Wings over Applegate

There are no comp events this year.  Stay tuned to see what 2024 brings

 Sorry folks,

The club voted to try a new, shorter, fun event this year instead of the Applegate Open.  The event will run June 11-15, 2023.   Registration for that event should be open soon.  Stay tuned for details on Air Tribune. 

https://airtribune.com/events/nexhttps://airtribune.com/wings-over-woodrat-2023/info

 

Dan Wells

Thanks for coming everyone!  Hope to see you next year.

This year the event runs from Friday June 17th through Thursday June-23, 2022

See the menu for all the  details for the Sprint Race, Open Race and the SuperClinic.

Apply here.

We hope to see you there!

The Applegate Open Team

Hi Pilots,

It’s a bit snowy on Woodrat Mt. Pilots have been keeping busy with other things while we plan for AO2022.  Just a few things to update you on.

The dates haven’t changed.  The event runs from June 17 to June 23 with sign-in on June 16^th

We have confirmed that Garon Wells and Wells Land will be hosting the event.  Same as 2021

Sprint Race and SuperClinic will run on the same dates as the Open race.

We plan on lengthening Sprint tasks a bit to give pilots more time in the air.

The SuperClinic will have one new instructor in 2022.  Kari Castle can’t make it this year.  We’ll announce her replacement before registration opens.

Top 10 U.S. ranked pilots and local pilots will be offered discount coupons for registration

Registration opens February 1

Dan Wells
Applegate Open Admin.
ao-admin@rvhpa.org
503 804-1077

Hi pilots,

Thanks to all of you who answered our short survey.  There was a lot of support for earlier dates but unfortunately after I sent the survey out, we asked the same question to Tim Hunter who owns the bailout LZ and he responded that the earliest date we could do the event would be mid-June.   He has concerns about calving season and how an earlier date for the event could threaten his herd.

Terri submitted our sanctioning request for the Open Race on October 14.  To give pilots competing for the National Championship the opportunity to fly in our event as well as the Chelan U.S. Open event we have moved our event dates up and shortened the competition to six days.  This will give pilots flying in our event two days to travel to Chelan for the start of their US Open event. 

Here are the key dates for the Open Race in 2022

Thursday, June 16:  Sign-in and registration

Friday, June 17:  Sign in and registration plus practice day

Saturday, June 18- Thursday June 23:  Six competition flying days

Thursday June 23: Awards ceremony

 We will be asking Garon Wells and Wells Land Vineyard to host the event. You can expect no “mandatory” pilot meeting in 2022.  We expect to follow the same procedure as 2021 with materials posted online and optional zoom pilot meetings ahead of the event.  Pilots will have to certify they have reviewed the online materials ahead of flying in the competition.

We are looking at options for the Sprint Race and the SuperClinic.  Dates and options for those events do not necessarily have to completely coincide with the Open Race.   We’ll get that finalized and let you know about those events later this fall.

If you have any ideas to help us improve the Sprint Race and SuperClinic in 2022 we would love to hear from you.  Just put your ideas down on an email and send it to AO-admin@rvhpa.org

Registration opens February 1, 2022.

Dan Wells
Applegate Open Admin
ao-admin@rvhpa.org
503 804-1077

2021 is over and in the record books.

Hope everyone had a great time and you come back next year.

The Applegate Team

Important!!!  When changes or updates happen posts will be made on the “AO2021-Official” Telegram channel.  Be sure to have a look at Telegram each morning to see if anything has changed from the published schedule.

Time	Wells Land	Phil’s farm	Woodrat Upper Launch
8:00 AM	HQ volunteers arrive at HQ
8:15 AM		SuperClinic pilots board three vans
8:30 AM	HQ open for Coffee and sales  Open Race pilots arrive and get gear ready for transport	SuperClinic bus departs Phil’s for launch in three vans
8:45 AM	Open task committee departs in dedicated vehicle
9:00 AM	Open Race pilots board busses	Sprint task committee arrives to set the day’s task	SuperClinic pilots arrive on launch
9:15 AM	Open Race pilots depart for launch in 4 busses
9:30 AM		Sprint pilots arrive and get gear ready for transport
9:45 AM			Open Race pilots arrive on launch
10:00 AM		Sprint pilot daily task briefing
10:15 AM
10:30 AM			Open Race pilots daily task briefing
10:45 AM		Sprint Race pilot board busses
11:00 AM		Sprint Race pilots depart for launch in 3 busses
11:15 AM			Earliest Launch Opens for Race pilots  Sprint Race pilots arrive on Launch.
11:30 AM
11:45 AM			Sprint re-briefs if necessary
12:00 PM			Earliest Launch Open for Sprint pilots
7:00 PM	Headquarters and store closes for the day. Retrieve may still be active. Normal deadline for track uploads

Time	Wells Land	Phil’s farm	Woodrat Upper Launch
8:00 AM	HQ volunteers arrive at HQ
8:15 AM		SuperClinic pilots board three vans
8:30 AM	HQ open for Coffee and sales  Open Race pilots arrive and get gear ready for transport	SuperClinic bus departs Phil’s for launch in three vans
8:45 AM	Open task committee departs in dedicated vehicle
9:00 AM	Open Race pilots board busses	Sprint task committee arrives to set the day’s task	SuperClinic pilots arrive on launch
9:15 AM	Open Race pilots depart for launch in 4 busses
9:30 AM		Sprint pilots arrive and get gear ready for transport
9:45 AM			Open Race pilots arrive on launch
10:00 AM		Sprint pilot daily task briefing
10:15 AM
10:30 AM			Open Race pilots daily task briefing
10:45 AM		Sprint Race pilot board busses
11:00 AM		Sprint Race pilots depart for launch in 3 busses
11:15 AM			Earliest Launch Opens for Race pilots  Sprint Race pilots arrive on Launch.
11:30 AM
11:45 AM			Sprint re-briefs if necessary
12:00 PM			Earliest Launch Open for Sprint pilots
7:00 PM	Headquarters and store closes for the day. Retrieve may still be active. Normal deadline for track uploads

9 days till sign in at Wells Land.  11 days till the first day of competition.

28 or you have reviewed the mandatory review material an certified as such.

That leaves   140 pilots yet to go.

Remember you won’t be scored unless this is done.  Here’s the link to review.

Dan Wells
Chief of Mandatory pilot review materials enforcement