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The 3rd FAI Pan American Gliding Championship took  place at Rockton, Ontario. Hosted by the Southern Ontario Soaring Association, the competition ran from July 29th until August 14th.
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Opening ceremonies were conducted the morning of August 1st and included mayor Fred Eisenberger from Hamilton and Councillor Jan Liggett from Cambridge. Soaring Association of Canada’s President Sylvain Bourque. FAI representatives included Chief Steward, Renato Tsukamoto from Brazil and Jury President John Godfrey from the USA. Three SOSA members, Scott McMaster, Poul Hansen and Andrea Kuciak, who also fly for the Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association brought in three Harvards for the ceremony. The Royal Canadian Air Force provided a 424 Squadron Griffon helicopter and SOSA tow-plane pilot, Logan Orosz had a Tiger Moth on display.
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Teams from Argentina, United States and Canada are competing in three categories, Club, 15M and 18M. Objectives are to compete a set course in the fastest possible time. Each day the sailplanes are weighed (some categories carry water ballast) and then positioned on the starting grid. When thermal conditions are optimal for the day, the sailplanes, are launched and towed to an altitude on 2,000ft and released. Four tow-planes are used to launch over 30 sailplanes and takes about 45minutes, It is then up to the pilot to find thermals to reach higher altitudes that will allow them to fly the course. The competitors are tracked and timed digitally with GPS.

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