The Rally was on the front page of the Desert Sun newspaper! Here's the clipping (1.2 MB JPEG).
The 2008 Course is now available here.
The 2008 results (scores) are now posted here.
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Visits Since
December 31, 1997
The 44th Annual
Hayward Air Rally
May 15-17, 2008
(The Hayward Proficiency Air Race is now the Hayward Air Rally)
Congratulations to Thomas and Patrick Engdahl, Race 50, winners of the 2008 Rally, a Beechcraft Sierra. A score of just 126 points
brings them the glory (and cash) of first place this year!
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How good are you with just a stopwatch and a sectional chart?
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Rally Description
The annual Hayward Air Rally gives aviators a chance to test their flight planning, navigation and pilotage skills. The actual course is announced the day before the Rally during the briefings (the checkpoints change every year and the exact course flown is chosen by the pilot). The course consists of two legs, each about 250 nautical miles. The first leg runs from Hayward, California (HWD) to Bakersfield, California (BFL). The second leg runs from Bakersfield to the Palm Springs Airport. Along the way there are several checkpoints which must be identified. Prior to departure from Hayward each pilot turns in estimates of their times and fuel consumption for each of the two legs.
Rally participants are scored on a combination of:
- Identifying Check Points
- Matching Predicted Time (to the second)
- Matching Predicted Fuel Used (to the tenth of a percent)
Penalty points are accumulated for misidentifying checkpoints (250 points each) and deviations from the time (1 or 3 points per second, depending on class of entry) and fuel estimates (3 points per 0.1% difference from estimated, with a 2x multiplier in the Digital Class). The lowest score wins, and our 2007 winner accrued just 98 points!
Sounds easy, doesn't it? Did we mention that for the Traditional Class, you may not use any of the following?
- GPS
- LORAN
- DME
- RNAV
- Digital Fuel Flow Meter
Now does it sound a bit more challenging?