Due to poor weather -we did not have chance to fly any contest task. I had opportunity to fly a little, but cloud base was not higher then 2200' AGL. When I flew in Jelenia Gora I wasn't able to fly out of the valley due to low cloud bases . In Leszno we flew up to 27 km from the the airfield and it was distance record for the day.
Stationary low over Hungary and then Ukraine had huge influence on the weather in Poland. It looks that the same systems are again in Europe . Low cloud bases and wet. I hope that all will change before Worlds.
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01 June 2010
17 May 2010
Assigned Task Sector
We have start 10km line like in the Worlds . Assigned task Turn Point has 500 m cylinder with 10km radius sector . No need to go in to one very small circle. In case of poor weather turn point could be claimed in any place in the sector, but distance is calculated to 500m cylinder only. Lucky me I have WinPilot as back up so no problem to use sector.Polish Open Class International
Today is third day of the contest , but due to poor weather we are on the ground.
We hope that weather will improve in two days and we can fly four tasks.
We need minimum three valid days and Sunday is reserve day in case if we need third day to get valid contest.
16 May 2010
Ontario Weekend Race Series
I am just home from the first event in the new Ontario weekend race series ably hosted by the Toronto Soaring Club.
The weather on Saturday, did not cooperate so everyone participated in a day of winch launching. For some it was a first, and for others it was a first in many, many years. My last winch launch was around 1981.
The weather on Sunday (16 May) was great, with 7500 ft thermal tops and 5-6 kt average thermals at the peak of the day. The original task call was a 3.5 hour area task, but after aborting a take-off with the club Puchacz due to a rather soggy runway, our launch was delayed while we arranged water-ballasted gliders and empty gliders into two lines on the runway for the 180 HP towplane and 150 HP towplane. We managed to start the launch just after 1300 and at 1400 opened the gate on a 3 hr task.
The task had minimum/nominal/maximum distances of 145/ 308/ 474 km. I had a great flight and won the day at 103 km/hr, covering 309 km. A pretty good day for SW Ontario.
The website www.sailplaneracing.com shows the rest of the events planned for the 2010 season. The next event is scheduled for the May long weekend at Gatineau gliding Club near Ottawa.
The weather on Saturday, did not cooperate so everyone participated in a day of winch launching. For some it was a first, and for others it was a first in many, many years. My last winch launch was around 1981.
The weather on Sunday (16 May) was great, with 7500 ft thermal tops and 5-6 kt average thermals at the peak of the day. The original task call was a 3.5 hour area task, but after aborting a take-off with the club Puchacz due to a rather soggy runway, our launch was delayed while we arranged water-ballasted gliders and empty gliders into two lines on the runway for the 180 HP towplane and 150 HP towplane. We managed to start the launch just after 1300 and at 1400 opened the gate on a 3 hr task.
The task had minimum/nominal/maximum distances of 145/ 308/ 474 km. I had a great flight and won the day at 103 km/hr, covering 309 km. A pretty good day for SW Ontario.
The website www.sailplaneracing.com shows the rest of the events planned for the 2010 season. The next event is scheduled for the May long weekend at Gatineau gliding Club near Ottawa.
03 May 2010
International Polish Open Class
My next contest before Worlds is in Poland.
I leave Toronto on May 5th, fly to Poland then drive to Germany to pick up glider from factory then back to Jelenia Gora Poland. On Saturday I plan to install instruments and do first flight on brand new ASG 29. For the next couple days I will stay here to adjust to new time zone and do some flying. From May 12th I will be in Leszno where Internationals starts May 15th. Record number of 74 pilots are registered for the contest. Polish contest attracted over 20 international pilots from Austria ,Italy , Germany, Hungary, Japan ,Ireland , UK and Canada. Most of them will be flying in 2010 Worlds as well. It looks like we will have taste of Worlds in Leszno as we have top worlds pilots flying contest including current world and European champions. It will be one of highest IGC ranked contest after Worlds. For more information about contest and future results visit contest site. http://smpo2010.gliding-leszno.pl/index.php?lang=en
I leave Toronto on May 5th, fly to Poland then drive to Germany to pick up glider from factory then back to Jelenia Gora Poland. On Saturday I plan to install instruments and do first flight on brand new ASG 29. For the next couple days I will stay here to adjust to new time zone and do some flying. From May 12th I will be in Leszno where Internationals starts May 15th. Record number of 74 pilots are registered for the contest. Polish contest attracted over 20 international pilots from Austria ,Italy , Germany, Hungary, Japan ,Ireland , UK and Canada. Most of them will be flying in 2010 Worlds as well. It looks like we will have taste of Worlds in Leszno as we have top worlds pilots flying contest including current world and European champions. It will be one of highest IGC ranked contest after Worlds. For more information about contest and future results visit contest site. http://smpo2010.gliding-leszno.pl/index.php?lang=en
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