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Eighth task - 167 km

European HG Championships 2022

(Monte Cucco, Sigillo, PG, Italy)

https://civlcomps.org/event/21^st-fai-european-hang-gliding-class-1-championship/results

Live tracking: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=4489

Longer but faster. 2:47 vs. 3:30 yesterday. 73 in goal. Everyone home before 6 PM.

Task 8:

Cumulative:

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Seventh task - 152 km

European HG Championships 2022

(Monte Cucco, PG, Italy)

https://civlcomps.org/event/21^st-fai-european-hang-gliding-class-1-championship/results

Live tracking: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=4489

Again another incremental (20 km) increase in the task length from the preceding day. 55 pilots in goal with Mario Alonzi last into goal at 5:47 over two hours later than Christian.. Christian and Alex were on final glide with Christian higher and going faster when Alex stopped to work some lift thinking perhaps that he wasn't going to make it after all.

Pedro 6^th, with pilots clumped together. Petr Polach was out in front but had to find some lift in the last cylinder to be able to make it in fourth ten minutes behind Christian.

Task 7:

Cumulative:

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Sixth task - 135 km

European HG Championships 2022

(Matelica, MC, Italy)

https://civlcomps.org/event/21^st-fai-european-hang-gliding-class-1-championship/results

Live tracking: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=4489

Tasks getting a bit longer. 58 pilots in goal. Pilots back after 6 pm. Jocken was in first place 22 km out, but on his own and didn't get the last thermal that he needed, while those just behind him stuck together.

Task 6:

Cumulative:

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Fifth task - 110 km

European HG Championships 2022

(Matelica, MC, Italy)

https://civlcomps.org/event/21^st-fai-european-hang-gliding-class-1-championship/results

Live tracking: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=4489

Shorter task. 80 pilots in goal. Corinna and Gordon didn't fly. Pilots back before 6 pm.

Task 5:

Cumulative:

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Fourth task - 200 km

European HG Championships 2022

(Grotta, Monte Cucco, PG, Italy)

https://civlcomps.org/event/21^st-fai-european-hang-gliding-class-1-championship/results

Live tracking: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=4489

Task 4:

21 in goal. Jonny Durand, the second to last pilot in goal at 6:53 PM. Pedro Garcia, the closest pilot to goal to not make it in. Launch open at noon. Pilots in the air for over 6 hours.

Cumulative:

From Regina Glas. Tomorrow a rest day with strong winds in the forecast.

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Third task

European HG Championships 2022

(Monte Cucco, PG, Italy)

https://civlcomps.org/event/21^st-fai-european-hang-gliding-class-1-championship/results

Task 3:

Cumulative:

170 km task, 74 pilots in goal. Task deadline is now moved to 8 PM. Last pilot in goal at 6:29 PM.

Live tracking: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=4489

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Second task

European HG Championships 2022

(Monte Cucco, PG, Italy)

https://civlcomps.org/event/21^st-fai-european-hang-gliding-class-1-championship/results

Task 2:

Cumulative:

Steve Blenkinsop last into goal at 6:44 PM, 16 minutes before the close.

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First task

European HG Championships 2022

(Matelica, MC, Italy)

https://civlcomps.org/event/21^st-fai-european-hang-gliding-class-1-championship/results

Australian team is first in the European Championships.

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July 10^th through 23^rd

European HG Championships 2022

(Monte Cucco, Sigillo, PG, Italy)

https://www.italy2020.eu/en/

The maximum number of pilots in the championship is 130 (125 European pilots + 5 non-European wild cards pilots).

The maximum number of pilots constituting a national team is 6.

The maximum number of pilots that may be entered by a NAC is unlimited.

https://civlcomps.org/event/21^st-fai-european-hang-gliding-class-1-championship

Pedro Garcia is the only US pilot flying in the competition.

The Australian team:

Twenty one Italians. No indications yet of who is on the various teams and who is flying as individuals.

Live Tracking: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=4489

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34^th, Sport Class

Alexandre Ferreira|Manfred Ruhmer|Serge Mainente|Valerio Albrizio Trophy 2022

(Monte Sasso del Ferro LP, Laveno, Lake Maggiore, VA, Italy) (Laveno LZ, Lake Maggiore, VA, Italy)

https://civlcomps.org/event/xxxiv-valerio-albrizio-trophy-2022/results

1 Manfred Ruhmer
2 Alexandre Ferreira
3 Serge Mainente

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34^th, Jun 2-5, 2022

Christian Ciech|Lorenzo de Grandis|Mario Alonzi|Valerio Albrizio Trophy 2022

(Monte Sasso del Ferro LP, Laveno, Lake Maggiore, VA, Italy) (Laveno LZ, Lake Maggiore, VA, Italy)

https://civlcomps.org/event/xxxiv-valerio-albrizio-trophy-2022/results

Mario Alonzi 1^st
Christian Ciech 2^nd
Lorenzo de Grandis 3^rd

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Last day, fourth task results

German Open 2022

(Kandel LP, Waldkirch, Germany)

https://www.dhv.de/piloteninfos/wettbewerb-sport/drachen-szene/live-berichte/german-open-2022

https://www.dhv.de/fileadmin/user_upload/files/2022/05/German_Open_HG_2022/GO2022HG-C1-O-T4.html

Task 4:

https://www.dhv.de/fileadmin/user_upload/files/2022/05/German_Open_HG_2022/GO2022HG-C1-O-OV.html

Final:

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Fifth day, third task results

German Open 2022

(Kandel LP, Waldkirch, Germany)

https://www.dhv.de/piloteninfos/wettbewerb-sport/drachen-szene/live-berichte/german-open-2022

https://www.dhv.de/fileadmin/user_upload/files/2022/05/German_Open_HG_2022/GO2022HG-C1-O-T3.html

Task 3:

https://www.dhv.de/fileadmin/user_upload/files/2022/05/German_Open_HG_2022/GO2022HG-C1-O-OV.html

Cumulative:

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Fourth day, second task results

German Open 2022

(Kandel LP, Waldkirch, Germany)

https://www.dhv.de/piloteninfos/wettbewerb-sport/drachen-szene/live-berichte/german-open-2022

https://www.dhv.de/fileadmin/user_upload/files/2022/05/German_Open_HG_2022/GO2022HG-C1-O-T2.html

Task 2:

Cumulative:

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Second day, first task results

German Open 2022

(Kandel LP, Waldkirch, Germany)

https://www.dhv.de/piloteninfos/wettbewerb-sport/drachen-szene/live-berichte/german-open-2022

https://www.dhv.de/fileadmin/user_upload/files/2022/05/German_Open_HG_2022/GO2022HG-C1-O-T1.html

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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 4^th 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

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:

Final Results:

Almost a perfect score.

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

The competition lasts through the 18^th.

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:

Final:

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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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):

Cumulative:

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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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

Just finished

Facebook|Friuli Venezia Giulia Trophy 2017|video

https://airtribune.com/spring-meeting-2017/blog

No live tracking on Airtribune for this meet.

https://www.facebook.com/731889390194258/videos/1327146994001825/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE

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Just a few more days to send in the money

(Grotta, Monte Cucco, PG, Italy)

Flavio Tebaldi|Pre-Worlds 2011

Flavio Tebaldi «Flavio Tebaldi» writes:

I would like to remind you that in order to confirm your place please pay and send the organisation the payment receipt no later than the17^th January. Confirmed pilots whose receipt of payment does not reach the organizers by 17^th January, will be moved to the bottom of the waiting list. All other pilots accepted afterwards, will have 10 days to pay the registration fee before their place is reallocated to another pilot.

150 out of 250

(Montecucco, Italy)

Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Pre-Worlds 2011|World Pilot Ranking Scheme

The preliminary pilot list has been updated with the latest WPRS rankings. You'll find it here: http://www.cucco2011.org. Click Pilot Info, then Pilots List. If your name is on the list you have until January 17^th to pay your entry fees in order to hold your place on the list.

As of Sunday night there are 150 pilots listed: 145 male, 5 female. Gliders: 58 Moyes, 38 Aeros, 23 Wills Wing, 21 Icaro, 5 Airborne, 3 Laminar, 1 Aeros, 1 unspecified.

• ARG: Marcelo Chaves
• AUS: Jonny Durand, Steve Blenkinsop, Cameron Tunbridge, Rod Flockhart, Bruce Wynne, Trent Brown, Neil Petersen, Tony Lowrey, Richard Heffer
• AUT: Manfred Ruhmer, Thomas Weissenberger, Robert Reisinger, Michael Friesenbichler, Manfred Trimmel, Wolfgang Siess, Günther Tschurnig, Christl Elmar, Christian Tiefenbacher
• BEL: Michel Bodart
• BRA: Michel Louzada, Alvaro Sandoli (Nene Rotor), Jose Lessa, Konrad Heilmann, Eduardo Oliveira, Alexandre Trivelato
• CAN: Brett Hazlett
• COL: Mike Glennon, Eitan Koren
• CZE: Radek Bares
• DEN: Nils Dalby, Bo Klint, Johnny Christiansen, Jens Henrik Badsberg
• ECU: Raul Guerra, Rafael Arcos
• ESP: Blay Jr Olmos Quesada, Pedro Garcia Morelli, Daniel Martin Mota, Jose Antonio Abollado, Lucio Nelli
• FRA: Mario Alonzi, Gianpietro Zin, Luis Rizo-Salom, Antoine Boisselier, Laurent Thevenot, Eric Mathurin, Eric Wyss, Fabien Agenes
• GBR: Carl Wallbank, Gordon Rigg, Bruce Kavanagh, David Shields, Richard Lovelace, Dave Matthews, Anthony Stephens, Gary Wirdnam, Graham Phipps, Nigel Bray
• GER: Gerd Doenhuber, Lukas Bader, Corinna Schwiegershausen, Tim Grabowski, André Djamarani, Markus Ebenfeld, Roland Wöhrle, Stefan Boller, Christian Zehetmair, Joerg Bajewski, Hans Kiefinger, Konrad Schwab, Monique Werner
• GUA: Giovanni Vitola, Jose Herrarte, Dieter Meyer, Rolando Mansilla, Mario Leon
• HUN: Attila Bertok, Endre Kovács, Attila Kis, Zsolt Balogh
• IRL: Shaun O'Neill, Geoffrey McMahon, Philip Lardner, Justin Beplate, Kenneth Hickey
• ISR: Amir Shalom, Ron Wiener, Yaron Levin
• ITA: Alex Ploner, Christian Ciech, Elio Cataldi, Davide Guiducci, Tullio Gervasoni, Anton Moroder, Arturo Dal Mas, Filippo Oppici, Paolo Rosichetti, Fabrizio Giustranti, Sergio Bernardi, Suan Selenati, Edoardo Giudiceandrea, Vanni Accattoli
• JPN: Koji Daimon, Hiroshi Suzuki, Takahiro Matsumura, Shogo Ota, Keita Kokaji
• LTU: Justinas Pleikys
• NED: Mart Bosman, Martin Van Helden, André Disselhorst, Joost Eertman, Erik Van Keulen
• NOR: Vegar Hansen, Petter Peikli
• POL: Dariusz Perenc, Sebastian Olifiruk
• RUS: Vladimir Leuskov, Artur Dzamikhov, Anton Struganov, Natalia Petrova, Julia Kucherenko, Maxim Usachev, Oleg Andreev
• SLO: Primoz Gricar, Stanislav Galovec, Iztok Jarc
• SUI: Roberto Nichele, Christian Voiblet, Francis Gafner, Chrigel Kuepfer, Carole Tobler, Beat Howald
• SWE: Hakan Andersson, Joakim Hindemith
• TUR: Tugrul Yilmaz, Halil Caner Atilgan, Kamil Demirkan
• UKR: Dmitriy Rusov, Pavel Yakimchuk, Sergey Semenov, Dmytro Teteretnyk
• USA: Zac Majors, Dustin Martin, Jeff O'Brien, Davis Straub, Jeff Shapiro, Derreck Turner, Ben Dunn

150 out of 250

(Montecucco, Italy)

Ben Dunn|Davis Straub|Dustin Martin|Jeff O'Brien|Jeff Shapiro|Pre-Worlds 2011|Ubaldo Romano|Wills Wing T2C|World Pilot Ranking Scheme|Worlds 2023|Zac Majors

The best guess so far: http://www.cucco2011.org/test_romano/ Click Pilot Info, then Pilots List. Based on December 2, 2009, WPRS ranking, will change when January ranking is available. US pilots chosen to go to the pre-Worlds, so far:

Zac Majors, Wills Wing T2C-144
Dustin Martin, Wills Wing T2C-144
Jeff O'Brien, Wills Wing T2C (144 or 154)
Davis Straub, Icaro Laminar MR1000
Jeff Shapiro, Wills Wing T2C-144
Derreck Turner, Moyes Litespeed S5
Ben Dunn, Moyes Litespeed

Each nation gets up to five pilots independent of WPRS ranking. If more than five pilots from one country apply for the pre-Worlds, then the top five in that nation as per their January 2010 WPRS ranking are allowed in. When all those nations' slots are taken (some nations won't have five slots because less than five pilots pre-registered from that nation, for example, Turkey), then the remaining slots are available by WPRS ranking to the pilots who pre-registered.

Turns out a lot of pilots from Italy pre-registered and they have a lot of good WPRS rankings, and so fifteen pilots are coming from Italy. Derreck Turner and Ben Dunn got in with their WPRS rankings. Many US pilots did not.

Everyone has to get their entry fee in with ten days (January 17^th) or they go to the end of the line. Starting on the 17^th, pilots are chosen for the now empty slots by pre-registration date.

The actual five man teams will be decided at the competition.

Update: The January WPRS ranking it up and the pilot list will be updated soon.

The limit is 150

(Grotta, Monte Cucco, PG, Italy)

Pre-Worlds 2011|World Pilot Ranking Scheme|Worlds

http://www.cucco2011.org/

Apparently hang gliding is not dying at the level of World competitions (or at least pre-Worlds) The Italian based pre-Worlds is over subscribed already, just a few days after opening the registration to the waiting list. The local regulations state:

Registration will open on 2^nd November 2009. Priority will be given to national teams of up to 5 pilots per country.

Places will be allocated starting from 7^th January 2010 to pilots on the waiting list.

Allocation will be based on WPRS ranking on 1^st January 2010 followed by order of registration for any unranked pilots.

As from 7^th January, all confirmed pilots will have ten days time in which to pay the registration fee, in order not to lose their priority position in the pilot list.

Therefore, confirmed pilots whose receipt of payment does not reach the organizers by 17^th January, will be moved to the bottom of the waiting list.

All other pilots accepted afterwards, will have 10 days to pay the registration fee before their place is reallocated to another pilot.