OVERALL WINNERS 2011
FAI International Pilots Rankings
NEWS
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Competition - 18th Jul 2011
2011-07-18 18:11:56
All gliders are accounted for. Some pilots are home, some in fields. To see the results check www.soaringspot.com
2011-07-18 17:11:14
First gliders from the standard class reported the position of 10km from the airport. The wind is 4 m/s. The layer of clouds covered the sky above us completely.
2011-07-18 16:51:40
First arrivals from the club class. From the tower we can see some standard class trailers departing from the airfield.
2011-07-18 16:36:14
BI, BZ, T, DL, CBI, M7 and JM at home.
2011-07-18 16:27:43
Most of the double seaters are on the ground. Also some of the gliders from the world class. We are expecting the rest of the pilots. The weather on the last leg seems to be okay at the moment. The sun above Nitra is hidden behind the clouds.
2011-07-18 16:12:22
The wind is slowly changing its direction, but it is not significant. The runway in use is 15. More gliders are at home. TS, 8K, RI, DD and KA. ARC on final glide after using the engine. Some trailers have already left the airport.
2011-07-18 15:49:24
Arrivals
The first few gliders already arrived moslty from world class: EY, EZ and W1. More gliders on final glide. The weather situation has gotten worse. The layer of clouds is coming from the west. There are still some cumulus clouds present.
2011-07-18 13:32:31
After the briefing...
Now we are after the briefing. Before that we have met with team captians again to clarify the recent changes to rules and procedures. This was wery smooth and we could start the brifing on time. Despite the weather did not look promissing in the morning we have prepared the speed tasks via assigned areas for all classes. Since we are in between two airmasses cold in the west and warm and stabile in the east the forecasting was taff. Anyway our weather man Ivan Chlebovec (Chlebik) did a good job and it looks we matched the task with the weather. The first launch planned at 12:30 was kept and the launches started on time. Now all classes after approximately of 50 minute of towing fly in the air. More news later.
2011-07-18 09:07:40
Day 1
The grid is for runway 33 and grid time is 12:30, the pilots briefing is postponed to 11:00 and we will meet Team Captains at 10:30 in the hangar.