Here are the provisional results for the 16th FAI European Gliding Championships in Nitra:
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16th FAI European Gliding Championships: News update
by Bill Elliott •
Due to a complicated and rapidly evolving situation here at the 16th FAI European Gliding Championships in Nitra, where showers are racing in on the one side before the top cover has burned off on the other – which way to run??? – World Class will now …
16th FAI European Gliding Championships: Make or break day
by Bill Elliott •
Today, Friday 29th July, dawned sunny and bright at the 16th FAI European Gliding Championships in Nitra but the daunting cloud cover moved in very quickly.
Assigned area tasks, with areas instead of points to fly towards, giving pilots more freedo…
Replay of Day 4 of the 4th FAI World GP Gliding Championship
by Bill Elliott •
If you missed the race live you can watch it again. Commentary and tracking from Day 4 of the FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix 2011. This is the complete race showing the gliders competing head to head on the 28th of July. Screen capture from the 3D tra…
The 4th FAI World GP Gliding Championship at Wasserkuppe Germany is valid
by Bill Elliott •
With the third flown task yesterday the 4th FAI World GP Gliding Championship that is held on Wasserkuppe airfield in Germany is a valid competition. With two more flying days to go we could possibly end up with 6 competition days as today the forth task could be flown. 16 of the 18 pilots managed to reach the airfield today and the finish was quite spectacular with 6 pilots approaching within only a few seconds. First today and now also in the overall ranking was Sebastian Nägel from Germany, the youngest pilot competing, followed by Giorgio Galetto (Italy) and Uli Schwenk (Germany).
4th FAI World GP Gliding Championship: Two great soaring days!
by Bill Elliott •
Yesterday after a dark and rainy morning, the sky became blue in Wasserkuppe at the 4th FAI World GP Gliding Championship and it was possible to have a late start with a small task. The two young German pilots Sebastian Naegel and Patrick Puskeiler bec…
16th FAI European Gliding Championships: Revving up…
by Bill Elliott •
The towplanes are revving up and trundling across the grass towards the grids where the four glider classes are lined up and ready to go.
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4th FAI World GP Gliding Championship: Finally a great soaring day!
by Bill Elliott •
The Contest Director set a short task, but the weather was much better that expected and after an early start, the first two pilots came back archiving a speed of 109 Km/h.
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16th FAI European Gliding Championships: a contest day at last!
by Bill Elliott •
With no flying since Tuesday of last week – you cant count the 40 minutes or so that some were in the air on Sunday – there has finally been a contest day at the 16th FAI European Gliding Championships in Nitra this 26th July.
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