<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>We had a beautiful day with 5 pilots flying. Wildfire smoke was absent and the skies were blue with interesting and quickly changing cloud formations. Check out the lenticular clouds in several photos. Winds were light for the whole contest, but the soaring conditions were widely varied as the temperatures went up and back down. Fair thermal conditions turned to a sky of sink!</div><div><br></div><div>Hal and Bob both withdrew after round 4 with mechanical issues. This left Doug flying the last 2 rounds alone, and Dick and I flying together. In the end, Dick prevailed flying his Prestige 2PK, while Doug was second flying his beautiful Art Hobbies Vector, the "flying Chris Craft". I was flying a U2 Standard finishing just a couple points behind Doug, to earn third place. The point spread was very small, and the percentage difference first to third was less than 7 tenths of one percent. Wow, wild!</div><div><br></div><div>Many thanks to Andre Czeczel and Doug Pressman for their terrific photo coverage of the day. Photos are up on the RCG Montana ALES thread here:</div><div><br></div><div><div style="display: block;"><div style="-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; display: inline-block;" class="apple-rich-link" draggable="true" role="link" data-url="https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=52958809&postcount=2081"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;-webkit-user-select:none;width:300px;user-select:none;-webkit-user-modify:read-only;user-modify:read-only;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;" class="lp-rich-link" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=52958809&postcount=2081" dir="ltr" role="button" draggable="false" width="300"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#E5E6E9;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody><tr><td vertical-align="center"><table bgcolor="#E5E6E9" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;table-layout:fixed;background-color:rgba(229, 230, 233, 1);" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px 8px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px 0px 16px;overflow:hidden;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=52958809&postcount=2081" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#272727" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847059);">RC Groups - View Single Post - Montana ALES</font></a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=52958809&postcount=2081" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#808080" style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039);">rcgroups.com</font></a></div></div></td><td style="padding:6px 12px 6px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-rightIconItem" width="36"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=52958809&postcount=2081" draggable="false"><img style="pointer-events:none !important;display:inline-block;width:36px;height:36px;border-radius:3px;" width="36" height="36" draggable="false" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-rightIcon" alt="apple-touch-icon-152x152-precomposed.png" src="cid:D2CE4CF5-2F4F-4B9F-97E7-81205990F9D9"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Our last contest of the year will be held October 12. Stay tuned for details.</div><div><br></div><div>
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