A celebration of free flight!
The 2007 Ozone Caribbean XC Challenge ended with great success...

The comp got to an end after 6 days in the Caribbean with 5 valid tasks and many grinning pilots! An assortment of flying conditions put to test each pilot's skills on piloting, decision-making, understanding of conditions and planning.

Jocky's de-briefings on different flights were highly educational for the attending crowd and helped the less experienced pilots understand a bit of what is cooked in top pilots' heads. His coaching and advice at takeoff helped a few maximize their airtime and quality of flights during the week...

A few highlights that illustrate what happened in the Ozone Caribbean XC Challenge 2007 edition:

• Spain's Daniel Crespo set the national high mark for the FAI triangle at 47.2 km in a fantastic demonstration of fast and precise XC flying, completing the course in only 1 hour and 50 minutes.
  
  
• UK's Martin Church took second place overall flying a DHV 2 glider.
  
  
• Over 40 % of the pilots achieved their personal best distance ever and 10 % managed their first XC flight!
  
  
• The shortest distance flown by a day winner in the comp was 33.5 km
  
  
• The overall winner accumulated 167.5 km, most of them flying triangles.
  
  
• Over 25 % of pilots attending the 2006 Caribbean XC Challenge also attended this 2007 edition.
  
  

Once again big thanks go to Team Ozone for supporting the event! The following are the sporting results...

Daily Reports

 Competition Day 1

 Competition Day 2

 Competition Day 3

 Competition Day 4

 Competition Day 5

Rain spoiled the fun
on day 6.