Task 4 description:

A thirty five kilometer start cylinder centered around a point about twenty five kilometers to the northwest of the Forbes airfield. The first leg is south east (with a west northwest cross wind) to Tyagon, 65 kilometers from the edge of the start cylinder, then a 104 kilometer quartering tail wind leg to a grass strip near Blaney following the highway. The ground rises from 700+ feet to 2,800+ feet.

Three start gates half an hour apart: 2:40, 3:10, 3:40. Yesterday pilots taking the 3:00 PM clock easily caught the pilots taking the 2:40 clock. An hour and forty minutes to get everyone off with launch starting at 1 PM. Should be sufficient time for pilots to get to the edge of the start cylinder also.

83 kilometers from goal pilots encounter airspace restrictions (red line above), Class E airspace, and must stay below 8,500'. Penalty is zero for the day with a warning for the first time that you enter at less than 100 m above 8,500'. There is a strong inversion again today (no cu's), so pilots should be able to stay below 8,500' (barometric altitude)