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Thermik Fair 2020
Thermik Fair 2020
Alex Ploner talk
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|PG
Regina Glas writes:
On Saturday, January 18th, 2020, the Thermik fair will take place in Stuttgart as part of the CMT. You can see the news in paragliding sport, flight instruments and accessories. But also in the hang gliding area there are highlights such as the flight simulator with 3 D glasses and the lecture "silent about the Alps" by hang gliding flight world champion Alex Ploner and German Actor Steffen Wink. More info on www.thermikmesse.de
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Spring Meeting - Friuli Venezia Giulia Trophy 2020
25 Apr, 2020 - 01 May, 2020, Travesio/Meduno, Italy
Friuli Venezia Giulia Trophy 2019|weather
https://airtribune.com/springmeeting-2020/info/details__info
The Spring Meeting - Friuli Venezia Giulia Trophy, at its 4th edition, is a FAI 2 competition (Hang Gliding class 1, class 5, Sport class) which takes place in a flight zone well known by European pilots. It is also part of the big flying area which have hosted the XXII Hang Gliding World Championship.
The flight area is mainly in the foothill but, depending on weather conditions, it is possible to fly also in the Alps and in the flatland. There are different takeoffs; two of them are in Slovenia and can be chosen in case of changeable weather.
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2019 Italian Open and pre-Europeans
2019 Italian Open and pre-Europeans
Final Results
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|competition|Davide Guiducci|Facebook|Italian Open 2019|Marco Laurenzi|Moyes Litespeed RX|Pre-Europeans 2019|Tullio Gervasoni|Wills Wing T3
https://airtribune.com/cucco2019/results
Task 5:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ALESSANDRO PLONER | icaro laminar z9 | 1000 |
2 | ANTON MORODER | icaro 2000 laminar 13 | 933 |
3 | VALENTINO BAU | ICARO 2000 LAMINAR 14.1 | 925 |
4 | LORENZO DE GRANDIS | Icaro z9 | 915 |
5 | TULLIO GERVASONI | Wills Wing T3 | 879 |
6 | MARCO LAURENZI | Icaro Laminar | 824 |
7 | DAVIDE GUIDUCCI | Icaro 2000 Laminar 13.2 | 821 |
8 | ROBERTO FERIGO | moyes rx14 | 750 |
9 | YEVGEN BUBLYK | Aeros Combat GT 12.4 | 730 |
10 | MYKOLA POLOVYY | Aeros Combat 13.5GT | 697 |
Final Results:
# | Name | Glider | T 1 | T 2 | T 3 | T 4 | T 5 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ALESSANDRO PLONER | icaro laminar z9 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 744 | 1000 | 4744 |
2 | MARCO LAURENZI | Icaro Laminar | 853 | 899 | 876 | 745 | 824 | 4197 |
3 | DAVIDE GUIDUCCI | Icaro 2000 Laminar 13.2 | 853 | 816 | 848 | 700 | 821 | 4038 |
4 | EVGEN LYSENKO | Aeros Combat 12.7C | 852 | 875 | 946 | 709 | 567 | 3949 |
5 | Pedro L. Garcia | Wills Wing T3 144 | 790 | 823 | 807 | 729 | 612 | 3761 |
6 | ROLAND WOEHRLE | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 PRO | 853 | 700 | 795 | 704 | 478 | 3530 |
7 | LORENZO DE GRANDIS | Icaro z9 | 560 | 455 | 840 | 703 | 915 | 3473 |
8 | VALENTINO BAU | ICARO 2000 LAMINAR 14.1 | 605 | 470 | 938 | 487 | 925 | 3425 |
9 | VANNI ACCATTOLI | Moyes rx4 pro | 853 | 406 | 810 | 715 | 605 | 3389 |
10 | TULLIO GERVASONI | Wills Wing T3 | 847 | 406 | 835 | 178 | 879 | 3145 |
Almost a perfect score.
10 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, competition, Davide Guiducci, Facebook, Italian Open 2019, Marco Laurenzi, Moyes Litespeed RX, Pre-Europeans 2019, Tullio Gervasoni, Wills Wing T3
2019 Italian Open and pre-Europeans
2019 Italian Open and pre-Europeans
Montecucco
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|competition|Davide Guiducci|Italian Open 2019|Marco Laurenzi|Moyes Litespeed RX|Pre-Europeans 2019|Tullio Gervasoni|Wills Wing T3
https://airtribune.com/cucco2019/results
# | Name | Nat | Glider | T 1 | T 2 | T 3 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ALESSANDRO PLONER | ITA | icaro laminar z9 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 3000 |
2 | EVGEN LYSENKO | UKR | Aeros Combat 12.7C | 852 | 875 | 946 | 2673 |
3 | MARCO LAURENZI | ITA | Icaro Laminar | 853 | 899 | 876 | 2628 |
4 | DAVIDE GUIDUCCI | ITA | Icaro 2000 Laminar 13.2 | 853 | 816 | 848 | 2517 |
5 | PEDRO L. GARCIA | USA | Wills Wing T3 144 | 790 | 823 | 807 | 2420 |
6 | ROLAND WOEHRLE | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 PRO | 853 | 700 | 795 | 2348 |
7 | TULLIO GERVASONI | ITA | Wills Wing T3 | 847 | 406 | 835 | 2088 |
8 | VANNI ACCATTOLI | ITA | Moyes rx4 pro | 853 | 406 | 810 | 2069 |
9 | VALENTINO BAU | ITA | ICARO 2000 LAMINAR 14.1 | 605 | 470 | 938 | 2013 |
10 | ANTON MORODER | ITA | icaro 2000 laminar 13 | 771 | 452 | 766 | 1989 |
The competition lasts through the 18th.
9 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, competition, Davide Guiducci, Italian Open 2019, Marco Laurenzi, Moyes Litespeed RX, Pre-Europeans 2019, Tullio Gervasoni, Wills Wing T3
2019 Worlds »
2019 Worlds
Results from the last task on Friday
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|competition|Facebook|Filippo Oppici|Flavio Tebaldi|Gary Wirdnam|John Simon|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Suan Selenati|weather|Wills Wing T3|Worlds 2019
Live broadcasts: https://www.facebook.com/hangglidingworldchamp2019/
Live tracking and replays: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=2941
Also live tracking: https://www.livetrack360.com/livetracking/split/2941
Results: http://www.italy2019.com/news/
Results: https://airtribune.com/22nd-fai-world-hg-championship/results
Last task:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Primoz Gricar | GER | 02:55:12 | 925 | |
2 | Peter Neuenschwander | SUI | 02:50:17 | 911 | |
3 | Christian Ciech | ITA | 02:52:04 | 883 | |
4 | Gerd Doenhuber | GER | 03:05:26 | 866 | |
5 | Gary Wirdnam | GBR | 03:10:29 | 833 | |
6 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | 03:16:45 | 785 | |
7 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | 03:16:03 | 781 | |
8 | Glauco Pinto | BRA | 03:16:40 | 775 | |
9 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | 03:16:58 | 771 | |
10 | Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli | BRA | 03:17:13 | 765 |
Final Results:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | 8156 | |
2 | Christian Ciech | ITA | 8073 | |
3 | Primoz Gricar | GER | 7951 | |
4 | Peter Neuenschwander | SUI | 7635 | |
5 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | 7586 | |
6 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | 7463 | |
7 | Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli | BRA | 7351 | |
8 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | 7219 | |
9 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | 7150 | |
10 | Gerd Doenhuber | GER | 7134 |
The last task of the XXII Hang Gliding World Championships, which saw the triumph of the Azzurra expedition led by team leader Flavio Tebaldi both in the individual and team rankings, has just ended.
On the eve of the last task, Italy came from a "control" day, as explained by Tebaldi himself: "We are excited about the result achieved, it was not at all easy to place this one-two - it was our team leader. National - The first few days went just fine and we confiscated important points in view of the final rush that we knew to be dangerous because the opponents would have become familiar with the skies of Friuli Venezia Giulia and consequently they would have given us a hard time. With the advantage accumulated, on Wednesday we preferred to stay in the group in order not to risk, considering also the weather conditions and so we managed to impose ourselves with Ploner and Ciech in general, while in the fundamental team ranking was the contribution of everyone, including the boys that did not bring points but gave us an immense hand in terms of communication: victory is also due to them. I allow myself to make the media aware, because this is an amazing team, perhaps the most medal in the Italian scene, with ten world titles and six consecutive teams, eight individuals (if we count the four earned in the rigid wings) and five Europeans: I believe that these numbers and these guys deserve more respect and consideration".
Today's last scheduled task saw the riders travel 101 km, launching from Mount Cuarnan and then landing at the San Mauro airfield in Premariacco, a town near the enchanting Cividale del Friuli. For statistics lovers, the organizers in this world have succeeded in proposing three different take-offs and landings, thus being able to prepare days of competition with the highest competitiveness, with a weather that has almost always kissed Friuli Venezia Giulia and with a virtually unanimous consensus regarding the quality of the work performed.
Considering the serious risk of thunderstorms that were spreading from Cadore towards Carnia with possible involvement of the high Friuli plain even before evening (among other things with winds coming from different directions), the day's buoys were placed towards Spilimbergo, Cividale del Friuli and Osoppo, with a final landing as mentioned in Premariacco. Immediately after the start, a group of pilots preferred to go into the mountains to avoid being in trouble then; a second one instead, has taken the shortest and fastest way on the plain, going however in difficulty after a few kilometers. Finally, a handful of deltaplanists have decided to take advantage of the second start gate and we talk about the Italians Selenati and Ciech, Majors (USA) and Oliveira (BRA): risky decision considering the day but by real bold, hoping to be able to repeat what happened in task 5 with the victory of John Simon (USA), which took place using this tactic.
After just over 30' of the race, the task immediately made it clear to everyone that it would not be a final catwalk, with several pilots closing their world prematurely and among them also the Colombian fort Velez, landed while he was in sixth position. The leaders of the day, flying at a very good altitude above 1600m on average, was formed among others by Smith, Ruhmer, Peter Neuenschwander, Doenhuber and Gricar (with Germany therefore in full fight for the podium), with the Swiss who in short he managed to amplify his advantage over his pursuers proceeding at a rapid pace. Ruhmer found himself in difficulty at an altitude of 400m, finding a thermal not easy to turn and being thus forced to a rather long stop. For Italy, Ciech and Ploner preferred the risk share in the early stages, unlike Kato who found himself in great difficulty. Good race also for Brazil with Rocha, Sandoli and Pinto, present in the top ten and decided to take home the silver in the team standings.
With more than thirty drivers out of goal, the remainder took the leap to shift their trajectory from the plains to the mountains and someone has even trespassed into Slovenia desperately searching for thermals near the buoy near Cividale: Throssell and Mckay have so quickly climbed over all the drivers further south of them, proceeding more than 70km/h towards Osoppo, with the leading group led by Neuenschwander (in front practically throughout the race), Gricar, Doenhuber and Wirdnam. In the meantime, our Ciech and Ploner have come to light and especially for the Folgaria athlete (among his other victories we remember eight times Italian champion), the possibility of climbing over to General Ploner, having exploited the second start window.
At 20km from the finish, Neuenschwander stopped to regain altitude, aware of the fact that a stop would probably have allowed him to close the goal in first position and quickly gaining altitude and speed; Gricar tried to close the gap, thus re-proposing the challenge already experienced at the end of task 9, but finding Doenhuber with breath on his neck. At 5km from the goal, the Swiss had to beat around having too low a altitude, with Gricar at his heels with more than 800m of difference, ready to anticipate him right on top. Neuenschwander continued undaunted but lowered to 150m at 1.8km from San Mauro, hitting the last cylinder but landing incredibly: it was the first big error in the evaluation of the champion that didn't stop him from finishing second anyway. The task was won by the German Gricar, delayed by a few kilometers, who succeeded in bringing home heavy points for Germany together with his teammate Doenhuber. Third is our Ciech, who, starting with the second window, flew very well, but was unable to overtake his fellow countryman Alessandro Ploner, who thus took home the third individual world title after those of 2009 and 2011, with Italy manages to place also the strong Filippo Oppici in the top ten.
The Italian team:
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2019 Worlds »
2019 Worlds
Results from the eighth task
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|competition|Daniel Vé|Daniel Vélez Bravo|Daniel Vélez Bravo|Facebook|Filippo Oppici|Ian Smith|Manfred Ruhmer|Marco Laurenzi|Moyes Litespeed RX|Suan Selenati|Wills Wing T3|Worlds 2019|Zac Majors
Live broadcasts: https://www.facebook.com/hangglidingworldchamp2019/
Live tracking and replays: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=2941
Also live tracking: https://www.livetrack360.com/livetracking/split/2941
Results: http://www.italy2019.com/news/
Results: https://airtribune.com/22nd-fai-world-hg-championship/results
Task eight:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | 02:00:09 | 977 | |
2 | Primoz Gricar | GER | 01:59:16 | 968 | |
3 | Peter Neuenschwander | SUI | 02:03:30 | 917 | |
4 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | 02:06:34 | 875 | |
5 | Roland Woehrle | GER | 02:06:43 | 870 | |
6 | Glauco Pinto | BRA | 02:07:16 | 864 | |
7 | Marcelo Andrei Gomes Da Rocha | BRA | 02:06:55 | 857 | |
8 | Franz Herrmann | SUI | 02:07:34 | 847 | |
8 | Andrew Hollidge | GBR | 02:07:26 | 847 | |
10 | Daniel Velez | COL | 02:07:19 | 845 |
Greet the Alps that yesterday served as the backdrop for the “infinite” flight of the protagonists of the XXII edition of the Hang Gliding World Championships, the ninth task returned completely to Italy, with a length of 95.5 km to travel from Monte Valinis to Bordon.
The race direction opted for a flight day in the south-western area of Friuli Venezia Giulia, with buoys in Montereale Valcellina, Malnisio and Pian del Cansiglio before the long return to Bordano, anticipated by the last turning point near Buja.
The pilots were able to follow - at least in the initial phase - a line on the mountain ridges, which allowed quite high speeds at the expense of not too generous quotas (in general it flew at 5-600m, much lower than yesterday due to the lack of good thermals).
The first to cross the buoy near Montereale were the Swiss Peter Neuenschwander (author of a very interesting World Championship so far and currently sixth in the individual classification with 5807 points), Franz Hermann and Zac Majors (also yesterday brought to light in the initial phases), however, having to stop before the Piancavallo to take altitude, finding one of the best thermals of the day of about 4m/s.
Ruhmer, the Canadian Smith and also our young Laurenzi, then carried on trying to escape to the Pian del Cansiglio, deviating on the fastest trajectory over the plain, gaining about 3km on the pursuers but having then to make height and consequently re-enter on the own steps. The group formed by the Italians Ciech, Ploner, Oppici, the Brazilians Sandoli and Pinto, Neuenschwander and Ruhmer, managed to climb up to 500m, finding a good current above Castello di Aviano, with Laurenzi having to beaten but managing to recover soon afterwards and turning the buoy near the Piancavallo in the first positions at a reasonable speed.
In the long return to Buja, the competitors have in fact alternated the plain with the mountain, to find the right compromise that would guarantee them adequate speed and altitude without losing too much time. Meanwhile, yesterday's splendid winner Eduardo Oliveira was reported in difficulty, perhaps tried by the fatigues of task 8, which required considerable energy expenditure for all; even worse it went to the Italian Selenati, who played it all for opting for the second start, pulling as much as he could, but unfortunately landing beforehand: a praise, however, due to his resourcefulness.
In the vicinity of Meduno, Ruhmer and Laurenzi have chosen two slightly different trajectories but for both of them the first real moment of difficulty occurred in this world, desperately forced to look for altitude above Clauzzetto. Ruhmer managed to climb the 600m while Laurenzi, after having seriously risked landing outside the goal, entered an appreciable thermal. It went better to the pursuer group formed by Ciech, Kato, Ploner, Pinto, Velez and Oppici, who over Travesio, opting for a line on the ridges, have reached a safety altitude of about 1000m of altitude guaranteeing the possibility of flying calmly until next turning point and then aim directly at landing.
The turning point came a few kilometers later: while most of the pilots, once they gained altitude, deviated towards the south, Neuenschwander and Gricar preferred to continue turning a thermal, which led them to lengthen the route a bit, but allowing them to launch later a few minutes at crazy speed towards Buja's last buoy. On the way to Bordano, a few kilometers away as the crow flies, Ruhmer (who in the meantime had taken the reins of the "paying" group but about 200m above sea level against the Swiss-Austrian duo) was overtaken at more than 80km/h from Gricar, who has thus flown in goal by touching the ground of the landing field first, anticipating the same Ruhmer and Neuenschwander. "Tactical" day for Italy, with Ploner and Ciech respectively sixteenth and seventeenth: waiting for the publication of the official rankings, we will have to watch our back in the last task from Gricar, Alonzi, Crossingham and Neunschwander (these last four fighting for at least for the last step of the podium). Instead, the situation in the team standings should be calmer, where our Azzurri had 1922 points ahead of Brazil and 2326 of Germany ahead of today's task, now winner with Gricar and fifth with Woehrle. Here too the battle for third place is on, with Germany at 16828 points, Japan at 16447 points and Austria at 16387 points, obviously after this task.
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | 7385 | |
2 | Christian Ciech | ITA | 7190 | |
3 | Primoz Gricar | GER | 7026 | |
4 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | 6852 | |
5 | Peter Neuenschwander | SUI | 6724 | |
6 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | 6678 | |
7 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | 6634 | |
8 | Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli | BRA | 6586 | |
9 | Marco Laurenzi | ITA | 6454 | |
10 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | 6369 |
15 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Christian Ciech, competition, Daniel Vé, Daniel Vélez Bravo, Facebook, Filippo Oppici, Ian Smith, Manfred Ruhmer, Marco Laurenzi, Moyes Litespeed RX, Suan Selenati, Wills Wing T3, Worlds 2019, Zac Majors
2019 Worlds »
2019 Worlds
Results from the seventh task, day nine
Akiko Suzuki|Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Christian Pollet|competition|Daniel Vé|Daniel Vélez Bravo|Daniel Vélez Bravo|Facebook|Filippo Oppici|Manfred Ruhmer|Marco Laurenzi|Moyes Litespeed RX|Petr Polach|photo|record|Suan Selenati|weather|Wills Wing T3|Worlds 2019|Zac Majors
Live broadcasts: https://www.facebook.com/hangglidingworldchamp2019/
Live tracking and replays: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=2941
Also live tracking: https://www.livetrack360.com/livetracking/split/2941
Results: http://www.italy2019.com/news/
Results: https://airtribune.com/22nd-fai-world-hg-championship/results
Malcolm Brown writes:
Goal field at the Hang Gliding World Championships in northern Italy. I'm feeling tired after 5 hours flying and a 201km flight to goal. This probably ranks as one of my most memorable flights in 30 years of flying hang gliders. The mountains we flew over today are absolutely stunning. I had my doubts about coming here but I was so wrong.
Matjaz Klemencic writes:
Big task was called today at 200 km taking us from Cercivento north to Austria, over Greifenburg, then to Sillian and back to a bit further from Hermagor. I got to the takeoff where at briefing I noticed my Oudie didn't charge yesterday. I must have mistakenly put the cable in and it was 50% battery was ready for 200km. I managed to charge it a bit with power bank from Evan, thank you so much for that.
Since I was running around making this all happen I somehow managed to make a bigger start cylinder which put me back already at start. I flew quite good after and was with Manfred and rest of the gang after Greifenburg. Here the decision of the day was made as we flew over the valley into shitty area with slow speed and horrifying place to fly over so low. I lost the group and had scratched the ridge to get to the Sillian turnpoint.
Then I flew back to Lienz where I got to 3000m and the direct line was tempting again. I crossed the ridge at about 20 m and found out the landing areas are quite further out then expected. Quite some struggle but I made it out of the trap and went ridge racing towards Hermagor. I was too happy with the nice lift on the way and flew to easily only to find that last part is in complete shade and without any lift. I decked in at about 10k short.
Pilots took other lines that were far better today so I am once again not really happy with my performance. Every day I start good, fly a part with good gaggle but somehow I lose the tempo and get myself somewhere in some shitty place. At least I got my wing to climb well today finally, did some strange settings on my wing with turning things the opposite way it should be. Cost me quite some climbing during the race. Now resting time as tomorrow is yet another task.
Task 7:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Eduardo Oliveira | BRA | 04:17:20 | 986 | |
2 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | 04:20:13 | 956 | |
3 | Primoz Gricar | GER | 04:21:40 | 938 | |
4 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | 04:36:04 | 868 | |
5 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | 04:36:15 | 864 | |
6 | Genki Tanaka | JPN | 04:36:57 | 854 | |
7 | Peter Neuenschwander | SUI | 04:35:52 | 846 | |
8 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | 04:37:38 | 845 | |
9 | Christian Ciech | ITA | 04:39:46 | 842 | |
10 | Gerd Doenhuber | GER | 04:40:12 | 836 |
Eduardo, Grant and Primoz got way ahead of everyone else. Manfred landed out, or so the scoring says so. U have him landing at goal. Maybe he missed a turnpoint?
"When the going gets tough the tough begin to play." In the aftermath of the extraordinary feat of the Italian Alex Ploner, who in fact dominated task 7 with a masterpiece of wit and tactical wisdom seasoned with a clear knowledge of the Friulian skies, the race direction opted for a task not only incredibly long (well over 200km) but even with a landing outside the Italian borders, in neighboring Austria. The dress rehearsals had already been staged a few days ago, with the turning point of task 4 - won from the Alto Cassino di San Cassiano - in the area of Caporetto, in Slovenia. The pilots unanimously asked to be able to engage in even more demanding flights and, once the weather allowed safety on all fronts, they were satisfied with a real mission to the limit of the impossible.
Before moving on to the story of the day, one can not but spend words of praise for Flyve, AeroClub Italia and AeroClub Lega Piloti, who with so many efforts have succeeded in giving to protagonists and enthusiasts something never experienced before even in the maximum expression of this sport , or the world championship competition. Absolute novelty also that concerning the take-off: the nearly 120 remaining in the race have "tasted" today another characteristic mountain of Carnia and precisely the Monte Crostis, Valsecca, in the municipality of Ravascletto, taking flight already from a very high altitude at 1900m . Another wonderful place from which they were able to admire a breathtaking panorama, an appetizer of an epic challenge that surely wrote a page about the history of hang gliding.
The Czech Dan Vyhnalik was among the first to come out in the direction of the first mark; the Dutch Tanzer together with the American Zac Majors, opted instead for a different trajectory. Selenati, after about twenty minutes of the race, took the reins of the flight with speeds that reached almost 90km/h and over, taking advantage of the positive effects of the mountain ranges of the district, trying to imitate yesterday's exploits of compatriot Ploner.
The Colombian Daniel Velez together with the Czech Peter Polach (who delighted the public during the daily live broadcast with live images from his hang glider), closed the gap in a short time, as Selenati was forced to stop to gain overtaken share from the big group positioned higher than him. Having left to make the difference and seek redemption, the strong Friulian had to surrender after a few kilometers, landing unfortunately out of goal. At the turning point in the area of Emberg, where practically everyone arrived following the optimized line, the first to turn was the Swiss Neuenschwander, followed by the Japanese Nagusa, Velez, Smith, Polach and also by our Christian Ciech, second in general individual at 168 points from compatriot Ploner.
Another Japanese person came to light shortly after and we talk about Minoru Kato: taking advantage of one of the classic flying styles of gliders called in technical jargon "a dolphin" (which allows not having to search for thermals flying in fact directed towards the goal at variable speed), was the first to gain the third buoy, followed by Polach, Klemencic, Gricar, Ruhmer, Ploner and the young but enterprising Manuel Revelli, later forced to abandon hostilities even before so many others, a clear sign of the great difficulties today. On the long journey to the cylinder including the area of Sillian, a municipality in the Upper Val Pusteria in East Tyrol, the group fragmented and Neuenschwander also opted for a very different line than the head line which instead preferred the trajectory more short.
Ciech, Ruhmer, Klemencic, Ploner, Oppici and the German Gerd Doenhuber composed the head of the race, advancing more than 90 km/h along the crest of the mountains. The Swiss, with great intuition, has accumulated more than 1000m of difference compared to the others, flying sent to over 105km/h and soon rejoining at the head of the race. As happened to Revelli, in the vicinity of this buoy even the strong Brazilian Glauco Pinto had to land, as did Selenati (see above) and Tanzer who had to say goodbye practically at the same time to dreams of glory.
Meanwhile, the splendid day allowed Markel Neiderman of Sweden to reach 4049m of altitude on his Combat GT, practically a record in this World Championship. A few dozen kilometers from the finish, the head of the race - who chose the optimized trajectory - was formed by the Japanese Kato and among others by the Brazilian Oliveira, by the English Crossingham, by the Germans Woehrle and Gricar, by the French Pollet and Alonzi and from our Oppici and Ploner.
Before the final sprint, at Hermagor (minus 25km on arrival), Gricar and Oliviera opted for full altitude (with thermals of even 6m/s); Minoru Kato together with Pollet, authors of a superlative performance up to that point, instead found themselves in great difficulty losing altitude and for the Japanese there was nothing to do but land before their due, when there was very little to the goal. The Brazilian has thus concluded in first goal after more than four hours of flight (entirely covered by the live broadcast on the official FB page), followed by Crossingham and Gricar. First of the Italians in goal Ploner (fifth) followed by Oppici: Brazil plays the charge and warns our National team, called to defend the 1825 points that separated it from the South Americans at the end of yesterday's task. There will be fun and the last two days of competition (we remind you that from tomorrow to tomorrow the final day of rest will take place and for this reason we invite you to follow the updates on the official FB page) will announce themselves not suitable for the faint of heart.
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | 6554 |
2 | Christian Ciech | ITA | 6360 |
3 | Primoz Gricar | GER | 6058 |
4 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | 5977 |
5 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | 5827 |
6 | Peter Neuenschwander | SUI | 5807 |
7 | Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli | BRA | 5785 |
8 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | 5701 |
9 | Marco Laurenzi | ITA | 5673 |
10 | Yuji Suzuki | JPN | 5553 |
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Results from the sixth task, day eight
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Task 6:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
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1 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | 02:41:51 | 982 | |
2 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | 02:45:14 | 942 | |
3 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | 02:51:42 | 887 | |
4 | Primoz Gricar | GER | 02:52:15 | 886 | |
5 | Christian Ciech | ITA | 02:52:51 | 876 | |
6 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | 02:54:19 | 873 | |
7 | Glauco Pinto | BRA | 02:54:22 | 860 | |
8 | Dan Vyhnalik | CZE | 02:56:45 | 857 | |
9 | Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli | BRA | 02:54:55 | 854 | |
10 | Daniel Velez | COL | 02:58:16 | 853 |
Alex hung with Christian and Manfred but always 1000' or so higher as they approached the second to last turnpoint. When the three of them out in front of all the other pilots headed toward goal (and the last little turnpoint) Christian was a bit too low as was Manfred. Alex with his extra altitude just kept going and was able to get there three to 1 minutes earlier. Extra altitude helps.
Start from Mount Cuarnan and after a few kilometers, all the pilots have opted for the full altitude on the nearby and well-known Chiampon, an area that usually always gives very good thermals.
At the "ready to go" Peter Polach (Czech Republic), Mario Alonzi (Brazil), Daniel Velez (Colombia), Yuji Suzuki (Japan) and an Australian athlete, at important speeds already over 80 km/h. Selenati, as has often happened in these days from deep knowledge of the Friulian skies, has almost immediately set a different trajectory, followed also by other pilots.
Proceeding towards the first two buoys located in the area of Treppo Carnico and in that of Rigolato, a group including the Polish Przezdziak has managed to gain altitude, seizing a thermal with values higher than 7m/s able to lead them to almost 2800m of quote.
At the first turn point Arne Tanzer (the Dutch fort once again came to light) showed up; behind him, among others, Daniel Velez, John Smith (New Zealand), Galovec, Peternel and Klemencic for Slovenia and Gervasoni for Italy. Velez was able to immediately dig a discreet groove, taking the reins of the task in the direction of Rigolato, also flying over the "Kaiser" or the Monte Zoncolan, climbed yesterday by many indomitable cyclists participating in the Gran Fondo "Carnia Classic Fuji - Zoncolan".
In a real alpine flight, most of the pilots immediately understood how fundamental it was to continue to gain altitude: to confirm this, before flying over the Fella, several stopped to look for "breath" and at the top of the race the Austrian Ruhmer is brought along with Alonzi and Velez, with Ploner to lead the blue patrol.
In order to avoid unpleasant surprises, at Gemona, most have abandoned the shorter trajectory above the plain, thus flying over the Regional Natural Park of the Julian Prealps, following the ridge that develops for about 50km and that in favorable weather conditions such as those of today, allowed everyone to maintain a safety quota up to the cylinder placed near Slovenia. However, some of the men of the standings have tried to follow the low profile: among them the Slovenian Matjaz Klemencic, the Czech Peter Polach and the Polish Przezdziak, making it very difficult to continue.
In the skies between Nimis and Attimis, while some pilots were forced to land out of goal considering the very selective task (including Przezdziak himself), Italy took command of the flight thanks to Ciech and Ploner. The meteorological situation was fully captured by the leading group, which turned the last buoy a little further away than the optimized line but with stronger thermal guarantees and greater altitude. On the way back to Bordano, when there were only 20km to go, Ploner managed to get Ruhmer and Ciech off the ground by scoring first with a spectacular tack that sent shivers down the ground. Only the Austrian, detached by about 4 'resisted, because from the third onwards the detachments became heavy beyond 10', demonstrating the superlative task carried out by the South Tyrolean. Another Italian, Filippo Oppici, completed the podium with an excellent performance and the German Primoz Gricar came fourth, with Ciech delayed by the lack of "fuel" on the most beautiful but author of a splendid fifth place.
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | 5686 | |
2 | Christian Ciech | ITA | 5518 | |
3 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | 5511 | |
4 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | 5132 | |
5 | Primoz Gricar | GER | 5120 | |
6 | Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli | BRA | 5034 | |
7 | Peter Neuenschwander | SUI | 4961 | |
8 | Suan Selenati | ITA | 4941 | |
9 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | 4871 | |
10 | Marco Laurenzi | ITA | 4837 |
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A flatland task for the fifth task on the sixth day
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The task:
But most pilots used the hills to find lift then scoot across the flats and back to the hills, showing that the "optimized" course is not necessarily the best course.
Task 5:# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
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1 | John Simon | USA | 02:12:57 | 885 | |
2 | Arne Tanzer | NED | 02:25:32 | 880 | |
3 | Gerd Doenhuber | GER | 02:25:53 | 859 | |
4 | Marco Laurenzi | ITA | 02:25:31 | 851 | |
5 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | 02:25:38 | 848 | |
6 | Daniel Velez | COL | 02:25:44 | 845 | |
7 | Minoru Kato | JPN | 02:27:28 | 835 | |
8 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | 02:27:12 | 831 | |
9 | Primoz Gricar | GER | 02:26:27 | 828 | |
9 | Christian Ciech | ITA | 02:27:18 | 828 |
John Simon took the second clock twenty five minutes after the 1:45 PM clock. He was 21st into goal.
Nene and Georg Schweier landed in the river bed just outside the goal cylinder getting within 90 and 40 meters respectively. They both made the end of speed section. Their distance points were very slightly less than those who made goal, but their speed points were reduced by 20 percent.
After the grueling day yesterday (much appreciated by all the pilots also for the encroachment in Slovenia that gave them unique scenarios), today's task has developed from the Valinis mountain to the by now tested Bordano landing, with a covered length of almost 100km, practically all on the plain.
Three buoys are planned, with a sort of "zig zag": after taking off from Valinis, the pilots headed towards the area between Povoletto and Cividale del Friuli (a very large cylinder) and then headed towards Rivoli di Osoppo, Tarcento and finally return to Bordano at the landing field.
The start of today's task has been of fundamental importance since it causes a very different weather situation from yesterday (damp air in the lower layers has led to a reduction in the cumulative base altitude of 1500-1700m against even 2300m yesterday, not allowing pilots to develop immediately a lot of altitude as pointed out by Damiano Zanocco weather manager), the pilots immediately had to choose between the way of the plain (faster but very risky today) and the one that skirted the hills (longer but more likely to find thermal).
A group of about ten pilots opted for the "low street", but the choice was rather risky because after a few kilometers more than someone, including the New Zealander Matthew Barlow, they were forced to land early in the Buja area. The most correct intuition turned out to be that of the group of the best in the standings, with - among others - the Austrian Ruhmer (yesterday penalized for an early start), the Italians Ploner, Laurenzi and Ciech, the Slovenian Klemencic, who proceeded towards the first target at about 1000m altitude with a speed of 55 km/h. Among them were the two Japanese Tanaka and Sunama and the Brazilian top pilot Glauco Pinto, who went on to form the leading group together with the German Woehrle and Ruhmer himself.
In the return to Rivoli di Osoppo, the Dutchman Arne Tanzer, who in a previous task had given a hard time to his opponents, who has opted to fly over the flat area not without risks, forced to stop before reach the second buoy in a desperate search for altitude to continue his adventure. Even the Italian Suan Selenati chose this strategy, managing to maintain an altitude of 500m but still struggling to find altitude.
Pinto, Woehrle and Selenati have won it by turning around the second turn with the best time and continuing the race, or rather the flight, towards Tarcento after about an hour and forty minutes.
In fact, a situation has emerged with three groups: the one farther north that managed to make a great deal, the central one that touched the second mark in the first position and the one further south, which instead took longer to tack towards the last turn point. On the way to Tarcento, once it has gained enough altitude, the small group of Ciech, Ruhmer, Tanzer and Laurenzi veered towards the route chosen by Pinto, Woehrle and Selenati, in the hope of being able to proceed without the last obstacle. Further stops towards Bordano. Between Artegna and Magnano many pilots have benefited from the so-called "service pump", that is a very strong thermal that usually develops in these areas and that allowed the Colombian Daniel Velez to take the lead allatask towards the final part of the race, followed by Tanzer and the Italian Marco Laurenzi, once again among the leaders albeit at his second experience in a world championship, a high hopeful driver for our national team. The Austrian Ruhmer, the Italian Ploner, the Germans Gricar and Doenhuber and the same Laurenzi have embarked on a thrilling pursuit of Velez, with Ruhmer who hired a great duel with the Colombian at around 15km from the finish overtaking and counter-passing, managing to win and quickly gaining precious seconds.
The most beautiful surprise for the public was the group that presented itself above Bordano fighting for the success of the day, made up of more than ten hang gliders that at speeds greater than 100 km/h gave great excitement to the fans: the Dutch Tanzer and the Italians Laurenzi and Ploner were the first three pilots to touch the ground, under the watchful eyes of the team leader Flavio Tebaldi who thus demonstrated, once again if there was any need, the great technical skills capable of getting the off to the Azzurri in the various rankings.
Cumulative:
Name | Nat | Glider | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | 4704 | |
2 | Christian Ciech | ITA | 4642 | |
3 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | 4569 | |
4 | Marco Laurenzi | ITA | 4411 | |
5 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | 4259 | |
6 | Primoz Gricar | GER | 4234 | |
7 | Suan Selenati | ITA | 4191 | |
8 | Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli | BRA | 4180 | |
9 | Peter Neuenschwander | SUI | 4123 | |
10 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | 4075 |
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Results from the fourth task
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Task 4:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | 02:45:45 | 995 | |
2 | Christian Ciech | ITA | 02:47:56 | 964 | |
3 | Primoz Gricar | GER | 02:48:47 | 952 | |
4 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | 02:48:14 | 944 | |
5 | Glauco Pinto | BRA | 02:49:19 | 939 | |
6 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | 02:50:39 | 920 | |
7 | Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli | BRA | 02:52:40 | 903 | |
8 | Genki Tanaka | JPN | 03:02:04 | 847 | |
9 | Marco Laurenzi | ITA | 03:02:06 | 846 | |
10 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | 03:02:14 | 842 |
Tolmezzo, 19th July 2019
In the longest task of this world championship to date, Italy is still a team to beat. Great is the Brazilian Pinto who redeems the landing out of the third day.
After the stop imposed yesterday due to adverse weather that has actually anticipated the rest day (required by regulation after six consecutive tasks), the XXII World Championship of hang-gliding organized among others by Flyve, Aec Lega Piloti and AeroClub Italia is resumed today with the fourth task, which in the usual morning briefing saw the change of take-off location on Mount Cuarnan near Gemona del Friuli. For the landing instead, once again the Bordano airfield was confirmed, one of the many countries (together with Gemona of course) that on the evening of 6 May 1976 it was razed to the ground by the terrible earthquake, but like all Friuli knew be reborn in a short time and leave again.
Today's task was very demanding, at the moment the longest of the World Championship with almost 143km to go all in one go, with Italy called to defend first place in the team general with 8503 points (according to Brazil with 7746 and third Germany with 7367), as well as the individual where in the order Ploner, Ciech, Selenati and Laurenzi find themselves in the top five positions with a single “intruder” the never-Austrian Austrian Ruhmer, ninth in the FAI ranking and holder of ten world titles.
After the splendid departure from Cuarnan (admired by many people with the "upturned nose" from Gemona del Friuli), the first buoy a few kilometers away was that of Artegna, where our Ciech passed first and left behind the Slovenian Franc Peternel, the compatriot Ploner (second in the flight of debut and in that of the day before yesterday) and two other insidious pilots, like the German Gricar (winner of the second task) and the Swiss Neuenschwander (second Tuesday). The hang gliders continued to the turn point in Slovenia, near Kobarid: for the first time in the history of the World Championships, the race was partially carried out in a different state than the host one, surely due to the organization which it was well spent in order to reach this historic goal.
Polach (Czech Republic), Smith (New Zealand), Majors (USA) and another group managed to find an important thermal just a few kilometers from the turn point across the border; Cantesanu, the only Romanian in the race, has lost altitude instead by landing off goal. Behind this group, the excellent Italian (and Friulian) Suan Selenati quickly arrived; the choice of the group was instead to follow the mountain slope, a fitting decision because in a short time they were re-attached to the fugitives at an altitude of about 2000m of height and over 70km/h of speed.
In the return to Trasaghis, where the third buoy was placed, the leading trio was composed of Gricar, Ciech and Ploner, with Pinto, Ruhmer and Neuenschwander (very fast in the stretch in question) to chase. Most of the group even in this phase, preferred to follow the profile of the mountain, which guaranteed their quotas and speeds always worthy of respect.
Ruhmer first touched the third turn point; unlike the stretch carried out up to that moment along the mountain (continuous line with very high average speed), the path towards the last buoy located at 9km from Cividale del Friuli, flying over a hilly area, required an important mental strategy, where fundamental it was the evaluation of the lines: the development of the heaps and also the flight of the birds, were important references - as underlined by the "meteoman" Damiano Zanocco - transforming the competitive challenge into a real chess game.
Ruhmer continued taking altitude following a line able to make him bypass the plain, flying east and also Ciech, Ploner and Gricar, along with the Brazilian Pinto, opted for this choice. Neuenschwander instead chose the trajectory from Cuarnan (today's take-off site) towards the south, about 3 km from the other pilots, climbing well but not quickly and soon being overtaken by the first group just mentioned that in the meantime had reached almost more than 2000m.
Ciech, Ruhmer and Ploner once again composed the leading group flying at 2200m at about 85km/h "at full throttle" towards Cividale; in the Nimis area they found a thermal with good values (more than 4m/s) and took advantage of the full altitude. In the equally fast return to Bordano, Alex Ploner - thanks to a wonderful tactical choice that guaranteed him a stable speed towards landing more than 70 km/h without ever having to stop to resume altitude - he managed to take a good margin of advantage over Ciech and Ruhmer scoring first with a time of 02.45.46 anticipating the Austrian and his teammate, thus putting another important seal on both the individual journey and the Azzurri towards the final goal.
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Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | 3856 | |
2 | Christian Ciech | ITA | 3814 | |
3 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | 3738 | |
4 | Marco Laurenzi | ITA | 3560 | |
5 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | 3487 | |
6 | Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli | BRA | 3473 | |
7 | Suan Selenati | ITA | 3448 | |
8 | Primoz Gricar | GER | 3406 | |
9 | Peter Neuenschwander | SUI | 3318 | |
10 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | 3260 |
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The German version
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Thursday, July 18, 2019 - rest day The weather forecast is against a flight day, so the day was already canceled on Wednesday evening!
Wednesday, July 17, 2019 - 3rd passage - 76 km with destination Bordano
Kajo reports: Flying is the best medicine This morning, no cock woke me, but my back pain. Damn, and I was hoping they would go away overnight. As the youngest member of the team, I feel very old now. But thanks to the loving care of Anna and Regina and with the support of various tablets, it has at least a little better.
Today the organizers wanted to see us on the mountain even earlier. After a surprisingly uneventful, already boring ride, we arrived more than punctual at the start. After the comfortable building a few umbrellas lulled low over the start. Well that did not look so outstanding. And why did we leave earlier? Over time, the conditions improved and it was a small 78 km task tender. You could either fly on direct route through the lowlands or took the detour via the supposedly faster mountains. Like almost everyone else, I opted for the direct route. The day got better with time and we were able to finish quickly.
After Primoz and Roland I came as the third German pilot to the finish and was thus able to make my contribution to the team ranking. To the delight of our driver, a short time later, the other three arrived. Every minute, almost 100 pilots flew to the finish and provided plenty of exciting landing approaches. Fortunately, the Landewiese is so big that you always find a gap between the other dragons.
Much to my relief, my back was much better after the flight. The mix of adrenaline and happiness hormones has probably worked wonders. At dinner (the Uli has conjured a delicious curry) we learn that tomorrow will not be flown. It is bad weather approaching and the organizers canceled the day tomorrow. So let's end the day with a glass of wine quite comfortably and make plans for our first rest day. Greetings from Tolmezzo Kajo.
All pilots are in the air. The time has been running since 14:15. We are just on a cappuccino to look at the live tracking, then go full throttle into the finish to Bordano. Yes, the distances to the starting place and back to the finish are not without!
Exciting finish: Alex Ploner ahead of Manfred Ruhmer and Marco Laurenzi. From us Primoz, Roland, Kajo, Jörg, Semo and Gerd are (in this order) in the finish. Today we were not among the fastest, but we'll see what's on the bottom of the list. Regina.
Tuesday, July 16, 2019 - Primoz wins the day's victory
Primoz reports: After the first task, I was not completely satisfied with my performance. It was clear, more determination was needed. Task 2 has brought better weather, base up to 2200m and good climbs. The route went back and forth along the hills, with a jump to the north and the goal in Bordano near Gemona.
My start this time was with the first group, although not the highest - homework !! With sparkling decisions, faster gliding and a little luck, I was able to gradually settle from the main pulp, but finally after the Gemona valley crossing. From there we had the lead with Christian. The turnaround behind Tolmezzo has proven to be quite complicated. But Christian seemed to know what he was doing, and in fact we were able to dig ourselves out of the vegetables. In addition, there was the Peter and has shown a great trail back. Straight to the lee of a rocky mountain.
The expected rodeo arrived, which I had survived best and was able to turn up with Peter. Christian stayed a bit deeper while searching for the thermals. At the penultimate turn, 15 km from the finish we met the Manfred, he flew his own route and has overtaken all. When he sees us, he is deep in the direction of the last turn, Peter and I have turned up at the point up to 1900 m, until the final approach calculator 8: 1 has shown. From there, gas was the best tactic. Greetings at home and keep your fingers crossed! Primoz.
3rd place in the team ranking, that's the result of today - yeahh! And thanks to Primoz, who won today's victory of the day ahead of Peter Neuenschwander and Manfred Ruhmer. Gerd flew in 9th place and Roland on rank 27. Kajo and Semo many at the end of the Talwind victim. Now the boys are going to eat pizza, they deserve it. Roland needs his daily Italian ice cream and kajo and I hold the position here at home. Kajo has to treat his lumbago, but he'll get it back tomorrow. I still have a lot to prepare for tomorrow.
Monday, July 15, 2019 - 86 km from Meduno to Bordano
Gerd reports: Airy Travel Day 1 Today the cock crowed early. The competition begins! Getting up at dawn and eating the meal so that we would not get hounded right at the beginning - at least that was the plan. Then we should make a little wrong decision regarding the route, we decided on the way over the highway. Already the driveway cost us the first minutes because of technical problems. This should have been against the time we wanted to leave the highway again, nor the lesser evil. After 25 minutes of waiting time and lane change in the back of our coach, the pilots were slowly nervous and showed, each in his own individual way, signs of mild restlessness. Our estimated time of arrival shifted noticeably in the direction of the planned race start. Arrived at the toll booth, this was then attached to his telephone set and not willing to grant us early passage. But this angered the driver of our coach a lot and he threw him unkind words to his ear. Since the latter was not able to speak the same language, luckily there were no further delays, and we were then able to continue our journey unmolested. The timetable should not turn out to be as strict as announced - despite globalization, Italy has fortunately been preserved. So we could start our intended hang glider flight as hoped with all others.
The weather conditions were not optimal, but despite shadows were updrafts available and you could work out with some initial effort a nice height, from which we began our breezy journey over 87km. The thermal conditions improved and our pack was on the journey at a considerable speed. That this should be better was clear in the further daily routine, as more and more showers poured in the area. Many dragons were able to master the way to the finish. Among them were Kajo, Semo (Georg), Roland, Primoz and myself from our German troupe. Brother Jörg, however, the rain played badly. The showers spread around him and prevented his further journey to the finish. Not only that, when folding his glider, the rain should anticipate the shower that was actually planned in our accommodation. Now that we have finished our supper and have taken our supper, we will lay down and wait for tomorrow's new day. Good night's sleep on all sides, Gerd.
Again we started this morning. First at 8:30 am Teamleaderbriefing, then briefly stopped by our landlady to pick up a modem and then quickly from the direction of Meduno. Our boys left before me, so I had to accelerate. Finally, we wanted to complete the sticker campaign for the leading edges today.
The organizers want to send us out early this morning, because it should overdevelop soon. Anna, Roland's partner drove me. Direct way is announced, which is 5 minutes faster than the highway, says the Navi. I hope I did not miss a speed camera and sometimes I looked aside to see if Anna still had color on her face. But she was brave. I gave gas. After 1:15 minutes arrived at the launch site, everyone was already there, but not our boys. Oh dear, which way have you taken the well? An hour later - finally, the bus turns the corner. It was probably an odyssey. The tolls on the highway did not work at all. Already at the ticket rent went nothing, then when paying at the toll booth… our so quiet driver Uli has probably been a little irritated and accused the quiet calling Mautstellenkassier as Grattler… Thank God he did not understand Bavarian Language, otherwise he would have kept the boys waiting longer.
But luckily the already started paragliders could only sink into the valley and the competition organizers were still waiting with the briefing. Everything in the time frame. At some point, the Meet Director finally called for the briefing: 86 km towards Aviano then the finish to Bordano. Everything was ratzfatz, our boys were fast in the air. This time I could not drive fast enough to get to the finish in time, then there were already about 30 pilots. Including Gerd, Roland, Semo and Primoz. Kajo hit hard and came soon afterwards and that with fancy Vario half way. Thankfully, there are the trackers that still record the track. Jörgi had to land in front of the finish. He took another involuntary shower in the pouring rain. Three Italians won the day today: Christian Ciech ahead of Alex Ploner and Suan Selenati. Greetings from Tolmezzo Regina.
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Day three results
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Task 3:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | km/h | Total |
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1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | 01:45:52 | 39.3 | 993 | |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | 01:45:46 | 39.3 | 987 | |
3 | Marco Laurenzi | ITA | 01:46:46 | 38.9 | 953 | |
4 | Christian Ciech | ITA | 01:47:56 | 38.5 | 948 | |
5 | Suan Selenati | ITA | 01:48:14 | 38.4 | 942 | |
6 | Daniel Velez | COL | 01:48:45 | 38.2 | 928 | |
7 | David Brito Filho | BRA | 01:48:37 | 38.3 | 923 | |
8 | Marcelo Andrei Gomes Da Rocha | BRA | 01:48:38 | 38.3 | 921 | |
9 | Arne Tanzer | NED | 01:50:29 | 37.6 | 898 | |
10 | Pedro L. Garcia | USA | 01:51:26 | 37.3 | 892 |
Italy, led by Flavio Tebaldi, is still confirmed as a team to beat, with four drivers scoring in the top five. Only the stainless Austrian Ruhmer resists.
Third task, particularly short, not easy due to the variable weather conditions that have caused difficulties for all the national teams, which have adopted various strategies to try to get by. A very different situation from yesterday, typical "pre frontal" with destabilization in the low strata and a cold disturbance coming from the Veneto region - as explained by the "meteoman" of the organization Damiano Zanocco - has meant that the plain is "awakened", allowing pilots at least partially to be able to risk even the fastest but also risky line.
Selenati immediately took altitude, moving after a few km from the start to more than 1000m, together with team-mate Ciech, Klemenich (SLO), Ruhmer (AUT), Garcia (ESP) and Polach (CZ), trying to exploit the plain towards the first of the two turning points of the day, located in the specific case near Cividale del Friuli, the splendid town founded by Giulio Cesare who became Lombard capital of Friuli in his time. The route then included the return flying over the hilly area of ??the middle Friuli also touching Mount Bernadia near Nimis (another place well known by local flight enthusiasts), before "touching" the second buoy near Gemona and landing as always in Bordano.
Few pilots chose the longest trajectory near the ridge, which allowed them to gain altitude faster but having to complete more kilometers to reach the first buoy in Cividale; only the Slovenian Stanislav Galovec dared to start from the third window made available by the organization, but found itself flying by itself without any reference.
At the first turning point came in the order Ruhmer (AUT), Ciech (ITA) and Sandoli (BRA), who anticipated Laurenzi (ITA), Glauco Pinto (the very strong reigning Brazilian champion with many records also on distance) and the Slovenian Matjaz Klemencic. Given the difficult weather conditions, some drivers had to "raise the white flag" landing well before reaching the goal: even Pinto himself had to surrender shortly after Cividale and this was the real coup of the day.
Misfortune also for the only woman in the race, the Japanese Sato, who suffered an accident "piercing" out of goal: immediate rescue operations taken from the operations center in Tolmezzo, where three people are constantly on the monitors and follow the pilots' tracks. In close collaboration with the Alpine Rescue Service, the athlete was reached and transported to the hospital for the necessary ritual checks; his condition does not cause concern and a good "good luck" prompt recovery has come from the whole movement.
Tanzer, class of '89, Dutch, then tried to escape while losing a bit of altitude; the "sail" was pursued by Ploner, Laurenzi, Ruhmer, Ciech and Selenati, who tried to fly as fast as possible to the second and final turning point, maintaining an average altitude of 1000 m which actually allowed them to reach Bordano in a short time. Not having to stop in search of thermals, on the landing field our Ploner champion, the Austrian Ruhmer, the excellent young promise of the flight (Flyve branded) Marco Laurenzi, Christian Ciech and the Suan Selenati from Friuli arrived which thus completed the masterpiece "made in Italy".
This is the ranking of the first drivers in goal. Once the scoring system has been developed that takes into account different variables, the final one will be published on this site: https://airtribune.com/22nd-fai-world-hg-championship/results. On the official FB page of the event and on the website www.italy2019.com, the same will be done and specifically the evening will be published the provisional ranking of the day and the following morning instead, the general official one.
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | 2861 | |
2 | Christian Ciech | ITA | 2850 | |
3 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | 2794 | |
4 | Suan Selenati | ITA | 2781 | |
5 | Marco Laurenzi | ITA | 2714 | |
6 | Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli | BRA | 2570 | |
7 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | 2567 | |
8 | Tyler Borradaile | CAN | 2548 | |
9 | Peter Neuenschwander | SUI | 2522 | |
10 | Primoz Gricar | GER | 2454 |
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2019 Worlds »
2019 Worlds
Results
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|competition|Facebook|Manfred Ruhmer|Primoz Gricar|Suan Selenati|Worlds 2019
Live broadcasts: https://www.facebook.com/hangglidingworldchamp2019/
Big river beds all around:
Malcolm Brown's LZ.
The results apparently aren't going to be published here: https://airtribune.com/22nd-fai-world-hg-championship/results
Now, instead of HTML they are publishing in PDF, which totally sucks.
Task 2:
http://www.italy2019.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Task_2_Unofficial.pdf
1. Primoz Gricar (GER) 03.08.23
2. Peter Neuenschwander (SWI) 03.08.29
3. Manfred Ruhmer (AUT) 03.09.06
4. Christian Ciech (ITA) 03.12.33
4. Suan Selenati (ITA) 3.00.05
6. Alex Ploner (ITA) 03.13.48
7. Glauco Pinto (BRA) 03.14.07
8. Marco Laurenzi (ITA) 03.18.11
9. Gerd Doenhuber (GER) 03.18.41
10. Mario Alonzi (FRA) 03.18.41
Cumulative:
http://www.italy2019.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Overall_Provisional_0716.pdf
I guess that they are just not interested in working with the press.
http://www.italy2019.com/2019/07/16/classifiche-aggiornamento-quotidiano/
Manfred took a course line all his own after the third turnpoint going far south of the optimized course line while almost everyone else went to the north of the line. This allowed him to jump into first place.
He was not high enough to sustain that position as Primoz and Peter got much higher behind him and we able to get to goal a little sooner.
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2019 Worlds
Results
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|competition|Facebook|Filippo Oppici|Jeff Chipman|Manfred Ruhmer|Marco Laurenzi|Petr Polach|Suan Selenati|Wills Wing T3|Worlds 2019|Yoko Isomoto|Yoko Sano|Zac Majors
Live broadcasts: https://www.facebook.com/hangglidingworldchamp2019/
From the Italian team:
Christian Ciech 1, Alex Ploner 2, Suan Selenati 3, Marco Laurenzi 4, Filippo Oppici 6.
Felix Cantesanu at goal.
Apparently nearby storm cells and some rain on the course caused some pilots to land to be safe. Seventy five pilots in goal.
https://airtribune.com/22nd-fai-world-hg-championship/results
Task 1:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Christian Ciech | ITA | 01:29:04 | 992 | |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | 01:29:46 | 977 | |
3 | Suan Selenati | ITA | 01:32:28 | 929 | |
4 | Marco Laurenzi | ITA | 01:37:09 | 886 | |
5 | Peter Neuenschwander | SUI | 01:37:37 | 881 | |
6 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | 01:37:47 | 875 | |
7 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | 01:37:45 | 869 | |
8 | Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli | BRA | 01:38:03 | 867 | |
9 | Glauco Pinto | BRA | 01:38:00 | 864 | |
10 | Marcelo Andrei Gomes Da Rocha | BRA | 01:38:41 | 862 |
Penalties:
Jeff Chipman 100% 0 Airspace Infringement
Zac Majors 100% 0 Airspace Infringement
Yoko Sano 100% 0 Airspace Infringement
Petr Polach 100% 0 Airspace Infringement
15 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Christian Ciech, competition, Facebook, Filippo Oppici, Jeff Chipman, Manfred Ruhmer, Marco Laurenzi, Petr Polach, Suan Selenati, Wills Wing T3, Worlds 2019, Yoko Isomoto, Yoko Sano, Zac Majors
Trofeo Valerio Albrizio
They flew one more day
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Christian Pollet|competition|Davide Guiducci|Gary Wirdnam|Icaro 2000|Manfred Ruhmer|Marco Laurenzi|Moyes Litespeed RX|Petr Polach|Suan Selenati|Trofeo Valerio Albrizio 2019|Tullio Gervasoni|Ubaldo Romano|Wills Wing T3
32nd Trofeo Valerio Albrizio
https://airtribune.com/xxxii-valerio-albrizio-trophy/results
Task 3:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Lead. Points |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alessandro Ploner | Icaro Laminar Z9 | 02:22:23 | 103.4 | 989 |
2 | Christian Ciech | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 02:22:22 | 89.9 | 987 |
3 | Marco Laurenzi | Icaro Laminar | 02:22:48 | 97.7 | 964 |
4 | Petr Polach | Moyes Litespeed RX 4 Pro | 02:36:28 | 93.8 | 846 |
5 | Manfred Ruhmer | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 02:40:24 | 92.8 | 811 |
6 | Christian Pollet | Aeros Combat C | 02:41:40 | 90.4 | 794 |
7 | Suan Selenati | Wills Wing T3 144 | 02:39:32 | 57.9 | 787 |
8 | Gary Wirdnam | Icaro Laminar | 02:40:58 | 74.8 | 786 |
9 | Tullio Gervasoni | Wills Wing T3C 144 C | 02:52:46 | 67.9 | 717 |
10 | Ubaldo Romano | Aeros Combat 12.7 C | 02:52:51 | 67.7 | 714 |
Final:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Alessandro Ploner | Icaro Laminar Z9 | 2978 |
2 | Christian Ciech | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 2915 |
3 | Manfred Ruhmer | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 2604 |
4 | Marco Laurenzi | Icaro Laminar | 2548 |
5 | Suan Selenati | Wills Wing T3 144 | 2440 |
6 | Christian Pollet | Aeros Combat C | 2261 |
7 | Tullio Gervasoni | Wills Wing T3C 144 C | 2143 |
8 | Gary Wirdnam | Icaro Laminar | 2139 |
9 | Petr Polach | Moyes Litespeed RX 4 Pro | 2055 |
10 | Davide Guiducci | Icaro 2000 Laminar 13.2 | 2018 |
Thanks to Tullio for this correction.
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32nd Valerio Albrizio Trophy
A two day competition
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Christian Pollet|competition|Davide Guiducci|Icaro 2000|Manfred Ruhmer|Marco Laurenzi|Suan Selenati|Tullio Gervasoni|Ubaldo Romano|Valerio Albrizio Trophy 2019|Wills Wing T3
https://airtribune.com/xxxii-valerio-albrizio-trophy/results
Day 1:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alessandro Ploner | Icaro Laminar Z9 | 02:23:12 | 997 |
2 | Christian Ciech | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 02:23:15 | 985 |
3 | Manfred Ruhmer | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 02:24:44 | 955 |
4 | Suan Selenati | Wills Wing T3 144 | 02:31:05 | 881 |
5 | Konrad Baumgartner | A-I-R Atos VQ | 02:31:32 | 742 |
6 | Marco Laurenzi | Icaro Laminar | 02:51:53 | 741 |
7 | Davide Guiducci | Icaro 2000 Laminar 13.2 | 02:52:10 | 734 |
8 | Ubaldo Romano | Aeros Combat 12.7 C | 03:02:16 | 681 |
9 | Christian Pollet | Aeros Combat C | 03:03:04 | 680 |
10 | Tullio Gervasoni | Wills Wing T2C 144 C | 03:05:14 | 674 |
Day 2:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alessandro Ploner | Icaro Laminar Z9 | 02:00:18 | 992 |
2 | Christian Ciech | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 02:03:29 | 943 |
3 | Marco Laurenzi | Icaro Laminar | 02:12:18 | 843 |
4 | Manfred Ruhmer | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 02:11:27 | 838 |
5 | Davide Guiducci | Icaro 2000 Laminar 13.2 | 02:12:22 | 823 |
6 | Chrigel Kuepfer | Moyes Litespeed S 4.5 T | 02:16:11 | 801 |
7 | Christian Pollet | Aeros Combat C | 02:16:12 | 787 |
8 | Suan Selenati | Wills Wing T3 144 | 02:18:06 | 772 |
9 | Tullio Gervasoni | Wills Wing T2C 144 C | 02:19:31 | 752 |
10 | Lorenzo De Grandis | Icaro Z9 | 02:21:09 | 747 |
Final results
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Alessandro Ploner | Icaro Laminar Z9 | 1989 |
2 | Christian Ciech | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 1928 |
3 | Manfred Ruhmer | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 1793 |
4 | Suan Selenati | Wills Wing T3 144 | 1653 |
5 | Marco Laurenzi | Icaro Laminar | 1584 |
6 | Davide Guiducci | Icaro 2000 Laminar 13.2 | 1557 |
7 | Christian Pollet | Aeros Combat C | 1467 |
8 | Chrigel Kuepfer | Moyes Litespeed S 4.5 T | 1433 |
9 | Tullio Gervasoni | Wills Wing T2C 144 C | 1426 |
10 | Konrad Baumgartner | A-I-R Atos VQ | 1381 |
Why are the Italians always yelling on the internet? (All the pilot and glider names on their score pages are in all-caps.)
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The top ten in the World
The top ten in the World
As of May 5th.
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|CIVL|Filippo Oppici|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Quest Air|Steve Blenkinsop|Thomas Weissenberger
9 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Attila Bertok, Christian Ciech, CIVL, Filippo Oppici, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Quest Air, Steve Blenkinsop, Thomas Weissenberger
Spring Meeting - Friuli Venezia Giulia Trophy 2019
Results for the final day
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|competition|Filippo Oppici|Friuli Venezia Giulia Trophy 2019|Marco Laurenzi|Suan Selenati|Wills Wing T3
https://airtribune.com/springmeeting-2019/results
Task 3:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Christian Ciech | Icaro Laminar | 03:02:25 | 995 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | Icaro Laminar | 03:02:34 | 988 |
3 | Peter Neuenschwander | Aeros Combat | 03:03:17 | 951 |
4 | Suan Selenati | Wills Wing T3 | 03:08:05 | 936 |
5 | Benedikt Braun | Aeros Combat | 03:19:13 | 853 |
6 | Filippo Oppici | Wills Wing T3 | 03:20:58 | 839 |
7 | Arturo Dal Mas | Wills Wing T2C | 03:23:02 | 829 |
8 | Olav Opsanger | Moyes Litespeed | 03:27:16 | 810 |
9 | Roland Woehrle | Moyes Litespeed | 03:39:21 | 769 |
10 | Andrew Hollidge | Wills Wing T2C | 03:42:04 | 757 |
Final:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Christian Ciech | Icaro Laminar | 1982 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | Icaro Laminar | 1925 |
3 | Peter Neuenschwander | Aeros Combat | 1920 |
4 | Suan Selenati | Wills Wing T3 | 1841 |
5 | Filippo Oppici | Wills Wing T3 | 1767 |
6 | Arturo Dal Mas | Wills Wing T2C | 1556 |
7 | Marco Laurenzi | Icaro Laminar | 1506 |
8 | Roland Woehrle | Moyes Litespeed | 1465 |
9 | Francois Isoard | Aeros Combat | 1428 |
10 | Olav Opsanger | Moyes Litespeed | 1416 |
8 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Christian Ciech, competition, Filippo Oppici, Friuli Venezia Giulia Trophy 2019, Marco Laurenzi, Suan Selenati, Wills Wing T3
Spring Meeting - Friuli Venezia Giulia Trophy 2019
The weather turns
competition|Friuli Venezia Giulia Trophy 2019|weather
https://airtribune.com/springmeeting-2019/blog__day_5
Pilots are already on takeoff. Weather seems perfect today, so we expect to go in the air early in the afternoon for a consistent task.
Because pilots weren't assigned Flymaster trackers through Airtribune, live tracking on Airtribune doesn't work for this competition. Follow the pilots on the Flymaster web site.
The task has started: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=2636
You can see the Replay from yesterday here: https://airtribune.com/play/4032/2d at the two times faster speed (compared to the Flymaster web site). The Airtribune replay uses the IGC files found here: https://airtribune.com/springmeeting-2019/results. The Airtribune Replay user interface is vastly superior to the Flymaster Playback user interface. It does have a problem with screen clutter on cell phones.
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Spring Meeting - Friuli Venezia Giulia Trophy 2019
Results
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|competition|Filippo Oppici|Friuli Venezia Giulia Trophy 2019|Marco Laurenzi|Primoz Gricar|Suan Selenati
https://airtribune.com/springmeeting-2019/results
Task 2 (a 40 kilometer task starting at almost 4 PM):
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Primoz Gricar | Aeros Combat | 01:11:30 | 389 |
2 | Christian Ciech | Icaro Laminar | 01:13:12 | 370 |
3 | Anton Moroder | Icaro Laminar | 01:13:40 | 367 |
4 | Suan Selenati | Wills Wing T2C | 01:16:06 | 362 |
5 | Alessandro Ploner | Icaro Laminar | 01:16:17 | 352 |
6 | Filippo Oppici | Wills Wing T2C | 01:16:27 | 350 |
7 | Marco Laurenzi | Icaro Laminar | 01:19:07 | 342 |
8 | Peter Neuenschwander | Aeros Combat | 01:24:04 | 328 |
9 | Francois Isoard | Aeros Combat | 01:27:09 | 317 |
10 | Joost Eertman | Icaro Laminar | 01:27:58 | 315 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Christian Ciech | Icaro Laminar | 982 |
2 | Peter Neuenschwander | Aeros Combat | 965 |
3 | Alessandro Ploner | Icaro Laminar | 932 |
4 | Filippo Oppici | Wills Wing T2C | 923 |
5 | Anton Moroder | Icaro Laminar | 920 |
6 | Suan Selenati | Wills Wing T2C | 900 |
7 | Marco Laurenzi | Icaro Laminar | 853 |
8 | Francois Isoard | Aeros Combat | 817 |
9 | Joost Eertman | Icaro Laminar | 786 |
10 | Matjaz Klemencic | Moyes Litespeed | 770 |
8 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Christian Ciech, competition, Filippo Oppici, Friuli Venezia Giulia Trophy 2019, Marco Laurenzi, Primoz Gricar, Suan Selenati
Spring Meeting - Friuli Venezia Giulia Trophy 2019
Mostly canceled tasks
Facebook|Friuli Venezia Giulia Trophy 2019|video|weather
https://airtribune.com/springmeeting-2019/blog__day_4
Wednesday is a possible recovery day due to all the bad weather.
Pilots are on the takeoff, we had rain during the morning but we plan a late task in the afternoon, when weather should improve enough for a go.
Pilots will have a briefing at 13:00
The first flying day: https://youtu.be/VPP3_Cdnou0
The task has started: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=2636
Task has started for all classes. It's a 40 km task for class 1 and 5, and 15 km for Sport class.
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Spring Meeting - Friuli Venezia Giulia Trophy 2019
One task so far
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Davide Guiducci|Filippo Oppici|Friuli Venezia Giulia Trophy 2019|Suan Selenati
https://airtribune.com/springmeeting-2019/blog__day_2
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Peter Neuenschwander | Aeros Combat | 01:22:01 | 637 |
2 | Christian Ciech | Icaro Laminar | 01:23:18 | 612 |
3 | Alessandro Ploner | Icaro Laminar | 01:27:53 | 580 |
4 | Filippo Oppici | Wills Wing T2C | 01:28:20 | 573 |
5 | Matjaz Klemencic | Moyes Litespeed | 01:28:29 | 569 |
6 | Davide Guiducci | Icaro Laminar | 01:29:21 | 565 |
7 | Anton Moroder | Icaro Laminar | 01:31:12 | 553 |
8 | Andrew Hollidge | Wills Wing T2C | 01:32:22 | 546 |
9 | Arturo Dal Mas | Wills Wing T2C | 01:34:44 | 539 |
10 | Suan Selenati | Wills Wing T2C | 01:33:55 | 538 |
6 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Christian Ciech, Davide Guiducci, Filippo Oppici, Friuli Venezia Giulia Trophy 2019, Suan Selenati
Category 1 vs. Category 2 hang gliding competitions
Category 1 vs. Category 2 hang gliding competitions
It is a matter of perceptions
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|CIVL|Wilotree Park|World Pilot Ranking Scheme
A few years ago Category 1 competitions were worth more than Category 2 competitions when counted in available WPRS points. This is no longer the case as a matter of preliminary valuation. All competitions are treated the same and their value to pilots based on the WPRS points that they could receive is determined by the ranking of the pilots attending the competition. Get a bunch of top ranked pilots to come to your competition and it becomes more valuable.
So how do you get the top ranked competition pilots to come to your competition, if you want to have a high valued competition?
FAI and CIVL control the names of all the competitions. You cannot name your competition the World anything or the Pan-American anything and still get CIVL sanctioning (and thereby WPRS points). Your national CIVL-recognized hang gliding association will most likely not allow you to use these names in your competition either, even without CIVL sanctioning.
But there is power in a name. For example, multiple time World Champion Alex Ploner attended (and won) the 2018 European Championships (not for the first time), but didn't attend the Friuli Venezia Giulia which served as the test competition for the 2019 Class 1 Worlds. By controlling the names, CIVL determines the perception that pilots have about the value of a specific competition.
So we have a little trick played on us and we play it on ourselves. We want to go to the competition with the best pilots so we go to the competitions with the fanciest names. We are even willing to pay quite a premium to attend these competitions. We expect them to attract pilots from far and wide.
That is not to say that, say the 2018 Big Spring Nationals, can't be just as competitive. After all, former World Champion Attila Bertok attended this competition, coming all the way from Australia. But then it may have been the fact that he had won the competitions there the three previous times he competed including the 2007 Worlds.
It is not only the pilots that perceive the value of these names. The town of Big Spring is very excited about the possibility of a 2020 Pan-American Championships. The mayor of Groveland would like some good news and is happy to support our efforts to get the 2020 Worlds to Wilotree Park and Sheets airfield just south of town.
Big Spring will bring $27,000 worth of services to support the 2020 Pan-American Games. They normally supply a very significant amount of services for the Big Spring Nationals, almost at this level. But we will be required to bring in CIVL officials at a cost of $19,000. So the costs are significant.
We will vigorously go after a major sponsor for each competition to help offset these costs. The names of the competitions should help us find sponsors.
We would love it to be the case that hang glider pilots could just agree to attend major competitions without having to pay additional costs and without the names to attract them.
The CIVL Bureau should be deciding on our bids between September 25th-29th.
You can find our bids here:
http://ozreport.com/docs/2020_Pan-American_Championships_bid.zip
http://ozreport.com/docs/2020WorldsatQuestAirbid.zip
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Oudie, Oudie, Oudie
Oudie, Oudie, Oudie
The GPS smack down
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Alex Ploner
Tonino Tarsi writes:
Task 3 of the Monte Cucco International Trophy 2018 was a photo finish one between Alex Ploner and Tom Weissenberg. As it was not clear who won the task the two pilots asked us to analyze all the tracks available. Both Alex and Tom own an Oudie and Alex also had a Compeo track log. The analysis we did was very tricky and this is intended to share the results and doubts left concerning the subject.
First, we calculated the score using the two Oudies (the pilots' primary instruments). Result was that Tom won by two seconds:
Tom: 15:43:11
Alex: 15:43:13
Then, we used both Flymaster tracks :
Tom: 15:43:14
Alex: 15:43:14
To add to the confusion we also imported Alex's Compeo track:
Alex: 15:43:16
According to our local rules (primary instrument is the pilot instrument, in this case the Oudies) Tom won the task.
Then we tried to compare Alex's tracks from the three sources we had: Compeo, Oudie, Flymaster tracker. Comparing Compeo and the Flymaster tracker resulted in very similar tracks with less than 10-20 meters maximum error, but comparing the Flymaster Tracker with the Oudie we got a lot of areas with very big errors (up to 300 meters). This looks very similar to the problem Tom had with his Oudie in Macedonia and it looks like Alex's Oudie suffers from the same problem.
If you want to analyze the problem here are the tracks : https://www.vololiberomontecucco.it/Cucco2018/tracks_oudie_FM.zip
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olly_olly_oxen_free
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Monte Cucco International Trophy 2018 »
I guess they are not flying tomorrow or until next year
Monte Cucco International Trophy 2018
August 13, 2018, 1:24:22 pm CDTA.I.R. ATOS VR|Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Davide Guiducci|Facebook|Marco Laurenzi|photo|Thomas Weissenberger|Tullio Gervasoni
https://www.vololiberomontecucco.it/vlmc/index.php/it/competitions/classifiche-results
https://www.vololiberomontecucco.it/Cucco2018/results/OVERALL_class1.html
https://airtribune.com/hang-gliding-russian-cup-2018/blog
Class 1:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Alex Ploner | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 2792 |
2 | Thomas Weissenberger | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 2759 |
3 | Marco Laurenzi | Icaro Laminar | 2455 |
4 | Karl Reichegger | Icaro Laminar | 2320 |
5 | Tullio Gervasoni | Wills Wing T2C 144 C | 2260 |
6 | Evgen Lysenko | Aeros Combat 12.4C | 2196 |
7 | Davide Guiducci | Icaro 2000 Laminar 13.2 | 2014 |
8 | Guenther Pfanzelter | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 1718 |
9 | Anton Moroder | Icaro 2000 Laminar 13 | 1709 |
10 | Valentino Bau | Icaro 2000 Laminar 14.1 | 1705 |
https://www.vololiberomontecucco.it/Cucco2018/results/OVERALL_sport.html
Sport Class:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Sergio Conte | Icaro 2000 MasteR | 1994 |
2 | Luca Belli | Icaro 2000 Orbiter | 1782 |
3 | Wierzbowski Pawel | Bautek FIZZ SE | 1283 |
4 | Andrea Fusi | Icaro 2000 Orbiter | 937 |
5 | Fabio Caresi | Icaro 2000 MastR | 896 |
https://www.vololiberomontecucco.it/Cucco2018/results/OVERALL_class5.html
Air ATOS class:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Federico Baratto | Air Atos vq race | 2793 |
2 | Daniele Bindi | Air Atos VX | 1840 |
3 | Konrad Baumgartner | Air Atos VQ | 1293 |
4 | Gorio Mandozzi | Air Atos VR | 591 |
Marco Laurenzi coming into goal on the last day. Looks like he got a new glider.
8 topics in this article: A.I.R. ATOS VR, Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Davide Guiducci, Facebook, Marco Laurenzi, photo, Thomas Weissenberger, Tullio Gervasoni
Monte Cucco International Trophy 2018 »
Monte Cucco International Trophy 2018
It runs through the 16th, so after two tasks
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Davide Guiducci|Facebook|Marco Laurenzi|photo|Thomas Weissenberger|Tullio Gervasoni
https://www.vololiberomontecucco.it/vlmc/index.php/it/competitions/classifiche-results
# | Name | Glider | T 1 | T 2 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alex Ploner | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 969 | 965 | 1934 |
2 | Thomas Weissenberger | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 928 | 977 | 1905 |
3 | Karl Reichegger | Icaro Laminar | 864 | 886 | 1750 |
4 | Marco Laurenzi | Icaro Laminar | 856 | 858 | 1714 |
5 | Evgen Lysenko | Aeros Combat 12.4C | 900 | 764 | 1664 |
6 | Tullio Gervasoni | Wills Wing T2C 144 C | 845 | 800 | 1645 |
7 | Davide Guiducci | Icaro 2000 Laminar 13.2 | 883 | 545 | 1428 |
8 | Lorenzo De Grandis | Icaro z9 | 542 | 615 | 1157 |
9 | Anton Moroder | Icaro 2000 Laminar 13 | 265 | 861 | 1126 |
10 | Guenther Pfanzelter | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 676 | 433 | 1109 |
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Volo-Libero-Monte-Cucco-295306540593918/
7 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Davide Guiducci, Facebook, Marco Laurenzi, photo, Thomas Weissenberger, Tullio Gervasoni
2018 European Hang Gliding Championships
The last task
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Christian Pollet|Corinna Schwiegershausen|European Championships 2018|Facebook|Filippo Oppici|Flavio Tebaldi|Icaro 2000|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Thomas Weissenberger
Hang Gliding Europeans Class 1 Live tracking:
2D: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=2149
2D/3D SPLIT beta: livetrack360.com/livetracking/split/2149
The last task:
1 | Durand Jnr, J | 02:24:24 |
2 | Ciech, C | 02:31:24 |
3 | Vyhnalik, D | 02:32:03 |
4 | Peternel, F | 02:33:40 |
5 | Woods, J | 02:33:44 |
6 | Hubbard, G | 02:33:59 |
7 | Moroder, A | 02:34:07 |
8 | Dönhuber, G | 02:34:08 |
9 | Wallbank, C | 02:34:10 |
10 | Pollet, C | 02:34:12 |
Flavio Tebaldi writes:
After five worlds titles in a row, the Italian hang gliding team wins the fourth European title in a row. The Italian team has won all the category 1 competitions since 2008. Alex Ploner wins his second European Championship, after Kayseri 2012.
http://hgeu2018.mk/index.php/res
Task 8:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jonny Durand Jnr | Aus | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 02:24:23 | 1000 |
2 | Christian Ciech | Ita | Laminar Icaro 2000 | 02:31:23 | 898 |
3 | Dan Vyhnalik | Cze | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 02:32:02 | 888 |
4 | Franc Peternel | Slo | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 02:33:40 | 866 |
5 | Gerd Dönhuber | Ger | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:34:08 | 859 |
6 | Anton Moroder | Ita | Laminar | 02:34:06 | 858 |
7 | Guy Hubbard | Aus | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 02:33:58 | 857 |
8 | Carl Wallbank | Gbr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 02:34:09 | 854 |
9 | Anton Struganov | Rus | Moyes RX4 | 02:34:12 | 851 |
10 | Josh Woods | Aus | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 02:33:43 | 850 |
10 | Christian Pollet | Fra | 02:34:12 | 850 |
Final Results:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alessandro Ploner | Ita | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 6871 |
2 | Grant Crossingham | Gbr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 6716 |
3 | Balazs Ujhelyi | Hun | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 6563 |
4 | Filippo Oppici | Ita | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 6388 |
5 | Carl Wallbank | Gbr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 6208 |
6 | Christian Ciech | Ita | Laminar Icaro 2000 | 6107 |
7 | Petr Benes | Cze | Aeros Combat | 5956 |
8 | Thomas Weissenberger | Aut | Icaro 2000 Laminar 2018 | 5899 |
9 | Oliver Chitty | Gbr | Moyes RX5 Pro | 5880 |
10 | Dan Vyhnalik | Cze | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 5872 |
Team standing remains the same.
Corinna was the top female in 23rd.
Wolfgang Kothgasser was the top rigid wing pilot with Austria the top team.
2018 European Hang Gliding Championships
Grant got his points
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|European Championships 2018|Facebook|Filippo Oppici|Icaro 2000|Thomas Weissenberger
Hang Gliding Europeans Class 1 Live tracking:
2D: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=2149
2D/3D SPLIT beta: livetrack360.com/livetracking/split/2149
Two Flymaster trackers quit broadcasting so those pilots weren't scoring originally, but now they have been. Grant Crossingham is now in second place:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alessandro Ploner | Ita | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 6052 |
2 | Grant Crossingham | Gbr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 5917 |
3 | Balazs Ujhelyi | Hun | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 5714 |
4 | Petr Benes | Cze | Aeros Combat | 5683 |
5 | Filippo Oppici | Ita | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 5592 |
6 | Oliver Chitty | Gbr | Moyes RX5 Pro | 5425 |
7 | Carl Wallbank | Gbr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 5354 |
8 | Christian Ciech | Ita | Laminar Icaro 2000 | 5209 |
9 | Thomas Weissenberger | Aut | Icaro Laminar 2018 | 5117 |
10 | Dan Vyhnalik | Cze | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 4984 |
Task for Thursday cancelled due to strong wing and cloud cover. Here is Jörg Bajewski earning a few dollars on a day off so that he can pay for his ride home:
7 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Christian Ciech, European Championships 2018, Facebook, Filippo Oppici, Icaro 2000, Thomas Weissenberger
2018 European Hang Gliding Championships
Tuesday, a different kind of task
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Corinna Schwiegershausen|European Championships 2018|Filippo Oppici|Icaro 2000|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|PG|Thomas Weissenberger|Yoko Isomoto|Yoko Sano
Hang Gliding Europeans Class 1 Live tracking:
2D: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=2149
2D/3D SPLIT beta: livetrack360.com/livetracking/split/2149
Petr Benes down early. Alex Ploner out in the lead with Tom Weissenberger at 3:30 PM.
Alex out in front landed just before goal after a valiant effort. Tom Weissenberger wisely stayed back in the hills and worked slowly to get high enough to make it in way ahead of everyone else.
Carl Wallbank, and the two Czech's, Petr and Dan, came close to goal together, but Dan found a little something over the field that Carl and Petr landed in, and came in second.
Christian Ciech, after apparently flying a paraglider all day, just hung and hung in nothing getting further and further away from goal as Grant Crossingham, who was earlier with but below Christian, worked back in the hills even further downwind.
Then came four pilots who had been much further behind, Jonny, Corinna, Malcolm and Dave Mathews. Christian down 6.5 km out. Grant down. Dave down. Malcolm down. Jonny down a few feet from goal.
Corinna climbing near goal. Yoko climbing three kilometers further back. Corinna third into goal. Yoko lands near Jonny.
Petr Polách writes:
One of the worst conditions I have ever flown in. For the first time I am gonna fill in the task report with negative attitude. And I am not gonna fly in similar condition again.
At several places I had severe problems to keep the wing barely level. I couldn't even control my speed properly. It's only luck nobody got hurt. Peeople climbing severely, then falling five meters down in the gaggles. I only used full VG few times.
Can anyone explain how Thomas Weissenberger did the task so quickly?
So final thought: I like to push myself, but this was even beyond my personal limits.
1 | Weissenberger, T | 02:48:23 |
2 | Vyhnalik, D | 03:04:21 |
3 | Schwiegershausen, C | 03:37:11 |
http://hgeu2018.mk/index.php/res
Task 7:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Thomas Weissenberger | Aut | Icaro Laminar 2018 | 02:48:22 | 888 |
2 | Dan Vyhnalik | Cze | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 03:04:20 | 839 |
3 | Corinna Schwiegershausen | Ger | Moyes RX 3 | 03:37:11 | 796 |
4 | Jonny Durand Jnr | Aus | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 763 | |
5 | Christian Preininger | Aut | Moyes Litespeed S3,5 | 756 | |
6 | Yoko Sano | Jpn | Wills Wing T2C 136 | 755 | |
7 | Petr Polách | Cze | Aeros Combat 13,5 GT | 750 | |
8 | Carl Wallbank | Gbr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 748 | |
9 | Malcolm Brown | Gbr | Wills Wing T2C | 746 | |
10 | Alessandro Ploner | Ita | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 745 |
Two pilots are missing from this scoring, Grant Crossingham and Alexander Barvinskiy, both of whom were near goal. Since the scoring is being done mostly through the use of Flymaster trackers, there appears to be some issue with GPS coordinates. These lack of published results also affect the other standings.
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | T 7 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alessandro Ploner | Ita | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 745 | 6045 |
2 | Balazs Ujhelyi | Hun | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 641 | 5715 |
3 | Petr Benes | Cze | Aeros Combat | 462 | 5688 |
4 | Filippo Oppici | Ita | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 683 | 5588 |
5 | Oliver Chitty | Gbr | Moyes RX5 Pro | 651 | 5425 |
6 | Carl Wallbank | Gbr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 748 | 5349 |
7 | Grant Crossingham | Gbr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 0 | 5229 |
8 | Christian Ciech | Ita | Laminar Icaro 2000 | 710 | 5203 |
9 | Thomas Weissenberger | Aut | Icaro Laminar 2018 | 888 | 5095 |
10 | Dan Vyhnalik | Cze | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 839 | 4967 |
The team standings remain the same.
Nine rigid wing pilots in goal. Austria barely leads Germany in the rigid wing team standings, Wolfgang Kothgasser is the overall leader after winning the seventh task, and four out of seven tasks.
11 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Christian Ciech, Corinna Schwiegershausen, European Championships 2018, Filippo Oppici, Icaro 2000, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, PG, Thomas Weissenberger, Yoko Isomoto, Yoko Sano
2018 European Hang Gliding Championships
Sunday, not a rest day
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|European Championships 2018|Facebook|Filippo Oppici|Icaro 2000|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Marco Laurenzi|Primoz Gricar|Thomas Weissenberger|Tullio Gervasoni|video
Hang Gliding Europeans Class 1 Live tracking:
2D: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=2149
2D/3D SPLIT beta: livetrack360.com/livetracking/split/2149
1 | GRICAR, P | 03:43:03 |
2 | JNR, Jonny | 03:35:42 |
3 | WEISSENBERGER, T | 03:56:09 |
4 | Benes, P | 03:56:12 |
5 | CROSSINGHAM, G | 03:56:28 |
6 | DöNHUBER, G | 03:56:58 |
7 | PLONER, A | 03:57:06 |
8 | CIECH, C | 03:57:07 |
9 | UJHELYI, B | 03:57:10 |
10 | GARCIA, P | 03:57:41 |
11 | OPPICI, F | 03:58:08 |
12 | PETERNEL, F | 03:58:19 |
13 | GERVASONI, T | 03:59:03 |
Primoz got out in front before the last turnpoint and found better lift a few kilometers in front of the main gaggle. Twenty seven in goal.
http://hgeu2018.mk/index.php/res
Task 6 (Jonny took the second clock 25 minutes later):
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Primoz Gricar | Ger | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 03:43:02 | 942 |
2 | Jonny Durand Jnr | Aus | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 03:35:41 | 928 |
3 | Petr Benes | Cze | Aeros Combat | 03:56:11 | 879 |
4 | Thomas Weissenberger | Aut | Icaro Laminar 2018 | 03:56:08 | 878 |
5 | Grant Crossingham | Gbr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 03:56:27 | 874 |
6 | Gerd Dönhuber | Ger | Moyes RX 3.5 | 03:56:57 | 861 |
7 | Christian Ciech | Ita | Laminar Icaro 2000 | 03:57:06 | 860 |
8 | Alessandro Ploner | Ita | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 03:57:06 | 859 |
9 | Balazs Ujhelyi | Hun | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 03:57:09 | 852 |
10 | Pedro L. garcia | Usa | T2C 144 | 03:57:40 | 848 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alessandro Ploner | Ita | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 5298 |
2 | Grant Crossingham | Gbr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 5228 |
3 | Petr Benes | Cze | Aeros Combat | 5225 |
4 | Balazs Ujhelyi | Hun | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 5072 |
5 | Filippo Oppici | Ita | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 4904 |
6 | Oliver Chitty | Gbr | Moyes RX5 Pro | 4773 |
7 | Arne Tänzer | Ned | Icaro 2000 - Laminar | 4758 |
8 | Carl Wallbank | Gbr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 4597 |
9 | Christian Ciech | Ita | Laminar Icaro 2000 | 4491 |
10 | Gerd Dönhuber | Ger | Moyes RX 3.5 | 4468 |
Italians in first place 500 points ahead of the Czech team with the Brits still in third.
There is a report of a tumble today. Initially thought to be Marco Laurenzi on the Italian team. Results show him getting only 18.33 km. I could not get the Flymaster Live Tracking web site to playback Marco's flight.
Jonny at goal: https://www.facebook.com/Maverick1186/videos/10156492642984450/
12 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Christian Ciech, European Championships 2018, Facebook, Filippo Oppici, Icaro 2000, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Marco Laurenzi, Primoz Gricar, Thomas Weissenberger, Tullio Gervasoni, video
2018 European Hang Gliding Championships
Saturday
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|European Championships 2018|Filippo Oppici|Marco Laurenzi|Primoz Gricar|Steve Blenkinsop
Hang Gliding Europeans Class 1 Live tracking:
2D: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=2149
2D/3D SPLIT beta: livetrack360.com/livetracking/split/2149
Primoz took a track north of all the other pilots and caught up with Christian at the second to last turnpoint. Then while Christian slowly caught him on the final glide Primoz was able to come in at 80 mph over the ground to win by three seconds.
1 | GRICAR, P | 03:04:00 |
2 | CIECH, C | 03:04:03 |
3 | PLONER, A | 03:16:06 |
4 | POLáCH, P | 03:48:00 |
5 | VYHNALIK, D | 03:48:11 |
6 | CROSSINGHAM, G | 03:52:09 |
7 | WOODS, J | 04:08:11 |
http://hgeu2018.mk/index.php/res
Christian landing at goal:
Another tie for first place. Alex moves into first place overall.
Task 5:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Distance | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Primoz Gricar | Ger | 03:03:59 | 124.24 | 991 | |
1 | Christian Ciech | Ita | Laminar Icaro 2000 | 03:04:02 | 124.24 | 991 |
3 | Alessandro Ploner | Ita | 03:16:05 | 124.24 | 938 | |
4 | Petr Polách | Cze | Aeros Combat 13,5 GT | 03:47:59 | 124.24 | 879 |
5 | Dan Vyhnalik | Cze | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 03:48:10 | 124.24 | 876 |
6 | Grant Crossingham | Gbr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 03:52:08 | 124.24 | 869 |
7 | Josh Woods | Aus | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 04:08:10 | 124.24 | 847 |
8 | Filippo Oppici | Ita | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 120.94 | 795 | |
9 | Arne Tänzer | Ned | Icaro 2000 - Laminar | 116.72 | 769 | |
10 | Steve Blenkinsop | Aus | Moyes RX 3.5 | 113.58 | 756 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alessandro Ploner | Ita | 4439 | |
2 | Grant Crossingham | Gbr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 4354 |
3 | Petr Benes | Cze | Aeros Combat | 4346 |
4 | Oliver Chitty | Gbr | Moyes RX5 Pro | 4244 |
5 | Balazs Ujhelyi | Hun | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 4220 |
6 | Filippo Oppici | Ita | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 4059 |
7 | Arne Tänzer | Ned | Icaro 2000 - Laminar | 3931 |
8 | Carl Wallbank | Gbr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 3887 |
9 | Marco Laurenzi | Ita | Icaro Laminar | 3840 |
10 | Dan Vyhnalik | Cze | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 3792 |
The Italian team is in first place, the Czech team is further back in second and the Brits close behind them.
7 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Christian Ciech, European Championships 2018, Filippo Oppici, Marco Laurenzi, Primoz Gricar, Steve Blenkinsop
2018 European Hang Gliding Championships
Friday
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Davide Guiducci|European Championships 2018|Facebook|Filippo Oppici|Flavio Tebaldi|Marco Laurenzi|Petr Polach|video
Hang Gliding Europeans Class 1 Live tracking:
2D: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=2149
2D/3D SPLIT beta: livetrack360.com/livetracking/split/2149
Flavio Tebaldi at goal waiting for Christian and Alex who are way out in front: https://www.facebook.com/flavio.tebaldi/videos/10215031767301662/
Balaz, Christian and Alex were together approaching goal and Balaz found a better line and Christian and Alex got too low 5 kilometers from goal. Balaz got to goal quite a bit early. Christian landed out 5 km from goal.
Ollie Chitty's video from the previous day: https://youtu.be/KOuqrWxBuDA
Video from Peter at goal: https://www.facebook.com/polachp/videos/2027951523929984/
1 | UJHELYI, B | 2:30:25 |
2 | LAURENZI, m | 2:38:15 |
3 | CROSSINGHAM, G | 2:40:36 |
4 | PLONER, A | 2:42:18 |
5 | BENES, P | 2:44:15 |
6 | ZEISCHKA, J | 2:44:31 |
7 | KLEMENCIC, m | 2:44:38 |
8 | CHITTY, O | 2:45:12 |
9 | JNR, J | 2:45:14 |
10 | ÖKRöS, L | 2:46:17 |
11 | WALLBANK, C | 2:46:57 |
12 | OPPICI, F | 2:51:05 |
13 | PETERNEL, F | 2:51:29 |
14 | MORODER, A | 2:52:12 |
15 | GUIDUCCI, D | 2:52:19 |
16 | GALOVEC, S | 2:53:23 |
17 | MATHURIN, E | 2:59:15 |
18 | OPSANGER, O | 3:00:25 |
19 | DöNHUBER, G | 3:00:45 |
20 | PREININGER, C | 3:00:55 |
http://hgeu2018.mk/index.php/res
Task 4:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Balazs Ujhelyi | Hun | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 02:30:24 | 983 |
2 | Marco Laurenzi | Ita | Icaro Laminar | 02:38:14 | 890 |
3 | Alessandro Ploner | Ita | 02:42:17 | 883 | |
4 | Grant Crossingham | Gbr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 02:40:35 | 860 |
5 | Petr Benes | Cze | Aeros Combat | 02:44:15 | 830 |
6 | Jochen Zeischka | Bel | Moyes RX 5 Pro | 02:44:30 | 827 |
7 | Oliver Chitty | Gbr | Moyes RX5 Pro | 02:45:11 | 821 |
8 | László Ökrös | Hun | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:46:16 | 816 |
9 | Matjaz Klemencic | Slo | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 02:44:38 | 810 |
10 | Carl Wallbank | Gbr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 02:46:56 | 797 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Petr Benes | Cze | Aeros Combat | 3686 |
2 | Balazs Ujhelyi | Hun | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 3654 |
3 | Alessandro Ploner | Ita | 3501 | |
4 | Oliver Chitty | Gbr | Moyes RX5 Pro | 3493 |
5 | Grant Crossingham | Gbr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 3485 |
6 | Jochen Zeischka | Bel | Moyes RX 5 Pro | 3361 |
7 | Marco Laurenzi | Ita | Icaro Laminar | 3304 |
8 | Filippo Oppici | Ita | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 3266 |
9 | Carl Wallbank | Gbr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 3201 |
10 | Arne Tänzer | Ned | Icaro 2000 - Laminar | 3164 |
The Italian team has moved barely into the lead with the help from Filippo Oppici and Marco Laurenzi as Christian has landed out twice now. The top three spots are close with the Brits in third.
Wolfgang Kothgasser from Austria has three 1000 points days for the ATOS class and is in first with Tim Grabowski in second. The Austrian team is first overall (with top two scores counting each day).
9 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Davide Guiducci, European Championships 2018, Facebook, Filippo Oppici, Flavio Tebaldi, Marco Laurenzi, Petr Polach, video
2018 European Hang Gliding Championships
Thursday, day 3 results
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|European Championships 2018|Filippo Oppici|Thomas Weissenberger
Results: http://hgeu2018.mk/index.php/res
A tie for first place.
Task 3:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Thomas Weissenberger | Aut | Icaro Laminar 2018 | 04:28:14 | 990 |
1 | Alessandro Ploner | Ita | Icaro Laminar 2018 | 04:28:32 | 990 |
3 | Arne Tänzer | Ned | Icaro 2000 - Laminar | 04:28:35 | 971 |
4 | Petr Benes | Cze | Aeros Combat | 04:28:43 | 962 |
5 | Grant Crossingham | Gbr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 04:29:24 | 960 |
6 | Carl Wallbank | Gbr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 04:29:31 | 954 |
7 | Dan Vyhnalik | Cze | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 04:29:33 | 951 |
8 | Filippo Oppici | Ita | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 04:29:34 | 948 |
9 | Jochen Zeischka | Bel | Moyes RX 5 Pro | 04:29:46 | 946 |
10 | Balazs Ujhelyi | Hun | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 04:29:47 | 943 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Petr Benes | Cze | Aeros Combat | 2856 |
2 | Dan Vyhnalik | Cze | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 2716 |
3 | Oliver Chitty | Gbr | Moyes RX5 Pro | 2672 |
4 | Balazs Ujhelyi | Hun | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 2671 |
5 | Grant Crossingham | Gbr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 2625 |
6 | Arne Tänzer | Ned | Icaro 2000 - Laminar | 2623 |
7 | Alessandro Ploner | Ita | Icaro Laminar 2018 | 2618 |
8 | Jochen Zeischka | Bel | Moyes RX 5 Pro | 2534 |
9 | Vlastimil Bartas | Cze | 2510 | |
10 | Filippo Oppici | Ita | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2502 |
The Czech team continues to lead. Italy is second. Christian went down early
4 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, European Championships 2018, Filippo Oppici, Thomas Weissenberger
2018 European Hang Gliding Championships
Thursday, day 3
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|European Championships 2018|Filippo Oppici|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Marco Laurenzi|Tullio Gervasoni
Hang Gliding Europeans Class 1 Live tracking:
2D https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=2149
2D/3D SPLIT beta livetrack360.com/livetracking/split/2149
Jonny Durand, Olav Opsanger, and Guy Hubbard have already landed. Seventeen pilots are circling above them. Christian Ciech is in the lead with Alex Ploner just behind and high.
Alex is now in the lead by nine kilometers having reached the next turnpoint and headed out to the flats.
1 | WEISSENBERGER, T | 4:28:15 |
2 | PLONER, A | 4:28:33 |
3 | TäNZER, A | 4:28:36 |
4 | BENES, P | 4:28:44 |
5 | CROSSINGHAM, G | 4:29:25 |
6 | WALLBANK, C | 4:29:32 |
7 | VYHNALIK, D | 4:29:34 |
8 | OPPICI, F | 4:29:35 |
9 | ZEISCHKA, J | 4:29:46 |
10 | UJHELYI, B | 4:29:48 |
11 | SARAF, A | 4:30:03 |
12 | GERVASONI, T | 4:30:16 |
13 | BARTAS, V | 4:30:18 |
14 | LAURENZI, m | 4:30:50 |
15 | CHITTY, O | 4:32:40 |
16 | PREININGER, C | 4:35:18 |
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2018 European Hang Gliding Championships
Wednesday, day 2 results
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|European Championships 2018|Filippo Oppici|Marco Laurenzi|Primoz Gricar
Results: http://hgeu2018.mk/index.php/res
Task 2:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Petr Benes | Cze | Aeros Combat | 02:49:35 | 994 |
2 | Josh Woods | Aus | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 02:51:17 | 957 |
3 | Petr Polách | Cze | Aeros Combat 13,5 GT | 02:51:16 | 953 |
4 | Dan Vyhnalik | Cze | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 02:51:07 | 950 |
5 | Alessandro Ploner | Ita | Laminar Icaro 2000 | 02:56:43 | 912 |
6 | Christian Ciech | Ita | Laminar Icaro 2000 | 02:56:33 | 877 |
7 | Marco Laurenzi | Ita | Icaro Laminar | 02:56:45 | 876 |
8 | Arne Tänzer | Ned | Icaro 2000 - Laminar | 02:56:45 | 875 |
9 | Primoz Gricar | Ger | Aeros Combat | 02:56:57 | 871 |
10 | Filippo Oppici | Ita | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 02:57:16 | 865 |
So the current World Champion wins the day. The previous World Champion comes in sixth for the day. The multiple World Champion comes in fifth after leading almost the entre task.
The Czech team is leading the team standing with Italy well behind in second place.
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Petr Benes | Cze | Aeros Combat | 1894 |
2 | Christian Ciech | Ita | Laminar Icaro 2000 | 1825 |
3 | Dan Vyhnalik | Cze | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 1765 |
4 | Petr Polách | Cze | Aeros Combat 13,5 GT | 1763 |
5 | Oliver Chitty | Gbr | Moyes RX5 Pro | 1749 |
6 | Balazs Ujhelyi | Hun | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 1728 |
7 | Grant Crossingham | Gbr | Moyes RX 3.5 Pro | 1665 |
8 | Arne Tänzer | Ned | Icaro 2000 - Laminar | 1652 |
9 | László Ökrös | Hun | Moyes RX 3.5 | 1643 |
10 | Alessandro Ploner | Ita | Aeros Combat | 1628 |
The current World Champion is in the lead slightly overall. The previous World Champion is in second place. And the previous multiple World Champion is in tenth. The Czech team has three of the four top spots overall.
6 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Christian Ciech, European Championships 2018, Filippo Oppici, Marco Laurenzi, Primoz Gricar
2018 European Hang Gliding Championships
Wednesday, day 2
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|European Championships 2018|Facebook|Marco Laurenzi|Petr Polach|video
Hang Gliding Europeans Class 1 Live tracking:
2D https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=2149
2D/3D SPLIT beta livetrack360.com/livetracking/split/2149
Looks like a better day:
Ploner in the lead.
Quite a race with Ploner out in the lead for almost the entire race but near the end he kept going and getting down to less than 800' 9 kilometers out he had to take a slow climb while 5 kilometers ahead of everyone else and came in 5 minutes behind them.
Peter's video at the goal: https://www.facebook.com/polachp/videos/2024497520942051/
1 | BENES, P | 02:49:36 |
2 | VYHNALIK, D | 02:51:08 |
3 | WOODS, J | 02:51:17 |
3 | POLáCH, P | 02:51:17 |
4 | CIECH, C | 02:56:33 |
5 | PLONER, A | 02:56:43 |
6 | TäNZER, A | 02:56:45 |
7 | LAURENZI, m | 02:56:46 |
8 | GRICAR, P | 02:56:58 |
9 | OPSANGER, O | 02:57:40 |
10 | WALLBANK, C | 02:57:54 |
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31st Trofeo Valerio Albrizio
Three days in Italy
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Davide Guiducci|Filippo Oppici|Icaro 2000|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|photo|Trofeo Valerio Albrizio 2018
Photos here.
Open class:
# | Name | Glider | T 1 | T 2 | T 3 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 973 | 577 | 962 | 2512 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 981 | 418 | 968 | 2367 |
3 | Tom Weissenberger | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Technora | 788 | 522 | 862 | 2172 |
4 | Christian Ciech | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 1000 | 292 | 777 | 2069 |
5 | Valentino Bau | Icaro 2000 Laminar 14.1 | 696 | 398 | 870 | 1964 |
6 | Luca Comino | A.I.R. Atos VQ | 817 | 397 | 739 | 1953 |
7 | Davide Guiducci | Icaro 2000 Laminar 13.2 | 688 | 398 | 812 | 1898 |
8 | Filippo Oppici | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 910 | 192 | 773 | 1875 |
9 | Ferdinand Spindler | Icaro Laminar | 669 | 410 | 785 | 1864 |
10 | Walter Mayer | Moyes Litespeed RX Pro | 670 | 410 | 780 | 1860 |
Sport class:
# | Name | Glider | T 1 | T 2 | T 3 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Paolo Merisio | Icaro 2000 Orbiter | 431 | 0 | 356 | 787 |
2 | Fabio Caresi | Icaro 2000 Mastr | 199 | 0 | 384 | 583 |
3 | Sergio Conte | Icaro 2000 Master | 217 | 0 | 229 | 446 |
4 | Luca Belli | Icaro 2000 Orbiter | 212 | 0 | 104 | 316 |
5 | Elvio Demattio | Icaro Orbiter | 180 | 0 | 104 | 284 |
9 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Christian Ciech, Davide Guiducci, Filippo Oppici, Icaro 2000, Manfred Ruhmer, Moyes Litespeed RX, photo, Trofeo Valerio Albrizio 2018
2018 Quest Air Nationals Series
The meet is over-subscribed
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|André Wolfe|André Wolfe|Attila Bertok|Bill Soderquist|Bruce Barmakian|Christian Ciech|CIVL|Davide Guiducci|David Gibson|Davis Straub|Derrick Turner|Dustin Martin|Filippo Oppici|Glen Volk|John Simon|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Kevin Carter|Kraig Coomber|Krzysztof "Krys/Kris" Grzyb|Larry Bunner|Lawrence "Pete" Lehmann|Marco Laurenzi|Pete Lehmann|Primoz Gricar|Quest Air|Quest Air Nationals 2018|Robin Hamilton|Steve Blenkinsop|Thomas Weissenberger|USHPA|World Pilot Ranking Scheme|Zac Majors
The meet filled up in three days. We have 82 pilots registered. We are currently looking at expanding the number of pilots who can attend. Frankly we had no idea that this would happen so quickly. We have to follow the following USHPA rule:
All competitors should be registered on a first-come, first-served basis except during the first 30 days of registration, where 30% of the available places may be held for the top 20 NTSS and top 30 WPRS ranked pilots.
We'll use NTSS and WPRS rankings as of November 1st, 2017.
Pos | Name |
---|---|
1 | Zac Majors |
2 | Robin Hamilton |
3 | Bruce Barmakian |
4 | John Simon |
5 | Kraig Coomber |
6 | Dustin Martin |
7 | Larry Bunner |
8 | Derrick Turner |
9 | James Stinnet |
10 | Jd Guillemette |
11 | Davis Straub |
12 | Bill Soderquist |
13 | Kevin Carter |
14 | Patrick Pannese |
15 | David Gibson |
16 | Glen Volk |
17 | Kevin Dutt |
18 | Mick Howard |
19 | Krzysztof Grzyb |
20 | Pete Lehmann |
WPRS
Rank | Name | CIVL ID |
---|---|---|
1 | JONNY Durand | 2231 |
2 | ALESSANDRO Ploner | 5724 |
3 | FILIPPO Oppici | 6295 |
4 | THOMAS Weissenberger | 7819 |
5 | CHRISTIAN Ciech | 6034 |
6 | ALVARO Figueiredo Sandoli | 5760 |
7 | MARIO Alonzi | 7043 |
8 | ANDRE Wolf | 5783 |
9 | PETR Benes | 9764 |
10 | DAVIDE Guiducci | 6142 |
11 | MARCO Laurenzi | 25161 |
12 | DAN Vyhnalik | 6089 |
13 | DAVID Brito Filho | 13846 |
14 | CARLOS Niemeyer | 6001 |
15 | PETER Neuenschwander | 398 |
16 | GLEN Mcfarlane | 17641 |
17 | VALENTINO Bau | 7889 |
18 | GRANT Crossingham | 6440 |
19 | STEVE Blenkinsop | 7701 |
20 | PRIMOZ Gricar | 7437 |
21 | BALAZS Ujhelyi | 5893 |
22 | ATTILA Bertok | 5885 |
23 | ROLAND Wöhrle | 7547 |
24 | JOSH Woods | 42097 |
25 | RODOLFO Gotes | 12376 |
26 | ANTON Moroder | 5842 |
27 | TAKASHI Sunama | 7755 |
28 | ROBIN Hamilton | 7536 |
29 | GUY Hubbard | 6467 |
30 | OLAV Opsanger | 7271 |
To secure a higher place in the order that pilots are chosen to participate in the competition, we need pilots to be confirmed. To be confirmed you need to register, fill out on-line and send in your correct waivers and medical form (use Adobe Acrobat DC - the free version, https://helpx.adobe.com/reader/faq.html), and pay the entry fee. See:
https://airtribune.com/2018-quest-air-national-series/info/details__info
https://OzReport.com/waivers.php
https://OzReport.com/2018QuestAirpay.php
We will keep track of the order in which pilots are confirmed (everything is time and date stamped), check any forms for errors, and notify pilots if they are allowed entry into the meet.
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21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
August 18, 2017, 6:19:03 pm MST -0600
21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
Day 10, task 9 final results
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Daniel Vé|Daniel Vélez Bravo|Daniel Vélez Bravo|Filippo Oppici|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Petr Polach|Robin Hamilton|Thomas Weissenberger|Worlds 2017 Class 1|Zac Majors
http://www.cbvl.esp.br/evento/resultado/117
Everyone at goal.
Task 9:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Filippo Oppici | Wills Wing T2c | 01:53:15 | 933 |
2 | Grant J Crossingham | Moyes Rx3.5 | 01:53:23 | 927 |
3 | Daniel Velez | Wills Wing T2c 144 | 01:53:24 | 922 |
4 | Roland Wöhrle | Moyes Rx 3.5 | 01:53:31 | 919 |
5 | Thomas Weissenberger | Moyes Rs 3.5 | 01:53:36 | 915 |
6 | Marcelo Andrei Gomes Da Rocha | Aeros Combat Gt 13.2 | 01:55:57 | 867 |
7 | Fredy Bircher | Moyes Rx 3.5 Pro | 02:04:14 | 852 |
8 | Steven Blackler | Moyes Rx 3.5 | 02:07:49 | 846 |
9 | Dave Matthews | Moyes Rx3.5 | 01:58:12 | 838 |
10 | David Manuel De Almeida Brito Filho | Wills Wing T2cx | 01:58:45 | 836 |
Final Results:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Petr Beneš | Aeros Combat 14 | 7750 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | Icaro Laminar Z9 | 7700 |
3 | Christian Ciech | Icaro Laminar | 7682 |
4 | Dan Vyhnalik | Aeros Combat 13.5 Gt | 7628 |
5 | Filippo Oppici | Wills Wing T2c | 7430 |
6 | Mario Alonzi | Aeros 12.7 Gt | 7408 |
7 | Jon Durand | Moyes Rx 3.5 Pro | 7315 |
8 | Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli | Wills Wing T2c-144 | 7312 |
9 | Robin Hamilton | Moyes Rx 3.5 | 7084 |
10 | Petr Polach | Aeros Combat 13.5 Gt | 6894 |
USA fourth by six points.
Zac Majors:
Penalized for dangerous approach and landing on the Esplanada north field. Left E,S,S, probably with no margin to reach the goal field, seen that since his glide from P55, and also when crossing the lake towards E.S.S., he had encountered unstable air, so after reaching E.S.S. he could either find lift or sink on his way to goal, and at that point he would have to perform an improbable 14.8 L/D to clear obstacles at the entrance of the goal field. Pilot proceeded on this dire situation and arrived at the goal area with no height to clear the power lines. Dived under them on high risk maneuver and crash landed.
11 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Christian Ciech, Daniel Vé, Daniel Vélez Bravo, Filippo Oppici, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Petr Polach, Robin Hamilton, Thomas Weissenberger, Worlds 2017 Class 1, Zac Majors
21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
August 18, 2017, 2:44:26 pm MST -0600
21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
Short task, Petr Benes wins the Worlds
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Jamie Shelden|Worlds 2017 Class 1
https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=2040
http://naughtylawyertravels.blogspot.mx/2017/08/waiting-for-task-briefing-to-start.html
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Gerolf writes:
Just watched the last task of the Worlds via Flymaster live tracking, and could not believe what an unbelievable tactical plunder the great Italian team produced today. Holding the main gaggle back to fly the task on a later clock.
That opened up the opportunity for the Czech pilots, Benes and Vinhalik, to actually be successful if they could manage to eventually break away from the Italian pilots, Ploner and Ciech. And break away they did!
Now imagine, how much harder it would have been for Petr Benes to do this if Alex and Christian had taken the first clock and then there would be no one marking the thermals ahead over the last 50km? Unbelievable, truly unbelievable!
So, we can say the young Czech well and truly deserves the title: He cleverly launched one single, decisive attack and he managed to pull it off in style. Bravo!
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21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
August 17, 2017, 6:11:32 pm MST -0600
21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
Day 9, task 8 results
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Filippo Oppici|Primoz Gricar|Robin Hamilton|Worlds 2017 Class 1
http://www.cbvl.esp.br/evento/resultado/117
No one in goal.
Name | Glider | Distance | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Primoz Gricar | Aeros Combat 13.5 Gt | 106.08 | 917 |
Josh Woods | Moyes Rx 3.5 Pro | 101.70 | 894 |
Jon Durand | Moyes Rx 3.5 Pro | 101.96 | 894 |
Jonas Lobitz | Moyes Rx 3.5 Pro | 100.30 | 882 |
Roland Wöhrle | Moyes Rx 3.5 | 99.99 | 881 |
Corinna Schwiegershausen | Moyes Rx3 | 99.77 | 878 |
Attila Bertok | Moyes Rx 5 Pro | 99.56 | 877 |
Christian Ciech | Icaro Laminar | 99.15 | 873 |
Mayer Walter | Moyes Rx 3.5 Pro | 99.18 | 872 |
Petr Beneš | Aeros Combat 14 | 99.11 | 872 |
Dan Vyhnalik | Aeros Combat 13.5 Gt | 99.19 | 872 |
Cumulative:
Name | Glider | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Alessandro Ploner | Icaro Laminar Z9 | 6986 |
2 | Petr Beneš | Aeros Combat 14 | 6980 |
3 | Christian Ciech | Icaro Laminar | 6969 |
4 | Dan Vyhnalik | Aeros Combat 13.5 Gt | 6927 |
5 | Mario Alonzi | Aeros 12.7 Gt | 6619 |
6 | Nene Rotor | Wills Wing T2c-144 | 6566 |
7 | Robin Hamilton | Moyes Rx 3.5 | 6506 |
8 | Filippo Oppici | Wills Wing T2c | 6497 |
9 | Jon Durand | Moyes Rx 3.5 Pro | 6493 |
10 | Primoz Gricar | Aeros Combat 13.5 Gt | 6354 |
USA team in fourth, eight points behind Germany at 18922.
8 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Attila Bertok, Christian Ciech, Corinna Schwiegershausen, Filippo Oppici, Primoz Gricar, Robin Hamilton, Worlds 2017 Class 1
21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
August 16, 2017, 7:07:41 pm MST -0600
21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
Day 8, task 7 results
Akiko Suzuki|Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|Filippo Oppici|Robin Hamilton|Thomas Weissenberger|Worlds 2017 Class 1
http://www.cbvl.esp.br/evento/resultado/117
Thirty eight in goal. Mario lands short. Francoise only women at goal. Zac twelfth, Bruce fourteenth, Robin twenty first, three Americans at goal.
Task 7:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Christian Ciech | Icaro Laminar | 02:46:48 | 975 |
2 | Rodolfo Gotes Navarro | Wills Wing T2c 144 | 02:48:34 | 969 |
3 | Alessandro Ploner | Icaro Laminar Z9 | 02:48:23 | 951 |
4 | Petr Beneš | Aeros Combat 14 | 02:48:27 | 947 |
5 | Dan Vyhnalik | Aeros Combat 13.5 Gt | 02:51:54 | 922 |
6 | Attila Bertok | Moyes Rx 5 Pro | 02:49:42 | 912 |
7 | Hiroshi Suzuki | Icaro Laminar 13.2 | 02:53:02 | 879 |
7 | Thomas Weissenberger | Moyes Rs 3.5 | 02:59:30 | 879 |
9 | Gerd Dönhuber | Moyes Rx 3.5 | 03:04:43 | 846 |
10 | Roland Wöhrle | Moyes Rx 3.5 | 03:05:31 | 843 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Alessandro Ploner | Icaro Laminar Z9 | 6121 |
2 | Petr Beneš | Aeros Combat 14 | 6108 |
3 | Christian Ciech | Icaro Laminar | 6096 |
4 | Dan Vyhnalik | Aeros Combat 13.5 Gt | 6054 |
5 | Mario Alonzi | Aeros 12.7 Gt | 5749 |
6 | Filippo Oppici | Wills Wing T2c | 5745 |
7 | Nene Rotor | Wills Wing T2c-144 | 5720 |
8 | Robin Hamilton | Moyes Rx 3.5 | 5671 |
9 | Jon Durand | Moyes Rx 3.5 Pro | 5598 |
10 | Thomas Weissenberger | Moyes Rs 3.5 | 5486 |
Team USA in third place overall.
8 topics in this article: Akiko Suzuki, Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Attila Bertok, Christian Ciech, Filippo Oppici, Robin Hamilton, Thomas Weissenberger, Worlds 2017 Class 1
21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
August 14, 2017, 6:17:10 pm MST -0600
21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
Day 6 results
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Bruce Barmakian|Christian Ciech|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Filippo Oppici|John Simon|Petr Polach|Primoz Gricar|Robin Hamilton|Worlds 2017 Class 1|Yoko Isomoto
http://www.cbvl.esp.br/evento/resultado/117
Task 6:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Distance | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tanaka Genki | Aeros - Combat Gt 13.2 | 03:05:40 | 115.01 | 631 |
2 | Dan Vyhnalik | Aeros - Combat 13.5 Gt | 112.22 | 560 | |
3 | Mario Alonzi | Aeros - 12.7 Gt | 107.09 | 547 | |
4 | Primoz Gricar | Aeros - Combat 13.5 Gt | 107.21 | 546 | |
5 | Roland Wöhrle | Moyes - Rx 3.5 | 105.31 | 543 | |
6 | Bruce Barmakian | Icaro - Laminar 13.2 | 104.38 | 540 | |
7 | Christian Voiblet | Aeros - Combat12 | 99.91 | 522 | |
8 | Petr Beneš | Aeros - Combat 14 | 94.50 | 504 | |
9 | Daimon Koji | Aeros - Combat C 12.7 | 88.85 | 493 | |
10 | Petr Polach | Aeros - Combat 13.5 Gt | 80.34 | 460 | |
11 | Alessandro Ploner | Icaro - Laminar Z9 | 78.45 | 454 | |
12 | Christian Ciech | Icaro - Laminar | 78.26 | 453 | |
13 | John Simon | Aeros - Combat C 12.7 | 75.04 | 440 | |
14 | Carlos Roberto Salles | Aeros Combat Gt 12.7 | 65.58 | 415 | |
15 | Miroslav Cap | Willswing - T2c | 64.03 | 413 | |
16 | Robin Hamilton | Moyes - Rx 3.5 | 64.84 | 411 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mario Alonzi | Aeros - 12.7 Gt | 5241 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | Icaro - Laminar Z9 | 5170 |
3 | Petr Beneš | Aeros - Combat 14 | 5161 |
4 | Dan Vyhnalik | Aeros - Combat 13.5 Gt | 5132 |
5 | Christian Ciech | Icaro - Laminar | 5121 |
6 | Primoz Gricar | Aeros - Combat 13.5 Gt | 4957 |
7 | Filippo Oppici | Willswing - T2c | 4951 |
8 | Nene Rotor | Willswing - T2c-144 | 4921 |
9 | Robin Hamilton | Moyes - Rx 3.5 | 4858 |
10 | Jon Durand | Moyes - Rx 3.5 Pro | 4826 |
The US has moved into fourth place, far behind Brazil and a little ways in front of Germany.
Corinna is the leading women in 58th place. Yoko is second behind here at 70th.
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21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
August 13, 2017, 6:16:32 pm MST -0600
21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
Day 5, a slow day, results
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Filippo Oppici|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Marco Laurenzi|Thomas Weissenberger|Worlds 2017 Class 1|Zac Majors
The inversion took a long time to break so pilots didn't go until the third clock. The days end between 5 PM and 5:30 PM when the sun is very low on the horizon. Zac complains that pilot leave the early thermals too early when the lift decreases apparently forgetting about how they will soon be faced with much weaker thermals as they get near goal.
It took a little under 3:30 hours to do the task today for 132 km. Yesterday a task of about the same length took 2:20 hours. A very weak day.
I notice that there was a small penalty for not making goal (you get only 80% of your speed points, which in this case were very few). As long as you make the end of speed section. The penalty is the slight difference in your distance flown plus the 20% reduction in speed points.
There were very few leading point today, few speed points, and very few arrival position points. Distance was heavily counted. Thirty two pilots got to the end of the speed section.
One more day, then a rest day.
Task 5:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Lead. Points |
Time Points |
Arr. Pos. Points |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Petr Beneš | AEROS - COMBAT 14 | 03:22:40 | 39.3 | 227.5 | 40.6 | 982 |
2 | ZAC MAJORS | WILLSWING - T2C | 03:22:47 | 37.3 | 225.1 | 37.9 | 975 |
3 | NENE ROTOR | WILLSWING - T2C-144 | 03:23:46 | 34.0 | 216.9 | 33.0 | 959 |
4 | CHRISTIAN CIECH | ICARO - LAMINAR | 03:24:16 | 36.0 | 213.9 | 28.6 | 954 |
5 | ANDRE LUIZ WOLF | MOYES - RX 3,5 PRO | 03:24:53 | 44.5 | 210.6 | 20.0 | 950 |
6 | MARCO LAURENZI | ICARO - LAMINAR 14.1 | 03:24:18 | 31.9 | 213.7 | 26.6 | 947 |
7 | DAN VYHNALIK | AEROS - COMBAT 13.5 GT | 03:24:41 | 35.9 | 211.7 | 23.1 | 946 |
8 | DAIMON KOJI | AEROS - COMBAT C 12.7 | 03:24:42 | 34.8 | 211.6 | 21.5 | 943 |
9 | ALESSANDRO PLONER | ICARO - LAMINAR Z9 | 03:25:00 | 35.1 | 210.1 | 17.4 | 938 |
10 | CARLOS ROBERTO SALLES | AEROS COMBAT GT 12.7 | 03:24:58 | 32.7 | 210.2 | 18.7 | 937 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ALESSANDRO PLONER | ICARO - LAMINAR Z9 | 4716 |
2 | MARIO ALONZI | AEROS - 12.7 GT | 4694 |
3 | CHRISTIAN CIECH | ICARO - LAMINAR | 4668 |
4 | Petr Beneš | AEROS - COMBAT 14 | 4657 |
5 | FILIPPO OPPICI | WILLSWING - T2C | 4619 |
6 | DAN VYHNALIK | AEROS - COMBAT 13.5 GT | 4572 |
7 | Nene Rotor | WILLSWING - T2C-144 | 4550 |
8 | MARCO LAURENZI | ICARO - LAMINAR 14.1 | 4539 |
9 | JON DURAND | MOYES - RX 3.5 PRO | 4483 |
10 | THOMAS WEISSENBERGER | MOYES RS 3.5 | 4469 |
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21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
August 12, 2017, 5:25:50 pm MST -0600
21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
Day 4, Results
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|Filippo Oppici|Gordon Rigg|Marco Laurenzi|Petr Polach|Primoz Gricar|Robin Hamilton|Thomas Weissenberger|Worlds 2017 Class 1|Zac Majors
Task 4:
# | Name | Glider | SS | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | JON DURAND | MOYES - RX 3.5 PRO | 13:45:00 | 02:20:48 | 1000 |
2 | MARIO ALONZI | AEROS - 12.7 GT | 13:45:00 | 02:23:50 | 928 |
3 | ATTILA BERTOK | MOYES RX 5 PRO | 13:45:00 | 02:26:03 | 920 |
4 | TONY ARMSTRONG | MOYES - RX 3.5 PRO | 13:45:00 | 02:26:23 | 919 |
5 | Petr Beneš | AEROS - COMBAT 14 | 13:45:00 | 02:26:29 | 908 |
6 | ALVARO FIGUEIREDO SANDOLI | WILLSWING - T2C-144 | 13:45:00 | 02:25:56 | 905 |
7 | MARCO LAURENZI | ICARO - LAMINAR 14.1 | 13:45:00 | 02:26:00 | 904 |
8 | DAN VYHNALIK | AEROS - COMBAT 13.5 GT | 13:45:00 | 02:27:03 | 899 |
9 | THOMAS WEISSENBERGER | MOYES RS 3.5 | 13:45:00 | 02:28:10 | 895 |
10 | ROBIN HAMILTON | MOYES - RX 3.5 | 13:45:00 | 02:26:46 | 894 |
11 | FILIPPO OPPICI | WILLSWING - T2C | 13:45:00 | 02:26:55 | 893 |
12 | ZAC MAJORS | WILLSWING - T2C | 13:45:00 | 02:28:17 | 886 |
13 | GORDON RIGG | MOYES - RX3.5 PRO | 13:45:00 | 02:28:49 | 867 |
14 | PETR POLACH | AEROS - COMBAT 13.5 GT | 13:45:00 | 02:32:59 | 842 |
14 | ALESSANDRO PLONER | ICARO - LAMINAR Z9 | 14:00:00 | 02:26:02 | 842 |
16 | PETER NEUENSCHWANDER | AEROS - COMBAT 12.7C | 13:45:00 | 02:33:18 | 840 |
17 | PRIMOZ GRICAR | AEROS - COMBAT 13.5 GT | 14:00:00 | 02:28:05 | 825 |
18 | GRANT J CROSSINGHAM | MOYES - RX3.5 | 13:45:00 | 02:36:20 | 815 |
19 | GLEN MCFARLANE | WILLSWING - T2C 144 | 13:45:00 | 02:36:40 | 814 |
20 | CARLOS ROBERTO DE NIEMEYER SALLES | AEROS COMBAT GT 12.7 | 13:45:00 | 02:36:26 | 811 |
21 | CHRISTIAN CIECH | ICARO - LAMINAR | 14:00:00 | 02:29:31 | 809 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | MARIO ALONZI | AEROS - 12.7 GT | 3789 |
2 | ALESSANDRO PLONER | ICARO - LAMINAR Z9 | 3778 |
3 | FILIPPO OPPICI | WILLSWING - T2C | 3717 |
4 | CHRISTIAN CIECH | ICARO - LAMINAR | 3714 |
5 | Petr Beneš | AEROS - COMBAT 14 | 3675 |
6 | DAN VYHNALIK | AEROS - COMBAT 13.5 GT | 3626 |
7 | ROBIN HAMILTON | MOYES - RX 3.5 | 3598 |
8 | MARCO LAURENZI | ICARO - LAMINAR 14.1 | 3592 |
9 | ALVARO FIGUEIREDO SANDOLI | WILLSWING - T2C-144 | 3591 |
10 | JON DURAND | MOYES - RX 3.5 PRO | 3584 |
Looks like the Italians (other than Filippo) made a big mistake going on the second clock. Maybe they were low at the start of the first clock.
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21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
August 11, 2017, 7:32:28 pm MST -0600
21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
Results
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Christian Pollet|Facebook|Filippo Oppici|Marco Laurenzi|photo|Primoz Gricar|Robin Hamilton|Thomas Weissenberger|Worlds 2017 Class 1
http://www.cbvl.esp.br/evento/resultado/117
Task 3:
Name | Glider | Time | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ALESSANDRO PLONER | ICARO - LAMINAR Z9 | 02:48:24 | 996 |
2 | ALVARO FIGUEIREDO SANDOLI | WILLSWING - T2C-144 | 02:48:29 | 990 |
3 | CHRISTIAN CIECH | ICARO - LAMINAR | 02:48:41 | 982 |
4 | MARIO ALONZI | AEROS - 12.7 GT | 02:48:38 | 980 |
5 | CHRISTIAN POLLET | AEROS - 12.7 | 02:48:43 | 973 |
6 | THOMAS WEISSENBERGER | MOYES RS 3.5 | 02:49:22 | 968 |
7 | FILIPPO OPPICI | WILLSWING - T2C | 02:49:18 | 966 |
8 | Petr Beneš | AEROS - COMBAT 14 | 02:50:46 | 952 |
9 | SERGIO GALVAS | WILLSWING - T2C | 02:51:18 | 933 |
10 | MARCO LAURENZI | ICARO - LAMINAR 14.1 | 02:52:33 | 929 |
Zac was twelfth, Robin thirteenth, Derreck 26th, Bruce 32nd.
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ALESSANDRO PLONER | ICARO - LAMINAR Z9 | 2936 |
2 | CHRISTIAN CIECH | ICARO - LAMINAR | 2905 |
3 | MARIO ALONZI | AEROS - 12.7 GT | 2861 |
4 | FILIPPO OPPICI | WILLSWING - T2C | 2824 |
5 | Petr Beneš | AEROS - COMBAT 14 | 2767 |
6 | DAN VYHNALIK | AEROS - COMBAT 13.5 GT | 2727 |
7 | ROBIN HAMILTON | MOYES - RX 3.5 | 2704 |
8 | PRIMOZ GRICAR | AEROS - COMBAT 13.5 GT | 2693 |
8 | RODOLFO GOTES NAVARRO | WILLSWING - T2C 144 | 2693 |
10 | MARCO LAURENZI | ICARO - LAMINAR 14.1 | 2688 |
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21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
August 11, 2017, 2:20:26 pm MST -0600
21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
Day 3
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Christian Pollet|Filippo Oppici|John Simon|Worlds 2017 Class 1|Yoko Isomoto
First - Alex Ploner, Second - Nene Rotor, Third - Mario Alonzi, Fourth - Christian Ciech, Fifth - Christian Pollet, Sixth - Filippo Oppici.
Zac, Derreck, Bruce, and Robin at goal. John Simon landed out just before goal. Yoko at goal.
Alex has reason to be happy:
Photo by Regina Glas.
Primoz, barefoot:
Photo by Regina Glas.
Yoko and team mates at goal:
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21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
August 10, 2017, 6:43:35 pm MST -0600
21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
Results
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|Filippo Oppici|Petr Polach|Primoz Gricar|Robin Hamilton|Worlds 2017 Class 1
http://www.cbvl.esp.br/evento/resultado/117
Task 2:
Name | Glider | Time | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | CHRISTIAN CIECH | ICARO - LAMINAR | 02:20:54 | 988 |
2 | ALESSANDRO PLONER | ICARO - LAMINAR Z9 | 02:21:20 | 972 |
3 | PRIMOZ GRICAR | AEROS - COMBAT 13.5 GT | 02:21:20 | 967 |
4 | FILIPPO OPPICI | WILLSWING - T2C | 02:21:31 | 961 |
5 | DAN VYHNALIK | AEROS - COMBAT 13.5 GT | 02:21:36 | 958 |
6 | DAVID FILHO | WILLSWING - T2CX | 02:23:05 | 951 |
7 | DAIMON KOJI | AEROS - COMBAT C 12.7 | 02:21:55 | 950 |
8 | PETR POLACH | AEROS - COMBAT 13.5 GT | 02:21:51 | 947 |
9 | ATTILA BERTOK | MOYES RX 5 PRO | 02:23:14 | 939 |
10 | Petr Beneš | AEROS - COMBAT 14 | 02:22:56 | 938 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ALESSANDRO PLONER | ICARO - LAMINAR Z9 | 1940 |
2 | CHRISTIAN CIECH | ICARO - LAMINAR | 1923 |
3 | MARIO ALONZI | AEROS - 12.7 GT | 1881 |
4 | FILIPPO OPPICI | WILLSWING - T2C | 1858 |
5 | PRIMOZ GRICAR | AEROS - COMBAT 13.5 GT | 1854 |
6 | DAN VYHNALIK | AEROS - COMBAT 13.5 GT | 1839 |
7 | Petr Beneš | AEROS - COMBAT 14 | 1815 |
8 | GRANT J CROSSINGHAM | MOYES - RX3.5 | 1802 |
9 | DAVID FILHO | WILLSWING - T2CX | 1789 |
10 | ROBIN HAMILTON | MOYES - RX 3.5 | 1788 |
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21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
August 10, 2017, 5:00:19 pm MST -0600
21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
Day two, twenty five in the lead gaggle
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|calendar|Christian Ciech|Facebook|Filippo Oppici|Worlds 2017 Class 1
The flying is about over for the day: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=2040#
You can go on Replay. Takes a while to figure it out. Click the calendar, choose today, choose the time by clicking the clock symbol at the bottom of the calendar, subtract six hours.
Christian Ciech in first with Alex Ploner right behind him. And then Primoz and Filippo. Bunch of Italians clean up again today.
Christian landing and Alex coming in:
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21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
August 9, 2017, 7:16:13 pm MST -0600
21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
Results
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Christian Pollet|Filippo Oppici|Jamie Shelden|Primoz Gricar|Worlds 2017 Class 1
http://naughtylawyertravels.blogspot.com.br/2017/08/worlds-day-1.html
A mid-air with a broken outboard leading edge. Pilot landed okay under canopy.
Live tracking: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=2040
http://eventos.cbvl.esp.br/en/21-fai-mundial-de-asa-delta-brasilia-2017#results
http://www.cbvl.esp.br/evento/resultado/117
Task 1:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ALESSANDRO PLONER | ICARO - LAMINAR Z9 | 01:56:06 | 967 |
2 | MARIO ALONZI | AEROS - 12.7 GT | 01:57:19 | 953 |
3 | JON DURAND | MOYES - RX 3.5 PRO | 01:59:46 | 937 |
4 | CHRISTIAN CIECH | ICARO - LAMINAR | 01:59:13 | 934 |
5 | CHRISTIAN POLLET | AEROS - 12.7 | 02:00:12 | 907 |
6 | TONY ARMSTRONG | MOYES - RX 3.5 PRO | 02:00:00 | 898 |
7 | FILIPPO OPPICI | WILLSWING - T2C | 02:00:03 | 896 |
8 | GLEN MCFARLANE | WILLSWING - T2C 144 | 02:00:19 | 890 |
9 | PRIMOZ GRICAR | AEROS - COMBAT 13.5 GT | 02:00:24 | 887 |
10 | RODOLFO GOTES NAVARRO | WILLSWING - T2C 144 | 02:02:15 | 881 |
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21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
August 9, 2017, 1:43:54 pm MST -0600
21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
Day one, many in goal
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Facebook|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Worlds 2017 Class 1
The flying is about over for the day: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=2040
Alex Ploner in first to goal:
Moyes writes:
Perfect conditions at launch the whole field of 131 pilots off in about 45 minutes. Pumping day with many pilots at goal. Close finish with Alex Ploner 1st, Mario Alonzi 2nd, Christian Ciech 3rd, Jonny Durand 4th, Vibeman 5th, Glen McFarlane 6th.
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21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship is open
Track the competition
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|CIVL|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Davide Guiducci|Facebook|Filippo Oppici|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|photo|Thomas Weissenberger|Worlds 2017 Class 1|Zac Majors
Elena at CIVL «Elena at CIVL» writes:
CIVL of FAI is glad to announce that Brasilia has opened the World Championship of 21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship. From August 6 till 19, 142 pilots from 29 countries will be competing in the skies of Brazil with flights between Formosa (GO) and the Federal District.
One of the favorites is current world champion Christian Ciech, winner of the Worlds at Valle de Bravo in Mexico in 2015. Other pilots also contenders for the title, are the top five in the ranking: Australian Jonny Durand, number one Pre-World Cup winner in 2016 in Brasilia, Brazilian André Wolf, Italians Filippo Oppici and Davide Guiducci, and Austrian Thomas Weissenberger.
Read the story and see photos of the opening ceremony here:
http://www.fai.org/civl-news/43341-event10516-brazil-hg2017-open
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The would add other contenders at the very least, former World Champions, Alex Ploner and Attila Bertok, as well as Zac Majors, who just beat Christian in similar conditions at Dinosaur. Other USA team members, for sure. Perhaps Corinna, who just won the German Open.
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2017 Italian Open »
July 28, 2017, 7:33:21 MST -0600
2017 Italian Open
Results from the second task
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Davide Guiducci|Italian Open 2017|Moyes Litespeed RX|Tullio Gervasoni
http://www.vololiberomontecucco.it/Cucco2017/task2.html
Task 2 on Thursday:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ALEX PLONER | ICARO LAMINAR | 03:06:45 | 997 |
2 | CHRISTIAN CIECH | ICARO LAMINAR | 03:14:08 | 949 |
3 | VANNI ACCATTOLI | MOYES RX4 | 03:42:04 | 876 |
4 | VALENTINO BAU | ICARO LAMINAR 14.1 | 03:43:57 | 859 |
5 | DAVIDE GUIDUCCI | ICARO LAMINAR | 04:08:05 | 827 |
6 | LUCA COMINO | AIR ATOS VQ | 03:12:14 | 813 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | T 1 | T 2 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ALEX PLONER | ICARO LAMINAR | 1000 | 997 | 1997 |
2 | CHRISTIAN CIECH | ICARO LAMINAR | 872 | 949 | 1821 |
3 | DAVIDE GUIDUCCI | ICARO LAMINAR | 965 | 827 | 1792 |
4 | VALENTINO BAU | ICARO LAMINAR 14.1 | 777 | 859 | 1636 |
5 | LUCA COMINO | AIR ATOS VQ | 750 | 813 | 1563 |
6 | Arne Tänzer | ICARO LAMINAR 14.1 | 812 | 736 | 1548 |
7 | JOCHEN ZEISCHKA | MOYES LITESPEED RX4 | 839 | 676 | 1515 |
8 | KARL REICHEGGER | ICARO LAMINAR | 728 | 748 | 1476 |
9 | ANTON MORODER | ICARO LAMINAR | 815 | 630 | 1445 |
10 | TULLIO GERVASONI | WILLS WING T2C 144 | 723 | 621 | 1344 |
Two more days to go.
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2017 Italian National Hang Gliding Championships
Interesting weather
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Davide Guiducci|Italian Nationals 2017|Marco Laurenzi|Moyes Litespeed RX|Tullio Gervasoni|weather
Tullio sends from Tuesday (about 3 or 4 PM Italian time):
Rigid wings are scored with flex wings with a 15% penalty. I wonder if Gerolf would approve.
http://www.vololiberomontecucco.it/vlmc/index.php
Sunday's results, Monday and Tuesday cancelled:
https://www.vololiberomontecucco.it/Cucco2017/task1.html
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alex Ploner | Icaro Laminar | 02:19:12 | 1000 |
2 | Davide Guiducci | Icaro Laminar | 02:20:52 | 965 |
3 | Christian Ciech | Icaro Laminar | 02:31:23 | 872 |
4 | Jochen Zeischka | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 02:34:54 | 839 |
5 | Anton Moroder | Icaro Laminar | 02:41:40 | 815 |
6 | Arne Tänzer | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 02:39:42 | 812 |
7 | Valentino Bau | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 02:46:21 | 777 |
8 | Luca Comino | Air Atos VQ | 02:29:27 | 750 |
9 | Anton Struganov | Moyes RX4 | 02:52:40 | 742 |
10 | Marco Laurenzi | Icaro Laminar | 02:53:15 | 734 |
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Spring Meeting - Friuli Venezia Giulia Trophy 2017
Just finished
Facebook|Friuli Venezia Giulia Trophy 2017|video
https://airtribune.com/spring-meeting-2017/blog
No live tracking on Airtribune for this meet.
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Pre-Worlds Winners
September 5, 2016, 11:11:23 MST -0600
Pre-Worlds Winners
Jonny and the Italians
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|André Wolfe|André Wolfe|Christian Ciech|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr
http://www.hgoutlanders.com/pre-worlds-winners/
I’m pretty sure I can sing the Italian national anthem at this point. We’ve been hearing so much of it lately between their wins at the Europeans in Macedonia and now the team event here at the pre-worlds (not to mention the previous team and individual gold medals in both Valle de Bravo and Forbes). They did it again here in the team event – and without their two star pilots, Christian Ciech and Alex Ploner. With the two of them at worlds next year, I’m guessing they’ll be unbeatable. Perhaps only the Brasilians have a shot at them. The teams were neck-in-neck this year, thanks to strong flying by Nene Rotor (despite, and even after, his tumble), Glauco Pinto, Andre Wolf, and Carlos Niemeyer. The Aussies took third place.
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2016 European Championships »
July 28, 2016, 3:48:23 pm MST -0600
2016 European Championships
Results from the eighth day
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|competition|Davide Guiducci|European Championships 2016|Flytec 6030|Moyes Litespeed RX|Primoz Gricar|Suan Selenati
https://airtribune.com/hgeu2016/results
Forty nine in goal. Zac bombs.
Task 7:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | icaro laminar z9 | 02:32:30 | 993 |
2 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 02:32:33 | 982 |
3 | Suan Selenati | ITA | WILLS WING T2C | 02:33:06 | 979 |
4 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes RX3.5 | 02:33:42 | 959 |
5 | Petr Benes | CZE | aeros combat 14.2 09 | 02:33:52 | 953 |
6 | Davide Guiducci | ITA | Icaro 2000 Laminar 13.2 | 02:34:18 | 935 |
6 | Tom Weissenberger | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 TechnoraSpok | 02:33:56 | 935 |
8 | Primoz Gricar | GER | Aeros Combat 13,5 C | 02:34:57 | 921 |
9 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | ICARO 2000 LAMINAR | 02:34:35 | 920 |
10 | Jochen Zeischka | BEL | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 02:36:06 | 914 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 6574 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | icaro laminar z9 | 6561 |
3 | Peter Neuenschwander | SUI | AEROS Combat C | 6473 |
4 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes RX3.5 | 6393 |
5 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes RX5 | 6220 |
6 | Petr Benes | CZE | aeros combat 14.2 09 | 6030 |
7 | Suan Selenati | ITA | WILLS WING T2C | 6010 |
8 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | ICARO 2000 LAMINAR | 5951 |
9 | Dan Vyhnalik | CZE | Aeros Combat 13.5 | 5931 |
10 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes RX4 | 5926 |
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2016 European Championships »
A short task
Wed, Jul 27 2016, 3:13:37 pm MDTA.I.R. ATOS VR|Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|Christopher Friedl|European Championships 2016|Facebook|Moyes Litespeed RX|Petr Polach|Suan Selenati
After two non flying days a short task is called with iffy conditions. Many at goal:
Task 7 (rigids):
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Christopher Friedl | Aut | A.I.R. Atos VR10 | 03:09:49 | 1000 |
2 | Tim Grabowski | Ger | A-I-R Atos-VQ | 03:11:55 | 949 |
3 | Norbert Kirchner | Ger | Air VQ Race | 03:12:35 | 939 |
4 | Wolfgang Kothgasser | Aut | Air Atos Vqrace | 03:15:57 | 911 |
5 | Luca Comino | Ita | A.I.R. Atos VQ | 03:17:42 | 850 |
6 | Jochen Zeyher | Ger | A-I-R Atos Vqr | 03:32:21 | 794 |
7 | Dirk Ripkens | Ger | Air Atos Vqr | 03:33:23 | 767 |
8 | Arnold Nadlinger | Aut | Atos Vr | 03:32:44 | 760 |
9 | Paul Harvey | Gbr | Air Atos Vrs | 03:32:25 | 748 |
10 | Shogo Ota | Jpn | Air Atosvr | 03:34:27 | 731 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tim Grabowski | Ger | A-I-R Atos-VQ | 5639 |
2 | Wolfgang Kothgasser | Aut | Air Atos Vqrace | 5524 |
3 | Christopher Friedl | Aut | A.I.R. Atos VR10 | 5383 |
4 | Naoki Itagaki | Jpn | Air Atos VQ Race | 4823 |
5 | Norbert Kirchner | Ger | Air VQ Race | 4784 |
6 | Walter Geppert | Aut | Atos VR10 | 4399 |
7 | Carlos Punet | Esp | A.I.R. Atos Vrt | 4284 |
7 | Luca Comino | Ita | A.I.R. Atos VQ | 4284 |
9 | Dirk Ripkens | Ger | Air Atos Vqr | 3567 |
10 | Shogo Ota | Jpn | Air Atosvr | 3554 |
Task 6 (60 in goal):
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Christian Ciech | Ita | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 01:57:20 | 1000 |
2 | Attila Bertok | Hun | Moyes RX5 | 01:57:51 | 952 |
3 | Olav Opsanger | Nor | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Technora | 01:57:58 | 949 |
4 | Petr Benes | Cze | Aeros Combat 14.2 09 | 01:58:03 | 941 |
5 | Fredy Bircher | Sui | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 01:58:41 | 933 |
6 | Evgen Lysenko | Ukr | Aeros Combat GT 12.7 | 01:58:50 | 918 |
7 | Dan Vyhnalik | Cze | Aeros Combat 13.5 | 01:59:31 | 912 |
8 | Alessandro Ploner | Ita | Icaro Laminar Z9 | 02:01:01 | 909 |
9 | Petr Polach | Cze | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 02:00:58 | 893 |
10 | Anton Struganov | Rus | Moyes Litespeed RX | 02:01:44 | 885 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | T 1 | T 2 | T 3 | T 4 | T 5 | T 6 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Christian Ciech | Ita | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 879 | 742 | 996 | 981 | 994 | 1000 | 5592 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | Ita | Icaro Laminar Z9 | 915 | 940 | 969 | 982 | 853 | 909 | 5568 |
3 | Peter Neuenschwander | Sui | Aeros Combat C | 953 | 923 | 953 | 966 | 948 | 818 | 5561 |
4 | Attila Bertok | Hun | Moyes RX5 | 954 | 719 | 880 | 973 | 985 | 952 | 5463 |
5 | Grant Crossingham | Gbr | Moyes RX3.5 | 960 | 889 | 874 | 943 | 971 | 797 | 5434 |
6 | Balazs Ujhelyi | Hun | Moyes RX4 | 802 | 886 | 887 | 734 | 913 | 866 | 5088 |
7 | Petr Benes | Cze | Aeros Combat 14.2 09 | 917 | 569 | 899 | 768 | 983 | 941 | 5077 |
8 | Dan Vyhnalik | Cze | Aeros Combat 13.5 | 970 | 762 | 676 | 779 | 963 | 912 | 5062 |
9 | Antoine Boisselier | Fra | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 976 | 536 | 959 | 835 | 898 | 827 | 5031 |
9 | Suan Selenati | Ita | Wills Wing T2C | 772 | 961 | 798 | 787 | 855 | 858 | 5031 |
Zac came in eleventh.
10 topics in this article: A.I.R. ATOS VR, Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Attila Bertok, Christian Ciech, Christopher Friedl, European Championships 2016, Facebook, Moyes Litespeed RX, Petr Polach, Suan Selenati
2016 European Championships »
July 25, 2016, 8:10:08 MST -0600
2016 European Championships
After five tasks
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|European Championships 2016|Facebook|Jamie Shelden|photo|video
Rest day. The competition goes through Friday with awards on Saturday.
https://www.facebook.com/107783410722/videos/10153608250890723/
Photo by Jamie Shelden.
Apparently the launch was successful.
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July 24, 2016, 4:01:19 pm MST -0600
2016 European Championships
Day six, task five
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|competition|European Championships 2016|Facebook|Filippo Oppici|photo|Suan Selenati
Day five photos here. Regina's photos here.
https://airtribune.com/hgeu2016/results
Task 5:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 03:56:13 | 994 |
2 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes RX5 | 03:56:29 | 985 |
3 | Petr Benes | CZE | aeros combat 14.2 09 | 03:56:24 | 983 |
4 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes RX3.5 | 03:56:45 | 971 |
5 | Dan Vyhnalik | CZE | Aeros Combat 13.5 | 03:56:45 | 963 |
6 | Franz Herrmann | SUI | Aeros Combat 13.5 | 03:57:32 | 958 |
7 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 03:57:41 | 956 |
8 | Peter Neuenschwander | SUI | AEROS Combat C | 03:58:26 | 947 |
9 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes RX4 | 04:05:38 | 912 |
10 | Christian Baertschi | SUI | Aeros Combat 13.5 C | 04:06:20 | 906 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Peter Neuenschwander | SUI | AEROS Combat C | 4742 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | icaro laminar z9 | 4657 |
3 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes RX3.5 | 4637 |
4 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 4592 |
5 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes RX5 | 4511 |
6 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes RX4 | 4221 |
7 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | ICARO 2000 LAMINAR | 4203 |
8 | Suan Selenati | ITA | WILLS WING T2C | 4171 |
9 | Dan Vyhnalik | CZE | Aeros Combat 13.5 | 4150 |
10 | Petr Benes | CZE | aeros combat 14.2 09 | 4136 |
Alex Ploner, two time world champion, dropped to second after arriving fourteen minutes behind Christian Ciech. He was the last one into goal and the only pilot from the second clock to make goal. Only seventeen pilots in goal.
One time world champion, Attila Bertok moved up from sixth to fifth after coming in second. The first five spots are pretty tight.
9 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Attila Bertok, Christian Ciech, competition, European Championships 2016, Facebook, Filippo Oppici, photo, Suan Selenati
2016 European Championships »
Day five, task four for open class, five for rigids
Sat, Jul 23 2016, 3:22:45 pm MDTA.I.R. ATOS VR|Aeronautic Innovation Rühle & Co GmbH|Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|Christopher Friedl|competition|European Championships 2016|Facebook|Moyes Litespeed RX|photo|Primoz Gricar|Suan Selenati
https://airtribune.com/hgeu2016/results
British Hang Gliding Team at Goal:
Class five results:
Task 5, day 5:
# | Name | Glider | Time | km/h | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tim Grabowski | A-I-R Atos-VQ | 02:41:53 | 54.3 | 1000 |
2 | Wolfgang Kothgasser | Air Atos Vqrace | 02:46:34 | 52.8 | 926 |
3 | Naoki Itagaki | Air Atos VQ Race | 02:50:52 | 51.4 | 882 |
4 | Christopher Friedl | A.I.R. Atos VR10 | 03:03:34 | 47.9 | 762 |
5 | Walter Geppert | Atos VR10 | 03:09:02 | 46.5 | 730 |
6 | Norbert Kirchner | Air VQ Race | 03:09:48 | 46.3 | 717 |
7 | Franco Laverdino | A.I.R. Atos Vr 2016 | 03:09:51 | 46.3 | 711 |
8 | Carlos Punet | A.I.R. Atos Vrt | 03:09:58 | 46.3 | 708 |
9 | Patrick Chopard Lallier | A-I-R Atos Vr 11 | 03:13:34 | 45.4 | 686 |
10 | Paul Harvey | Air Atos Vrs | 03:25:01 | 42.9 | 615 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Wolfgang Kothgasser | Aut | Air Atos Vqrace | 3871 |
2 | Tim Grabowski | Ger | A-I-R Atos-VQ | 3690 |
3 | Naoki Itagaki | Jpn | Air Atos VQ Race | 3676 |
4 | Christopher Friedl | Aut | A.I.R. Atos VR10 | 3455 |
5 | Norbert Kirchner | Ger | Air VQ Race | 3153 |
6 | Walter Geppert | Aut | Atos VR10 | 3056 |
7 | Carlos Punet | Esp | A.I.R. Atos Vrt | 3027 |
8 | Patrick Chopard Lallier | Fra | A-I-R Atos Vr 11 | 2997 |
9 | Luca Comino | Ita | A.I.R. Atos VQ | 2781 |
10 | Richard Herzog | Aut | Air VQ Race | 2647 |
Class 1:
Task 4:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alessandro Ploner | Icaro Laminar Z9 | 03:08:42 | 982 |
2 | Christian Ciech | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 03:08:48 | 981 |
3 | Attila Bertok | Moyes RX5 | 03:08:59 | 973 |
4 | Peter Neuenschwander | Aeros Combat C | 03:10:28 | 966 |
5 | Grant Crossingham | Moyes RX3.5 | 03:11:02 | 943 |
6 | Tom Weissenberger | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Technoraspok | 03:13:15 | 926 |
7 | Doenhuber Gerd | Moyes RX3.5 2015 | 03:16:42 | 900 |
8 | Primoz Gricar | Aeros Combat 13,5°C | 03:26:29 | 844 |
9 | Antoine Boisselier | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 03:25:31 | 835 |
10 | Franc Peternel | Wills Wing T2C | 03:34:18 | 790 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alessandro Ploner | Ita | Icaro Laminar Z9 | 3806 |
2 | Peter Neuenschwander | Sui | Aeros Combat C | 3795 |
3 | Grant Crossingham | Gbr | Moyes RX3.5 | 3666 |
4 | Christian Ciech | Ita | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 3598 |
5 | Franc Peternel | Slo | Wills Wing T2C | 3544 |
6 | Attila Bertok | Hun | Moyes RX5 | 3526 |
7 | Endre Kovacs | Hun | Aeros Combat GT 13,5 | 3413 |
8 | Primoz Gricar | Ger | Aeros Combat 13,5°C | 3391 |
9 | Suan Selenati | Ita | Wills Wing T2C | 3318 |
10 | Balazs Ujhelyi | Hun | Moyes RX4 | 3309 |
Alex and Christian fly together and end up first and second. Finally the Moyes pilots remember what they are flying. Zac takes the third start time and doesn't go that far. Thirty seven pilots make goal.
2016 European Championships »
July 22, 2016, 5:18:55 pm MST -0600
2016 European Championships
1 second equals 10 points, the results from day four
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|competition|Davide Guiducci|European Championships 2016|Filippo Oppici|Primoz Gricar|Suan Selenati|Tullio Gervasoni|Zac Majors
https://airtribune.com/hgeu2016/results
Third day in a row that a pilot flying a Wills Wing T2C wins the day. Wills, Icaro and Aeros dominate the top ten.
Day four:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Franc Peternel | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 02:35:03 | 996 |
1 | Christian Ciech | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 02:35:04 | 996 |
3 | Davide Guiducci | Icaro 2000 Laminar 13.2 | 02:35:05 | 986 |
4 | Filippo Oppici | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 02:35:08 | 980 |
5 | Alessandro Ploner | icaro laminar z9 | 02:35:38 | 968 |
6 | Tullio Gervasoni | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 02:35:49 | 964 |
7 | Antoine Boisselier | ICARO 2000 LAMINAR | 02:36:01 | 958 |
8 | Peter Neuenschwander | AEROS Combat C | 02:36:21 | 952 |
9 | Petr Benes | aeros combat 14.2 09 | 02:40:42 | 898 |
10 | Zac Majors | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 02:41:01 | 896 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Peter Neuenschwander | AEROS Combat C | 2828 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | icaro laminar z9 | 2823 |
3 | Franc Peternel | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2755 |
4 | Grant Crossingham | 2726 | |
5 | Endre Kovacs | Aeros Combat GT 13,5 | 2673 |
6 | Christian Ciech | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 2617 |
7 | Mario Alonzi | AEROS AEROS | 2593 |
8 | Attila Bertok | 2554 | |
9 | Primoz Gricar | Aeros Combat 13,5 C | 2549 |
10 | Suan Selenati | WILLS WING T2C | 2534 |
11 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Attila Bertok, Christian Ciech, competition, Davide Guiducci, European Championships 2016, Filippo Oppici, Primoz Gricar, Suan Selenati, Tullio Gervasoni, Zac Majors
2016 European Championships »
July 21, 2016, 5:32:52 pm MST -0600
2016 European Championships
Results
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|competition|European Championships 2016|Facebook|photo|Primoz Gricar|Suan Selenati
Suan first.
Wills Wing gliders piloted into first place two days in a row.
https://airtribune.com/hgeu2016/results
Second Task:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Suan Selenati | Wills Wing T2C | 03:06:15 | 961 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | Icaro Laminar z9 | 03:07:35 | 939 |
3 | Peter Neuenschwander | Aeros Combat C | 03:09:28 | 922 |
4 | Endre Kovacs | Aeros Combat GT 13,5 | 03:14:57 | 910 |
5 | Franc Peternel | 03:11:37 | 902 | |
6 | Grant Crossingham | 03:12:22 | 888 | |
7 | Balazs Ujhelyi | 03:12:33 | 885 | |
8 | Mario Alonzi | Aeros | 03:13:21 | 874 |
9 | Primoz Gricar | Aeros Combat 13,5 C | 03:37:21 | 775 |
10 | Dan Vyhnalik | Aeros Combat 13.5 | 03:40:24 | 759 |
Again no Moyes gliders claimed in the top ten. Zac doesn't make goal again. Thirty at goal. Fillippo barely short of goal.
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Peter Neuenschwander | Aeros Combat C | 1875 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | Icaro Laminar z9 | 1854 |
3 | Grant Crossingham | 1848 | |
4 | Endre Kovacs | Aeros Combat GT 13,5 | 1818 |
5 | Mario Alonzi | Aeros | 1765 |
6 | Franc Peternel | 1758 | |
7 | Suan Selenati | Wills Wing T2C | 1733 |
8 | Dan Vyhnalik | Aeros Combat 13.5 | 1729 |
9 | Primoz Gricar | Aeros Combat 13,5 C | 1696 |
10 | Balazs Ujhelyi | 1687 |
7 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, competition, European Championships 2016, Facebook, photo, Primoz Gricar, Suan Selenati
2016 European Championships »
July 20, 2016, 4:31:11 pm MST -0600
2016 European Championships
Zac bombs
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|competition|European Championships 2016|Filippo Oppici|PG|Primoz Gricar
https://airtribune.com/hgeu2016/results
https://airtribune.com/hgeu2016/results/task1695/day/overall_c1
First task:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Miroslav Cap | M | CZE | Wills Wing T2c | 01:51:03 | 982 |
2 | Antoine Boisselier | M | FRA | ICARO 2000 LAMINAR | 01:51:30 | 977 |
3 | Dan Vyhnalik | M | CZE | Aeros Combat 13.5 | 01:51:54 | 970 |
4 | Grant Crossingham | M | GBR | 01:52:07 | 960 | |
5 | Attila Bertok | M | HUN | 01:52:19 | 954 | |
6 | Peter Neuenschwander | M | SUI | AEROS Combat C | 01:52:20 | 953 |
7 | Filippo Oppici | M | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 01:52:43 | 945 |
8 | Primoz Gricar | M | GER | Aeros Combat 13,5 C | 01:52:54 | 921 |
9 | Petr Benes | M | CZE | aeros combat 14.2 09 | 01:54:38 | 916 |
10 | Alessandro Ploner | M | ITA | icaro laminar z9 | 01:54:48 | 915 |
Zac took the second start, which did not work out. Just outside the start cylinder apparently. A very tight finish, looking a lot like a paragliding competition in terms of how close the finishers are and with basically one start time.
Christian, 20th, and Ploner, 10th, as seen above. Wills Wing glider flown by the day winner. Vicki needs her pilots to get their Moyes gliders identified as no Moyes gliders show up on the list for the pilots in the top ten.
Sasha, top female, and only female actually listed as having scored.
7 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Attila Bertok, competition, European Championships 2016, Filippo Oppici, PG, Primoz Gricar
Zac third at two day Austrian Open
July 10, 2016, 9:49:39 pm MST -0600
Zac third at two day Austrian Open
Manfred first and Alex second
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Blue Sky|Christian Ciech|competition|Icaro 2000|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Zac Majors
https://airtribune.com/austrianopen2016/results
Final:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | T 1 | T 2 | T 3 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 0 | 835 | 917 | 1752 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 0 | 890 | 848 | 1738 |
3 | Zac Majors | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 0 | 879 | 771 | 1650 |
4 | Anton Moroder | ITA | icaro 2000 laminar 13 | 0 | 737 | 878 | 1615 |
5 | Walter Mayer | AUT | Moyes Litespeed Rx | 0 | 735 | 839 | 1574 |
6 | Joerg Bajewski | DEU | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 0 | 658 | 882 | 1540 |
7 | Karl Reichegger | ITA | zero 9 14,1m² | 0 | 613 | 883 | 1496 |
8 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 0 | 588 | 901 | 1489 |
9 | Tschurnig Guenther | AUT | Icaro blue Sky | 0 | 546 | 840 | 1386 |
10 | Dietmar Tschabrun | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX 3,5 | 0 | 495 | 887 | 1382 |
8 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Blue Sky, Christian Ciech, competition, Icaro 2000, Manfred Ruhmer, Moyes Litespeed RX, Zac Majors
Ploner flying
May 31, 2016, 8:22:48 EST -0400
Ploner flying
Multiple viewpoints
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Ranking
October 2, 2015, 8:23:08 MST -0600
Ranking
WPRS is updated
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Alexandra "Sasha" Serebrennikova|Bruce Barmakian|Christian Ciech|Chris Zimmerman|CIVL|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Davis Straub|Dustin Martin|Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet|James Stinnett|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Krzysztof "Krys/Kris" Grzyb|Larry Bunner|Oleg Bondarchuk|Robin Hamilton|Suan Selenati|USHPA|World Pilot Ranking Scheme|Zac Majors
USHPA ranking:
http://www.ushpa.aero/competition/ntss1/index.php
Pos | Name | Points | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Zac Majors | 2479 | |
2 | Bruce Barmakian | 1982 | |
3 | Davis Straub | 1958 | |
4 | James Stinnet | 1908 | |
5 | Larry Bunner | 1863 | |
6 | Dustin Martin | 1738 | |
7 | Robin Hamilton | 1607 | |
8 | Chris Zimmerman | 1512 | |
9 | Matt Barker | 1378 | |
10 | Krzysztof Grzyb | 1360 |
CIVL ranking, USA:
http://civlrankings.fai.org/?a=326&ladder_id=1&nation_id=235&
Rank | Name | Points |
---|---|---|
1
w: 3 |
Zac Majors
CIVL ID: 10613 |
295.7 |
2
w: 31 |
Robin Hamilton
CIVL ID: 7536 |
221.5 |
3
w: 47 |
James Stinnett
CIVL ID: 6603 |
188.1 |
4
w: 49 |
Michael Bilyk
CIVL ID: 30148 |
187.1 |
5
w: 50 |
Dustin Martin
CIVL ID: 6193 |
186.4 |
6
w: 51 |
Bruce Barmakian
CIVL ID: 8035 |
183.9 |
7
w: 60 |
Davis Straub
CIVL ID: 6143 |
171.9 |
8
w: 65 |
Larry Bunner
CIVL ID: 6925 |
163.9 |
9
w: 74 |
Matt Barker
CIVL ID: 19399 |
154.5 |
10
w: 77 |
Krzysztof Grzyb
CIVL ID: 6913 |
153.4 |
CIVL ranking:
http://civlrankings.fai.org/?a=326&ladder_id=1&
Rank | Name | Points |
---|---|---|
1
|
Christian Ciech
CIVL ID: 6034 |
346.3 |
2
|
Jonny Durand
CIVL ID: 2231 |
326.2 |
3
|
Zac Majors
CIVL ID: 10613 |
295.7 |
4
|
Mario Alonzi
CIVL ID: 7043 |
294.2 |
5
|
Alessandro Ploner
CIVL ID: 5724 |
289.6 |
6
|
Elio Cataldi
CIVL ID: 6217 |
281.9 |
7
|
Balazs Ujhelyi
CIVL ID: 5893 |
279.7 |
8
|
Suan Selenati
CIVL ID: 15184 |
273.3 |
9
|
Pedro L. Garcia
CIVL ID: 9442 |
266.1 |
10
|
Oleg Bondarchuk
CIVL ID: 7273 |
263.4 |
Females:
http://civlrankings.fai.org/?a=326&ladder_id=1&female=1
Rank | Name | Points |
---|---|---|
1
o: 55 |
Alexandra Serebrennikova
CIVL ID: 30169 |
179.5 |
2
o: 73 |
Corinna Schwiegershausen
CIVL ID: 1377 |
154.7 |
3
o: 109 |
Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet
CIVL ID: 6325 |
135.0 |
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20 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Alexandra "Sasha" Serebrennikova, Bruce Barmakian, Christian Ciech, Chris Zimmerman, CIVL, Corinna Schwiegershausen, Davis Straub, Dustin Martin, Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet, James Stinnett, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Krzysztof "Krys/Kris" Grzyb, Larry Bunner, Oleg Bondarchuk, Robin Hamilton, Suan Selenati, USHPA, World Pilot Ranking Scheme, Zac Majors
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The pre-Europeans - day 3
Jochen wins the day
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Blue Sky|competition|Davide Guiducci|Jamie Shelden|Marco Laurenzi|Pre-Europeans 2015|Suan Selenati|Tullio Gervasoni|Wills Wing T2C
https://airtribune.com/play/926/2d
https://airtribune.com/euhg2015/blog__day_3
Jamie's photo.
https://airtribune.com/euhg2015/results
Task 3::
# | Name | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jochen Zeischka | Moyes RX 4 | 02:03:25 | 999 |
2 | Anton Moroder | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 02:20:22 | 837 |
3 | Marco Laurenzi | Moyes RS 3.5 | 02:23:18 | 815 |
4 | Suan Selenati | WILLS WING T2C | 02:31:28 | 781 |
5 | Guenther Pfanzelter | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 02:32:35 | 762 |
6 | Günther Tschurnig | Blue Sky | 02:33:33 | 754 |
7 | Alessandro Ploner | Icaro Laminar z9 | 02:39:04 | 722 |
8 | Elio Cataldi | Moyes RX 4 | 02:42:44 | 710 |
9 | Davide Guiducci | Icaro 2000 Laminar 13.2 | 02:42:24 | 705 |
10 | Balazs Ujhelyi | Moyes RS 4 | 02:42:36 | 695 |
After three tasks:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Elio Cataldi | Moyes RX 4 | 2546 |
2 | Suan Selenati | WILLS WING T2C | 2475 |
3 | Balazs Ujhelyi | Moyes RS 4 | 2438 |
4 | Guenther Pfanzelter | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 2285 |
5 | Tullio Gervasoni | T2C 144 | 2273 |
6 | Mario ALONZI | Aeros Combat 12.7 C | 2250 |
7 | Piero Zin | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 2200 |
8 | Marco Laurenzi | Moyes RS 3.5 | 2150 |
9 | Thibault Demange | WILLS WING T2C | 2145 |
10 | Emmanuel FELIX FAURE | Aeros Combat GT 13,2 | 2093 |
10 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Blue Sky, competition, Davide Guiducci, Jamie Shelden, Marco Laurenzi, Pre-Europeans 2015, Suan Selenati, Tullio Gervasoni, Wills Wing T2C
Dolomiti Open 2015 »
Christian Ciech wins
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Davide Guiducci|Dolomiti Open 2015|Marco Laurenzi|Moyes Litespeed RX
Task 5, last task
# | Name | Glider | Time | Dist. Points |
Lead. Points |
Time Points |
Arr. Pos. Points |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alex Ploner | Icaro Laminar | 03:47:21 | 762.4 | 41.1 | 166.4 | 29.7 | 1000 |
2 | Christian Ciech | Icaro Laminar | 03:57:59 | 762.4 | 36.1 | 132.7 | 16.9 | 948 |
3 | Karl Reichegger | Icaro Laminar | 03:59:43 | 762.4 | 31.9 | 129.1 | 9.8 | 933 |
4 | Gunther Pfanzelter | Icaro Laminar | 03:59:46 | 762.4 | 31.0 | 129.0 | 6.8 | 929 |
Total:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Christian Ciech | Icaro Laminar | 4783 |
2 | Alex Ploner | Icaro Laminar | 4331 |
3 | Karl Reichegger | Icaro Laminar | 4130 |
4 | Elio Cataldi | Moyes Litespeed RX | 3618 |
5 | Gerd Donhuber | Moyes RX 3.5 2015 | 3569 |
6 | Roland Woehrle | Moyes RX 3.5 | 3535 |
7 | Davide Guiducci | Laminar | 3494 |
8 | Anton Moroder | Icaro Laminar | 3462 |
9 | Gunther Pfanzelter | Icaro Laminar | 3392 |
10 | Marco Laurenzi | Moyes Litespeed Rs | 3282 |
Once again, leading and arrival position points are just time/speed points. In this race numerous pilots who didn't make goal received leading points comparable to the fourth pilot into goal, but they were minimal. Distance points were a major factor as only four pilots made goal and time points made the difference between pilots making goal and those not making goal.
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6 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Christian Ciech, Davide Guiducci, Dolomiti Open 2015, Marco Laurenzi, Moyes Litespeed RX
Dolomiti Open 2015 »
Dolomiti Open 2015
Italian Nationals 2015
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Davide Guiducci|Marco Laurenzi|Moyes Litespeed RX|Suan Selenati|Tullio Gervasoni|Wills Wing T2C
Flavio sends:
https://flafly63.wordpress.com/
https://flafly63.wordpress.com/falzes2015/
http://corinnaflies.blogspot.de/
Task 4:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Dist. Points |
Lead. Points |
Time Points |
Arr. Pos. Points |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | CHRISTIAN CIECH | ICARO LAMINAR | 02:59:09 | 462.3 | 81.2 | 324.8 | 58.0 | 926 |
2 | DAVIDE GUIDUCCI | Laminar | 03:03:36 | 462.3 | 54.3 | 285.0 | 50.9 | 853 |
3 | KARL REICHEGGER | ICARO LAMINAR | 03:04:27 | 462.3 | 54.9 | 280.1 | 44.6 | 842 |
4 | ALEX PLONER | ICARO LAMINAR | 03:26:07 | 462.3 | 16.5 | 192.5 | 39.0 | 710 |
5 | GUNTHER PFANZELTER | ICARO LAMINAR | 03:33:27 | 462.3 | 17.3 | 169.4 | 29.8 | 679 |
6 | GLAUCO PINTO | ICARO LAMINAR | 03:34:30 | 462.3 | 12.9 | 166.3 | 26.1 | 668 |
7 | JOERG BAJEWSKI | WILLS WING T2C | 03:32:07 | 462.3 | 11.2 | 173.5 | 13.8 | 661 |
7 | TULLIO GERVASONI | WILLS WING T2C | 03:35:32 | 462.3 | 12.6 | 163.2 | 22.9 | 661 |
9 | MARCO LAURENZI | MOYES LITESPEED RS | 03:39:38 | 462.3 | 19.1 | 151.3 | 20.3 | 653 |
10 | SUAN SELENATI | WILLS WING T2C | 03:46:36 | 462.3 | 8.6 | 131.9 | 18.1 | 621 |
11 | ROLAND WOEHRLE | MOYES RX 3.5 | 03:49:03 | 462.3 | 4.5 | 125.3 | 16.3 | 608 |
12 | ACHIM VOLLMER | AEROS GT13,2 | 03:49:38 | 462.3 | 4.6 | 123.8 | 14.9 | 606 |
13 | HARALD WIELAND | WILLS WING T2C | 03:52:43 | 462.3 | 7.6 | 115.7 | 13.0 | 599 |
14 | GERD DONHUBER | MOYES RX 3.5 2015 | 03:52:48 | 462.3 | 2.2 | 115.5 | 12.4 | 592 |
15 | CORINNA SCHWIEGERSHAUSEN | MOYES RX3 | 03:54:13 | 462.3 | 3.4 | 111.8 | 12.0 | 590 |
16 | FREDY BIRCHER | MOYES LITESPEED RX3.5 | 04:02:44 | 462.3 | 6.9 | 90.3 | 11.8 | 571 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | CHRISTIAN CIECH | ICARO LAMINAR | 3840 |
2 | ALEX PLONER | ICARO LAMINAR | 3328 |
3 | KARL REICHEGGER | ICARO LAMINAR | 3199 |
4 | SEPPI SALVENMOSER | MOYES LITESPEED RX 3,5 | 2927 |
5 | DAVIDE GUIDUCCI | Laminar | 2876 |
6 | GERD DONHUBER | MOYES RX 3.5 2015 | 2859 |
7 | ELIO CATALDI | MOYES LITESPEED RX | 2851 |
8 | SUAN SELENATI | WILLS WING T2C | 2828 |
9 | ROLAND WOEHRLE | MOYES RX 3.5 | 2804 |
10 | MARCO LAURENZI | MOYES LITESPEED RS | 2791 |
Once again leading and arrival position points are just stand ins for time or speed points. All these pilots that made goal started at the same time. The pilots that didn't make goal and did get some leading points, got very few leading points. Certainly nothing that would have encouraged them to actually lead.
9 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Christian Ciech, Corinna Schwiegershausen, Davide Guiducci, Marco Laurenzi, Moyes Litespeed RX, Suan Selenati, Tullio Gervasoni, Wills Wing T2C
Dolomiti Open 2015 »
Italian Nationals 2015
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Dolomiti Open 2015|Marco Laurenzi|Moyes Litespeed RX|Suan Selenati|Wills Wing T2C
Flavio sends:
https://flafly63.wordpress.com/
https://flafly63.wordpress.com/falzes2015/
Task 3:
# | Name | Glider | Time | Dist. Points |
Lead. Points |
Time Points |
Arr. Pos. Points |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alex Ploner | Icaro Laminar | 02:23:25 | 447.9 | 96.6 | 386.5 | 69.0 | 1000 |
2 | Christian Ciech | Icaro Laminar | 02:25:04 | 447.9 | 90.7 | 360.1 | 62.7 | 961 |
3 | Marco Laurenzi | Moyes Litespeed Rs | 02:39:03 | 447.9 | 69.4 | 268.6 | 51.5 | 837 |
4 | Seppi Salvenmoser | Moyes Litespeed RX 3,5 | 02:39:10 | 447.9 | 68.0 | 268.0 | 46.7 | 831 |
5 | Elio Cataldi | Moyes Litespeed RX | 02:39:25 | 447.9 | 69.2 | 266.7 | 42.2 | 826 |
6 | Karl Reichegger | Icaro Laminar | 02:42:42 | 447.9 | 68.9 | 250.9 | 38.2 | 806 |
7 | Glauco Pinto | Icaro Laminar | 02:52:49 | 447.9 | 60.1 | 206.8 | 34.6 | 749 |
8 | Anton Moroder | Icaro Laminar | 02:54:47 | 447.9 | 50.1 | 198.9 | 31.4 | 728 |
9 | Gerd Donhuber | Moyes RX 3.5 2015 | 02:54:50 | 447.9 | 50.4 | 198.7 | 28.5 | 726 |
10 | Roland Woehrle | Moyes RX 3.5 | 02:55:25 | 447.9 | 54.7 | 196.4 | 26.0 | 725 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | T 1 | T 2 | T 3 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Christian Ciech | Icaro Laminar | 952 | 1000 | 961 | 2913 |
2 | Alex Ploner | Icaro Laminar | 895 | 720 | 1000 | 2615 |
3 | Seppi Salvenmoser | Moyes Litespeed RX 3,5 | 982 | 682 | 831 | 2495 |
4 | Elio Cataldi | Moyes Litespeed RX | 863 | 720 | 826 | 2409 |
5 | Karl Reichegger | Icaro Laminar | 815 | 729 | 806 | 2350 |
6 | Anton Moroder | Icaro Laminar | 802 | 792 | 728 | 2322 |
7 | Gerd Donhuber | Moyes RX 3.5 2015 | 820 | 714 | 726 | 2260 |
8 | Suan Selenati | Wills Wing T2C | 834 | 787 | 580 | 2201 |
9 | Roland Woehrle | Moyes RX 3.5 | 842 | 621 | 725 | 2188 |
10 | Marco Laurenzi | Moyes Litespeed Rs | 463 | 825 | 837 | 2125 |
Basically a race start with only a couple of pilots taking the later two times. All these guys started at the first clock. Leading points? A forty point spread over the top 10, in which there was a 275 point spread for total points. The leading points were almost completely aligned with speed points (variances were small). So, in essence, leading points and arrival position points were just another version of time points.
7 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Christian Ciech, Dolomiti Open 2015, Marco Laurenzi, Moyes Litespeed RX, Suan Selenati, Wills Wing T2C
Laminar at the bank
Laminar at the bank
Commercial
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Alex Ploner|Icaro 2000|video
http://www.icaro2000.com/News/Pictures/2014/Laminar-giallo-L.jpg
Icaro sends:
An important Italian bank asked us to make a full yellow hang glider to use in their advertisements. In their video you will see the hang glider only at the end and just for a few seconds. Anyway they chose the best available hang glider.
The video was made in the Italian Dolomites and the pilot is the former world champion Alex Ploner.
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4 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Alex Ploner, Icaro 2000, video
2015 World Championships »
Eight pilots from the US
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Bill Soderquist|Bruce Barmakian|Krzysztof "Krys/Kris" Grzyb|Robin Hamilton|USHPA|World Championships 2015|Zac Majors
http://www.faihgworldmex.com/pilotlistmai_2015.php
pilot | US NTSS ranking |
---|---|
Zac Majors | 1 |
Mike Bilyk | 2 |
Robin Hamilton | 4 |
Bruce Barmakian | 5 |
Krzysztof Grzyb | 7 |
Matt Barker | 9 |
Bill Soderquist | 16 |
Derreck Turner | 17 |
http://www.ushpa.aero/competition/ntss1/index.php
No Alex Ploner.
8 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Bill Soderquist, Bruce Barmakian, Krzysztof "Krys/Kris" Grzyb, Robin Hamilton, USHPA, World Championships 2015, Zac Majors
2014 Italian Nationals »
2014 Italian Nationals
Final results
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Italian Nationals 2014|Moyes Litespeed RX|Suan Selenati|Tullio Gervasoni|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
Website : VoloLiberoMonteCucco.it
Result on : http://goo.gl/I8foKj
Finals:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ALEX PLONER | ITA | ICARO LAMINAR | 4475 |
2 | CHRISTIAN CIECH | ITA | ICARO LAMINAR | 4311 |
3 | SUAN SELENATI | ITA | WILLS WING T2C | 3891 |
4 | VALENTINO BAU | ITA | ICARO LAMINAR 14.1 | 3658 |
5 | TULLIO GERVASONI | ITA | WILLS WING T2C | 3502 |
6 | ANTON MORODER | ITA | ICARO LAMINAR | 3443 |
7 | ROLAND WOEHRLE | GER | MOYES LITESPEED RX | 3214 |
8 | JOSEF BOSTIK | CZE | WILLS WING T2C154 | 3205 |
9 | PEDRO L. GARCIA MORELLI | ESP | WILLS WING T2C P 144 | 3203 |
10 | ELIO CATALDI | ITA | MOYES LITESPEED RX | 3120 |
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8 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Christian Ciech, Italian Nationals 2014, Moyes Litespeed RX, Suan Selenati, Tullio Gervasoni, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
Trofeo Carlo Zanchettin
Trofeo Carlo Zanchettin
Manfred wins
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Manfred Ruhmer|Marco Laurenzi|Suan Selenati|video
Matthias Kurzthaler <<m.kurzthaler>> sends:
http://www.flafly.net/Flavios_web_site/Zanchettin_2014.html
1 | MANFRED RUHMER | ICARO LAMINAR Z9 | 1949 |
2 | ALEX PLONER | ICARO LAMINAR | 1751 |
3 | SUAN SELENATI | WW T2C | 1586 |
4 | MATTIA GASPARINI | AEROS COMBAT 13.5 GT | 1578 |
5 | FLORIAN GOSTNER | ICARO LAMINAR | 1575 |
6 | MARCO LAURENZI | MOYES LITESPEED RS | 1516 |
7 | GUNTHER PFANZELTER | ICARO LAMINAR | 1415 |
8 | VALENTINO BAU | ICARO LAMINAR 14.1 | 1239 |
9 | ANTON MORODER | ICARO LAMINAR | 1186 |
10 | DAVIDE FUMAGALLI | ICARO LAMINAR | 1161 |
Livetracks:
Task I: http://www.livetrack24.com/tasks/1368
Task II: http://www.livetrack24.com/tasks/1409
http://www.matzeski.blogspot.co.at/2014/05/trofeo-carlo-zanchettin-2014.html
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5 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Manfred Ruhmer, Marco Laurenzi, Suan Selenati, video
Fly with Guido
Fly with Guido
May 1st
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Flavio Tebaldi|video
Flavio Tebaldi writes:
Alex Ploner and Falken Club have organized, in Campo Tures, a day of flying in memory of Guido Ghermann.
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3 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Flavio Tebaldi, video
Silently across the Alps
Silently across the Alps
Buddy film
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Jonathan Dietch
Jonathan Dietch <<nmerider>> writes:
Nice German language buddy film of Alex Ploner and Steffen Wink. From South Tyrol to the Chiemsee.
http://www.servustv.com/cs/Satellite/Article/Faszination-Heimat-011259524198246
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2 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Jonathan Dietch
Good weather in ⁢Spain »
For the Pre-Europeans
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|weather
http://www.arangoiti2014.com/images/stories/Task7.html
http://www.arangoiti2014.com/images/stories/TotalresultsT1T2T3T4T5T6T7.html
Alex Ploner wins. Elio Cataldi second and Jochen Zeischka third.
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2 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, weather
2013 Pre-Europeans »
2013 Pre-Europeans
Ploner first
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Pre-Europeans 2013
The first day results here.
Yesterday 13/08 a very tricky day. We started with South winds but the day quickly got covered with some rain showers in the area. We set an out an return along the south ridge, crossing later to the northern valley for the second turnpoint and goal at Lumbier´s airfield. No pilots in goal, Alex Ploner wins the day followed by Dan Vynalik, Antoine Boisselier and Anton Moroder.
Combats still flying in the pre-Europeans.
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2 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Pre-Europeans 2013
Christian on fire
Christian on fire
Wins
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Filippo Oppici|Marco Laurenzi
Filippo Oppici <<oppicif>> writes:
I'd like to report what in my opinion is one of the strongest performance ever.
Christian Ciech has just won the Monte Cucco International Trophy for one point over Alex Ploner and with this victory he has won seven of the eight competitions that he has attended so far this year (he missed winning at the Worlds in Forbes in January). Seven in a row! He also won nineteen of the thirty two tasks flown in these competitions. I'm very proud of my long time friend and teammate.
http://www.vololiberomontecucco.it/docs/trofeo2013/total.html
# | Name | Glider | T 1 | T 2 | T 3 | T 4 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | CHRISTIAN CIECH | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 979 | 983 | 0 | 384 | 2346 |
2 | ALESSANDRO PLONER | Icaro 2000 Laminar | 963 | 998 | 0 | 384 | 2345 |
3 | FLORIAN GOSTNER | Laminar | 599 | 711 | 16 | 606 | 1932 |
4 | VALENTINO BAU | 702 | 798 | 0 | 381 | 1881 | |
5 | MARCO LAURENZI | RS3.5 | 704 | 656 | 45 | 475 | 1880 |
6 | AIMARO MALINGRI | Litespeed S | 760 | 557 | 17 | 502 | 1836 |
7 | KARL REICHEGGER | zero 9 14,1m² | 598 | 736 | 0 | 474 | 1808 |
8 | VANNI ACCATTOLI | T2c154 | 576 | 723 | 0 | 479 | 1778 |
9 | MATJAZ KLEMENCIC | Moyes Rx | 580 | 883 | 0 | 226 | 1689 |
10 | PAOLO ROSICHETTI | 588 | 640 | 45 | 395 | 1668 |
http://www.vololiberomontecucco.it/vlmc/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70&Itemid=167
A total separation of six seconds over four days.
Filippo was third at the 2013 Worlds.
4 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Christian Ciech, Filippo Oppici, Marco Laurenzi
Scoring the Worlds
Scoring the Worlds
Does it matter what scoring system we use there?
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|Filippo Oppici|Gary Wirdnam|Gordon Rigg|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Manfred Ruhmer|Paris Williams|Primoz Gricar|Robin Hamilton|Rob Kells|Scott Barrett|Wesley "Wes" Hill
I can choose among a wide variety of scoring formulas in FS to score a given competition. At the Worlds in 2013 Wesley Hill used the GAP 2002 version of GAP 2011 which provides for 'leading' points and arrival position points and well as speed and distance points. Presumably the pilots were fooled into thinking that leading actually gave them valuable points seeing that GAP 2002 was being used as the scoring system. This is in contrast to the previous case (2012 Rob Kells) where I chose a competition that was originally scored using arrival time points.
Here are the results:
GAP 2002 | OzGAP 2005 | GAP 2000 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | 9010 | Manfred Ruhmer | 8939 | Manfred Ruhmer | 8911 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | 8871 | Alessandro Ploner | 8840 | Alessandro Ploner | 8792 |
3 | Filippo Oppici | 8560 | Filippo Oppici | 8611 | Filippo Oppici | 8508 |
4 | Attila Bertok | 8531 | Attila Bertok | 8545 | Attila Bertok | 8479 |
5 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | 8249 | Grant Crossingham | 8374 | Grant Crossingham | 8213 |
6 | Grant Crossingham | 8242 | Primoz Gricar | 8240 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | 8191 |
7 | Primoz Gricar | 8171 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | 8234 | Primoz Gricar | 8151 |
8 | Balazs Ujhelyi | 8131 | Balazs Ujhelyi | 8195 | Scott Barrett | 8076 |
8 | Scott Barrett | 8131 | Scott Barrett | 8152 | Antoine Boisselier | 8063 |
10 | Antoine Boisselier | 8128 | Antoine Boisselier | 8140 | Balazs Ujhelyi | 8050 |
11 | Jonny Durand | 8069 | Robin Hamilton | 8044 | Jonny Durand | 7960 |
12 | Robin Hamilton | 8031 | Jonny Durand | 8018 | Robin Hamilton | 7916 |
13 | Gerd Dönhuber | 7888 | Michael Friesenbichler | 7884 | Gerd Dönhuber | 7801 |
14 | Michael Friesenbichler | 7878 | Paris Williams | 7883 | Michael Friesenbichler | 7762 |
15 | Gordon Rigg | 7854 | Gerd Dönhuber | 7820 | Paris Williams | 7745 |
16 | Paris Williams | 7842 | Gordon Rigg | 7778 | Gordon Rigg | 7714 |
17 | Gary Wirdnam | 7734 | Gary Wirdnam | 7718 | Gary Wirdnam | 7658 |
18 | Christian Ciech | 7641 | Mario Alonzi | 7683 | Christian Ciech | 7533 |
19 | Carl Wallbank | 7631 | Christian Ciech | 7614 | Carl Wallbank | 7516 |
20 | Mario Alonzi | 7584 | Carl Wallbank | 7611 | Mario Alonzi | 7516 |
The first four positions are the same and then we get into some swapping.
The full results are found here, here and here.
15 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Attila Bertok, Christian Ciech, Filippo Oppici, Gary Wirdnam, Gordon Rigg, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Manfred Ruhmer, Paris Williams, Primoz Gricar, Robin Hamilton, Rob Kells, Scott Barrett, Wesley "Wes" Hill
Setting the nominal distance, part 3. »
Setting the nominal distance
Going big
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|Filippo Oppici|Gary Wirdnam|Gordon Rigg|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Manfred Ruhmer|Paris Williams|Primoz Gricar|Robin Hamilton|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|scoring|Scott Barrett
If you expect to set tasks at about 200 km, what should you set the Nominal Distance at?
Given the Dmax = 200 km, Dmin = 5 km, Gnom = 20 the line above gives the relationship between the meet director's choice of nominal distance and the average distance required for full validity.
Given the Dmax = 200 km, Dmin = 5 km, Dnom = 120 km, the chart below gives the relationship between the meet director's choice of percentage of pilots at goal and the required average distance flown for full validity:
Full Distance Validity also depends on what percentage of the pilots fly further than the minimum distance. Given the Dmax = 200 km, Dmin = 5 km, Dnom = 120 km, and Gnom = 20, we get the following relationship:
Looking at the 2013 Worlds:
If the nominal distance had instead of being set to 80 km had been set to 120 km, the Distance Validity would have still been at least equal to 1 each day, despite the fact that day five and six were stopped. So nether of us would have set the Nominal Distance long enough to differentiate between days where we went below average and those where we were above average.
If we had set the nominal distance to 180 km, we would have had an average flown distance of those flying further than the minimum distance of 130 km for the Distance validity to equal 1. We would have noted before the first task that we were probably setting the first task (and task 2, 3, and 5) at too short a distance. In addition, the second, third, fifth and sixth days would have been devalued. The fifth and sixth days because the task was stopped. The second and third because the tasks were called too short.
It was only after the fifth task that we started calling tasks long enough to get pilots to fly far enough to be completely valid assuming that pilots could in fact on average fly 180 km on an average day.
If we had set the nominal distance value equal to 180 km then these would be the Distance Validity values for each of the days:
The two days that were stopped are devalued the most, which is what we would hope for.
This would have been the results if we had chosen that 180 km as the Nominal Distance:
# | Name | |
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | 8505 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | 8389 |
3 | Filippo Oppici | 8090 |
4 | Attila Bertok | 8073 |
5 | Primoz Gricar | 7867 |
6 | Grant Crossingham | 7819 |
7 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | 7785 |
8 | Balazs Ujhelyi | 7696 |
9 | Scott Barrett | 7694 |
10 | Antoine Boisselier | 7666 |
11 | Jonny Durand | 7615 |
12 | Robin Hamilton | 7604 |
13 | Paris Williams | 7515 |
14 | Gerd Dönhuber | 7456 |
15 | Michael Friesenbichler | 7440 |
16 | Gordon Rigg | 7402 |
17 | Christian Ciech | 7375 |
18 | Gary Wirdnam | 7306 |
19 | Carl Wallbank | 7172 |
20 | Rohan Holtkamp | 7169 |
You can find the actual results here or here.
16 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Attila Bertok, Christian Ciech, Filippo Oppici, Gary Wirdnam, Gordon Rigg, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Manfred Ruhmer, Paris Williams, Primoz Gricar, Robin Hamilton, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, scoring, Scott Barrett
Stopped tasks and more
Stopped tasks and more
If you don't like what happens to the scoring when tasks are stopped
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|Filippo Oppici|Gary Wirdnam|Gordon Rigg|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Kraig Coomber|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Paris Williams|Primoz Gricar|Robin Hamilton|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
Proposals for scoring stopped tasks here and lots more proposed scoring software changes.
Does it matter? Let's do a little comparison.
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
Top twenty all days counting:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 9010 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 8871 |
3 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 8560 |
4 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 8531 |
5 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | ESP | Wills Wing T2C | 8249 |
6 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 8242 |
7 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 8171 |
8 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 8131 |
8 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 8131 |
10 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 8128 |
11 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 8069 |
12 | Robin Hamilton | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 8031 |
13 | Gerd Dönhuber | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7888 |
14 | Michael Friesenbichler | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7878 |
15 | Gordon Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7854 |
16 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 7842 |
17 | Gary Wirdnam | GBR | Icaro Laminar 13.7 | 7734 |
18 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14 | 7641 |
19 | Carl Wallbank | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7631 |
20 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | Aeros Combat 13.2 GT | 7584 |
Not counting day 5, the day that Pedro protested:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Totals without T5 |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 8101 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 7963 |
3 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7812 |
4 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 7694 |
5 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 7654 |
6 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 7553 |
7 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | ESP | Wills Wing T2C | 7546 |
8 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7394 |
8 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 7351 |
10 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7324 |
11 | Robin Hamilton | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 7296 |
12 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 7265 |
13 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 7215 |
14 | Gerd Dönhuber | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7181 |
15 | Michael Friesenbichler | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7120 |
16 | Gary Wirdnam | GBR | Icaro Laminar 13.7 | 6996 |
17 | Kraig Coomber | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 6951 |
18 | Gordon Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 6946 |
19 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | Aeros Combat 13.2 GT | 6924 |
20 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Revolution 13.5 | 6777 |
You can see my earlier comparison here.
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19 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Attila Bertok, Christian Ciech, Filippo Oppici, Gary Wirdnam, Gordon Rigg, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Kraig Coomber, Manfred Ruhmer, Moyes Litespeed RX, Paris Williams, Primoz Gricar, Robin Hamilton, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
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The 2013 Worlds imagined
Without the stopped days and CTAF violations
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|Filippo Oppici|Gary Wirdnam|Gordon Rigg|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Paris Williams|Primoz Gricar|Robin Hamilton|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Tullio Gervasoni|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C
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Top twenty all days counting:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 9010 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 8871 |
3 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 8560 |
4 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 8531 |
5 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | ESP | Wills Wing T2C | 8249 |
6 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 8242 |
7 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 8171 |
8 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 8131 |
8 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 8131 |
10 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 8128 |
11 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 8069 |
12 | Robin Hamilton | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 8031 |
13 | Gerd Dönhuber | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7888 |
14 | Michael Friesenbichler | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7878 |
15 | Gordon Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7854 |
16 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 7842 |
17 | Gary Wirdnam | GBR | Icaro Laminar 13.7 | 7734 |
18 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14 | 7641 |
19 | Carl Wallbank | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7631 |
20 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | Aeros Combat 13.2 GT | 7584 |
What if we didn't count Task 6 which was stopped due to high winds and where CTAF violations occurred:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Totals without T6 |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 8175 |
2 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 8171 |
3 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 8066 |
4 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 7835 |
5 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 7791 |
6 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14 | 7641 |
7 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | ESP | Wills Wing T2C | 7418 |
8 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7400 |
9 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 7365 |
10 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 7361 |
11 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7320 |
12 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 7280 |
13 | Robin Hamilton | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 7220 |
14 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7154 |
15 | Tullio Gervasoni | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 7111 |
16 | Gerd Dönhuber | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7093 |
17 | Michael Friesenbichler | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7050 |
18 | Gordon Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7003 |
19 | Franz Hermann | SUI | Aeros 13.5 | 6993 |
20 | Gary Wirdnam | GBR | Icaro Laminar 13.7 | 6976 |
Without Task 5 and Task 6 (both of which were stopped):
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Totals without T5 and T6 |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 7266 |
2 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 7265 |
3 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 7158 |
4 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 7076 |
5 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 6998 |
6 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 6970 |
7 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 6885 |
8 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14 | 6735 |
9 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | ESP | Wills Wing T2C | 6715 |
10 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 6581 |
11 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 6516 |
12 | Robin Hamilton | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 6485 |
13 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 6479 |
14 | Franz Hermann | SUI | Aeros 13.5 | 6420 |
15 | Gerd Dönhuber | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 6386 |
16 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 6364 |
17 | Michael Friesenbichler | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 6292 |
18 | Gary Wirdnam | GBR | Icaro Laminar 13.7 | 6238 |
19 | Tullio Gervasoni | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 6200 |
20 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Revolution 13.5 | 6167 |
Primoz was a complete gentleman in all my interactions with him and I told him repeatedly how much I appreciated it. Obviously he suffered greatly from any errors that I made as the meet director calling tasks on days that later became too windy. Paris also would have done well without those days counting. Ironically, Pedro, who filed a complaint about Task 5, faired better when all the days were counted.
19 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Attila Bertok, Christian Ciech, Filippo Oppici, Gary Wirdnam, Gordon Rigg, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Manfred Ruhmer, Moyes Litespeed RX, Paris Williams, Primoz Gricar, Robin Hamilton, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Tullio Gervasoni, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C
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Final results
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Filippo Oppici|Gary Wirdnam|Gordon Rigg|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Kathleen Rigg|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Paris Williams|Robin Hamilton|Scott Barrett|Tove Heaney|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Worlds 2013
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Total:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 9010 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 8871 |
3 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 8560 |
4 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 8531 |
5 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | ESP | Wills Wing T2C | 8249 |
6 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 8242 |
7 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 8171 |
8 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 8131 |
8 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 8131 |
10 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 8128 |
11 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 8069 |
12 | Robin Hamilton | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 8031 |
13 | Gerd Dönhuber | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7888 |
14 | Michael Friesenbichler | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7878 |
15 | Gordon Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7854 |
16 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 7842 |
17 | Gary Wirdnam | GBR | Icaro Laminar 13.7 | 7734 |
18 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14 | 7641 |
19 | Carl Wallbank | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7631 |
20 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | Aeros Combat 13.2 GT | 7584 |
Teams:
# | Name | Total |
---|---|---|
1 | ITA | 26212 |
2 | USA | 26140 |
3 | GBR | 25215 |
4 | AUS | 24849 |
5 | GER | 24754 |
Women:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Corinna Schwiegershausen | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 5930 |
2 | Kathleen Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 4414 |
3 | Tove Heaney | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 3849 |
19 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Attila Bertok, Christian Ciech, Corinna Schwiegershausen, Filippo Oppici, Gary Wirdnam, Gordon Rigg, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Kathleen Rigg, Manfred Ruhmer, Moyes Litespeed RX, Paris Williams, Robin Hamilton, Scott Barrett, Tove Heaney, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C, Worlds 2013
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Results from the last day
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|Filippo Oppici|Gary Wirdnam|Gordon Rigg|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Manfred Ruhmer|Mitchell "Mitch" Shipley|Moyes Litespeed RX|Paris Williams|Primoz Gricar|Robin Hamilton|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown|Tullio Gervasoni|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Worlds 2013|Zac Majors
The last day:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lukas Bader | GER | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 03:54:53 | 1000 |
2 | Joerg Bajewski | GER | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 03:57:03 | 946 |
2 | Zac Majors | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 03:57:16 | 946 |
4 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 03:58:03 | 942 |
5 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 03:57:27 | 941 |
6 | Matjaz Klemencic | SLO | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:58:56 | 939 |
7 | Anton Struganov | RUS | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 03:57:58 | 926 |
8 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:59:07 | 915 |
9 | Jonas Lobitz | NZL | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:59:39 | 911 |
10 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 04:01:52 | 896 |
11 | Carl Wallbank | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 04:05:18 | 885 |
12 | Robin Hamilton | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 04:10:10 | 859 |
13 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 04:10:12 | 858 |
14 | Michael Friesenbichler | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 04:08:07 | 851 |
14 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 04:08:39 | 851 |
16 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 04:14:49 | 841 |
17 | Gary Wirdnam | GBR | Icaro Laminar 13.7 | 04:12:40 | 825 |
18 | Gordon Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 04:16:16 | 807 |
19 | Dave Matthews | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 04:16:25 | 801 |
20 | Jochen Zeischka | BEL | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 04:18:23 | 796 |
21 | Gijs Wanders | NED | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 04:20:39 | 783 |
22 | Anthony Stephens | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 04:22:17 | 780 |
23 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 04:32:08 | 753 |
24 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14 | 04:32:37 | 751 |
25 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | ESP | Wills Wing T2C | 04:32:25 | 750 |
26 | Tullio Gervasoni | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 04:36:03 | 731 |
27 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 04:42:03 | 722 |
28 | Péter Szász | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S3.5 | 04:42:19 | 710 |
29 | Gerd Dönhuber | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 04:46:19 | 696 |
30 | Dan Vyhnalik | CZE | Aeros Combat 09 GT 13.5 | 04:45:31 | 692 |
31 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 04:54:46 | 680 |
32 | Roland Wöhrle | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 04:53:14 | 676 |
33 | Nils Aage Henden | NOR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 04:51:26 | 671 |
34 | Olav Lien Olsen | NOR | Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 | 04:54:16 | 667 |
35 | Olav Opsanger | NOR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 04:52:52 | 665 |
35 | Mitch Shipley | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 04:48:18 | 665 |
37 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Revolution 13.5 | 05:07:57 | 646 |
38 | Steve Blenkinsop | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 04:55:58 | 636 |
39 | Trent Brown | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 05:05:52 | 609 |
40 | Glauco Pinto | BRA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 05:21:30 | 567 |
41 | Francis Gafner | SUI | Aeros Combat 13.2 GT | 05:25:27 | 556 |
42 | Seppi Salvenmoser | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 05:38:30 | 541 |
24 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Attila Bertok, Christian Ciech, Filippo Oppici, Gary Wirdnam, Gordon Rigg, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Manfred Ruhmer, Mitchell "Mitch" Shipley, Moyes Litespeed RX, Paris Williams, Primoz Gricar, Robin Hamilton, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Steve Blenkinsop, Trent Brown, Tullio Gervasoni, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C, Worlds 2013, Zac Majors
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Chasing Roos
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Carol Binder|Filippo Oppici|Flytec 6030|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Kraig Coomber|Manfred Ruhmer|Robin Hamilton|Scott Barrett|Worlds 2013|Zac Majors
I get out to the goal line finish at the airfield at 5 PM. Will competitors make it around the 180+ km course (starting at the edge of the start cylinder) in three hours. The cu's were good at noon but they are gone near the goal and a good ways to the north at 5 PM and there is a head wind.
We hang out under the Red Bull tent until Vicki among forty people spots a glider on the horizon. I run out to the goal line with my lawn chair and set myself up right in the middle. Whoosh, and it is Lukas Bader across all by himself. A minute or so later it's Joergi, a one two finish for the German team like the one two finish yesterday for the Italians. Then right away it's Zac Majors, the first American in.
I go and talk to Zac as slowly a few other pilots come in one at a time sometimes two including Scott Barrett. Zac says that Christian left the thermal that Zac was in high, then later Alex Ploner left and then the thermal turned on to 1,100 fm and they circled up to 12,500'. Later Joergi told me that they had to be sure to stay below 14,000', the best conditions of the competition, even without the cu's.
Zav said that they went on final glide north of the Bogan turnpoint, which is 26 km out. We threw that turnpoint in to keep pilots out of the Parkes CTAF which was closed to us between 16:55 and 18:55 as there is a regional plane landing or taking off there at 17:55.
Zac said at two times he thought that he wasn't going to make it with his 6030 showing that he was making 3.4:1. And he just did make it.
Then Paris and Robin Hamilton come in together. I think Filippo comes in just before them or just after. Three Americans and one Italian in goal. The Americans needing 134 points per pilot to get first place. It looks like Filippo will take third place.
Robin says that he saw Manfred chasing Roos north up the course line. Kraig Coomber was way ahead of everyone, maybe 10 km ahead but pushed too hard and landed just north of Bogan turnpoint.
We keep waiting and then it's Manfred coming in with no on else around. We wait some more and I leave the goal line for the Red Bull tent, shade, and some Red Bull Cranberry favored to help write this article. Finally an Icaro glider is spotted in the distance. And soon Christian and Alex cross the line.
So Manfred has won the Worlds again. Alex likely second. The Americans and the Italians in a tight race for the first team place, with the British (with all their male pilots at goal) in third most likely. Attila was in but I didn't see Jonny.
Top Australian pilot - likely to be Scott Barrett.
The new World Champion (photo by Carol Binder):
11 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Carol Binder, Filippo Oppici, Flytec 6030, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Kraig Coomber, Manfred Ruhmer, Robin Hamilton, Scott Barrett, Worlds 2013, Zac Majors
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A very tight competition
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Chisato Nojiri|Christian Ciech|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Filippo Oppici|Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet|Gordon Rigg|Jamie Shelden|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Kathleen Rigg|Kraig Coomber|Lisa Bradley|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Paris Williams|Primoz Gricar|Robin Hamilton|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Tove Heaney|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Worlds 2013
Task 9:
1 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14 | 05:16:07 | 1000 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 05:23:15 | 956 |
3 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 05:36:06 | 905 |
4 | Kraig Coomber | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 05:36:58 | 901 |
5 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 05:37:22 | 898 |
5 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Revolution 13.5 | 05:37:31 | 898 |
7 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | ESP | Wills Wing T2C | 05:39:36 | 885 |
8 | Petr Benes | CZE | Aeros Combat 09 14.2 | 05:40:37 | 879 |
9 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 05:39:42 | 875 |
10 | Roland Wöhrle | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 05:47:33 | 863 |
11 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 05:46:09 | 862 |
11 | Carl Wallbank | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 05:46:10 | 862 |
13 | Lukas Bader | GER | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 05:47:04 | 860 |
14 | Robin Hamilton | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 05:48:37 | 856 |
15 | Olav Opsanger | NOR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 05:48:58 | 854 |
16 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 05:53:30 | 849 |
17 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 05:50:28 | 848 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 8163 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 8148 |
3 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7820 |
4 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 7775 |
5 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 7705 |
6 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | ESP | Wills Wing T2C | 7496 |
7 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7385 |
8 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7324 |
9 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | Aeros Combat 13.2 GT | 7277 |
10 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 7228 |
11 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 7227 |
12 | Gerd Dönhuber | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7185 |
13 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 7183 |
14 | Robin Hamilton | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 7168 |
15 | Kraig Coomber | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7166 |
16 | Gordon Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7040 |
17 | Michael Friesenbichler | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7020 |
18 | Seppi Salvenmoser | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 7006 |
19 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 6977 |
20 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Revolution 13.5 | 6918 |
Team:
# | Name | Total |
---|---|---|
1 | ITA | 23874 |
2 | USA | 23464 |
3 | AUS | 22611 |
4 | GBR | 22577 |
5 | AUT | 22347 |
Women:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Corinna Schwiegershausen | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 5509 |
2 | Kathleen Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 4048 |
3 | Tove Heaney | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 3696 |
4 | Francoise Dieuzeide-banet | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 3316 |
5 | Chisato Nojiri | JPN | Aeros Combat 09 12.8 | 2919 |
6 | Linda Salamone | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 2198 |
7 | Jamie Shelden | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 1179 |
8 | Lisa Bradley | NZL | Aeros Discus 12 | 1123 |
26 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Attila Bertok, Chisato Nojiri, Christian Ciech, Corinna Schwiegershausen, Filippo Oppici, Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet, Gordon Rigg, Jamie Shelden, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Kathleen Rigg, Kraig Coomber, Lisa Bradley, Manfred Ruhmer, Moyes Litespeed RX, Paris Williams, Primoz Gricar, Robin Hamilton, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Tove Heaney, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C, Worlds 2013
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We separate the pilots so that the 50 pilot gaggle is no more
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Gordon Rigg|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Manfred Ruhmer|Rohan Taylor|Worlds 2013
An hour and fifty minutes between the first launch and the first start time. Thirty nine minutes between the last launch and the first start time. First launch at noon with plenty of cu's and good lift. Everyone takes the first start as the task is long.
Five hours and almost a half an hour later Christian Ciech crossing line after flying at a couple of feet off the ground all the way across the field from the fence. It's about five minutes before Alex Ploner comes in also low and fast. The Italians win the day. Gordon Rigg who left the last bit of lift comes in nxt having started over Manfred. Manfred lands short and Gordon just very short of the goal in the goal field.
It's a long wait for the next pilots. About sixteen in goal. Three Italians. Three Americans - Kraig, Robin, and Zac. Three Brits (if you include Gordon). Two Australians - Rohan and then Jonny. One French pilot - Antoine.
There are about fifty people on the goal line watching all this as the sun gets very low in the west. Many others at the aeroclub air conditioned building a few hundred yards behind the line. Pilots dive at us for fun and Jonny does a very low loop over the goal line and all of us.
Looks like there could be a very tight competition tomorrow.
7 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Christian Ciech, Gordon Rigg, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Manfred Ruhmer, Rohan Taylor, Worlds 2013
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Results
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Chisato Nojiri|Christian Ciech|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Davide Guiducci|Filippo Oppici|Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet|Gary Wirdnam|Gordon Rigg|Jamie Shelden|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Kathleen Rigg|Kraig Coomber|Lisa Bradley|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Paris Williams|Robin Hamilton|Scott Barrett|Tove Heaney|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Worlds 2013|Zac Majors
Task 8:
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 03:53:56 | 997 |
2 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 03:54:19 | 983 |
3 | Petr Benes | CZE | Aeros Combat 09 14.2 | 03:54:21 | 979 |
4 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:54:23 | 975 |
5 | Peter Neuenschwander | SUI | Aeros Combat 13.5 | 03:55:22 | 962 |
5 | Zac Majors | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 03:55:25 | 962 |
7 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 03:55:28 | 960 |
7 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 03:55:28 | 960 |
9 | Kraig Coomber | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:55:31 | 947 |
10 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 03:55:34 | 946 |
11 | Walter Mayer | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 03:55:39 | 945 |
12 | Davide Guiducci | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 03:56:17 | 938 |
13 | Gary Wirdnam | GBR | Icaro Laminar 13.7 | 03:55:59 | 934 |
14 | Robin Hamilton | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 03:56:36 | 931 |
15 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14 | 03:56:42 | 930 |
15 | Matjaz Klemencic | SLO | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:56:25 | 930 |
15 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 03:56:58 | 930 |
18 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 03:57:12 | 919 |
19 | Michael Friesenbichler | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:57:33 | 916 |
20 | Joerg Bajewski | GER | Wills Wing T2C 154 | 03:57:34 | 912 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 7464 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 7192 |
3 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 6922 |
4 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 6900 |
5 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 6856 |
6 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 6710 |
7 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | Aeros Combat 13.2 GT | 6676 |
8 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | ESP | Wills Wing T2C | 6611 |
9 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 6537 |
10 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 6491 |
11 | Gerd Dönhuber | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 6490 |
12 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 6462 |
13 | Michael Friesenbichler | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 6381 |
14 | Seppi Salvenmoser | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 6369 |
15 | Gordon Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 6336 |
16 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 6322 |
17 | Gary Wirdnam | GBR | Icaro Laminar 13.7 | 6317 |
18 | Robin Hamilton | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 6312 |
19 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 6303 |
20 | Kraig Coomber | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 6265 |
Teams:
Name | Total | |
---|---|---|
1 | ITA | 21068 |
2 | USA | 21033 |
3 | AUT | 20372 |
4 | AUS | 20301 |
5 | GBR | 20148 |
Women:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Corinna Schwiegershausen | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 5074 |
2 | Kathleen Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 3616 |
3 | Tove Heaney | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 3451 |
4 | Francoise Dieuzeide-banet | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 2968 |
5 | Chisato Nojiri | JPN | Aeros Combat 09 12.8 | 2568 |
6 | Linda Salamone | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 1954 |
7 | Jamie Shelden | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 1035 |
8 | Lisa Bradley | NZL | Aeros Discus 12 | 1014 |
26 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Attila Bertok, Chisato Nojiri, Christian Ciech, Corinna Schwiegershausen, Davide Guiducci, Filippo Oppici, Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet, Gary Wirdnam, Gordon Rigg, Jamie Shelden, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Kathleen Rigg, Kraig Coomber, Lisa Bradley, Manfred Ruhmer, Moyes Litespeed RX, Paris Williams, Robin Hamilton, Scott Barrett, Tove Heaney, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C, Worlds 2013, Zac Majors
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The results from the seventh task
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Chisato Nojiri|Christian Ciech|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Filippo Oppici|Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet|Gary Wirdnam|Gordon Rigg|Jamie Shelden|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Kathleen Rigg|Lisa Bradley|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Paris Williams|Primoz Gricar|Robin Hamilton|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Suan Selenati|Tove Heaney|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Worlds 2013|Zac Majors
Paris and Manfred tie for first place.
Task 7:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 03:10:01 | 968 |
1 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 03:10:01 | 968 |
3 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 03:10:06 | 959 |
4 | Franz Hermann | SUI | Aeros 13.5 | 03:10:52 | 940 |
5 | Christian Bartschi | SUI | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 03:10:54 | 936 |
6 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 03:10:56 | 933 |
7 | Zac Majors | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 03:12:17 | 915 |
8 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 03:12:51 | 906 |
9 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:14:09 | 893 |
10 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14 | 03:14:10 | 891 |
11 | Michael Friesenbichler | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:14:47 | 880 |
12 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 03:14:49 | 877 |
13 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | Aeros Combat 13.2 GT | 03:15:07 | 872 |
14 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:16:58 | 856 |
15 | Gerd Dönhuber | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:18:34 | 837 |
15 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 03:30:20 | 837 |
17 | Suan Selenati | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 03:19:28 | 827 |
18 | Miroslav Cap | CZE | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 03:19:22 | 826 |
19 | Petr Benes | CZE | Aeros Combat 09 14.2 | 03:32:33 | 825 |
20 | Roland Wöhrle | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:20:34 | 818 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 6467 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 6229 |
3 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 5947 |
4 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 5944 |
5 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 5934 |
6 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | Aeros Combat 13.2 GT | 5920 |
7 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 5787 |
8 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | ESP | Wills Wing T2C | 5724 |
9 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 5696 |
10 | Gerd Dönhuber | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 5612 |
11 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 5570 |
12 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 5543 |
13 | Seppi Salvenmoser | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 5463 |
14 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Revolution 13.5 | 5462 |
15 | Michael Friesenbichler | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 5461 |
16 | Dan Vyhnalik | CZE | Aeros Combat 09 GT 13.5 | 5460 |
17 | Gordon Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 5445 |
18 | Gary Wirdnam | GBR | Icaro Laminar 13.7 | 5377 |
19 | Robin Hamilton | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 5376 |
20 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 5372 |
Teams:
# | Id | Name | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ITA | 18230 | |
2 | USA | 18184 | |
3 | AUS | 17662 | |
4 | AUT | 17505 | |
5 | GBR | 17418 |
Women:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Corinna Schwiegershausen | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 4224 |
2 | Tove Heaney | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 3058 |
3 | Kathleen Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 2951 |
4 | Francoise Dieuzeide-banet | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 2726 |
5 | Chisato Nojiri | JPN | Aeros Combat 09 12.8 | 2266 |
6 | Linda Salamone | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 1782 |
7 | Lisa Bradley | NZL | Aeros Discus 12 | 1000 |
8 | Jamie Shelden | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 772 |
28 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Attila Bertok, Chisato Nojiri, Christian Ciech, Corinna Schwiegershausen, Filippo Oppici, Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet, Gary Wirdnam, Gordon Rigg, Jamie Shelden, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Kathleen Rigg, Lisa Bradley, Manfred Ruhmer, Moyes Litespeed RX, Paris Williams, Primoz Gricar, Robin Hamilton, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Suan Selenati, Tove Heaney, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C, Worlds 2013, Zac Majors
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The results from the sixth task
Akiko Suzuki|Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Chisato Nojiri|Christian Ciech|Conrad Loten|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Filippo Oppici|Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet|Gordon Rigg|Jamie Shelden|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Kathleen Rigg|Lisa Bradley|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Primoz Gricar|Robin Hamilton|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Tove Heaney|Trent Brown|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Worlds 2013|Zac Majors
Chasing the English: http://pressbhgc.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/sunday-13th-january-2013-here-we-go.html
Task 6:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Dist. | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zac Majors | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 131,09 | 917 |
2 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 131,09 | 915 |
3 | Lukas Bader | GER | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 131,11 | 914 |
4 | Adam Stevens | AUS | Airborne Revolution 13.5 | 130,81 | 912 |
5 | Trent Brown | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 | 130,62 | 911 |
6 | Olav Lien Olsen | NOR | Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 | 120,87 | 854 |
7 | Seppi Salvenmoser | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 120,58 | 853 |
8 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 120,32 | 851 |
8 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 120,30 | 851 |
8 | Conrad Loten | NZL | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 120,24 | 851 |
8 | Carl Wallbank | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 120,25 | 851 |
8 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 120,27 | 851 |
8 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | ESP | Wills Wing T2C | 120,25 | 851 |
14 | Max Turiaco | BRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 120,16 | 850 |
14 | Gordon Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 120,22 | 850 |
16 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 119,48 | 840 |
17 | Michael Friesenbichler | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 119,09 | 834 |
18 | Robin Hamilton | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 119,02 | 832 |
19 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | Aeros Combat 13.2 GT | 118,93 | 830 |
20 | Walter Mayer | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX4 | 118,72 | 826 |
20 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Revolution 13.5 | 118,72 | 826 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 5515 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 5358 |
3 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 5166 |
4 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 5101 |
5 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 5054 |
6 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 5052 |
7 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | Aeros Combat 13.2 GT | 5047 |
8 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | ESP | Wills Wing T2C | 5018 |
9 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Revolution 13.5 | 4950 |
10 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 4949 |
11 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 4902 |
12 | Franz Hermann | SUI | Aeros 13.5 | 4855 |
13 | Gerd Dönhuber | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 4778 |
14 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14 | 4738 |
15 | Christian Voiblet | SUI | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 4725 |
16 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 4723 |
17 | Dan Vyhnalik | CZE | Aeros Combat 09 GT 13.5 | 4709 |
18 | Seppi Salvenmoser | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 4681 |
19 | Gordon Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 4672 |
20 | Yuji Suzuki | JPN | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 463 |
Teams:
# | Id | Name | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ITA | 15621 | |
2 | USA | 15519 | |
3 | AUS | 15303 | |
4 | GBR | 14999 | |
5 | AUT | 14897 |
Women:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Corinna Schwiegershausen | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 3542 |
2 | Tove Heaney | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 2392 |
3 | Kathleen Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 2236 |
4 | Francoise Dieuzeide-banet | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 2143 |
5 | Chisato Nojiri | JPN | Aeros Combat 09 12.8 | 2032 |
6 | Linda Salamone | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 1749 |
7 | Jamie Shelden | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 757 |
8 | Lisa Bradley | NZL | Aeros Discus 12 | 674 |
28 topics in this article: Akiko Suzuki, Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Attila Bertok, Chisato Nojiri, Christian Ciech, Conrad Loten, Corinna Schwiegershausen, Filippo Oppici, Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet, Gordon Rigg, Jamie Shelden, Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr, Jon Durand jnr, Kathleen Rigg, Lisa Bradley, Manfred Ruhmer, Moyes Litespeed RX, Primoz Gricar, Robin Hamilton, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Tove Heaney, Trent Brown, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C, Worlds 2013, Zac Majors
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The Task 5 results
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Chisato Nojiri|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Filippo Oppici|Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet|Jamie Shelden|Kathleen Rigg|Lisa Bradley|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Primoz Gricar|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Tove Heaney|Tullio Gervasoni|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Worlds 2013
Task 5:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Dist. | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 156,38 | 916 |
2 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 154,94 | 911 |
3 | Dan Vyhnalik | CZE | Aeros Combat 09 GT 13.5 | 154,23 | 906 |
4 | Tullio Gervasoni | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 153,33 | 901 |
5 | Petr Benes | CZE | Aeros Combat 09 14.2 | 153,31 | 899 |
6 | Seppi Salvenmoser | AUT | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 152,43 | 897 |
7 | Christian Voiblet | SUI | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 152,33 | 894 |
8 | Carl Wallbank | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 152,10 | 893 |
9 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 152,06 | 892 |
10 | Jonas Lobitz | NZL | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 151,96 | 891 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 4666 |
2 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 4513 |
3 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 4502 |
4 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 4361 |
5 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 4282 |
6 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 4258 |
7 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 4210 |
8 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | Aeros Combat 13.2 GT | 4203 |
9 | Franz Hermann | SUI | Aeros 13.5 | 4175 |
10 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Revolution 13.5 | 4154 |
Team:
# | Name | Total |
---|---|---|
1 | ITA | 13265 |
2 | SUI | 12846 |
3 | USA | 12822 |
4 | AUS | 12625 |
5 | AUT | 12356 |
6 | GBR | 12346 |
Women:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Corinna Schwiegershausen | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 3200 |
2 | Tove Heaney | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 1813 |
3 | Francoise Dieuzeide-banet | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 1793 |
4 | Chisato Nojiri | JPN | Aeros Combat 09 12.8 | 1496 |
5 | Linda Salamone | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 1455 |
6 | Kathleen Rigg | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 1434 |
7 | Jamie Shelden | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3 | 721 |
8 | Lisa Bradley | NZL | Aeros Discus 12 | 506 |
20 topics in this article: Alessandro "Alex" Ploner, Attila Bertok, Chisato Nojiri, Corinna Schwiegershausen, Filippo Oppici, Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet, Jamie Shelden, Kathleen Rigg, Lisa Bradley, Manfred Ruhmer, Moyes Litespeed RX, Primoz Gricar, Rohan Holtkamp, Rohan Taylor, Scott Barrett, Tove Heaney, Tullio Gervasoni, Wills Wing, Wills Wing T2C, Worlds 2013
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2013 Worlds
Results
Akiko Suzuki|Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|Davide Guiducci|Filippo Oppici|Gary Wirdnam|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Paris Williams|Primoz Gricar|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Suan Selenati|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Worlds 2013
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
Task 4 results:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 03:11:56 | 954 |
2 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:12:22 | 947 |
3 | Christian Zehetmair | GER | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 03:12:24 | 942 |
4 | Gerd Dönhuber | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:12:54 | 936 |
5 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 03:13:32 | 930 |
6 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Revolution 13.5 | 03:13:22 | 928 |
7 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 03:13:35 | 924 |
8 | Franz Hermann | SUI | Aeros 13.5 | 03:13:39 | 920 |
9 | Roland Wöhrle | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:13:51 | 917 |
10 | Christian Bartschi | SUI | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 03:13:55 | 916 |
11 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 03:14:00 | 911 |
12 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 03:14:12 | 910 |
13 | Shogo Ota | JPN | Aeros Combat 09GT 13.5 | 03:14:51 | 900 |
14 | Davide Guiducci | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 03:15:00 | 898 |
15 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 03:15:02 | 897 |
16 | Jonas Lobitz | NZL | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:15:04 | 894 |
17 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:15:10 | 893 |
18 | Olav Opsanger | NOR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:08:19 | 892 |
19 | Olav Lien Olsen | NOR | Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 | 03:15:22 | 889 |
20 | Carl Wallbank | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:15:37 | 887 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Glider | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 3755 |
2 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 3638 |
3 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 3634 |
4 | Franz Hermann | SUI | Aeros 13.5 | 3633 |
5 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 3609 |
6 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | Aeros Combat 13.2 GT | 3556 |
7 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 3472 |
8 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | ESP | Wills Wing T2C | 3463 |
9 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 3441 |
10 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 3439 |
11 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 3400 |
12 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 3394 |
13 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Revolution 13.5 | 3333 |
14 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 3312 |
15 | Yuji Suzuki | JPN | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 3310 |
16 | Gerd Dönhuber | GER | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 3273 |
17 | Suan Selenati | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 3255 |
18 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14 | 3158 |
19 | Christian Voiblet | SUI | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 3140 |
20 | Gary Wirdnam | GBR | Icaro Laminar 13.7 | 3133 |
Teams:
# | Name | Total |
---|---|---|
1 | ITA | 10581 |
2 | USA | 10549 |
3 | SUI | 10303 |
4 | AUS | 10290 |
5 | GER | 9918 |
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Pilots at goal
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Facebook|Flavio Tebaldi|Manfred Ruhmer|photo|Worlds 2013
More photos from the fourth task.
Flavio Tebaldi reports from goal Manfred Ruhmer in first, Alex Ploner fifth. I see all the Italians at goal.
Konrado reports many happy pilots at goal and Manfred winning the day:
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The third task, results
Akiko Suzuki|Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|Filippo Oppici|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Kraig Coomber|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Paris Williams|Primoz Gricar|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Suan Selenati|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C|Worlds 2013|Zac Majors
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
Results Task 3:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zac Majors | USA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 02:27:33 | 970 |
2 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 02:27:50 | 956 |
3 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 02:28:13 | 948 |
4 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 02:28:15 | 941 |
5 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 02:28:51 | 933 |
6 | Peter Neuenschwander | SUI | Aeros Combat 13.5 | 02:29:19 | 923 |
7 | Franz Hermann | SUI | Aeros 13.5 | 02:29:32 | 915 |
8 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14 | 02:29:58 | 912 |
9 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 02:30:00 | 906 |
9 | Carl Wallbank | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 02:30:06 | 906 |
11 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 02:30:35 | 898 |
Cumulative:
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 2801 |
2 | Attila Bertok | HUN | Moyes Litespeed S5 | 2724 |
3 | Franz Hermann | SUI | Aeros 13.5 | 2713 |
4 | Paris Williams | USA | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 2708 |
5 | Primoz Gricar | SLO | Aeros Combat 13.5 GT | 2689 |
6 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 2685 |
6 | Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli | ESP | Wills Wing T2C | 2685 |
8 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | Aeros Combat 13.2 GT | 2680 |
9 | Christian Voiblet | SUI | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 2672 |
10 | Grant Crossingham | GBR | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 2548 |
11 | Yuji Suzuki | JPN | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 2541 |
12 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 2503 |
13 | Antoine Boisselier | FRA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 2492 |
14 | Filippo Oppici | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2483 |
15 | Suan Selenati | ITA | Wills Wing T2C 144 | 2466 |
16 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 2452 |
17 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Revolution 13.5 | 2405 |
18 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14 | 2373 |
19 | Kraig Coomber | USA | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 2348 |
20 | Dan Vyhnalik | CZE | Aeros Combat 09 GT 13.5 | 2343 |
Teams:
1 | USA | 7954 |
2 | ITA | 7848 |
3 | SUI | 7700 |
4 | AUS | 7605 |
5 | GBR | 7231 |
6 | AUT | 7219 |
7 | FRA | 7177 |
8 | GER | 7123 |
9 | JPN | 6771 |
10 | CZE | 6765 |
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The first day results
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|video|Worlds 2013
# | Name | Nat | Glider | Time | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Christian Ciech | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14 | 03:14:26 | 968 |
2 | Alessandro Ploner | ITA | Icaro Laminar 14.1 | 03:14:28 | 956 |
3 | Balazs Ujhelyi | HUN | Moyes Litespeed RS4 | 03:14:36 | 950 |
4 | Scott Barrett | AUS | Airborne REV 13.5 | 03:14:38 | 947 |
5 | Jonny Durand | AUS | Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 | 03:14:42 | 939 |
6 | Christian Voiblet | SUI | Aeros Combat GT 13.5 | 03:20:40 | 936 |
7 | Mario Alonzi | FRA | Aeros Combat 13.2 GT | 03:15:01 | 928 |
8 | Manfred Ruhmer | AUT | Icaro Laminar Z9 14.1 | 03:29:24 | 877 |
9 | Rohan Holtkamp | AUS | Airborne Revolution 13.5 | 03:18:09 | 876 |
10 | Franz Hermann | SUI | Aeros 13.5 | 03:29:27 | 868 |
Dave May's video from launch and landing on the first day:
http://www.warrenwindsports.com.au/blog/travel-flying-xc/hg-world-championships
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Grace interviews Alex Ploner, World Champion
Grace interviews Alex Ploner, World Champion
Two times now
Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Manfred Ruhmer|weather
What was the most memorable task?
The second task was definitely something I won’t forget. I was in the lead and missed a ‘fly-through’ turnpoint, so I had to fly back 2km to make it and afterwards I had to push very hard to catch Christian in the lead and we were able to finish several minutes in front of the rest of the pack.
But the most memorable task for me is still the last task at the Worlds in Laragne in 2009. Going into the last task I was second and Manfred Ruhmer was in first. The task was a big triangle, 170km I think, the weather was very good, nice clouds around and a little north wind.
About 15 minutes after task start our team leader told the team that Manfred had landed – he’d bombed. I knew I only had to make goal, and that shouldn’t have been a problem on a day like we had, but those were the most difficult 150km of my life!
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