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The 3rd Junior & 4th World Class
World Gliding Championships are history. After 11 days of flying we
have new World Champions in our beautiful sport.
The Final Standard Class Standings
are:
1st place - Jez HOOD (Great
Britain)
2nd place - Luke REBBECK
(Great Britain)
3rd place - Achim BESSER
(Germany)
The Final Club Class Standings are:
1st place - Michael STREIT
(Germany)
2nd place - Peter TOFT (Denmark)
3rd place - Stephan ZEMMEL
(Germany)
The Final World Class Standings are:
1st place - Sebastian KAWA
(Poland)
2nd place - Matthieu KRIL
(France)
3rd place - Richard MONTIGNY
(France)
We congratulate all the winners. We
hope that memories of this event will stay in minds of all
participants for a longer time.
Safe journey to all of you and GOOD
BYE !!!
PS: SEE YOU again in Nitra next time.
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According to the weather
forecast for today no
tasks have been set for all classes
at the second briefing which was held at 13:00. An
waving cold front will influence the weather during the afternoon. We expect
today's weather not reliable for flying.
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According to the weather
forecast for today it looks like we might have the 11th day of
flying.
Yesterday the audience have enjoyed the rock concert in the briefing
hall.
For today tasks have been set for all classes
at the second briefing which was held at 11:30. An approaching
waving cold front will influence the weather during late afternoon. We expect Cu clouds and
shorter thermal period than yesterday. Take off was at 12:45.
All gliders have been launched with
only a few relights . We expect the first arrivals before 18:00. We
hope the weather will be good enough to ensure that all will land
back in Nitra airfield. Glider
IDA which suffered an undercarriage collapse a few days ago had the
same problem today but got airbourne and has landed safely in
neigbouring cut hayfield. Jan Cesnek in glider E (PW5) suffered a
technical failure and he was lucky to land safely, but his glider will
not be serviceable for tomorow.
Outlandings World class: W2, JK,
Outlandings Standard class: Y1,
Outlandings Club class: HY,
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| Today we are expecting
similar but possibly even better weather than yesterday. With this
expectation long racing tasks have been set for all classes. The
World class will try 444 km the Club class 515 km and the standard
class 531 km. Take off is expected at 11:30.
Glider IDA is now fully repaired and
will fly today.
Outlandings World class: SV, 01, V,
PA, I, E, W2, 2C,
Outlandings Standard class: SF, Y1,
L7, DD, LZ, PO,
Outlandings Club class: SS,
SA,
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| After the unexpected
spreadout which occured yesterday, so far we are pleased to say that
the weather is developing just as expected. Longer tasks were set
for all classes at briefing. Take off was on time at 11:30 and
although the sky was blue overhead Nitra airfield the thermals were
already developing and by the time the standard class had launched
there were good cumulus with high bases wherever you looked.
During launch one club class glider
(IDA) had an undercarriage collapse. The German team are working
hard with the help of the Slovak Aeroclub engineers to fix the
glider. We hope it is possible to fly the glider later today. Update:
At 15:55 IDA took off with the undercarriage fixed in the down
position after 3:45 hours of hard work by all concerned. Everybody
was delighted to see him take off and our latest information is that
he will probably touch all areas and may well get back to the
airfield.
So far with only one glider IDA
outstanding it seems likely that there will be no landouts today. We
are now updating the preliminary results.
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| Today it is much better
day than yesterday.
The weather forecast gives good Cu clouds all day with only 20 %
probability of showers in the mountains of the North. Long tasks have been set for all classes
at briefing a few minutes ago. Take off will be early we expect it
to be at 11:30.
We have launched
all classes in 1 hour exactly. We have been able to do this with the
help of the Dynamic
ultralight plane which was being demonstrated here by the
company Aerospool
Prievidza. The weather is still looking good so we are hoping
for high speeds from all classes.
Outlandings
Standard class: BW2, EH, 352, 232, MC, EU, MR, XT, DD, E2, 321, W3,
L7, ER, M8, UG, H8, Z2, ALI, PI, LZ, VL, SF, PO, 2A, X, Y1, JB,
CE, HD, D2, 28, AR, AG,
Outlandings World
class: SV, 5, 01, W2, JK, PA, I, V, K, E, W1, LOT, F1, 2C, ISV,
JP, EY, EZ, UT, UA, TS,
Outlandings Club
class: OK, 101, BF, HY, TL, LT, 42, 21, MS, G4, SZ, 882, 38,
IW, CX, 99, RNT, NX, HER, XC, RD, EO, BZ, W, ED, EG, IDA, SA, SS,
L3, R4, Y4, L8, BI, Despite
our best hopes and our Met man's forecast the weather for today has
not materialised in the way we were expecting. As a result we have
seen locally a lot of spreadout of the clouds and in particular the
first turning point for the Standard class became almost impossible
to achieve. In
the World class and Club class the pilots have also experienced
difficult conditions and only a few of each class have made any long
distance. They are lucky because their efforts will be rewarded with
a valid contest day. We think that the Standard class will not have
a valid day.
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| According to the weather
forecast it looks like it might be the 7th contest day.
Yesterday all interested have enjoyed the international evening in the briefing
hall. Teams have presented their typical drinks or meals on the
tables during the evening. Almost all attending declared the
Hungarian table to have been the best table of the evening.
Tasks have been set for all classes
at briefing a few minutes ago. The moist
airmass will influence cloud development during the day. We expect
big Cu clouds and local showers during the task. Take off is expected to be at 12:00.
Outlandings World
class: I, EY, JK, EZ, 5, LOT, 01, 2C, Outlandings
Club class: HER, ISV, L3, 38, 882, RNT, Y4 Outlandings
Standard class: DD, AR, WL, D2, EH,
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| Official rest day.
With relation to weather forecast for today we
decided to declare the official rest day of the competition.
Yesterday all interested have enjoyed Slovak evening in the briefing
hall with local vine and beer served together with our traditional
meals.
This afternoon
there is the Air Show scheduled at the airport of Nove Zamky only 45
km South from here. We expect some pilots and crews will use
opportunity to attend this show. We hope there will be not much
rainy during the afternoon.
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| 6th
contest day.
Speed Tasks have been set for all classes
at briefing a few minutes ago. There
is no significant problem with the weather
forecast for today. Our area is influenced by high pressure ridge
from the West- North West. We expect the conditions will be
reliable for long tasks for all classes. Take off is expected to be
at 11:30.
All gliders have been launched within 1:12 with
few relights only. More later.
Outlandings World class: 5, I,
Outlandings Standart class: AR, W3, CE, 28,
HD, JB, PO, DD,
Outlanding Club class: 99, BF
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| It looks like it might be the 5th contest day.
Tasks have been set for all classes
at briefing a few minutes ago. There
are medium level clouds moving into our area from the West- North West.
These clouds will influence thermal development in the early afternoon.
Take off is expected to be at 12:00.
There are all gliders in the air now. Only four relights today until
now. The expected medium level clouds outspreading may cause a
problems for standard and club class gliders which have their tasks to
NE. More later.
The photos from ceremony and
competition days you can find here.
Outlandings World class: PA, 01, TS, I, F1,
Outlandings Standard class: E2, SF, AG, L7, HD, RA, W3, EU, EH, M8,
PO, VG, MC, LZ , VL, AR, ER, H8, MR, X, ALI, 321, JB, CE, 28, Z2, D2,
352, 232, XT, BW2
Outlandings Club class: 99, HY, CX, TL, LT, SA, Y4, SZ, BF, STL,
JP,
The forecast weather did not happen. As a result the standard class
gliders have been forced to wait at the first turn point area for
weather conditions suitable for rounding this TP. The rain at that
area caused them a delay of almost 3 hours before they could recover
and fly away. Most of them that have rounded the TP had to climb in
wave to maximum allowed altitude. Only 16 have managed to round TP1
today. That is why we have all standards in fields today.
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| The 4th contest day,
we hope. There is briefing going on at the moment.
Tasks
have been set for all classes despite the uncertain
weather situation here. There
are high level clouds arriving in our area from the West- North West.
These clouds will influence thermal development early afternoon. Take off is expected to be
at 12:00.
All gliders have been launched within
1 h 13 min with no relights needed. The strong wind caused a wave
situation behind the hills and some pilots have been able to reach
maximum available altitude (2760M QNH) for
starting. In the end
it looks as though we have
underestimated the task, but we expected
more upper level clouds influence from west. Despite this we
are having fourth
valid task in each class and so the championships is valid. No need to fly on 19th of
July - Reserve day. At the end of the day we
are having only
few outlandings:
Outlandings today: 99, JP, SA |
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| The third contest day. Tasks
have been set for all classes and all classes
will be launched at 12.00. The weather
has improved under the influence of a ridge of high pressure arriving
from the West- North West. Once again we have a strong wind with
speeds up to 10 m/s. It is 18:15 local time and we are missing
only two gliders. Total we have only 9 outlanding until now.
Outlandings today: W1, 99, W2, VL, I,
F1, M8, HY, BF, E |
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| The second contest day. Tasks
have been set for all classes and all classes have been launched at
12.15. The weather became overcast after
the opening of the start
lines, but we have been informed that some pilots have found thermals
up to 3 m/s.
Despite a very strong wind up to 12 m/s there are few World Class gliders back home with
the distances flown more than 200 km during more than 3 hours flight.
We expect more arrivals soon.
Arrivals World class:
E, PA, F1, K, 01, EZ, LOT, UT, V, W2
Arrivals Club class:
101, 21, 38, 42, 882, ED, EG, EO, G4, HER, HY, IW, LT, MS, NX, R4, RNT,
STL, SZ, TL, W, Y4
Arrivals Standard class: 232, 321, 352,
BW2, E2, MR, SF, W3, XT, CE, 28 |
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| First contest day. Tasks
have been set for all classes and after a delayed start due to the
slow improvement of the weather all classes have been launched at
12.45 and despite a few re-lights every one has started. We expect
the first gliders to return to Nitra after 4.00pm and the rest
later.
From Standard class are here H8, X,
352, 232, L7, D2, ALI, XT, BW2, EH, 2A, ER, PO, MK.
From Club class are
here: Y4, L8, CX, G4, RNT, 882, SZ, MS, RD, IW, OK, XC, HY,
SA.
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World class are here: K, SV, EZ, EY, V, E, UA, TS, W2, LOT.
Outlandings Standard class: PO, Z2,
Y1, SF, W3, JB, LZ, PA,
Outlandings Club class: BF, SS, BI,
R4, L3, 21, LT, NX, HER, ED, EO, EG, 99, W
Outlandings World class: JK, W1, 5
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| Today is the day of the Official Opening ceremony and
although we set tasks for all classes most pilots preferred to have
a free day prior to the competition starting. Because there were
only a few gliders on the grid we have only been able to issue results
for the World and Club classes. A simple and effective ceremony
proceeded very smoothly and the Flying display immediately
afterwards was very impressive especially as it was performed in
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| First Official training day. The tasks set were not
very long because of the forecast weather situation. We expected the
clouds to be overcast later in the afternoon but this did not happen
and the pilots were able to complete all the tasks quite quickly and
easily. This can be seen in the results. |
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| Today has been a free day. The weather was overcast
with a few showers, not suitable for flying. Pilots have been able
to explore the local area and get their shopping completed. |
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| Another fine training day. The pilots have been able
to fly to the mountain areas in the N and NE of the airspace
reserved for the competition. We have been able to launch more than
70 gliders in a very short time with the help of the turbine tow
planes that we have here. Everybody is very happy to be towed by
these planes, because the rate of climb of more than 9 m/s is very
impressive From tomorrow we will have official training days to
practice the organisation for the real contest days. |
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| More and more pilots
and team captains are present. The weather
has been almost the
same as yesterday, so again good training possibilities. The pilots
have been checking their instruments and flight recorders to prepare
these equipments for the real contest days. |
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| More than half of the pilots
are already present in Nitra for the unofficial trainig which
started today. The weather situation is in
favor of everybody. Today the pilots who have flown experienced
very nice conditions during their flights with cloudbases up to 2600
m and thermals up to 4m/s in the mountains area. We have been
informed that lot of them have flown more than 500 km during
free flying. |
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| We have finished pre worlds competition 3rd
PRIBINA CUP 2003 in Nitra, with one training day and 7 competitions
days from 8 days available. We hope everybody have enjoyed the
flying here. More details you can find on our Pribina
Cup pages. |
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have been updated. Please check changes on Competitors
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