Johnny Carr in his Purple Laminar....

Just found out that Johnny broke his foot this afternoon on launch. I saw his blown Swift launch, but was told that he was ok and would likely have the glider fixed up and flying tomorrow. Unfortunately, that was not the case - Kathleen and I are heading to the hospital to get him now. He will need surgery on his foot, so will be heading back to the UK. What a bummer!! Conditions on launch were very very light and it seems he may have just taken off in a very light cycle and couldn't get the glider flying. I saw a wingtip catch and he spun around back into the hill. It didn't look nearly as bad as it apparently was. Poor Johnny :-(

I fell in love with Johnny years ago in Florida when he would sing as he came across the goal line. It used to be "Johnny Carr in his purple Laminar..." to the tune of Yellow Submarine. When he no longer had a purple Laminar, he would just sing "Johnny Carr, Johnny Carr, Johnny Carr" all the way across the line.

Looks like there were plenty into goal today - at least half the girls and heaps of rigids. Slightly under called task, I would say. Corinna came in first, with Kathleen just a few seconds behind.