The LIFT Club's participation in the International Postal Fall 2009 Contest will be held on Monday September 7, 2009 at the LIFT flying field. This Contest is open to all members of LIFT at no cost. It is a Team event with our club being one Team, challenging a number of other International Clubs.
The International Postal Contest is an "invitational" event which is flown by a number of clubs throught-out the world twice a year, on dates as close to the first of April and September as the weather permits.
The Postal Contest is an open flying type event. No pressure, no trophies, just five 6 minute flights when you call them any time between 10 am and 3 pm, and fun flying and good conversation in between.
Once you call an official flight you have a 9 minute window (after release of the plane form the line at launch) to attempt to get the most towards a 6 minute flight, that is, you can relaunch within the first 3 minutes. Landings are scored on the FAI Landing tape which allows for 100 points within 1 meter of the landing spot and 5 points less for each meter out from the spot.
All Contestants are recored on our report and a good showing of members helps to show were an active club. The 5 highest scoring members are used to rank our club against the other participating clubs of the world.
If you have other things to accomplish that day you can come early or late and get your flights in and leave.
If the weather looks bad for Saturday we will try for Sunday.