FAI European Gliding Championships 2011 - World, Club, Std, 20m Multi seat Class
July 17 - July 30 2011 NITRA, SLOVAKIA

Competition - 27th Jul 2011

2011-07-27 17:19:49

SA is flying home using the engine, other gliders are accounted for.

2011-07-27 17:02:07

all standard class gliders are at home now.

2011-07-27 16:50:41

Today seems to be a valid competition day for all classes :)))

2011-07-27 16:45:01

an outlanding right in front of the airfield have just happened.AKI did not make it home.

2011-07-27 16:41:44

and RI, KA

2011-07-27 16:40:17

first 20m class V8 at home.

2011-07-27 16:30:21

Outlandings:

world class:  TS, Y6, F14, M7 and M8

club class: AKI, CI

standard class: 19

20m multiseat class: DX, DQ, DL, and after engine run are DUO, AM, ARC, YA, 3AB, SP

2011-07-27 16:23:03

first from the club class are at home: IF, 740, 723

2011-07-27 16:18:27

Half of the standard class is at home. Nice :)

2011-07-27 16:16:46

The sun shines at the airfield again and it seems like the conditions has improved at the south.

2011-07-27 16:13:16

A group of standard class is arriving: 21, AK, EI, ET, FL, HAL, HB, LK, V, GP, P

2011-07-27 16:05:50

8K, ET, TA 10km

2011-07-27 15:52:23

Arrivals

First gliders home are SP, YA, DUO, AM, 3AM and ARC - unfortunatelly after using the engine. There have been also first outlandings reported. TS, Y6, F14 from the world class and DX and DQ from double seaters. The main problem were the rain showers that have occured on the south. We are very sorry to announce that the tracking system will not work because there is a softwere problem.

2011-07-27 14:20:14

All gliders are in the air. The weather looks promising in the moment. Good luck to all pilots. 

2011-07-27 13:15:00

The sky is clearing up and the sun is shining. First launch for standards and double seaters is confirmed to 13:30.

2011-07-27 13:03:29

Launching is confirmed to 13:15 loc for the world and club class. Starts for the standard class and double seaters are posponed. 

2011-07-27 12:44:39

First launch is posponed to 13:15

2011-07-27 12:39:23

There is an error on the task sheets. Correct the runway for landing on 33. We appologize for this mistake. 

2011-07-27 12:27:04

The tasks are distributed. Short racing tasks aiming south - southeast are similiar to those from yesterday aproximatelly 100km long. The termals are expected to be weak, cumulus clouds with low bases should appear in our area. First launch is planned for 1pm. 

2011-07-27 10:41:51

There was a new link placed under the photos of the competition. Pilots from the team of Lithuania decided to share their experience from Nitra with us and show the photos they have taken while being here. The link is www.oneblitz.com.  Enjoy:)

2011-07-27 10:32:37

The briefing is over. The weather does not look very promising. The morning fog has not dissolved yet. Slovakia is surrounded by 7 low pressure areas and the air mass is even more unstable than yesterday. The wind should be not significant. There might be some rain showers later in the afternoon. But in these days it is very hard to predict the development of the weather that might change from minute to minute. The tasks setters decided to use the time they still have because of the fog so the task will be placed in teamboxes at 12:00. First launch is planned for 1pm. 

2011-07-27 08:18:19

Good morning everyone!

The airfield is covered with fog that should dissolve before 11 am. Grid is for runway 15. The grid time is 12:45. First launch is expected to be at 1 o´clock pm. The captains meeting is scheduled for 9:30am and the briefing will be held normally at 10 o´clock. See you all there:)