Post 1.494 on May 1 2024 LABOUR DAY
The competitions during this early pretty cold spring ,continue and one of them is the busy one flown from Klix in Germany between April 26 and May 4. They have 107 pilots in 4 classes.
On April 26 they started straight away with task 1;
18m; 2.30 AAT.…. Pawel Wojciechowski from Poland was the first daily winner in this class. With 338 km. in time 2.48…120,79 km./h….. he deserved 748 points in his ASG 29.
Same speed but just 12 points less were for my Dutch mate Steven Raimond in his brand new AS 33 /Es /Me 18m. 3d spot for him, in between as runner up Swedish pilot Markus Ganev in Ventus 3 FMT.
In the end 33 started in this class and 26 finished.
double seater;2 hour AAT....Wollschläger & Kaufeld in a Duo Discus X-plus, [many times XL,XT,XLT XLFES] 219 km speed 103 km./h. About the same as the Dutch runner up’s, Hadriaan van Nes/Ronald de Boer.
25 started and only 1 was out.
standard; 2.30 AAT…327.54 km for daily winner Christian Lampert in a Discus 2a.
18 started in this class and 13 finished. Quite a few TOP-“girls” in this class as Chrissie [Grote] world champion in 2003 and 2013, Sabrina [Vogt] , world champion in 2015 and 2017, Petra [Zimmermann-Lauer] and from Italy the youngest from the Fergnani family ,Michelle.
club; 3 hour AAT.…Lukas Brune flew in his ASW 20 290.55 km with a speed of 96.85 km./h. for 1000 points!!!
All 31 started and 24 finished among them Elena world champion in 2020, and her brother Andrea Fergnani fom Italy.
April 27 Task 2;
18m; 385.53 km….with 120 km./h in a Discus2C/ TFES, the daily winner was Christian Schneiders.
31 Started and 28 finished.
double-seaters; 239.08 km….. Hadriaan in his Duo Discus won with a speed of 119.62 km./h Of course the many Arcus types were a bit faster with as best speed 124 km./h flown to spot 3 by Danish pilot Tom Jørgensen. Nice to see that Aldo , who has done lately many comps as CD, is flying now in an Arcus and was runner up with his mate Etalle.
26 started and 24 finished!!
Standard; 278.69 km….120 km./h was the fastest flight by Janne Nord in a Discus 2T.About 5 k faster than the Danish runner up Poul Kim Larsen.
18 started and 1 was out. Bit of an off-day for Chrissie on spot 15.
Club; 262.09 km….Marcus Dawert in a DG 300-plus, flew around with 107 km./h Runner’s up 2 Italian pilots in Discus and ASW 24.
All 31 started and 27 finished.
April 28 task 3 ONLY for 18m and standard class;
18m; 261.47 km….
Standard; 203.64 km….
In the end they cancelled for ALL classes.
April 29; Task 4 and better weather…so all classes FLY!!!
18m; 3 hour AAT.. and “our” Sjaak Selen [ASG 29] won the day;310 km with a speed of 99.32 km./h for 668 points. Just a tad less points for “our” Steven in his AS33es; 658. They started and finished about the same time.
31 started and 28 finished.
2-seaters; 2 hour AAT…..27 started and 25 finished.Good to see Aldo won the day in the ARCUS [ 199 km and 98 km./h. my Dutch mates in the Duo Discus keep going well too; runner up with 193 km and a speed of 90 km./h.
Standard 3 hour AAT....The Scandinavian pilots are doing well in Klix , specially in this class.Swedish Janne flew 277 km [speed 89.66 km./h] and Danish Poul Kim 271 in time 3.04 ; 88 km./h.Sabrina and Chrissie were on 5 and 6 .
17 started and 15 finished.
Club; 2 hour AAT…..30 started and 26 finished .Best for the day Italian pilot Lapo Alessandro Busi in ASW 20. Elena, also from Italy, in her Discus was 3d and started 15 minutes later.
April 30; Task 5..even better weather, they hoped!!!!Flying day 4 out of 5.
18 m; 3.30 AAT….The Swedish pilots did well with a first and 4th spot, this is a bit their weather; Peter Johansson in an ASG29 flew 324 km in time 3.19[speed 97,47 km./h] But for sure the weather was not perfect as only 18 from29 finished. Late start , mostly around 3PM and the last finisher at 6.35 PM.
2-seaters; 2.30 AAT.…Maybe for that reason the day for this class was scrubbed.
standard; 3 hour AAT….ONLY 3 from 17 finished. Both flying a DISCUS.Carsten Büddig flew around with 80 km./h over 252 km and that says enough of the struggle the pilots in this class had. He had an early start at 2.09PM.
The runner up Janne Nord showed a lot of stamina ,he needed 4 hours and 23 minutes, BUT HE FINISHED. Compliments for Janne from Sweden, who flew 331 km with a “speed” of 75 km./h.
club; 2.15 AAT....scrubbed.
NO TASKS YET for today. If they get the heavy thunderstorms we had last night , it might be tricky.
The weather in Germany was yesterday really good for soaring on other places ; 1.037 km in a Ventus 3 from Binningen and from Austria 1.336.76 km was flown in an ASH 31 /21 m. [Trieben] and from Wiener Neustadt in a Ventus B/15 m. with Wing lets 1.209.87 km.
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——–Glider Forever /Jens Trabolt shared news in their very good and informative MAGAZINE NORDIC GLIDING, about the newest on Schempp-Hirth:
“Ventus self-launches electrically for the first time!
Schempp-Hirth made the maiden flight yesterday [April 25]afternoon with the fully electrified Ventus E at Hahnweide. The basis is the Solo system, which we also know from the JS3 RES, but Schempp-Hirth has upgraded some of the main components, including bigger motor and propeller.”
https://nordicgliding-com.translate.goog/ventus-selvstarter-elektrisk-for-foerste-gang/
https://nordicgliding-com.translate.goog/ventus…/…
———Schempp-Hirth mentioned;
“#VentusE Airborne on its own for the first time!
Not only did we make the maiden flight yesterday with the Ventus E, we also did the first self launch!
Efficient, smooth and beautiful to look at – these are only a few characteristics, which describe our new baby well.
We are very proud of our whole team, who worked hard for this success and are looking forward to the next steps with the best support!
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On a short video you can see it goes up smooth and fast.
———Gliding Australia sent a very sad message last Sunday;
“We are deeply saddened to report an accident yesterday at Mount Beauty Airport involving a Grob G109B Motor-Glider, which resulted in two fatalities. Our deepest sympathies are with the families of both the pilot and the passenger.[A lady] Gliding Australia is providing full support in the ongoing investigations. For more information, please read our complete statement: https://glidingaustralia.org/glidingaccidentapr24/ “
VERY SAD!!!! Mount Beauty is a pretty active club in one of the most beautiful areas in Victoria. Have been there and enjoyed every minute.So sad that this happened.
——--Young Ben Fuglsang-Petersen flew in the “old” ASW 15 B a distance of 846 km and “used” 9 hours and 36 minutes to do so, on April 23. CHAPEAU for this young man!
A nice long jo-jo -flight flight, with an early start, in arctic air with clear visible cu’s so not a lot of thermalling, he could nearly go straight forward .
https://www.weglide.org/flight/380531
“It was really nice to see where others flew the energy lines!” said Ben Fuglsang-Petersen after his furthest flight in his ASW 15 B.A remarkable performance in a glider type first flown in 1968!”[weglide]
——The Gelderse ONE- DAY -COMPETITION was supposed to be flown last Saturday but the weather did not co-operate. Also Sunday was not good due to pretty heavy wind.
In Switzerland however one of my friends Bert jr flew 1.143.81 km. from Hausen Am Albis in the Ventus 3T on Sunday and on Saturday Carl Audissou flew in France 1.376 km. in an Antares 20.
April really does what it will and that’s not for everybody good.
I liked the comment from Bert jr;
“After being for a couple of months in Asia the temperature shock was pretty big, from 40°C in Hanoi to -25°C in my beloved glider within a timeframe of 24 hours.
A late but very easy start into a sky filled with nice energy lines, especially on the West to East legs. In the evening the weather collapsed quite rapidly but thanks to some thermals, ridges and weak rotors I almost made it home. Due to an incoming patch of moisture the entire Swiss Mittelland was covered. The only way to reach Hausen in VFR style was flying underneath.”
Now the season has started in Europe it remains VERY IMPORTANT to fly SAFE!
——–To finish, MORE GIRLS FLY,....ready for an AIRSHOW!!!
Cheers have a nice week,
CU next Wednesday.
Ritz