AND THEN there was a midair collision!!!!
One jumped with the parachute/bailed out , the other could land in a paddock.
I could delete all I had written, as in such a case , all this news is totally not relevant.
But,…I decided to share it anyhow.
I hate mid airs ,but tragic enough I learned to deal with the fact that they happen.
I have been at several comps, where it did.
As long as everybody is OK, is it a shock for ALL the young ones involved, their families and also for organizers it is tough.
They deal in TABOR, with it in a decent way ; short but to the point;
“Everybody is safe on the ground, but due to a midair accident today the competition day was cancelled for both classes. Both pilots involved reached the ground safely but the recovery teams are still working to get both gliders back. Until then we have no more information to share. The international evening has been moved to tomorrow.“

Life goes on , so it should.
Whenever there is official news, I share it with you.

Here is what I had written already, it ‘s up to you if you want to read it.;

Indeed , including today, we have 4 days to follow the very pleasant and exciting JWGC. The announced LONG tasks are on the menu.
Matej had his look on things;
“As expected, the weather delighted us this morning, allowing us to plan tasks longer than 500 km. The next few days will be very challenging for the pilots as the competition culminates. It is predicted, that the weather will only be improving over the week, therefore we can look forward to more fascinating days. Continuous flying is one of the most exhausting parts of the competition requiring an abnormal focus and brain agility. To enrich the fun, we will have an international evening today from 19:30.”

August 9….task 9 …day 10…competition day 8;
Goose bums for all at the grid , this morning, when a great formation from all 8 tuggies flew over in a fly pass with the Cmelak leading. Normally that happens on the end of a big competition with a farewell flight, but so it’s a great show!
Great video. I even got goose bums at home!!! I tried to capture it on my mobile but of course it is not what it was, at such a time I am sad I can’t share the video.

Our German mates helped with a picture

David {USA} shines his view on yesterday in an other open written report. I share a small part of it. The rest is on
“Another good flight where other people just did better. I have been told that this is the most competitive JWGC in a decade. Whether that’s real or just glider hearsay who’s to say. Unfortunately, I dropped down one spot overall, but only lost 10pts on my goal of 13th place. Tomorrow looks rippin!”
US Soaring Teams

The French are very happy with the performance of their pilots, specially Alexandre and Enguerrand, both are on 3 now in the overall scores.

In between the crews had time enough to prepare for the INTERNATIONAL night. The Dutch had an early picture and as you can see they stick to ORANGE.

Time to start with the ripping day!
First launch was at 11 and through the day some mentioned “ripping cloud streets”.

Club; 458 km;…Start gate opened at 12.12.

standard; 512.89 km…..Start gate opened at 12.45.

THE CCR in RIETI
2 August 2022 – 9 August 2022

So the CCR finished already yesterday as the weather for today was not flyable.
That means a bad last day yesterday for team UK. They did not finish so lost their runner up spot and dropped from 2 to 9!!!!!
That was “good” again for the Austrian pilots Reinhard and Heimo , on a daily spot 5 and 7, who are now on spot 2 and 3 overall.
As you can see the CLEAR winner in open class is Max.
1. Maximilian Seis [France] in JS1c/21 m with 3,713 points.
2. Reinhard Haggenmüller [Austria] in ASG29e with 3,343 p.
3. Heimo Demmerer [ Austria ] in Ventus 3M with 3,335 p.

The rest of the scores from the mixed, standard and 15 m class are on ;www.soaringspot.com

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11th FAI Womens World Gliding Championship
Husbands Bosworth, United Kingdom
 13 August 2022 – 27 August 2022

Preparations are in full swing in Husbos. Quite a few pilots have arrived already and some help the organizers with the finishing touch.
Even BBC TV arrived to check.

The practice-tasks for today were small AAT’s.

As promised the pictures from the 10th WWGC, so you know who will be now in Husbos too and when you do not know their faces you do now too.
The open class winners from Lake Keepit.

The standard class winners from Lake Keepit;

Club class winners from Lake Keepit;

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Romain shared happy news;
“Last week was the (XXXI Russian national unlimited aerobatic championships).
After 4 flights and four medals I finished second in this great championship in which 13 unlimited pilots and seven planes took part. An other medal was for the combined results of unknowns programs. And an other medals for freestyle results.
Total 7 medals in the wonderful EXTRA330SC.

Good flights in The Netherlands at Venlo where the Dutch Junior Gliding competition is in progress. [August 6-August 13] with 14 pilots and one guest from Belgium.
But he , Martijn Eerdekens in LS 3, is from Keiheuvel, just over the border, so a bit Dutch.
He won task 2 [311 km. speed 110.61 km./h] and till now they have had 3 tasks, with today task 4; a 3 hour AAT.
Sometimes our top pilots fly around with them in a 2-seater, to teach or support them.

That’s it for today.
Still a bit “OFF” today!!!

Cheers Ritz