Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Not possible: A gliding "own goal"

After a somewhat surprising discovery that our two scoring programs yeilded different results (thanks to Eagle EYed EY), we instigated an investigation into why this discrepancy existed. Blustering manufacturer's protested their innocence and eventually the white-hot spotlight of TRUTH fell on our lowly little scorer!

In an out-of-character momentary loss of self-control, a competitor "head-butted" the Cape Gauntlet organising team with a flaming limerick:

Mr Farrell protested with grace
“No transgression has here taken place”
The scorer is dumb!
A quick rule of thumb
Shows the trace has no point in airspace!

It turns out that the poor chap was a little bemused that airspace moves up and down each day. It does what? How? Yes, on high pressure days, airspace specified in flight levels is actually higher than it is on low pressure days. Drop that one in at your next session at the bar and become the life & soul of the party!

A relieved Mr Farrell, cleared of any airspace infringement, provided only a brief comment "Phew!", while HW and GUJ pilots were completely uncontactable (perhaps they are on 119.7?).

While no change is being permitted to finalised scores of previous days, the one competitor in April previously thought to be in airspace will have the infringement expunged from their Gauntlet record. Litigation on this matter is not anticipated, however, as Fate has sense of humour. That competitor, who's character and airmanship have been libelled through this appalling error, is none other than our rather sheepish scorer!

Can you handle it?

See the revised scores at the Overall and D4 links. These scores will become final in 24 hours if no further objections are received.

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