Post 1.452 on Wednesday October 25 2023.

Now it’s rather “silent” with comp’s , I can look at some other interesting -soaring- related -news.

—–621 VGS Historic Flight posted this news and pictures.
“A fantastic autumnal day on Saturday with both our two-seaters out at the launch point. Amazing what you can achieve with only 4 people (and a trusty younger helper!). The Sedbergh soared to cloud base and the MK3 went ridge soaring.”
This was on Saturday October 14.

——Also old but totally different, news from Classic Aero Machining Service ;

——AND because it is SO NICE and colorful, ONE MORE:
Classic Aircraft Photography shared this picture

——the die-hard fans from Ingo [Renner], know he and Judy owned a kookaburra and a Discus with call sign XX. In the Kookaburra they flew together on their wedding day and in the Discus Ingo flew many 1000 km. flights and several records.
Who is interested in World Comps and has already looked at who is coming to Narromine and who flies what glider, [as I do] has seen already that there is a Discus A with XX on the tail!
INDEED it is Ingo’s glider and it will be flown by Diana from Luxembourg. Her husband George flies also in Club class in a St. Cirrus.
Petra Piskata from the Czech Rep.flies also in club and she was in Tocumwal in 2019 to pick up an LS1f she had rented . Tim Milner our former tuggie at the Sportavia Soaring Center will be participating as well for the UK.
Tomas Suchanek [Czech Rep] who visited us at Sportavia in the far past will fly as well ,so is Rasmus Orskov[ Denmark].
His mum Birgitte has spend and her husband Joergen still spends a lot of time in Tocumwal.
He has just arrived.

Uwe Wahlig from Germany is the defending champion in club class!!!!
The Netherlands sends 2 pilots Thies Bruins[ ASW 20] who flew Dutch Nationals WGC’s and EGC’s was runner up several times and is hoping/running for gold now!
Roelof Corporaal [LS7] owns several Dutch records; 750 FAI triangle.
So 2 GOOD Dutch pilots in club class!!!!!

——-At Terlet the autumn -soaring- camp from the Gelderse is on and my granddaughter Indya was there as well. At least they had a few nice days. Enough to finish her gliding license.

In total there were even 5; 4 of them “young ladies”!!!!! Good new group of future solo, maybe even comp-pilots. Ties, Willemijn, Femke, Lise en Indya….. CONGRATULATIONS!!!! After their theoretical exams they had a good enough day on October 17 for the flight/practical exams….so 5 glider -pilot-licenses in the pocket. Nearly end of the season and the Gelderse autumn camp is always a great closure of the season , for both young and old[er].
The weather unfortunately did n’t co-operate so good.

—–From November 5 10 AM, pilots can register for the 2024 EUROGLIDE-happening. The biennial gliding race over more than 2500 kilometres through several European countries.
MANY will be anxious waiting if they can participate. There is normally a rush to get in.

“Dear Euroglide friends, the organisation committee of the Euroglide has come to life again! As a first step we have fixed a date for the Euroglide challenge in 2024.
The period for the Euroglide 2024 will be from Monday, June 24th to and including Friday, July 5th (assuming there are no major military exercises in that period)
We ordered some excellent weather for the 12 flying days and finalize the event with the prize giving ceremony on Friday evening July 5th.”
What is Euroglide like?
“Contrary to a standard gliding competition, when each day a task is flown from the same airfield, Euroglide has only one task of approximately 2500 km:”Depart from Venlo airfield, round the turnpoints and return to Venlo as soon as possible, but at latest on the last competition day.“

–——–KIRIPOTIB is ready for the new season so are the CHAMPIONS from the “FLYING WITH THE CHAMPIONS ” .7 Day ‘s learning from the best, what do you want more.
First week is between November 1 and 7 2023. The gliders have arrived

—-–The FRENCH CHAMPIONSHIPS in 2024;
Beynes en catégorie Générale – classes Libre et 18m……. MAI 26-JUNE 1 2024
Vinon-sur-Verdon en catégories Générale et Féminine – classes Standard+15m+Biplace 20m..JULY 7-13 2024
Fontenay-le-Comte en catégorie Junior – classes Club+Standard+15m+Biplace 20m…AUGUST 4-10 2024
Moret en catégorie Générale – classe Club AUGUST 18-23 2024

www.ffvp.fr/agenda-des-competitions

——Maddog Composites shared this picture. I like those hard working sympathetic boys!

——-Matthew Scutter’s Gliding shared an impressive flight :
https://www.weglide.org/flight/343516
“When WeGlide added segments a couple of years ago, they asked me to suggest some for Australia. Idly clicking around I came up with some popular ones and also some silly ones, like the length of K’gari/Fraser Island (20k out to sea).”
“Today I finally got there! Everything went right down to the wire, a marginal jump to the island, barely high enough clouds not really working to safely strip hop, a collapsing convergence and finally a mega-jump back to the mainland, with the sea breeze eating up the climbs ahead just before I could catch them.“
Fraser Island is called the most beautiful Island in Australia. It’s the biggest sand-island in the world ; 123 km. long.

—–And to finish this fabulous colored picture from an autumn landscape in Scotland.

AND autumn in the Netherlands.

You are up to date again ,
Cu next week.
Cheers Ritz