The UK’s Laura Baumont, flying in only her second competition and one of only three female pilots taking part has won the 7th task of the worlds. Laura took first place the contract navigation task, where pilots have to declare the turnpoints they will use and then fly the course, ahead of fellow UK pilot Dave Hairs. There were no changes at the top of the overall scoreboard with Ramon still holding onto his lead. Laura and Dave’s high scores have helped the British team move into second behind France with the Spanish team now in third.

In the trike class Daniel Crespo is still in the overall lead with task winner Poland’s Tomasz Kudaszewicz moving into second ahead of Michaela Machartova who appears to have had a bad task.

Today the pilots have been enjoying some flying over the Great Wall of China, the highlight of the trip for many. They are now back at the field ready for the next task, which is due to be a speed triangle task with limited fuel.

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This entry was posted on Thursday, September 6th, 2007 at 9:40 am and is filed under China Worlds 07.