Quallifying FAI event
Pribina Sailplane Grand Prix 2010
September 11 – 18, Nitra, Slovakia

Competition - 13th Sep 2010

2010-09-13 18:06:02

The situation from yesterday repeated and Petr (PX) was the only pilot who was able to complete the task and made this day valid. The winner was already announced and now it is time for dinner.

2010-09-13 17:32:14

We have a winner! Petr (PX) was the first one to finish the task. Congratulations:)

2010-09-13 17:04:32

Petr (PX) on 17 km to Nitra. Hopefully he will make it.  

2010-09-13 17:04:31

Petr (PX) on 17 km to Nitra. Hopefully he will make it.  

2010-09-13 16:51:14

Lubor (LK) outlanded in Šurany.  

2010-09-13 16:42:57

Alena (LJ) on the final. Neither she was able to finish the task. Some gliders are still in the air trying their best to finish the task.

2010-09-13 16:37:21

Tomáš (ZX), Ivan (CZ), Roman (LF), David (LA), Marek (SI), Steffen (L7), Henning (10), Pawel (77) are safely back at the airport however without finishing the task :(

2010-09-13 15:58:03

First outlandings. Christoph (MC) and Mindaugas (MV). The sky is cleaning up and there is increasing amount of high cirrus clouds. Most of the pilots are after the second turning point heading towards the third one. Good luck!

2010-09-13 15:02:39

Start line was opened at 14:55. Two gliders, Werner (BT) and Tim (71) restarted. The competition begins. The weather looks good at the moment. The wind has increased and the cloud bases risen to 1000 m.

2010-09-13 14:25:45

All gliders are in the air. Let´s check the tracking system.

2010-09-13 13:47:34

We can finally see the sun so the starts were confirmed to 14:00.

2010-09-13 13:22:22

Starts are moved to 13:45.

2010-09-13 13:15:07

New videos from the competition are avaliable in the section videos. Check it out:)

2010-09-13 13:03:59

Starts are posponed to 13:30 LOC.

2010-09-13 12:11:05

The sky is still cloudy therefore the task B is valid for today. Expected take off are at 13:00.

2010-09-13 10:28:45

The airport is still covered with fog that is slowly dissolving. The weather is under the influence of the high pressure and we expect it to be slightly better than yesterday. Two tasks are prepared. The task A with the distance of 162,9 km and the task B that is 133 km long. Task A is valid for now.   

2010-09-13 08:50:20

It is almost 9 o´clock and the airport is still covered with fog that should disappear soon. The task is ready and the grid is already open. Runway in use is 33.