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2016 Forbes Flatlands, day 7 »

Fri, Jan 8 2016, 7:47:48 am EST

A barbeque task

Forbes Flatlands 2016|Gordon Rigg|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand snr|Justinas Pleikys|Steve Blenkinsop|Tullio Gervasoni|Wills Wing T2C

Results here: http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html

Task 5:

# Name Glider Lead.
Points
Time
Points
Arr.
Pos.
Points
Total
1 Olav Lien Olsen Moyes RX 3.5 86.2 444.1 79.3 975
2 Jon Durand Snr Moyes RX 4 111.0 424.6 70.4 972
3 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 97.7 432.0 74.7 970
4 Jason Kath Wills Wing T2C 144 103.1 422.1 66.2 957
5 Vic Hare Wills Wing T2C 136 97.7 415.4 58.6 937
6 Rod Flockhart Moyes RX 3.5 103.4 407.6 55.1 932
7 Justinas Pleikys Moyes RX 5 83.8 415.6 62.3 927
8 Gordon Rigg Moyes RX 3.5 93.9 404.7 51.8 916
9 Tullio Gervasoni Wills Wing T2C 144 96.4 403.6 48.7 914
10 Michael Jackson Moyes RX 5 99.0 398.8 45.7 909

Final:

# Name Glider T 1 T 2 T 3 T 4 T 5 Total
1 Jonny Durand Moyes RX 3.5 33 1000 949 1000 862 3844
2 Michael Jackson Moyes RX 5 28 909 889 926 909 3661
3 Glen Mcfarlane Wills Wing T2C 144 18 712 911 884 888 3413
4 Jason Kath Wills Wing T2C 144 16 746 764 846 957 3329
5 Tony Armstrong Moyes RX 3.5 34 840 804 877 715 3270
6 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 20 759 824 762 850 3215
7 Fredy Bircher Moyes RX 3.5 25 887 780 752 679 3123
8 Len Paton Moyes RX 4 26 680 755 896 724 3081
9 Simon Braithwaite Moyes RX 3.5 26 903 816 882 438 3065
10 Justinas Pleikys Moyes RX 5 16 671 769 656 927 3039

The land owner bob is letting us in!

Photo from Moyes Delta Gliders.

Seems like Gerolf was first into goal, but apparently there was a problem with his tracklog. So far anyway.

2012 European Championships »

September 5, 2012, 11:00:23 pm MDT

European Championships

Short tasks

Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Corinna Schwiegershausen|European Championships 2012|Justinas Pleikys|Manfred Ruhmer|Primoz Gricar

www.klemencicmatjaz.blogspot.com (Not updated)

http://corinnaflies.blogspot.de/ (Not updated)

http://www.outdoorfestival.org/view.php?page=1

Task 7:

# Name Nat Glider Time Total
1 Christian Ciech ITA Laminar Z9 14.1 01:26:48 902
2 Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli ESP Combat L 13 09 GT 01:27:04 895
3 Alessandro Ploner ITA Laminar Z9 14.1 01:26:53 893
4 Elio Cataldi ITA Litespeed RS 3.5 01:28:57 860
5 Justinas Pleikys LTU T2C 154 01:28:12 857
6 Dan Vyhnalik CZE Combat L 13,5 09 GT 01:31:31 813
7 Christian Zehetmair GER Combat L 13,5 09 GT 01:32:28 797
7 Andre Djamarani GER Combat L 14 09 GT 01:32:21 797
9 Manfred Trimmel AUT T2C 154 01:32:51 789
10 Roland Wöhrle GER Litespeed RS 3.5 01:33:11 782

Total:

# Name Nat Glider Total
1 Alessandro Ploner ITA Laminar Z9 14.1 4859
2 Dan Vyhnalik CZE Combat L 13,5 09 GT 4448
3 Christian Ciech ITA Laminar Z9 14.1 4388
4 Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli ESP Combat L 13 09 GT 4265
5 Stanislav Galovec SLO Litespeed RS 4 3995
6 Eneko Paez Macias ESP Litespeed S 3.5 3898
7 Dietmar Tschabrun AUT Litespeed S 3.5 3806
8 Primoz Gricar SLO Combat L 13,5 09 GT 3785
9 Roland Wöhrle GER Litespeed RS 3.5 3783
10 Petr Tucek CZE T2C 144 3733

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2013 European Championships »

September 3, 2012, 2:53:09 pm MDT

European Championships

Christian wins

Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Davide Guiducci|European Championships 2013|Justinas Pleikys|Primoz Gricar|Roberto Nichele

http://klemencicmatjaz.blogspot.com

Task 5:

# Name Nat Glider Time Total
1 Christian Ciech ITA Laminar Z9 14.1 01:48:26 799
2 Stanislav Galovec SLO Litespeed RS 4 02:09:09 703
2 Elio Cataldi ITA Litespeed RS 3.5 02:08:34 703
4 Antoine Boisselier FRA Litespeed RS 3.5 02:08:43 686
5 Alessandro Ploner ITA Laminar Z9 14.1 02:10:23 673
6 Roberto Nichele SUI T2C 144 02:11:12 672
7 Roland Wöhrle GER Litespeed RS 3.5 02:10:37 666
8 Justinas Pleikys LTU T2C 154 02:13:39 650
9 Dan Vyhnalik CZE Combat L 13,5 09 GT 02:10:09 639
10 Fredy Bircher SUI Litespeed RS 3.5 02:23:42 609

Total:

# Name Nat Glider Total
1 Alessandro Ploner ITA Laminar Z9 14.1 2986
2 Dan Vyhnalik CZE Combat L 13,5 09 GT 2773
3 Primoz Gricar SLO Combat L 13,5 09 GT 2612
4 Pedro Luis Garcia Morelli ESP Combat L 13 09 GT 2533
5 Christian Ciech ITA Laminar Z9 14.1 2490
6 Stanislav Galovec SLO Litespeed RS 4 2432
7 Balazs Ujhelyi HUN Moyes Delta Gliders Litespeed 2414
8 Eneko Paez Macias ESP Litespeed S 3.5 2351
9 Davide Guiducci ITA T2C 144 2334
10 Antoine Boisselier FRA Litespeed RS 3.5 2329

http://corinnaflies.blogspot.de/

http://www.outdoorfestival.org/view.php?page=1

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2012 European Hang Gliding Championships date change

Wed, Nov 30 2011, 8:59:32 am PST

In Turkey, 26th August to 8th September 2012.

CIVL|European Championships 2012|Justinas Pleikys

Justinas Pleikys «Justinas Pleikys» sends:

http://www.fai.org/civl-events/civl-news-of-events/35032

http://www.outdoorfestival.org/2012reg.html

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Pay up for the⁢ 2011 pre-Worlds »

Tue, Jan 12 2010, 5:43:01 pm AEDT

Just a few more days to send in the money

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 the17th January. Confirmed pilots whose receipt of payment does not reach the organizers by 17th 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.

pre-Worlds - update »

Sun, Jan 3 2010, 8:49:03 am AEDT

150 out of 250

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 17th 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

pre-Worlds - who's going? »

Sat, Jan 2 2010, 6:58:31 pm AEDT

150 out of 250

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 17th) or they go to the end of the line. Starting on the 17th, 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.

Over 200 pilots sign up for⁢ 2011 pre-Worlds »

Fri, Nov 6 2009, 8:58:57 am PST

The limit is 150

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

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

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

As from 7th 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 17th 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.

Going for records in South Africa

November 22, 2006, 7:47:35 PST

Records

Sponsored by a flight simulator company

Justinas Pleikys|PG|record

I've highlighted this record attempt before, but just to bring you up to date, Justinas Pleikys «justas» writes:

I found some news in Condor soaring simulator home page (http://www.soaringsim.com/index.htm ):

Next month a group of eight paraglider and hang glider pilots from Slovenia will try to break the world free flight distance record in South Africa: http://www.fly-safari.com

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Mouth piece release

March 20, 2006, 3:58:30 pm EST

Release

Open your mouth to let go

Justinas Pleikys|photo

Justinas Pleikys «justas» from Lithuania sends this pictures of an aerotow release that they use in Lithuania:

We use seven to ten of this type release for maybe five or more years with no problems. All of them by made by the same metal-worker, we don't have any to sell.





Click the above photos for higher resolution versions.

The release above allows for the pilot to release from towing just by opening their mouth. This would be particularly useful in the first few seconds if something goes wrong right away.

The plans for building this release are found here, here, here, and here.

It is difficult to move your hand to release in the first few seconds. Only the Lookout release, in addition to this one, allows for that. More on this tomorrow.

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Flying in Lithuania

Thu, Sep 1 2005, 11:00:04 am EDT

From the new Europe, videos

Justinas Pleikys|video

Justinas Pleikys «justas» writes:

Link: http://mishkas.com/inc/vid/mishkas_video_004.wmv, author Mark Splinter, www.mishkas.com

Greetings from Lithuania!

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