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Wow like the pilots and the organizers, I have to kick off a bit as well from this Sisteron SGP. You have to “bite” yourself into such a competition to share it, otherwise it doesn’t work. Perfect race , perfect winner and 20 TOP PILOTS giving us a great show. THANKS and CONGRATULATIONS to ALL pilots and…
ready for day 8. Picture courtesy SGP organizers SISTERON in the Southern Alps 5:30 PM. What a fantastic week it was. Heroic stuff is what Brian called it. So do I. Even today you thought, “It’s in the pocket,” but then they were in “the weeds” and had to dig themselves out. Being first at…
Today’s last race of the Grand Prix Final in Sisteron will be an exciting one, as 7 pilots still have a chance for a place on the podium… Yesterday Tilo Holighaus was happy to find himself on second place after another fun race around some 300 kilometers and four turn points. Tilo posted a long…
10 AM. What a great day for Didier !!!!! After his out landing the day before he started refreshed and with a GOAL on day 7. Good on him! Flying high and conservative and making speed when he could. Didier , before departure on day 7.
A grand total of 102 gliders and 122 pilots will fly above the beautiful Finnish lakes and forests in hot pursuit of coveted titles of World Gliding Champions this coming summer.
What a great day again! Sometimes a bit scary, then exciting, then just unbelievable … how do they do it? Ingredients today: fast pilots losing in the end because they did not take good lift in between, police to help Bruce get away from the farmers land he landed in, pilots “written off” but returning to the lead! Here is the day for you if you had no time to follow it live. Enjoy!
What an amazing and exciting flight it was yesterday between Bruce and Nicolas. A farmer from the East Coast of Australia (NSW), used to flying over flat country, and an instructor from St Auban in France, used to the mountains and blessed with the skills to fly them. Loved it. They truly deserved the 10 and 8 points and showed how spectacular our sport can be.
It took quite a while before they knew who was the winner yesterday. Penalty points for a too high start … a too early start … a too low finish, all variations passed by. So I thought I’d better look tomorrow and I just did.
They started in Sisteron with day 5 and expectations were HIGH! First launch was at 1.20 PM and the expectation was for a day with thermals, ridge soaring, maybe even wave and maybe some showers–lot of ingredients to make the pilots happy, though the expected 25+ kt wind might be a bit of a “devil”.…
