37th FAI WORLD GLIDING CHAMPIONSHIP
Szeged, Hungary
 24 July 2022 – 5 August 2022

You might have noticed I published a post yesterday as well. The scores were so quick that I could straight away start with my view on the day.
A picture from the glorious winners , this time from open class, I can share with you now.

Bas from the Dutch team was one of the pilots from open class, landing with severe crosswind yesterday. In total 8 pilots landed after 4.
Bas had light damage on the aileron by touching the ground. How good is it then, that Attie and Uys are flying this WGC as well. They helped straight away and the JS 1 was ready to go this morning. TOP job from Jonker Sailplanes!!!!
The Dutch TC Baer Selen, as said twice world champion, sits alone under the team tent with the radio and maps; he got corona there . He has no symptoms , but must/will be careful till the test is negative. His team is doing well with Jeroen on spot 1 overall in 18 m. at this stage and Erik and Joost runner up in 20 m yesterday.!!!!!

Here is also a short part of John Good on yesterday.
WGC2022 – report for July 26

Today’s forecast predicted challenging condition in the form of a cold front approaching from the northwest.
In the event, the weather was perhaps just a bit better than the forecast. Except in areas well to the west, lift was often strong, climbs went high (sometimes above 9000 ft, and thus close to the contest altitude limit of 2800 m), and some unusual “half cumulus / half wave” clouds provided useful clues. The late starters actually did reasonably well, and the day lasted long enough to get everyone home (though a few finished low enough to earn penalties).
His words about air space and the PEV are also clear;
“An interesting – and, yes, controversial – feature of this contest is the PEV. This stands for Pilot EVent: a time-stamped notation that a pilot can cause to appear in the electronic log of each flight, from which speed and score are calculated. The rule here says that when you choose to cross the start line and begin your task, you should first create a pilot event (by pressing a button associated with your logger). You then must let a defined time (here, 5 minutes) elapse at which point a start “window” of defined length (here, 8 minutes) opens for you. If you cross the start line during this window, all is well; should you start outside such a window, you’ll be hit with a 50-point penalty. And during any one flight, you can create only three such windows for yourself – once the last has closed, the only way to avoid a penalty is to land and re-launch.“
In 18 m and 20 m., one pilot was out the PEV and in open nobody.
This is John by the way if you wonder who he is….The rest you can read on US Soaring Teams

The front that brought strong winds and short showers moved away overnight, another day, other chances…..It created good pictures here is one from the French team with Eric and the just-in-time- in glider 72.

Here are the tasks,……. time to start with TODAY;

July 27 day 4 task 3;
The meteo opened this morning with :” “We have a very good weather today...” So that opens perspective for all pilots. Good tasks as well, so all ingredients to make it a super day! The day will be blue with homogeneous thermals up to about 2000 m. Problem-free weather,…. HURRAY!!!!
First launch at 12.
NOT a good day for Team de Broqueville from Belgium, I got the message ” to day sick no flight “
I wondered already a 17th place out of 19 yesterday was not de Broqueville-like.

Indeed the weather was perfect with 3 m. lift up to 2000 m. I read only happy messages. I get news via FB , from a lot of countries , so I keep myself busy with reading and waiting. And then combining and making a story. I am very pleased with the quick scores by the organization!!!!
So what happened today?
Start line opened at ; 13:07 (18m), 13:20 (20m), 13:36 (Open)
A lot of pilots started after 2PM.

18m; 409.95 km…..The first pilots appearing on the scores-list were Christophe and Uys ; speed 137.3 km./h and 133.46 km./h with starts around 14.03. Christophe remained there,…..good on him.
Danish Arne was GOOD today AND runner up!!!136.79 km/.h.
So Uys was 3 and Attie followed on 4 ; 133.46 km./h and 132.61 km./h
11 Pilots flew faster than 130 km./h Another 2 ,Mac and Wolfgang had 129 km./h.
All 42 pilots finished. LIKE!!!!
The best daily pilot flew 2hours and 59 minutes, the “slowest” one , with respect , 4 hours and 45 minutes. BUT,…he was IN.
the overall’s till now;
1. Christophe Abadie with 2.571 points.
2. Arne J. Boye-Møller with 2.568 p.
3. Davide Schiavotto with 2.565 p.
Close very close here as well.

20 m; 384.84 km...18 started and finished. As you read already Pierre and Arnaud could not fly due to illness. So no scores for them. I wish them WELL, indeed THE VERY BEST !!!!
The winning team was Anton Šibanc / Sandi Kavalič in the ARCUS M; speed 122.41 km./h.
The Swiss winners from the 2 days before were last, so I hope they are not sick either. They dropped from 1 to 5, pfff…that hurts.
Runner up from S.A. Dawid Pretorius / Nico le Roux had a speed of 122.34.
Daily number 3 was Louis Bouderlique / Ulysse Merlin.
Looking at the overall’s till now;
1.  Jakub Barszcz / Lukasz Kornacki in the TWIN SHARK …pretty special…with 2. 585 points.
2. Erik Borgmann / Joost Wolff with 2.555 p
3. Steve Jones / Garry Coppin with 2.540 coming from 7.
It’s all VERY close.
VERY happy Shark-people, so they should; “After 3 competition days Twin Sharks are currently in 1st and 4th places!” HpH Sailplanes UK

open; 407.33 km…with 140.49 km./h. Oscar raced over the track BUT,…Russell started later and finished at the same time…result faster ;141.63 km./h.
He moved from 9 to 6 overall.
Runner up; Oscar and on 3d place Sylvain [140,14 km./h]from France.
The Italian “Alberto’s” had exact the same points [885] flying together to the limit.
When you were 10 km./ h. slower than Russell, you “only” got to spot 17!!!!
Only one was out ….he started as last pilot….and one forgot the PEV.
Looking at the overall’s after 3 competition days;
1. Felipe Levin with 2.534 points.
2. Oscar Goudriaan with 2.507 p.
3. Michael Sommer with 2.506 p.

Celebrations from team UK for Russell …..well deserved!!!!

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THE FAI SAILPLANE GRAND PRIX in Germany had RACE 4 today.
410 km. was set for the 19 pilots.
After 3 days there are 2 pilots leading with 18 points; Tobias Meiler in Ventus 3 T and Dirk Windmüller in AS 33es.
Robin Förster in ASG 29/18 m has 15 and Mark Wering {The Netherlands] in JS 3 jet/18 m. has 13.
Robin flew around today with a speed of 133.2 km./h gaining 10 more points; 25 now and he leads “the pact”.
He got 60 s penalty as well, for an incorrect landing lane.

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The juniors at the JWGC, are busy with scruteneering and some fly today at the practice day. The JWGC is between July 30 and August 13 from Tábor in the Czech Rep.
There is good security as I read on the site;
“The police is now taking over the security at the airfield. Be prepared to see police cars driving periodically around the airfield, especially at night, including in the glider tie-down area. New CCTV security system is now also installed for your safety. Nonetheless always keep your valuables with you or lock them in a safe place.”
With security I always think of Rieti when during a competition, young guy’s drove with scooters between the gliders at the grid in the middle of the night. Next day police took care of the field straight away.
There are 45 pilots in club class and 29 in standard class. A total of 74 pilots . NOT BAD!!!!
I even noticed James [Nugent] and Ryan [Driscoll] from faraway AUSTRALIA. Not too easy still , to fly over from down under to Europe in this corona world.
Both top pilots!!!

In between the Dutch showed great initiative by asking for wood at a sawmill, to make a table and “other important stuff”. With a trailer full of wood they went back to the airfield.
Look what they have now

That’s it for today……More tomorrow.
All scores still preliminary.

Maybe one more nice picture shared by the organization.

Cheers Ritz