EUROGLIDE 2022.
courtesy Frouwke Kuijpers, who flies with her husband Ferdi in the ASW20 CJ.
A reasonable day to start with , so most are on their way direction Poland over Germany; Szczecin, N E of Berlin is the first TP. From there far to the SW to Zurich, then into Czechia and then back HOME.
the first departures were at 12.
You can follow them day by day on www.euroglide.nl
Hodenhagen and Oerlinghausen were arrival-points from day 1.
I heard for day 2 also Jena and Zwickau.
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French 18 m. and OPEN NATIONALS
Buno Bonnevaux
19 June 2022 – 25 June 2022
On the practice day some flew, on day 1 nobody did, as the tasks had to be cancelled,… but on
June 20 a task was set;
18 m; 264 50 km....in this class with 27 pilots fly 4 HC, Danish pilots Arne Boye Moeller , Peter Eriksen and Henrik Breidahl and from Belgium Francois Delfosse. CANCELLED!!
On June 19 a 2 hour AAT was set, but after ,….scrubbed.
On June 20,264 km. was set , but….cancelled.
open; 247 km....14 pilots or teams are flying for the highest honor.2HC teams from Belgium; De Broqueville / Spruyt in EB 29 DR and de Broqueville / Dresse in ARCUS 20T.
Also in open class 2 days were cancelled after it was impossible to fly a 2.30 AAT and 247 km. set task.
A 3d task was set but 211 km, for open only, but,….Cancelled.
So no flying yet. Why???? You can see it on the picture.
As shared by Arne with the comment; “When optimism meets reality.”
Courtesy 2L
The next day however Arne send another picture;
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CLUB CLASS NATIONALS in ITALY.
Ferrara 17 June 2022 – 26 June 2022
Good to see Elena our last WWGC champion from Lake Keepit. again in a competition. Also her brother Nicola and sister Michelle are participating. A total of 25 pilots.
They started on June 17 with small tasks as well.
task 1; 167. 31 km.…Giovanni Repola in his Discus 2 won the day , [440 points] just ahead of Luca [Urbani] in a Discus 2A. The Fergnanies did well; Nicola on 5, Elena on 6 and Michele on 22. Nice to see Giorgio Ballarati in a gliding competition too, last I saw him, he was organizing them. He flies a twin acro 3.
25 started and finished!
task 2; 158.31 km….won by Elena with a late start at 16.06. One way or another Nicola did not fly.
task 3; 208.52 km….Frederico Montanini in LS 4 won the day [85.20 km./h] Only 16 pilots were in, so were Michele [ 11] and Elena [15]
June 20 had NO task.
June 21…no task.
18 m. NATIONALS in Italy.
Ferrara 17 June 2022 – 26 June 2022
Several comps from Ferrara in Italy. Also the Coppa and Classe Unica[ for both see www.soaringspot.com .]
18 m NATIONALS counts 21 pilots and a few toppers.
Task 1; 189.30 km…..Gorgio Galetto just won the day in his Ventus 3 ahead of Alberto Pozzi in JS 1cevo and Giancarlo Grinza in Ventus 3. Speed 116.87 for 116. 21 km./h. and 116.19 km./h.
All 21 finished.
task 2; 159.14 km.…late start around 3.30 with Giuseppe Dal Grande in Ventus 2cxm, as daily winner, for 318 points.
Ricardo [Brigliadori] was 3d, Davide [Schavotto] 4th and Giorgio 9th.
task 3; 271.42 km…. with improving weather . Best speed still only 97 km./h. Ricardo won, Davide was runner up and Giorgio was 4th.
20 started and 18 finished.
June 20; NO TASK.
June 21; no task.
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The 2022 NATIONALS for OPEN and 15 m in the USA are flown from Hobbs.
June 23- July 2 2022.
Look at their weather….Practice days today and yesterday.
New Mexico has often TOP WEATHER, like Minden in Nevada and Uvalde in Texas.
Dutch pilot Kees Musters [R.I.P. 1987] became WORLD CHAMPION in HOBBS in 1983 in 15 m. class.
Ingo won open that year and Stig Oye was world-champion in standard class.
More on https://www.ssa.org/event/2022-open-15-meter-nationals/
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In the WEGLIDE MAGAZINE [June 18 2022] is an interesting interview with Baptiste Innocent;
https://magazine.weglide.org/pushing-limits-with-baptiste-innocent/
We had the longest day here, and my friends in Australia the shortest.
So ,….it’s summer/winter now. Slowly we prepare then for circumstances the other way around.
So do the organizers from Kiripotib:
“The season is getting closer, so get to know our team and Champions. Let´s start with Pete Harvey our English gentleman. Everyone loves him for his fine and polite manner, always good mood and his charisma. The three-time European and 10-time British champion does not only fly gliders, but has also been a national champion in hang gliding. He is the head coach of Flying with the Champions. Before that, he has worked as a management consultant for many years.
More about “Flying with the Champions”: https://bit.ly/3tQltAm
Indeed Pete is a lovely guy!!!!!
Soon to be;
the 4th WGC for 13.5 m in combination with the 21st FAI European champion ship for standard, club and 15 m class in Lithuania at the airport of Pocuinai.
Unofficial training; 25 June to 28 June 2022 Official; June 29-July 1
Competition; July 3 -July 15.
When I am back I look at how they go and finish them.
Off on Friday for our annual week with my high-school -friends.
47th Polish OPEN CLASS Nationals are from June 30 to July 9 in Ostrow, with 36 competitors.
The Swiss nationals are flown from Schänis, between 25 June 2022 – 2 July 2022
All results on www.soaringspot.com
CU on July 6.
Cheers Ritz