ARNBORG.
WWGC.
August 2 2015.
Finally the ladies could FLY!!! They were supposed to start at 12 but that was postponed to 1 PM.
With the delay they got a B task, which was bigger than the A task;180 km.
BUT….. but the cloud base got low again and some could not even depart for their task.Some had to be launched again.
The weather was supposed to improve , but quickly the pilots found out that it would be not a day for speed but distance.
That happened and “our” Dutch girls did well with this Dutch/Danish weather. They won the day and runner-up-spot in club class.Good on them. Annemiek 210 and 209 points for Doortje.
Who cannot keep a penny, shall never have many…..
Day 1 – as seen by Kerry from Australia;” 2 relights, a new battery & an outlanding at a lovely Gliding club – as I write 2 trailers are leaving, a rotax drones above & another glider is on final!”
day 1 -as seen by Swaantje from Germany;” First day is over. At least we got a few points for the fight we put up against the weather!”
In Standard 125 km. was the best from the set 212 km. flown by Joanna [Biedermann from Poland , but as she was the only one OVER 100 km. it turned out an invalid day.
In 15 m. a task from 224 km. and the French and Germans did well. 162 km.was the best distance by Anne [Ducarouge] ;423 points. Katrin [Senne] was runner up:419 points.
The daily prize was a ride in an open vintage 2-seater. Not bad!!!
the 3 Dutch club girls, Annemiek, Lilian and Doortje.
As seen by Frouwke.
August 3 2015.
A blue day for a change and a nice temperature of 20 dgr..
St. class 189 km.
Club class 172 km.
15 m class 204 km.
No flying in the end! Cloud base 600 up to 900, blue and with up to 25 kts.Tasks were scrubbed on the grid.
August 4 ; official rest day.
August 5 shows a 2.30 AAT for all classes.
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POCUINAI.
WGC 13.5 m.
As seen and shared by Morgan [Australia]
August 2 2015.
With one brand new type not yet ready, the one for Sebastian and a Russian pilot, the day was marked by disappointment, not only by those pilots , even by the concurrents.
But,….it turned out a good flying day with 1000 points for the winner; Stefano [Ghiorzo] in the Diana 2 versus.
Tony and Francois did well as runner up in the Silent 2 electro ;910 points for each of these USA pilots.
Morgan from Australia was in as well; ” On my first day in international competition, I think I’ve done quite well for myself. It was a blue day, which meant flying in a gaggle or with a team was the best way to find thermals. The Americans did very well at this and I wasn’t able to catch them, despite getting within a few km twice. The two other gliders that I caught and passed ended up outlanding, along with many others from the other class.”
Team USA.With Francois and Tony to the left.
As shared by Eric Frere.
August 3;
No points for Sebastian so hopefully his glider will be ready today. He won several times with 1000 points marge , so it is still possible, BUT the plane has to be ready.
BUT,…when I read this ‘” Yep the GP 14 isn’t complete. They hope to have it here next week to show what it can do.” , it will take more than a day. A pity as they worked hard at Peske to have it ready in time.
The competition is not waiting, not even for Sebastian , so it continued with a 252 km. task. Morgan wrote;
“13.5m class had a better day today: almost like Australian conditions with cloudbase above 7000ft. I followed the American team today except one of them led me away while the other found a great thermal and beat me by a significant margin.” Those were Tony and Francois, Tony finished on spot 4, Francois on spot 8 and Morgan on spot 7.
So a Lithuanian pilot won the day in a mini LAK , with Stefano as runner up. The other Lithuanian pilot had to out-land.
August 4;
Same winners,as yesterday, so the mini LAK with Vladas number 1 [315 km. with a speed of 102 km./h and the Silent 2 from Stefano on number 2, BUT on 3 it was Morgan, this time.
Overall WGC scores after 3 days;
Stefano Ghiorzo [Diana 2 Versvs] with 2683 points
Vladas Motuza [Mini LAK] with 2243 and
Morgan Sanderkock from Australia in the Sparrow Hawk with 2216 , 4 points ahead of Tony Condon from the USA.
Today , August 5, they fly 345 km.
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RIETI.
EGC
August 2 2015.
Opening in town at the stadium.
” Today at 5pm the opening ceremony took place in the stadium of Rieti. All the teams presented with their flags, pilots and team captains.
The FAI flag was displayed by the tow pilots.
The President of the Aeroclub displayed the Italian flag during the national anthem.”
August 3 , first flying day.
A good day with 339 km. in Club class and Ge [Dale] in the St Libelle had a really good first day;931 points.[speed 96.64].
This is what UK pilot Ian [Macarthur] had to say ;
“Well… Storming run south in a convergence to catch and fly with G round the first turn.
Early start seemed to work – it was incredibly fast and I pushed ahead on the second leg up front alone. Got to the top turn at 110kph but was then rinsed by the invisible easterly which was flowing over the range. The pain of watching the whole field scrape away above me 3/4 hour later was quite intense! Hero to zero in the blink of an eye!! Glad that G could get out of there and to the podium.”
Ian [LS4] was one of the 3 out-landers in this class.
Best the good old PIK 20 with Finnish pilot Juhani Sahlberg he got the max 1000 points;speed 104.80.
Standard class; WOW, ” we ” did well, again. Sjaak, [Selen] yes brother from, won the day!!!1000 points and a speed of 113 km./h. Good on him. Always nice to start with a win.
Runner up French pilot Christophe Cousseau and on 3 Lucasz Blaszykzc.
4 Out-landings among them 2 from the Finnish team one of the Aku.
In 15 m. the Austrians who always fly very well in Rieti flew the 460 km. just under 100 km.h. Winner; Czech pilot Jaroslav Tomana in the ASG 29 E.
10 Pilots out landed!!!
Day 2 as seen by steward Terry, who really is inspiring with all the jobs he does, even a lot of writing. Chapeau! This is the jury president job.
—” another great day in Rieti. Sun was shining and no storms, so a good start to the competition. Wind was from the North East so Roberto Romano the task setter described it as “tricky” as the wind would be blowing from the back of the hills. Certainly a good description. The early starters did better as the top turn at Gualdo Taldino blued out and a couple of standard class gliders ended their flights at that point. 15m class who were last to launch with the biggest task suffered the most, with half of the glider in fields. Speeds slower than expected due to the weakening conditions. We went out for dinner with the Austrian team to a magnificent restaurant at the top of a small hill just 15km from Rieti. This probably describes most of the restaurants in this area. Great food and great views and lovely company. We got back to the airfield to find that the verandah of the admin building had been turned into a workshop as the German glider factory staff made some repairs to two glider that had had problems in their fields – one ASW19 hit a pole and a Discus 2 had damaged a wing going through a ditch. They are hoping that the two gliders will be flying tomorrow. Another glider arrived in the finish circle but had to land in a field, field too small and the glider ended up in a channel – luckily no damage to the glider or pilot. Tomorrow is meant to be better.—“
August 4; He was last in club class on the day before, this day he WON.
Ian from the UK;345 km. with a speed of 113 km./h.
The runner up Roman [Mracek] had a speed of 108 km./h.
In standard class Coutssie [New Zealand] did well by winning the day ;HC that is but he got 1.014 points!!!
128 km./h over 385 km.
The 1000 points were for Polish pilot Lucasz and Aku who was last yesterday , now had 967 points and a 3 d daily spot.
Sjaak was 6th.
In 15 m. another HC pilot from New Zealand , Dane Dickinson] won in this class. Both know the mountains and have been in Rieti before. Good on them!!!126 km./h over 427 km.
Today 475 and 471 km to fly.
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KLIPPENECK.
popular competition.
August 2 2015;
The first flying day and young Bert Schmelzer who spoke about his WGC performance in Finland , added an extra day , ” sniffed” for all pilots to see the conditions, flew HC …and WON with 129 km./h. over 501 km!!!!Later I heard, F2 is his new glider.Good luck with it.
The 2 young Keiheuvel -boys Jeroen and Dennis are doing well.On flying day 1 they occupied spot 4 same departure same arrival time and on 2 Dennis won and Jeroen was runner up.In open class Marcus Gaumann won both days.
Bruno [Gantenbrink] out-landed.
Yesterday was cancelled tomorrow should be good!
August 4;315 in St class. 322 in 15 m. 365 in 18 m. 2 seaters/dosies 344 km and open 367 km.
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VENLO.
Dutch Junior Nationals
As you can see enough juniors in Holland.
As shared by the organizers.
August 2 2015.
This competition , with 20 participants, might be the start point of a soaring career, for one of the young ones today. For some older ones it is one of the the ways to the Nationals in Holland.
In any case it is a place where pilots socialize, fly and learn from toppers who fly with them during a day.
They could start straight at day 1 on August 1; 223 km. was set and Arne Kaas from the Student Aero Club from Delft was the best;866 points.
Day 2 with 142 km. was a prey for Mathijs Hulst, who I got to know in Leszno last year.2 Gelderse members got 456 and 431 points for the day.
Day 3 showed a 3 hour AAT for the boys and girls.
Day 4 no task
Day 5 today 207 km.
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On day 1 in the French soaring mecca Bailleau Frank Hiemstra from Holland was number 1.
398 km with a speed of 105 km./h in a St Cirrus.
The Dutchies are doing well at the moment at several comps at top level.
GOOD!!
Cheers Ritz