971	960	6562
2	27	André Wolf	M	BRA	Moyes LS RS 3.5	Ondas do Ar	991	924	935	739	788	988	971	6336
3	183	Carlos Alberto Schmitz	M	BRA	Moyes LS RS 3.5	novapetropolisweb.tv	843	771	932	938	931	943	889	6247
4	43	Glauco Pinto	M	BRA	Wills Wing T2C	Ford Caminhões	801	844	786	793	919	951	858	5952
5	6	Eduardo Oliveira	M	BRA	Wills Wing T2	Dust Devil	712	847	862	795	913	708	973	5810
6	26	Marcelo Andrei Gomes	M	BRA	Aeros Combat L	Aeros/Dust Devi/Mundo Art Global/Ford	762	483	849	739	858	942	944	5577
7	17	Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli	M	BRA	Wills Wing T2C144	WillsWing/Rotor	728	868	793	740	689	776	959	5553
8	3	Michel Louzada	M	BRA	Wills Wing T2C 144	Cellep/Rotor/Teleatlantic	893	870	327	916	703	660	994	5363
9	15	Marcio Rosadas	M	BRA	Wills Wing T2	WillsWing/Rotor	820	840	802	753	831	377	859	5282
10	25	Eduardo Fernandes	M	BRA	Aeros Combat		818	779	497	754	801	764	838	5251
11	1	Marcelo Ferro	M	BRA	Moyes LS RS4	Ondas do Ar	838	857	327	600	867	734	981	5204
12	53	Carlos Niemeyer	M	BRA	Aeros Combat L		755	867	319	970	850	725	698	5184
13	16	Konrad Heilman	M	BRA	Moyes LS RS3.5	www.riohanggliding.com	444	652	801	907	760	860	708	5132
14	20	Cedrick Vils	M	BRA	Moyes LS RS 4	WebSoftware / Spot	710	769	813	576	773	595	876	5112
15	8	Max Turiaco	M	BRA	Aeros Combat L		508	864	830	348	839	773	926	5088
16	4	Mario Andre Felske	M	BRA	Aeros Combat L		393	745	804	774	832	650	882	5080
17	51	Alan de Moura Morrison	M	BRA	Wills Wing T2		693	797	732	732	634	578	814	4980
18	10	Alexandre Trivelato	M	BRA	Moyes LS RS		500	886	322	551	905	728	893	4785
19	2	Dorival Agulhon	M	BRA	Moyes LS S	Deus	718	859	691	776	65	708	955	4772
20	203	Hakan Andersson	M	SWE	Moyes LS RS3.5		702	668	184	784	865	625	861	4689

Brasilia Day 7

The final day and conditions were only getting better. A short 105km tas was set to ensure that everyone made goal. Cloudbase was again nearly 4,000m and climbs of 5m/s were seen throughout the entire course. Was a sensational day to leave a place like this with good memories of fantastic flying.

I had another good day finishing in 5th place my worst result for the comp, but I only had everything to loose and nothing to gain. I was less than a minute behind the winner and just a few seconds behind Andre.

I won the comp followed by Andre in 2nd and Betinho in 3rd. It was a great result for Moyes winning all but the last day but with 3 in the top 5 still.

Here is a quick video of day 7

Brasilia Day 6

Another fantastic with cloudbase at 3800m a 126km task was set. Again many pilots were very happy to see the normal Brasilia conditions had returned.

Here is Day 6 video

Brasilia Day 5

Today was an amazing day with good climbs high cloudbase and many in goal.

Here is the video.

Brasilia Day 4

Today was looking better again so a 133km task with 5 turnpoints was set. There were many crosswind and headwind legs so an early start may have been a good choice. Andre and I decided to launch early as we had a 10km entry to the first turnpoint and we wanted to fly around the other side ro get upwind.

I got up high and headed out into the valley and it seemed a whole gaggle was following us with the same idea. There was a gaggle of about 15 or more at the 1st start and noone left they all turned back.

We waited for the next start and I managed to not be in the best position so I decided to wait and Andre turned around to join me. Most others started apart from about 6 of us. We finally started and glided all the way to the first turnpoint and hit a slow climb there.

Andre and I dove off onto the platau to some other gliders turning and hit a 2m/s climb. I left it early as we had been getting much stronger climbs and found a 3 m/s climb further along. 13kms out from the second we hit a boomer and a whole gaggle of us climbed up in a 4m/s climb to 2800m.

Just before the 2nd TP we hit another good one and topped out as we had a headwind leg of 21kms to the 3rd TP. I rounded the TP and glided a little to the right and got a good line and hit a another strong climb.

I managed to gain a little height on the guys I was flying with here and pushed on catching most of the starters in front of me. I rounded the 3rd TP not to far behind Betinho and Boca who were leading the pack.

I got slowed up near the forest and the others caught me back up again. We all then headed off and hit a climb under Betinho about 8kms before the 4th TP. We topped out there but not as high as we should of.

Once we did the 4th TP we had a long headwind glide which put us very low and we spent some time trying to get back up. It was getting late in the day now and good thermals were getting harder to find.

We all pushed low into the forest and I spotted a bird circling downwind so I headed there and called Andre over. We hit a 3m/s climb which got us back up to about 2500m. I was now just below Betinho with Andre and Nene below me a little.

We all glided off to the last turnpoint and hit a lot of sink. I went a little more upwind just before the turnpoint and hit a light climb which I called Andre back to. Nene and Michel were lower and hit a light climb downwind of the turnpoint.

I decided to leave my climb and get the turnpoint and then dive back in on top of Michel and Nene. This worked well as Andre and Hakan stayed and when the arrived into our thermal they were low.

Betinho and I left once the thermal died and Nene and others had to fly back headwind to get the Turnpoint. Betinho and I hit a 3m/s thermal and I stayed in it untill I reached 3000m.

Climbing out in my sexy Moyes Matrix Race.

It was now 5pm and I wanted to stay high as we still had a crosswind of 35kms to go. Betinho kept pushing and I just sat high and turned in any reasonable lift I could find. We both got low just before crossing the lake 13kms from goal.

Betinho found a light climb which was enough to get us into goal. I was second into goal behind Carlos who had gotten high before the 4th Tp unlike us and went past us without us knowing.

I will win the day 7 mins faster than Carlos and betinho will be 3rd about 20 mins slower than me. It was a very tough day and only Michel and Konrado were the last ones to make goal. Andre and many others landed about 15kms short which was easy to do at this time of the day.

I will move into 1st place and Andre will got to second and Betinho will stay in 3rd. The weather is improving everyday so hopefully tomorrow will be another good day.

Here is the video from the last 2 days.

Brasilia Day 3

Another blue day and the task comittee calls a 122km task with 3 turnpoints the goal at the Esplanada. The wind backed off a lot from the last 2 days and people were actually getting low off take off.

I launched and hit 4m/s to 2000m and headed down to the start 5km down the ridge. I was in great position for the 1st start and headed out about 4 kms on course then turned around as some key players were not with us.

When the 2nd start came I was low in the valley and missed the start which all but Betinho and I took. We waited for another 15 mins then started and did a long glide coming in below the stragglers from the 2nd start.

We were pushing hard and by the time we reached the 1st turnpoint we were below the main gaggle. I went low towards the platau by myself as the main gaggle had gone off course line a little. I hit a 4m/s climb and Betinho came in and joined we topped out to 2400m.

We were more upwind and just a little behind the main group now. We got low near the forest and had to take a slow climb which allowed the others behind to catch back up to us. Andre was in front pushing hard by himself as he did the 2nd start.

4kms from the 2nd turnpoint Andre came in below me on his way back to the 3rd turnpoint. I made a little mistake there by not topping out in the thermal as I wanted to just come back and chase Andre down.

There was 20kph winds and many of us got drilled after the 2nd Tp which put some of the key boys on the ground. I eventually got a good climb and pushed forward with a big gaggle to the last turnpoint.

We rounded that and now we were 40kms out from goal with a cross tail wind. We hit a good thermal and we topped out to 2750m highest thermal of the comp so far. Betinho and I had not been more than 1km apart the whole flight and now he had 100ft on me.

I needed to do something to ensure I beat him into goal. 23kms out the gaggle stopped and I kept going low towards goal and was rewarded with a good climb to get me to final height.

I will be 2nd into goal behind Andre and will win the day being 7 mins faster. Betinho will come in 3rd for the day a couple of mins slower than me.

Moyes boys take out the top 3 places again..;-)

Andre is winning, im 2nd and Betinho is 3rd overall.

No video as I left my camera in the car, so you will have to wait.

Brasilia Day 2

Task 2 was 114kms long with 5 turnpoints before heading back to the Esplanada. Andre and I ended up doing the last start as we were not in good position on the 2nd start.

We flew fast and arrived at goal only 15 mins behind the guys that started 30 mins in front of us. Andre will win the day again about 1 minute faster than me then Alex will be 3rd finishing just behind me.

Moyes boys take out the top 3 for the day and all happen to be flying one of Andres gliders. All the same colour and all..

1	27	André Wolf	M	BRA	Moyes LS RS 3.5	Ondas do Ar	14:00:00	16:07:21	02:07:21	50,3	113,64	404,5	63,7	416,8	32,4	917
2	204	Jon Durand	M	AUS	Moyes LS RS 3.5	RedBull / Moyes	14:00:00	16:08:40	02:08:40	49,8	113,64	404,5	56,8	391,4	30,5	883
3	10	Alexandre Trivelato	M	BRA	Moyes LS RS		14:00:00	16:08:59	02:08:59	49,7	113,64	404,5	56,0	387,5	28,9	877
4	3	Michel Louzada	M	BRA	Wills Wing T2C 144	Cellep/Rotor/Teleatlantic	13:30:00	15:54:36	02:24:36	44,3	113,64	404,5	104,2	275,5	74,4	859
5	17	Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli	M	BRA	Wills Wing T2C144	WillsWing/Rotor	13:30:00	15:54:36	02:24:36	44,3	113,64	404,5	102,1	275,5	74,4	857

Here is a short video of the day.

Brasilia Day 1

Today was looking good with clouds staring early but dissapearing by the time we launched. There are 90 pilots entered in the comp and a 114kms task was set with 3 turnpoints with goal at the Esplanada.

The wind was strong at launch measuring upto 45kph but that did not stop them just wait for a lull and off you go. Once in the air the wind was about 25-30kph and the crosswind zigzag proved difficult for many.

We were only getting 1400m maximum above the platau so many pilots were landing between the first and second turnpoint. I was doing well leading out from the 2nd start but got low on the platau and had to drift downwind to stay in the air.

Andre was above me higher and pushed on for a good climb that I missed and he managed to nearly catch the lead gagle at the first turpoint. He reported getting down to 100m off the ground at the 2nd turnpoint but hit a 4m/s climb, which won him the day.

I was flying with Betinho who has not flown for 5 years and it seemed he has not lost his edge. We were pushing hard trying to catch back up but also got low at the 2nd turnpoint and did not get the strong climb out of there.

I eventually got up and got away from the guys I was with and managed to catch the guys in front of me. Andre and Michel were far infront and I could not see them anymore.

We rounded the last turnpoint and hit a lot of shade which slowed our last part down a little. I eventually hit a good thermal 13kms out from goal topped up and came in 4th across the line.

Andre will win the day 13 mins infront of me and Michel is 2nd only 4 mins slower than me but on the 1st start. Betinho will be 4th and Ferro 5th making 4 moyes boys in the top 5 for the day.

Only 23 pilots made the goal out of 90 so maybe tomorrow the will make a slightly easier task to get more pilots in.

Day 1 winner Andre with his baby girl Valentina.

1	27	André Wolf	M	BRA	Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5	Ondas do Ar	13:45:00	15:49:25	02:04:25	52,5	114,09	554,8	68,9	311,6	55,6	991
2	3	Michel Louzada	M	BRA	Wills Wing T2C 144	Cellep/Rotor/Teleatlantic	13:30:00	15:51:26	02:21:26	46,2	114,09	554,8	77,9	206,1	50,5	889
3	204	Jonny Durand	M	AUS	Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5	RedBull / Moyes Ondas Do Ar	13:45:00	16:02:15	02:17:15	47,6	114,09	554,8	52,7	224,2	41,6	873
4	183	Carlos Alberto Schmitz	M	BRA	Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5		13:45:00	16:07:54	02:22:54	45,8	114,09	554,8	52,2	200,2	30,8	838
5	1	Marcelo Ferro	M	BRA	Moyes Litespeed RS 4	Ondas do Ar	13:30:00	16:02:06	02:32:06	43,0	114,09	554,8	66,8	165,7	45,9	833

For more results and news CLICK HERE

Day 1 Video.

Brasilia Final Results

Brasilia Day 7

Brasilia Day 6

Brasilia Day 5

Brasilia Day 4

Brasilia Day 3

Brasilia Day 2

Brasilia Day 1

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