Soaring. You can can call the EGC in the UK, already now a success.I know there were some pilots, who were very skeptical when the vote for Lasham was published and straight away said I am not going to sit in the rain at Lasham They were definitely WRONG.YES,. They had rain, the field was sometimes soggy after over night rain,.After rain. there is sunshinecorrect in the UK.On one day ALL out landed, but,.BUT,. also. on one day they launched the 1. Adobe Cs3 Keygen Collection All Programs On This Computer . And,. several over 5.Not bad,not bad at all For those who love Formula 1 as well, as I do, here is a picture from SILVERSTONE, shared by Arne.Great picture1. EGC in the UK at LASHAM for flapped gliders.August 1. 7day 5.Good morning The Met Man says that there is a good chance that we will fly this afternoon.Grid is delayed to 0.Sorry., for sure the diehardreaders have noticed, that my last blog was published, but finished rather abrupt.Reason is clear. problems with my laptop.Morning weather as shared by the organizers.AND then they set a 3 hour AAT for all 3 classes, with B and C tasks if necessary, from 2.At 1. 3. 1. 5 ,still no flying but TCs at the grid.Improvement of the weather as seen and shared by Team Germany.AND Team Belgium.Still a low cloud base ANDCD Andy with the latest at the grid A task for 1.Om vetenskap, forskningsrn och ny teknik som frndrar vr vrld.Varje vardag ger programmet frdjupning om vetenskap.Det kan handla om allt frn skalbaggar.Lite av varje om komministerbostllet Nyckelbcken Capellanbostlle i Gammelbo i Ramsbergs frsamling, Vsters stift i rebro ln.Elsa och Natanael.Eskilstuna I Bild 1944 Pdf To Word' title='Eskilstuna I Bild 1944 Pdf To Word' />B task for open and 1.First launch 1. 5 m.First launch 1. 8 m.Open 1. 3. 5. 0As shared by the organizers.AAT They started ,but nearly all had to re start after finding NO LIFT AT ALL, to go up and a tough wind.In the end the day for this class was cancelled, so still only 3 days of flying in this class.Adam Day cancelled due to sporting fairness reasons for the 1.AATchanged in a 2 hour AATtask D.Their day 5 was a difficult one.Pilots came in with around 2.Christophe from France, Jurg and Marcel from Switzerland and Wolfgang from Austria.Later also the Belgian brothers Bert jr.Tijl finished. The rest had the kilometers but did not finish so not too much points lost.Finishers between 6.Tijl mentioned Crazy day at Lasham.Didnt get up, started as latest in 7.I saw for the first 34 of the track.Then at didcot power plant I found a thermal with Michael Sommer around the chimney.And in the end I found as the only one a wave, which brought me home for the last 4.A rest day would be welcome.Mike and Arne just missed out 6.Arne mentioned A good day turned difficult for all.Was heading out with those who actually completed the task kudos but didnt get the final climb when they did.Not that it was easy for them either.Saw the same airspace, villages, pubs, churches and the odd flock of sheep 4 times before I together with the open class gambled the sorry remains of stratus up wind only 2.AATAlso here a lot flew back with the engine and some where really close by.TWO finishers ONLY.Michael and Ronaldgood on them Pierre and Arnaud were out but on spot 3, 6.Only 5. 0 points between in and out.It turned out a marginal day.Specially the WSW wind was a killer in the end for any lift to come home.Today was a tricky day to forecast, with the air being slower to dry out than hoped for.The Open and 1. 8 Metre classes were launched on task, we are expecting finishers soon.Some gliders are close to the airfield, but some seem to be struggling in very weak lift to get back on glide.Lined up gliders and tugs.Day 5. As shared by the organizers.Looking back on the day with team Belgium with 2 finishers Team Belgium Quick debrief of yesterday the day started with the usual ballasting of the gliders below the low, fast moving stratus clouds and the odd bits of rain.The meteoman announced soarable weather for all classes, with strong winds of 3.The waiting game on the grid could begin.After towing and cancelling 1.D tasks with starting points more to the north, away from the seabreaze.Getting away from tow was difficult and conditions on track proved to be likewise.The real battle though, took place in the last 1.Well done, Tijl In the end, for open class only 2 gliders and for 1.Today, the competition director decided to cancel the day for all classes, due to even stronger winds 5.LONDON CALLING soAugust 1.Today is a REST DAY.There will be no competition flying.After a few long and tricky days the pilots will have a chance to rest and relax with a traditional pub games night in the clubhouse this evening.And with day without tracking and F5 the organizers suggest as follows Please enjoy this selection of photos taken over the last few days by Tony Cole to see more of his work visit his page here Tony Cole Photography Digital Art.Here is one of them, Marco with his ears up Indeed excellent pictures have a look Courtesy Tony Cole.Looking to the overall scores, after one week 1.Uli Schwenk in VV the VENTUS 2.A with 2. 3. 11 points, 2.Freddy Hein in FH the Ventus 2ax with 2.Tim Scott in ZR an ASG 2.Lucasz Grabowski in RP the Diana 2 with 2.Wolfgang in WO the VENTUS 3 with 3.Christophe in FC the JS 1 with 3.Jeroen in 6. 30 the ASG 2.E as far as I understand a great glider from Roy Pentecost with 3.Bert jr in the brand new Ventus 3 is on spot 4 with 3.Peter 3. 1. 81, Roman 3.Jurg with 3. 1. 23 points.So close a lot can happen in week 2.Michael Sommer with 3.EB 2. 9R, 2. Lucasz Wojcik with 3.Ronald with 3. 4.On 4 and 5 Russell and Holger 3.SaturdayAugust 1.Human batteries are charged again, so another day in Lasham.AND. 1. 0 tuggies availableToday, weve received AAT tasks for all classes again, although outside it still looks a bit cloudy and rainy, but the meteoman seems to think that its soarable, but complicated.Lets cross fingers for a lovely flying day.Tonight is also the international evening, so busy day for the ground crew as well, as we still have some waffles to bake.MUST be Team Belgium and of course it is.Though there was still rain,the sniffer went up to investigate.First launch not before 1.AAT. task 4, so a valid competition in ALL classes.Another difficult but flyable day at Lasham and UK pilot Tim Scott ,used the UK weather for the distance and time best in his 2 hour AAT 1.With such short distances it is always difficult to find the best start time.For sure it should be on the best part of the day but sometimes is difficult.They all started however within 8 minutes.From 1. 6 finished so a good day and runner up was Freddy Hein, whilst his mate Uli was only on shared spot 6 loosing around 7.AATThe even shorter AAT from 1.UK pilot this time Mike Young 1.He started STRAIGH AWAY whilst some waited for half an hour.The Belgian brothers Bert and Tijl, used to Belgium and Swiss weather dealt with the circumstances AS good, starting 1.Mike and were on spot 2 and 3.Peter Millenaar used to Dutch conditions was on spot 4.German pilot Michael Streit who only got 3.Wolfgang was on spot 1.AATVery short for an open class, but on a competition you have to fly the set task 2 hours.Best and also used to real European weather Lucasz Wojcik from Poland 2.Not a good day for team Germany.Michael Sommer was only 1.No worries for his overall scoresstill leading the pact.August 2. 0day 8task 57.For all about the same set distance in a racing task and the 2d time they used the interval startline.Real racing looks different, but a lot finished.The window with flyable weather will not be long due to an approaching bad weather front.Good to see a daily win for Henrik Breidahl, I know him already for so long.He flew the task with a speed of 8.Tim Scott and Gary Stingmore had a good day as runner up and number 3.Most were happy to be in, before the first raindrops Henrik as daily winner.Picture shared by the organizers.Thanks to Benedict for the extra pictures from the tower.Also in 1. 8 m. a nice win for a Danish pilot Arne Good on him the only one who flew just over 1.The Belgium team did well In 1.Bert and Tijl had a fun grand prix style race, against all other pilots of their class, as everybody started exactly at the same time, the earliest possible time slot.In 1. 5m class, Daan took a later start slot and had a really fast race.Unfortunately, his last climb underneath the high cloud cover, didnt bring him home and he outlanded close to the airfield.Open2. 12 km. and Pete Harvey raced in some kind of super flight, to his daily win with 1.THE Broquevilles.Pete in the JS 1.C started at the same time as Pierre and Arnaud in the EB 2.DR. Interesting to find out WHY Team Belgium mentioned Yesterdays flying day was a partially good day for the Belgians.
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