06/18/2024
Congratulations to all the pilots who flew in the Lumby Air Races competition, and before, during and after Lumby Days! The Flyers and Volunteers participation and involvement around the Flight Park made it fun for all the spectators and organizers! 😁🥰
The Lumby Air Races had twenty-five paragliding and hang gliding pilots enter the competition this year which involved completing tasks set out each morning of the week-long event based on the wind and weather. Unfortunately, Saturday and Sunday of Lumby Days were not flyable due to wet conditions.
Winners had to fly a minimum 10-kilometre triangle above Lumby or earn points for completing other tasks such as distance, laps over Saddle Mountain (Friday evening) and personal best.
The Lumby Air Force thanks its event sponsors, Lumby Days and Regional District of North Okanagan Area D for contributing the prize money.
Nine trophies and awards totaling $1500 were given out on Saturday evening. The 2024 Lumby Air Races Winners were:
Paragliding Sport 1st Place & Personal Best Ike Burkhart, Lumby
Paragliding Sport 2nd t Place Michel Laurin, Courtenay
Paragliding Open 1st Place Bill Goglin, Williams Lake
Paragliding Open 2nd Place Kevin Ault, Cultus Lake
Paragliding Open 3rd Place Norm Lawlor, Harrison Hot Springs
Hang Gliding Sport 1st Place Randy Rauck, Lumby (2 triangles)
Hang Gliding Sport 2nd Place Bill Soderquist, California
Hang Gliding Sport 3rd Place Rick Hines, Spallumcheen (points)
Hang Gliding Topless 1st Place Jesse Scrimbit, Sicamous (points)
Pilots also came from Ottawa, Cochrane, Canmore, Vancouver, Victoria, Quadra Island, Armstrong, Revelstoke, Enderby, Fernie, Coquitlam, Kelowna, Salmon Arm, and Coldstream.
