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Owen's Records

March 25, 2021, 10:24:40 pm EDT

Owen's Records

In Owen's Valley (little joke there)

Owen Morse|record|Thomas Weissenberger

North American:

Claim number : 19294
Sub-class : O-1 / HG with a rigid primary structure / controlled by weight shift
Category : General
Group : Not applicable
Type of record : Out-and-return distance
Course/location : Bartlett, CA (USA)
Performance : 357,6 km
Pilot : Owen Morse (USA)
Aircraft : T3 / Wills Wing
Date : 20.06.2020
Previous record : no record set yet

Claim number : 19295
Sub-class : O-1 / HG with a rigid primary structure / controlled by weight shift
Category : General
Group : Not applicable
Type of record : Free out-and-return distance
Course/location : Bartlett, CA (USA)
Performance : 357,7 km
Pilot : Owen Morse (USA)
Aircraft : T3 / Wills Wing
Date : 20.06.2020
Previous record : no record set yet

World:

Claim number : 19296
Sub-class : O-1 / HG with a rigid primary structure / controlled by weight shift
Category : General
Group : Not applicable
Type of record : Out-and-return distance
Course/location : Bartlett, CA (USA)
Performance : 357,6 km
Pilot : Owen Morse (USA)
Aircraft : T3 / Wills Wing
Date : 20.06.2020
Previous record : 353 km (03.11.2013 - Thomas Weissenberger, Austria)

Claim number : 19297
Sub-class : O-1 / HG with a rigid primary structure / controlled by weight shift
Category : General
Group : Not applicable
Type of record : Free out-and-return distance
Course/location : Bartlett, CA (USA)
Performance : 357,7 km
Pilot : Owen Morse (USA)
Aircraft : T3 / Wills Wing
Date : 20.06.2020
Previous record : 339,9 km (27.10.2013 - Thomas Weissenberger, Austria)

The top ten in the World

May 6, 2019, 7:36:38 EDT

The top ten in the World

As of May 5th.

Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|CIVL|Filippo Oppici|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Quest Air|Steve Blenkinsop|Thomas Weissenberger

Rank Name Nation Points Rank/Ranking-points/Competition
1
 
Petr Benes
CIVL ID: 9764
 Czech Republic 339.1 3 97.8 2018 Hang Gliding Pre Worlds
7 88.4 20th FAI European Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
4 78.8 Forbes Flatlands Hang Gliding Championships 2019 Class 1
2 74.1 Spring Meeting - Friuli Venezia Giulia Trophy 2018 - Italian Open Class 1
 
2
 
Christian Ciech
CIVL ID: 6034
 Italy 317.0 4 96.1 2018 Hang Gliding Pre Worlds
6 90.4 20th FAI European Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
1 75.5 Spring Meeting - Friuli Venezia Giulia Trophy 2018 - Italian Open Class 1
4 55.0 XXXI Valerio Albrizio Trophy Class 1
 
3
 
Jonny Durand Jnr
CIVL ID: 2231
 Australia 310.4 1 89.5 Forbes Flatlands Hang Gliding Championships 2019 Class 1
12 78.7 20th FAI European Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
18 73.8 2018 Hang Gliding Pre Worlds
1 68.4 2019 Quest Air Nationals (week 1) (pre-Worlds) Class 1
 
4
 
Oliver Chitty
CIVL ID: 39469
 United Kingdom 290.6 9 84.5 20th FAI European Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
2 70.8 Dalby Big Air 2018 HG Class 1
1 68.9 2018 Canungra Classic Hang Gliding Competition Class 1
2 66.4 2018 UK Hang Gliding Nationals and Chabre Open Class 1
 
5
 
Alessandro Ploner
CIVL ID: 5724
 Italy 289.4 1 100.7 20th FAI European Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
3 72.6 Spring Meeting - Friuli Venezia Giulia Trophy 2018 - Italian Open Class 1
2 60.7 XXXI Valerio Albrizio Trophy Class 1
1 55.4 Monte Cucco International Trophy 2018 Class 1
 
6
 
Thomas Weissenberger
CIVL ID: 7819
 Austria 288.0 7 91.1 2018 Hang Gliding Pre Worlds
8 86.4 20th FAI European Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
3 57.8 XXXI Valerio Albrizio Trophy Class 1
2 52.7 Monte Cucco International Trophy 2018 Class 1
 
7
 
Filippo Oppici
CIVL ID: 6295
 Italy 283.7 4 94.5 20th FAI European Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
1 72.8 HG Brazil Open 2019 Round 1 Valadares
6 72.1 Forbes Flatlands Hang Gliding Championships 2019 Class 1
8 44.3 XXXI Valerio Albrizio Trophy Class 1
 
8
 
Attila Bertok
CIVL ID: 5885
 Hungary 275.5 2 85.9 Forbes Flatlands Hang Gliding Championships 2019 Class 1
1 72.9 Dalby Big Air 2018 HG Class 1
3 61.4 2018 Canungra Classic Hang Gliding Competition Class 1
4 55.3 2018 Forbes Flatlands Hang Gliding Championships - Class 1
 
9
 
Dan Vyhnalik
CIVL ID: 6089
 Czech Republic 274.6 10 86.2 2018 Hang Gliding Pre Worlds
10 82.5 20th FAI European Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
4 71.2 Spring Meeting - Friuli Venezia Giulia Trophy 2018 - Italian Open Class 1
2 34.7 Low Tatras Cup 2018
 
10
 
Steve Blenkinsop
CIVL ID: 7701
 Australia 272.4 16 76.8 2018 Hang Gliding Pre Worlds
1 69.2 Dalby Big Air 2019 Class 1
7 68.8 Forbes Flatlands Hang Gliding Championships 2019 Class 1
24 57.6 20th FAI European Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship
 

Who is coming to the 2019 Worlds?

April 8, 2019, 7:46:02 EDT

Who is coming to the 2019 Worlds?

112 registered, 125 slots available

Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Manfred Ruhmer|Steve Blenkinsop|Suan Selenati|Thomas Weissenberger|Tullio Gervasoni|USHPA

Countries may send up to 10 pilots. 6 pilots are counted for the national teams (https://airtribune-production.s3.amazonaws.com/media/contest/files/2019/02/Tyjk2siZBLky.pdf). Registration ends on the 12th.

https://airtribune.com/hg-worlds-2019/pilots

Australia - ten pilots including Jonny Durand and Steve Blenkinsop.

Austria - just two pilots, Manfred Ruhmer and Thomas Weissenberger.

Brazil - three pilots.

Canada - two pilots.

Czech Republic - seven pilots, but not the world champion and world number 1 ranked pilot, Petr Benes.

France - three pilots.

Germany - four pilots.

Hungary - a different Attila.

Italy - twelve pilots, including Suan, Tullio, Christian, Alex, Fillippo, Marco, Davide, and Valentino.

Japan - seven pilots.

Norway - three pilots.

Switzerland - five pilots.

UK - 8 pilots, including Kathleen, Gary. Andrew, Grant, Darren, Gordon, Dave and Malcolm.

S - five pilots, including Zac (only two from the top ten - https://www.ushpa.org/page/ntss-class-1 ).

Phil Bloom on the XXII Open de Canarias

December 13, 2018, 8:10:46 EST

Phil Bloom on the XXII Open de Canarias

And landing with a drogue chute

Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Manfred Ruhmer|Phill Bloom|record|Thomas Weissenberger|video

Phill Bloom <<phillipbloom>> writes:

Kip Stone and I were the American team, with people from nine different countries, they also had a sport class, maybe 50 pilots total. It was great fun, and so nice to travel and rent a glider take your harness only. Tom Weissenberger rented to us both, RX 3.5 for me and RX 4 for Kip. Great gliders vary competitive, mine was like new. Also Jonny Nilssen has a variety of gliders to choose from beginner to intermediate. And a supper nice guy.

It was a relatively safe comp but it was a comp so you never know what you will get. One pilot had a little issue with full VG near the hill and actually flew into the mountain, ended up knocked out for a few minutes but is totally fine and back flying the next day. Also at least 2 other pilots flew under power lines, which seemed a little crazy to me, but looks like it happens quite often.

Everyone was complaining about the conditions (should have been here last week ) sort of thing, but I had a lot of fun getting to fly with top ranked pilots all week.

But the thing that really got me to write this was this. That both Manfred Ruhmer and Thomas Weissenberger were using there drogue chutes on a consistent basis. It totally surprised me, so I questioned them both about it. Manfred said that (every cross country pilot should have one and know how to use it). He was saying practice using it. Thomas said that (he uses the drag shoot about 50% of the time, it makes landings much easier and less stressful). Now just so you know this info is coming from two super talented pilots that have no problems landing a hang glider.

The discussion in the car recorded:

XXII Open de Canarias

December 8, 2018, 2:52:27 pm EST

XXII Open de Canarias

Finally, more than a few make goal

Christian Pollet|Icaro 2000|Joseph Salvenmoser|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Phill Bloom|Thomas Weissenberger

Saturday, December 8th

Last task:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Manfred Ruhmer Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 00:38:01 715
2 Christian Pollet Aeros Combat C 00:38:37 694
3 Thomas Weissenberger Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 00:38:39 693
4 Carlos Punet AIR ATOS VQ Race 00:36:46 633
5 Phill Bloom Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 00:48:17 599
6 Francois Isoard Aeros Combat GT 12.7 00:49:06 581
7 Joseph Salvenmoser Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 00:56:04 535
8 Blay Olmos Ramos (Snr) Moyes Litespeed RS 3 01:04:25 463
9 Joerg Bajewski Willls Wing T2C 154 01:07:18 449
10 Johnny Nilssen Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 01:07:18 443

Final Results:

# Name Glider Total
1 Thomas Weissenberger Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 1852
2 Manfred Ruhmer Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 1762
3 Christian Pollet Aeros Combat C 1667
4 Joseph Salvenmoser Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 1502
5 Francois Isoard Aeros Combat GT 12.7 1360
6 Manuel Garcia garcia Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 1300
7 Phill Bloom Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 1218
8 Joerg Bajewski Willls Wing T2C 154 1162
9 Gustavo Migliozzi Wills Wing T2C 144 1150
10 Carlos Punet AIR ATOS VQ Race 1129

XXII Open de Canarias

December 7, 2018, 5:50:53 pm EST

XXII Open de Canarias

More tiny flights

Christian Pollet|competition|Icaro 2000|Joseph Salvenmoser|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Phill Bloom|Thomas Weissenberger

Friday, December 7th

https://airtribune.com/xxii-open-de-canarias/results

Task 5:

# Name Glider Time Distance Total
1 Manfred Ruhmer Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 00:55:29 24.00 407
2 Thomas Weissenberger Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 00:56:18 24.00 400
3 Carlos Punet AIR ATOS VQ Race 00:53:47 24.00 358
4 Joseph Salvenmoser Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5   23.92 337
5 Benito Rodriguez Gonzalez Wills Wing T2C 144   21.49 315
6 Christian Pollet Aeros Combat C   20.45 305
7 Manuel Garcia Garcia Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro   20.17 292
8 Joerg Bajewski Willls Wing T2C 154   18.70 275
9 Jose María (Tximo) Iriarte Ziritza Aeros Combat GT 12.4   14.72 238
10 Gustavo Migliozzi Wills Wing T2C 144   14.62 237

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Thomas Weissenberger Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 1149
2 Manfred Ruhmer Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 1037
3 Christian Pollet Aeros Combat C 965
4 Joseph Salvenmoser Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 959
5 Manuel Garcia garcia Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 876
6 Gustavo Migliozzi Wills Wing T2C 144 793
7 Francois Isoard Aeros Combat GT 12.7 775
8 Joerg Bajewski Willls Wing T2C 154 706
9 Benito Rodriguez Gonzalez Wills Wing T2C 144 689
10 Phill Bloom Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 615

XXII Open de Canarias

Tiny flights

XXII Open de Canarias

December 6, 2018, 7:48:46 pm EST

A.I.R. ATOS VR|Christian Pollet|competition|Icaro 2000|Joseph Salvenmoser|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Phill Bloom|Thomas Weissenberger

Thursday, December 6th

https://airtribune.com/xxii-open-de-canarias/results

Task 4:

# Name Glider Distance Total
1 Manfred Ruhmer Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 17.96 154
2 Thomas Weissenberger Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 14.87 135
3 Carlos Punet AIR ATOS VQ Race 17.84 130
4 Wolfgang Brunner Moyes Litespeed RX 10.06 112
5 Phill Bloom Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 9.94 111
6 Francois Isoard Aeros Combat GT 12.7 9.66 110
7 Joseph Salvenmoser Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 9.39 108
8 Tormod Helgesen Moyes Litespeed RX 4 9.03 105
9 Manuel Garcia garcia Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 8.92 104
9 Benito Rodriguez Gonzalez Wills Wing T2C 144 8.99 104

Cumulative:

# Name Glider T 1 T 2 T 3 T 4 Total
1 Thomas Weissenberger Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 0 3 611 135 749
2 Christian Pollet Aeros Combat C 0 3 585 72 660
3 Manfred Ruhmer Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 0 4 472 154 630
4 Joseph Salvenmoser Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 0 3 511 108 622
5 Francois Isoard Aeros Combat GT 12.7 0 0 489 110 599
6 Manuel Garcia garcia Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 0 3 477 104 584
7 Gustavo Migliozzi Wills Wing T2C 144 0 3 481 72 556
8 Juan Antonio Molina Vera AIR Atos VR 0 3 368 94 465
9 Tormod Helgesen Moyes Litespeed RX 4 0 3 354 105 462

22nd Open de Canarias

Wed, Dec 5 2018, 12:36:50 am GMT

Two actual tasks

A.I.R. ATOS VR|Christian Pollet|competition|Icaro 2000|Joseph Salvenmoser|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Thomas Weissenberger

Tuesday, December 4th

https://airtribune.com/xxii-open-de-canarias/results

The 3rd task (actually the second):

# Name Glider Time Distance Total
1 Thomas Weissenberger Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 01:08:08 31.90 611
2 Christian Pollet Aeros Combat C 01:12:27 31.90 585
3 Joseph Salvenmoser Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 31.26 511
4 Francois Isoard Aeros Combat GT 12.7 30.08 489
5 Gustavo Migliozzi Wills Wing T2C 144 29.37 481
6 Manuel Garcia garcia Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 29.46 477
7 Manfred Ruhmer Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 27.98 472
8 Juan Antonio Molina Vera AIR Atos VR 19.50 368
9 Cyro Lopez Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 19.57 367
10 Joerg Bajewski Willls Wing T2C 154 18.53 356

Cumulative:

# Name Glider T 1 T 2 T 3 Total
1 Thomas Weissenberger Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 0 3 611 614
2 Christian Pollet Aeros Combat C 0 3 585 588
3 Joseph Salvenmoser Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 0 3 511 514
4 Francois Isoard Aeros Combat GT 12.7 0 0 489 489
5 Gustavo Migliozzi Wills Wing T2C 144 0 3 481 484
6 Manuel Garcia garcia Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 0 3 477 480
7 Manfred Ruhmer Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 0 4 472 476
8 Juan Antonio Molina Vera AIR Atos VR 0 3 368 371
9 Cyro Lopez Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 0 3 367 370
10 Joerg Bajewski Willls Wing T2C 154 0 3 356 359

Discuss "22nd Open de Canarias" at the Oz Report forum   link»

Austria's Magic Alps

September 25, 2018, 8:54:26 MDT

Austria's Magic Alps

Tom's Quest

Thomas Weissenberger|video

Thomas Weissenberger <<thomas.weissenberger01>> writes:

This is the next episode across Austria's Magic Alps and another extreme flying adventure right into the wild part IV.

The idea is based on a list of Austria's ten highest summits like a mountaineers to-do-list but instead of hiking up with high alpine equipment I want to conquer these summits with my high performance hang glider.

Großglockner (1), Wildspitze (2) and now Weißkugel as 3rd highest peak. These super mountains are covered in ice close to 4,000 meters at the main Alpen ridge. Normally you would avoid these obstacles when flying cross country. Here the motto is not far and fast but high and exposed.

https://vimeo.com/291173123

The tracklog is found here: https://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:tomtom01/10.9.2018/11:02

Discuss "Austria's Magic Alps" at the Oz Report forum   link»

2018 British Nationals »

August 30, 2018, 7:15:42 pm MDT

2018 British Nationals

Task 4

British Nationals 2018|Flemming Lauridsen|Gary Wirdnam|Gordon Rigg|Icaro 2000|Kathleen Rigg|Moyes Litespeed RX|Thomas Weissenberger

http://www.nats.bhgcomps.uk/content/2018-results

Task 4:

# Name Glider Distance Total
1 Wayne Thompson Moyes Litespeed RX4 56.81 720
2 Igor Zhukovin Aeros Combat L 56.55 718
3 Manuel Revelli Icaro Laminar 54.31 698
4 Oliver Chitty Moyes RX5 Pro 54.17 697
5 Grant Crossingham Moyer, RX3.5 pro 54.12 696
6 Thomas Weissenberger Icaro 2000, Laminar 14.1 54.18 692
7 Dave Matthews Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 53.91 691
8 Darren Brown Wills Wing T2C-154 53.84 690
9 Brad Porter Moyes Rx3 pro 53.78 689
10 Kathleen Rigg Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5T 53.76 688

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Grant Crossingham Moyer, RX3.5 pro 2873
2 Oliver Chitty Moyes RX5 Pro 2714
3 Darren Brown Wills Wing T2C-154 2632
4 Gary Wirdnam Icaro Laminar 2534
5 Gordon Rigg Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 PRO 2488
6 Yevgen Bublyk Aeros Combat GT 2430
7 Dave Matthews Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 2289
8 Evgen Lysenko Aeros Combat L12 2270
9 Valentino Bau Laminar 14.1 2073
10 Flemming Lauridsen Litespeed S 4,5 2037

2018 British Nationals »

August 28, 2018, 4:01:57 pm MDT

2018 British Nationals

Task 2

British Nationals 2018|Gary Wirdnam|Gordon Rigg|Icaro 2000|Moyes Litespeed RX|Thomas Weissenberger

http://www.nats.bhgcomps.uk/content/2018-results

http://www.nats.bhgcomps.uk/sites/default/files/Class 1  Task 2.html

Task 2:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Grant Crossingham Moyer, RX3.5 pro 02:24:43 1000
2 Oliver Chitty Moyes RX5 Pro 02:25:35 974
3 Darren Brown Wills Wing T2C-154 02:39:03 877
4 Evgen Lysenko Aeros Combat L12 02:51:39 814
5 Dave Matthews Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 02:49:56 809
6 Thomas Weissenberger Icaro 2000, Laminar 14.1 02:40:00 805
7 Gary Wirdnam Icaro Laminar 02:53:50 803
8 Yevgen Bublyk Aeros Combat GT 02:53:33 785
9 Gordon Rigg Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 PRO 02:56:30 780
10 Johnny Carr Moyes Litespeed RX4 03:09:28 724

How did Tom manage to get scored with zero leading points?

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Grant Crossingham Moyer, RX3.5 pro 1676
2 Gordon Rigg Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 PRO 1408
3 Thomas Weissenberger Icaro 2000, Laminar 14.1 1391
4 Darren Brown Wills Wing T2C-154 1383
5 Oliver Chitty Moyes RX5 Pro 1372
6 Yevgen Bublyk Aeros Combat GT 1288
7 Gary Wirdnam Icaro Laminar 1278
8 Dave Matthews Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 1227
9 Evgen Lysenko Aeros Combat L12 1224
10 Jochen Zeischka Moyes Litespeed RX5 Pro 1138

The third place guy today:

2018 British Nationals »

August 28, 2018, 8:47:09 MDT

2018 British Nationals

Despite a miscalled task

British Nationals 2018|Gary Wirdnam|Gordon Rigg|Icaro 2000|Moyes Litespeed RX|Thomas Weissenberger

http://www.nats.bhgcomps.uk/content/2018-results

http://www.nats.bhgcomps.uk/content/task-1

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Grant Crossingham Moyer, RX3.5 pro 02:21:15 676
2 Gordon Rigg Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 PRO 02:32:20 628
3 Jochen Zeischka Moyes Litespeed RX5 Pro 02:32:34 626
4 Thomas Weissenberger Icaro 2000, Laminar 14.1 02:38:25 586
5 Valentino Bau Laminar 14.1 03:09:12 522
6 Manuel Revelli Icaro Laminar 03:15:54 508
7 Darren Brown Wills Wing T2C-154 03:17:12 506
8 Yevgen Bublyk Aeros Combat GT 03:17:23 503
9 Gary Wirdnam Icaro Laminar 03:40:10 475

Monte Cucco International Trophy 2018 »

I guess they are not flying tomorrow or until next year

Monte Cucco International Trophy 2018

August 13, 2018, 1:24:22 pm CDT

A.I.R. ATOS VR|Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Davide Guiducci|Facebook|Marco Laurenzi|photo|Thomas Weissenberger|Tullio Gervasoni

https://www.vololiberomontecucco.it/vlmc/index.php/it/competitions/classifiche-results

https://www.vololiberomontecucco.it/Cucco2018/results/OVERALL_class1.html

https://airtribune.com/hang-gliding-russian-cup-2018/blog

Class 1:

# Name Glider Total
1 Alex Ploner Icaro 2000 Laminar 2792
2 Thomas Weissenberger Icaro 2000 Laminar 2759
3 Marco Laurenzi Icaro Laminar 2455
4 Karl Reichegger Icaro Laminar 2320
5 Tullio Gervasoni Wills Wing T2C 144 C 2260
6 Evgen Lysenko Aeros Combat 12.4C 2196
7 Davide Guiducci Icaro 2000 Laminar 13.2 2014
8 Guenther Pfanzelter Icaro 2000 Laminar 1718
9 Anton Moroder Icaro 2000 Laminar 13 1709
10 Valentino Bau Icaro 2000 Laminar 14.1 1705

https://www.vololiberomontecucco.it/Cucco2018/results/OVERALL_sport.html

Sport Class:

# Name Glider Total
1 Sergio Conte Icaro 2000 MasteR 1994
2 Luca Belli Icaro 2000 Orbiter 1782
3 Wierzbowski Pawel Bautek FIZZ SE 1283
4 Andrea Fusi Icaro 2000 Orbiter 937
5 Fabio Caresi Icaro 2000 MastR 896

https://www.vololiberomontecucco.it/Cucco2018/results/OVERALL_class5.html

Air ATOS class:

# Name Glider Total
1 Federico Baratto Air Atos vq race 2793
2 Daniele Bindi Air Atos VX 1840
3 Konrad Baumgartner Air Atos VQ 1293
4 Gorio Mandozzi Air Atos VR 591

Marco Laurenzi

Marco Laurenzi coming into goal on the last day. Looks like he got a new glider.

Monte Cucco International Trophy 2018 »

August 13, 2018, 8:51:21 CDT

Monte Cucco International Trophy 2018

It runs through the 16th, so after two tasks

Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Davide Guiducci|Facebook|Marco Laurenzi|photo|Thomas Weissenberger|Tullio Gervasoni

https://www.vololiberomontecucco.it/vlmc/index.php/it/competitions/classifiche-results

# Name Glider T 1 T 2 Total
1 Alex Ploner Icaro 2000 Laminar 969 965 1934
2 Thomas Weissenberger Icaro 2000 Laminar 928 977 1905
3 Karl Reichegger Icaro Laminar 864 886 1750
4 Marco Laurenzi Icaro Laminar 856 858 1714
5 Evgen Lysenko Aeros Combat 12.4C 900 764 1664
6 Tullio Gervasoni Wills Wing T2C 144 C 845 800 1645
7 Davide Guiducci Icaro 2000 Laminar 13.2 883 545 1428
8 Lorenzo De Grandis Icaro z9 542 615 1157
9 Anton Moroder Icaro 2000 Laminar 13 265 861 1126
10 Guenther Pfanzelter Icaro 2000 Laminar 676 433 1109

Photos:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Volo-Libero-Monte-Cucco-295306540593918/

2018 European Hang Gliding Championships

July 20, 2018, 12:25:42 pm MDT GMT-0600

The last task

Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Christian Pollet|Corinna Schwiegershausen|European Championships 2018|Facebook|Filippo Oppici|Flavio Tebaldi|Icaro 2000|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Thomas Weissenberger

http://hgeu2018.mk/

Hang Gliding Europeans Class 1 Live tracking:

2D: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=2149
2D/3D SPLIT beta: livetrack360.com/livetracking/split/2149

The last task:

1 Durand Jnr, J 02:24:24
2 Ciech, C 02:31:24
3 Vyhnalik, D 02:32:03
4 Peternel, F 02:33:40
5 Woods, J 02:33:44
6 Hubbard, G 02:33:59
7 Moroder, A 02:34:07
8 Dönhuber, G 02:34:08
9 Wallbank, C 02:34:10
10 Pollet, C 02:34:12

Flavio Tebaldi writes:

After five worlds titles in a row, the Italian hang gliding team wins the fourth European title in a row. The Italian team has won all the category 1 competitions since 2008. Alex Ploner wins his second European Championship, after Kayseri 2012.

http://hgeu2018.mk/index.php/res

Task 8:

# Name Nat Glider Time Total
1 Jonny Durand Jnr Aus Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:24:23 1000
2 Christian Ciech Ita Laminar Icaro 2000 02:31:23 898
3 Dan Vyhnalik Cze Aeros Combat 13.5 GT 02:32:02 888
4 Franc Peternel Slo Wills Wing T2C 144 02:33:40 866
5 Gerd Dönhuber Ger Moyes RX 3.5 02:34:08 859
6 Anton Moroder Ita Laminar 02:34:06 858
7 Guy Hubbard Aus Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:33:58 857
8 Carl Wallbank Gbr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:34:09 854
9 Anton Struganov Rus Moyes RX4 02:34:12 851
10 Josh Woods Aus Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:33:43 850
10 Christian Pollet Fra 02:34:12 850

Final Results:

# Name Nat Glider Total
1 Alessandro Ploner Ita Icaro 2000 Laminar 6871
2 Grant Crossingham Gbr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 6716
3 Balazs Ujhelyi Hun Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 6563
4 Filippo Oppici Ita Wills Wing T2C 144 6388
5 Carl Wallbank Gbr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 6208
6 Christian Ciech Ita Laminar Icaro 2000 6107
7 Petr Benes Cze Aeros Combat 5956
8 Thomas Weissenberger Aut Icaro 2000 Laminar 2018 5899
9 Oliver Chitty Gbr Moyes RX5 Pro 5880
10 Dan Vyhnalik Cze Aeros Combat 13.5 GT 5872

Team standing remains the same.

Corinna was the top female in 23rd.

Wolfgang Kothgasser was the top rigid wing pilot with Austria the top team.

2018 European Hang Gliding Championships

Thu, Jul 19 2018, 7:26:34 am MDT

Grant got his points

Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|European Championships 2018|Facebook|Filippo Oppici|Icaro 2000|Thomas Weissenberger

http://hgeu2018.mk/

Hang Gliding Europeans Class 1 Live tracking:

2D: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=2149
2D/3D SPLIT beta: livetrack360.com/livetracking/split/2149

Two Flymaster trackers quit broadcasting so those pilots weren't scoring originally, but now they have been. Grant Crossingham is now in second place:

# Name Nat Glider Total
1 Alessandro Ploner Ita Icaro 2000 Laminar 6052
2 Grant Crossingham Gbr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 5917
3 Balazs Ujhelyi Hun Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 5714
4 Petr Benes Cze Aeros Combat 5683
5 Filippo Oppici Ita Wills Wing T2C 144 5592
6 Oliver Chitty Gbr Moyes RX5 Pro 5425
7 Carl Wallbank Gbr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 5354
8 Christian Ciech Ita Laminar Icaro 2000 5209
9 Thomas Weissenberger Aut Icaro Laminar 2018 5117
10 Dan Vyhnalik Cze Aeros Combat 13.5 GT 4984

Task for Thursday cancelled due to strong wing and cloud cover. Here is Jörg Bajewski earning a few dollars on a day off so that he can pay for his ride home:

2018 European Hang Gliding Championships

Wed, Jul 18 2018, 7:34:36 am MDT

Tuesday, a different kind of task

Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Corinna Schwiegershausen|European Championships 2018|Filippo Oppici|Icaro 2000|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|PG|Thomas Weissenberger|Yoko Isomoto|Yoko Sano

http://hgeu2018.mk/

Hang Gliding Europeans Class 1 Live tracking:

2D: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=2149
2D/3D SPLIT beta: livetrack360.com/livetracking/split/2149

Petr Benes down early. Alex Ploner out in the lead with Tom Weissenberger at 3:30 PM.

Alex out in front landed just before goal after a valiant effort. Tom Weissenberger wisely stayed back in the hills and worked slowly to get high enough to make it in way ahead of everyone else.

Carl Wallbank, and the two Czech's, Petr and Dan, came close to goal together, but Dan found a little something over the field that Carl and Petr landed in, and came in second.

Christian Ciech, after apparently flying a paraglider all day, just hung and hung in nothing getting further and further away from goal as Grant Crossingham, who was earlier with but below Christian, worked back in the hills even further downwind.

Then came four pilots who had been much further behind, Jonny, Corinna, Malcolm and Dave Mathews. Christian down 6.5 km out. Grant down. Dave down. Malcolm down. Jonny down a few feet from goal.

Corinna climbing near goal. Yoko climbing three kilometers further back. Corinna third into goal. Yoko lands near Jonny.

Petr Polách writes:

One of the worst conditions I have ever flown in. For the first time I am gonna fill in the task report with negative attitude. And I am not gonna fly in similar condition again.

At several places I had severe problems to keep the wing barely level. I couldn't even control my speed properly. It's only luck nobody got hurt. Peeople climbing severely, then falling five meters down in the gaggles. I only used full VG few times.

Can anyone explain how Thomas Weissenberger did the task so quickly?

So final thought: I like to push myself, but this was even beyond my personal limits.

1 Weissenberger, T 02:48:23
2 Vyhnalik, D 03:04:21
3 Schwiegershausen, C 03:37:11

http://hgeu2018.mk/index.php/res

Task 7:

# Name Nat Glider Time Total
1 Thomas Weissenberger Aut Icaro Laminar 2018 02:48:22 888
2 Dan Vyhnalik Cze Aeros Combat 13.5 GT 03:04:20 839
3 Corinna Schwiegershausen Ger Moyes RX 3 03:37:11 796
4 Jonny Durand Jnr Aus Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 763
5 Christian Preininger Aut Moyes Litespeed S3,5 756
6 Yoko Sano Jpn Wills Wing T2C 136 755
7 Petr Polách Cze Aeros Combat 13,5 GT 750
8 Carl Wallbank Gbr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 748
9 Malcolm Brown Gbr Wills Wing T2C 746
10 Alessandro Ploner Ita Icaro 2000 Laminar 745

Two pilots are missing from this scoring, Grant Crossingham and Alexander Barvinskiy, both of whom were near goal. Since the scoring is being done mostly through the use of Flymaster trackers, there appears to be some issue with GPS coordinates. These lack of published results also affect the other standings.

Cumulative:

# Name Nat Glider T 7 Total
1 Alessandro Ploner Ita Icaro 2000 Laminar 745 6045
2 Balazs Ujhelyi Hun Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 641 5715
3 Petr Benes Cze Aeros Combat 462 5688
4 Filippo Oppici Ita Wills Wing T2C 144 683 5588
5 Oliver Chitty Gbr Moyes RX5 Pro 651 5425
6 Carl Wallbank Gbr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 748 5349
7 Grant Crossingham Gbr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 0 5229
8 Christian Ciech Ita Laminar Icaro 2000 710 5203
9 Thomas Weissenberger Aut Icaro Laminar 2018 888 5095
10 Dan Vyhnalik Cze Aeros Combat 13.5 GT 839 4967

The team standings remain the same.

Nine rigid wing pilots in goal. Austria barely leads Germany in the rigid wing team standings, Wolfgang Kothgasser is the overall leader after winning the seventh task, and four out of seven tasks.

2018 European Hang Gliding Championships

Sun, Jul 15 2018, 11:11:57 am MDT

Sunday, not a rest day

Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|European Championships 2018|Facebook|Filippo Oppici|Icaro 2000|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Marco Laurenzi|Primoz Gricar|Thomas Weissenberger|Tullio Gervasoni|video

http://hgeu2018.mk/

Hang Gliding Europeans Class 1 Live tracking:

2D: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=2149
2D/3D SPLIT beta: livetrack360.com/livetracking/split/2149

Benes, P
1 GRICAR, P 03:43:03
2 JNR, Jonny 03:35:42
3 WEISSENBERGER, T 03:56:09
4 03:56:12
5 CROSSINGHAM, G 03:56:28
6 DöNHUBER, G 03:56:58
7 PLONER, A 03:57:06
8 CIECH, C 03:57:07
9 UJHELYI, B 03:57:10
10 GARCIA, P 03:57:41
11 OPPICI, F 03:58:08
12 PETERNEL, F 03:58:19
13 GERVASONI, T 03:59:03

Primoz got out in front before the last turnpoint and found better lift a few kilometers in front of the main gaggle. Twenty seven in goal.

http://hgeu2018.mk/index.php/res

Task 6 (Jonny took the second clock 25 minutes later):

# Name Nat Glider Time Total
1 Primoz Gricar Ger Aeros Combat GT 13.5 03:43:02 942
2 Jonny Durand Jnr Aus Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:35:41 928
3 Petr Benes Cze Aeros Combat 03:56:11 879
4 Thomas Weissenberger Aut Icaro Laminar 2018 03:56:08 878
5 Grant Crossingham Gbr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:56:27 874
6 Gerd Dönhuber Ger Moyes RX 3.5 03:56:57 861
7 Christian Ciech Ita Laminar Icaro 2000 03:57:06 860
8 Alessandro Ploner Ita Icaro 2000 Laminar 03:57:06 859
9 Balazs Ujhelyi Hun Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:57:09 852
10 Pedro L. garcia Usa T2C 144 03:57:40 848

Cumulative:

# Name Nat Glider Total
1 Alessandro Ploner Ita Icaro 2000 Laminar 5298
2 Grant Crossingham Gbr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 5228
3 Petr Benes Cze Aeros Combat 5225
4 Balazs Ujhelyi Hun Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 5072
5 Filippo Oppici Ita Wills Wing T2C 144 4904
6 Oliver Chitty Gbr Moyes RX5 Pro 4773
7 Arne Tänzer Ned Icaro 2000 - Laminar 4758
8 Carl Wallbank Gbr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 4597
9 Christian Ciech Ita Laminar Icaro 2000 4491
10 Gerd Dönhuber Ger Moyes RX 3.5 4468

Italians in first place 500 points ahead of the Czech team with the Brits still in third.

There is a report of a tumble today. Initially thought to be Marco Laurenzi on the Italian team. Results show him getting only 18.33 km. I could not get the Flymaster Live Tracking web site to playback Marco's flight.

Jonny at goal: https://www.facebook.com/Maverick1186/videos/10156492642984450/

2018 European Hang Gliding Championships

Thu, Jul 12 2018, 3:58:50 pm MDT

Thursday, day 3 results

Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|European Championships 2018|Filippo Oppici|Thomas Weissenberger

http://hgeu2018.mk/

Results: http://hgeu2018.mk/index.php/res

A tie for first place.

Task 3:

# Name Nat Glider Time Total
1 Thomas Weissenberger Aut Icaro Laminar 2018 04:28:14 990
1 Alessandro Ploner Ita Icaro Laminar 2018 04:28:32 990
3 Arne Tänzer Ned Icaro 2000 - Laminar 04:28:35 971
4 Petr Benes Cze Aeros Combat 04:28:43 962
5 Grant Crossingham Gbr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 04:29:24 960
6 Carl Wallbank Gbr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 04:29:31 954
7 Dan Vyhnalik Cze Aeros Combat 13.5 GT 04:29:33 951
8 Filippo Oppici Ita Wills Wing T2C 144 04:29:34 948
9 Jochen Zeischka Bel Moyes RX 5 Pro 04:29:46 946
10 Balazs Ujhelyi Hun Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 04:29:47 943

Cumulative:

# Name Nat Glider Total
1 Petr Benes Cze Aeros Combat 2856
2 Dan Vyhnalik Cze Aeros Combat 13.5 GT 2716
3 Oliver Chitty Gbr Moyes RX5 Pro 2672
4 Balazs Ujhelyi Hun Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2671
5 Grant Crossingham Gbr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2625
6 Arne Tänzer Ned Icaro 2000 - Laminar 2623
7 Alessandro Ploner Ita Icaro Laminar 2018 2618
8 Jochen Zeischka Bel Moyes RX 5 Pro 2534
9 Vlastimil Bartas Cze 2510
10 Filippo Oppici Ita Wills Wing T2C 144 2502

The Czech team continues to lead. Italy is second. Christian went down early

Manfred at Lanzarote

December 14, 2017, 8:06:59 EST

Manfred at Lanzarote

Not so Swift

Christian Pollet|competition|Facebook|Icaro 2000|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Suan Selenati|Thomas Weissenberger|video

https://airtribune.com/xxi-open-de-canarias/results/task2994/comp/clase1

# Name Nat Glider T 1 T 2 T 3 T 4 Total
1 Manfred Ruhmer AUT Icaro 2000 Laminar Z09 1000 112 1000 855 2967
2 Thomas Weissenberger AUT Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Technora 808 80 982 885 2755
3 Suan Selenati ITA Wills Wing T2C 144 949 75 840 851 2715
4 Blay Olmos Quesada (Jnr) ESP Wills Wing T2C 136 856 74 754 554 2238
5 Christian Pollet FRA Wills Wing T2 144 624 50 817 562 2053
6 Alexandre Menard CAN Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 664 81 593 683 2021
7 Johnny Nilssen NOR Wills Wing T2C 154 715 50 560 529 1854
8 Antonio Jose Leton Carrasco ESP Aeros Combat GT 543 81 587 634 1845
9 Günther Tschurnig AUT Icaro 2000 Laminar Z07 468 69 733 506 1776
10 Blay Olmos Ramos (Snr) ESP Moyes Litespeed RS 3 925 74 325 393 1717

https://www.facebook.com/manfred.ruhmer.5/videos/1961242587464342/

Thanks to Thomas Weissenberger.

2018 Quest Air Nationals Series

Mon, Nov 27 2017, 7:14:35 am PST

The meet is over-subscribed

Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|André Wolfe|André Wolfe|Attila Bertok|Bill Soderquist|Bruce Barmakian|Christian Ciech|CIVL|Davide Guiducci|David Gibson|Davis Straub|Derrick Turner|Dustin Martin|Filippo Oppici|Glen Volk|John Simon|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Kevin Carter|Kraig Coomber|Krzysztof "Krys/Kris" Grzyb|Larry Bunner|Lawrence "Pete" Lehmann|Marco Laurenzi|Pete Lehmann|Primoz Gricar|Quest Air|Quest Air Nationals 2018|Robin Hamilton|Steve Blenkinsop|Thomas Weissenberger|USHPA|World Pilot Ranking Scheme|Zac Majors

The meet filled up in three days. We have 82 pilots registered. We are currently looking at expanding the number of pilots who can attend. Frankly we had no idea that this would happen so quickly. We have to follow the following USHPA rule:

All competitors should be registered on a first-come, first-served basis except during the first 30 days of registration, where 30% of the available places may be held for the top 20 NTSS and top 30 WPRS ranked pilots.

We'll use NTSS and WPRS rankings as of November 1st, 2017.

Pos Name
1 Zac Majors
2 Robin Hamilton
3 Bruce Barmakian
4 John Simon
5 Kraig Coomber
6 Dustin Martin
7 Larry Bunner
8 Derrick Turner
9 James Stinnet
10 Jd Guillemette
11 Davis Straub
12 Bill Soderquist
13 Kevin Carter
14 Patrick Pannese
15 David Gibson
16 Glen Volk
17 Kevin Dutt
18 Mick Howard
19 Krzysztof Grzyb
20 Pete Lehmann

WPRS

Rank Name CIVL ID
1 JONNY Durand 2231
2 ALESSANDRO Ploner 5724
3 FILIPPO Oppici 6295
4 THOMAS Weissenberger 7819
5 CHRISTIAN Ciech 6034
6 ALVARO Figueiredo Sandoli 5760
7 MARIO Alonzi 7043
8 ANDRE Wolf 5783
9 PETR Benes 9764
10 DAVIDE Guiducci 6142
11 MARCO Laurenzi 25161
12 DAN Vyhnalik 6089
13 DAVID Brito Filho 13846
14 CARLOS Niemeyer 6001
15 PETER Neuenschwander 398
16 GLEN Mcfarlane 17641
17 VALENTINO Bau 7889
18 GRANT Crossingham 6440
19 STEVE Blenkinsop 7701
20 PRIMOZ Gricar 7437
21 BALAZS Ujhelyi 5893
22 ATTILA Bertok 5885
23 ROLAND Wöhrle 7547
24 JOSH Woods 42097
25 RODOLFO Gotes 12376
26 ANTON Moroder 5842
27 TAKASHI Sunama 7755
28 ROBIN Hamilton 7536
29 GUY Hubbard 6467
30 OLAV Opsanger 7271

To secure a higher place in the order that pilots are chosen to participate in the competition, we need pilots to be confirmed. To be confirmed you need to register, fill out on-line and send in your correct waivers and medical form (use Adobe Acrobat DC - the free version, https://helpx.adobe.com/reader/faq.html), and pay the entry fee. See:

https://airtribune.com/2018-quest-air-national-series/info/details__info

https://OzReport.com/waivers.php

https://OzReport.com/2018QuestAirpay.php

We will keep track of the order in which pilots are confirmed (everything is time and date stamped), check any forms for errors, and notify pilots if they are allowed entry into the meet.

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LanzaXCamp 2017/2018

September 12, 2017, 9:29:00 MST -0600

LanzaXCamp 2017/2018

Lanzarote Island, Spain

Thomas Weissenberger

Thomas Weissenberger <<thomas.weissenberger01>> writes:

The LanzaXCamp is happening again. The hang gliding clinics include personal coaching, glider gear, car transport, retrieve and one of the most consistent and scenic flying sites in Europe on Lanzarote Island, Spain. Customers just need to bring their harness in the airplane to make this flying area accessible for hang glider pilots from all over the world.

Dates: 11th of December 2017 till 24th of February 2018, each week Monday till Saturday (six days schedule).

The LanzaXCamp should be seen as an effective winter training camp for advanced pilots including personal coaching and the latest topless glider gear to improve flying skills, glider control and average speed. But mainly to increase and push the personal comfort zone.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByatOCmt7hbEX3BRSWgxeWU5R0U/view

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21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship

August 18, 2017, 6:19:03 pm MST -0600

21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship

Day 10, task 9 final results

Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Daniel Vé|Daniel Vélez Bravo|Daniel Vélez Bravo|Filippo Oppici|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Petr Polach|Robin Hamilton|Thomas Weissenberger|Worlds 2017 Class 1|Zac Majors

http://www.cbvl.esp.br/evento/resultado/117

Everyone at goal.

Task 9:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Filippo Oppici Wills Wing T2c 01:53:15 933
2 Grant J Crossingham Moyes Rx3.5 01:53:23 927
3 Daniel Velez Wills Wing T2c 144 01:53:24 922
4 Roland Wöhrle Moyes Rx 3.5 01:53:31 919
5 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes Rs 3.5 01:53:36 915
6 Marcelo Andrei Gomes Da Rocha Aeros Combat Gt 13.2 01:55:57 867
7 Fredy Bircher Moyes Rx 3.5 Pro 02:04:14 852
8 Steven Blackler Moyes Rx 3.5 02:07:49 846
9 Dave Matthews Moyes Rx3.5 01:58:12 838
10 David Manuel De Almeida Brito Filho Wills Wing T2cx 01:58:45 836

Final Results:

# Name Glider Total
1 Petr Beneš Aeros Combat 14 7750
2 Alessandro Ploner Icaro Laminar Z9 7700
3 Christian Ciech Icaro Laminar 7682
4 Dan Vyhnalik Aeros Combat 13.5 Gt 7628
5 Filippo Oppici Wills Wing T2c 7430
6 Mario Alonzi Aeros 12.7 Gt 7408
7 Jon Durand Moyes Rx 3.5 Pro 7315
8 Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli Wills Wing T2c-144 7312
9 Robin Hamilton Moyes Rx 3.5 7084
10 Petr Polach Aeros Combat 13.5 Gt 6894

USA fourth by six points.

Zac Majors:

Penalized for dangerous approach and landing on the Esplanada north field. Left E,S,S, probably with no margin to reach the goal field, seen that since his glide from P55, and also when crossing the lake towards E.S.S., he had encountered unstable air, so after reaching E.S.S. he could either find lift or sink on his way to goal, and at that point he would have to perform an improbable 14.8 L/D to clear obstacles at the entrance of the goal field. Pilot proceeded on this dire situation and arrived at the goal area with no height to clear the power lines. Dived under them on high risk maneuver and crash landed.

21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship

August 16, 2017, 7:07:41 pm MST -0600

21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship

Day 8, task 7 results

Akiko Suzuki|Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|Filippo Oppici|Robin Hamilton|Thomas Weissenberger|Worlds 2017 Class 1

http://www.cbvl.esp.br/evento/resultado/117

Thirty eight in goal. Mario lands short. Francoise only women at goal. Zac twelfth, Bruce fourteenth, Robin twenty first, three Americans at goal.

Task 7:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Christian Ciech Icaro Laminar 02:46:48 975
2 Rodolfo Gotes Navarro Wills Wing T2c 144 02:48:34 969
3 Alessandro Ploner Icaro Laminar Z9 02:48:23 951
4 Petr Beneš Aeros Combat 14 02:48:27 947
5 Dan Vyhnalik Aeros Combat 13.5 Gt 02:51:54 922
6 Attila Bertok Moyes Rx 5 Pro 02:49:42 912
7 Hiroshi Suzuki Icaro Laminar 13.2 02:53:02 879
7 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes Rs 3.5 02:59:30 879
9 Gerd Dönhuber Moyes Rx 3.5 03:04:43 846
10 Roland Wöhrle Moyes Rx 3.5 03:05:31 843

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Alessandro Ploner Icaro Laminar Z9 6121
2 Petr Beneš Aeros Combat 14 6108
3 Christian Ciech Icaro Laminar 6096
4 Dan Vyhnalik Aeros Combat 13.5 Gt 6054
5 Mario Alonzi Aeros 12.7 Gt 5749
6 Filippo Oppici Wills Wing T2c 5745
7 Nene Rotor Wills Wing T2c-144 5720
8 Robin Hamilton Moyes Rx 3.5 5671
9 Jon Durand Moyes Rx 3.5 Pro 5598
10 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes Rs 3.5 5486

Team USA in third place overall.

21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship

August 13, 2017, 6:16:32 pm MST -0600

21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship

Day 5, a slow day, results

Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Filippo Oppici|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Marco Laurenzi|Thomas Weissenberger|Worlds 2017 Class 1|Zac Majors

The inversion took a long time to break so pilots didn't go until the third clock. The days end between 5 PM and 5:30 PM when the sun is very low on the horizon. Zac complains that pilot leave the early thermals too early when the lift decreases apparently forgetting about how they will soon be faced with much weaker thermals as they get near goal.

It took a little under 3:30 hours to do the task today for 132 km. Yesterday a task of about the same length took 2:20 hours. A very weak day.

I notice that there was a small penalty for not making goal (you get only 80% of your speed points, which in this case were very few). As long as you make the end of speed section. The penalty is the slight difference in your distance flown plus the 20% reduction in speed points.

There were very few leading point today, few speed points, and very few arrival position points. Distance was heavily counted. Thirty two pilots got to the end of the speed section.

One more day, then a rest day.

Task 5:

# Name Glider Time Lead.
Points
Time
Points
Arr.
Pos.
Points
Total
1 Petr Beneš AEROS - COMBAT 14 03:22:40 39.3 227.5 40.6 982
2 ZAC MAJORS WILLSWING - T2C 03:22:47 37.3 225.1 37.9 975
3 NENE ROTOR WILLSWING - T2C-144 03:23:46 34.0 216.9 33.0 959
4 CHRISTIAN CIECH ICARO - LAMINAR 03:24:16 36.0 213.9 28.6 954
5 ANDRE LUIZ WOLF MOYES - RX 3,5 PRO 03:24:53 44.5 210.6 20.0 950
6 MARCO LAURENZI ICARO - LAMINAR 14.1 03:24:18 31.9 213.7 26.6 947
7 DAN VYHNALIK AEROS - COMBAT 13.5 GT 03:24:41 35.9 211.7 23.1 946
8 DAIMON KOJI AEROS - COMBAT C 12.7 03:24:42 34.8 211.6 21.5 943
9 ALESSANDRO PLONER ICARO - LAMINAR Z9 03:25:00 35.1 210.1 17.4 938
10 CARLOS ROBERTO SALLES AEROS COMBAT GT 12.7 03:24:58 32.7 210.2 18.7 937

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 ALESSANDRO PLONER ICARO - LAMINAR Z9 4716
2 MARIO ALONZI AEROS - 12.7 GT 4694
3 CHRISTIAN CIECH ICARO - LAMINAR 4668
4 Petr Beneš AEROS - COMBAT 14 4657
5 FILIPPO OPPICI WILLSWING - T2C 4619
6 DAN VYHNALIK AEROS - COMBAT 13.5 GT 4572
7 Nene Rotor WILLSWING - T2C-144 4550
8 MARCO LAURENZI ICARO - LAMINAR 14.1 4539
9 JON DURAND MOYES - RX 3.5 PRO 4483
10 THOMAS WEISSENBERGER MOYES RS 3.5 4469

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21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship

August 12, 2017, 5:25:50 pm MST -0600

21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship

Day 4, Results

Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|Filippo Oppici|Gordon Rigg|Marco Laurenzi|Petr Polach|Primoz Gricar|Robin Hamilton|Thomas Weissenberger|Worlds 2017 Class 1|Zac Majors

Task 4:

# Name Glider SS Time Total
1 JON DURAND MOYES - RX 3.5 PRO 13:45:00 02:20:48 1000
2 MARIO ALONZI AEROS - 12.7 GT 13:45:00 02:23:50 928
3 ATTILA BERTOK MOYES RX 5 PRO 13:45:00 02:26:03 920
4 TONY ARMSTRONG MOYES - RX 3.5 PRO 13:45:00 02:26:23 919
5 Petr Beneš AEROS - COMBAT 14 13:45:00 02:26:29 908
6 ALVARO FIGUEIREDO SANDOLI WILLSWING - T2C-144 13:45:00 02:25:56 905
7 MARCO LAURENZI ICARO - LAMINAR 14.1 13:45:00 02:26:00 904
8 DAN VYHNALIK AEROS - COMBAT 13.5 GT 13:45:00 02:27:03 899
9 THOMAS WEISSENBERGER MOYES RS 3.5 13:45:00 02:28:10 895
10 ROBIN HAMILTON MOYES - RX 3.5 13:45:00 02:26:46 894
11 FILIPPO OPPICI WILLSWING - T2C 13:45:00 02:26:55 893
12 ZAC MAJORS WILLSWING - T2C 13:45:00 02:28:17 886
13 GORDON RIGG MOYES - RX3.5 PRO 13:45:00 02:28:49 867
14 PETR POLACH AEROS - COMBAT 13.5 GT 13:45:00 02:32:59 842
14 ALESSANDRO PLONER ICARO - LAMINAR Z9 14:00:00 02:26:02 842
16 PETER NEUENSCHWANDER AEROS - COMBAT 12.7C 13:45:00 02:33:18 840
17 PRIMOZ GRICAR AEROS - COMBAT 13.5 GT 14:00:00 02:28:05 825
18 GRANT J CROSSINGHAM MOYES - RX3.5 13:45:00 02:36:20 815
19 GLEN MCFARLANE WILLSWING - T2C 144 13:45:00 02:36:40 814
20 CARLOS ROBERTO DE NIEMEYER SALLES AEROS COMBAT GT 12.7 13:45:00 02:36:26 811
21 CHRISTIAN CIECH ICARO - LAMINAR 14:00:00 02:29:31 809

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 MARIO ALONZI AEROS - 12.7 GT 3789
2 ALESSANDRO PLONER ICARO - LAMINAR Z9 3778
3 FILIPPO OPPICI WILLSWING - T2C 3717
4 CHRISTIAN CIECH ICARO - LAMINAR 3714
5 Petr Beneš AEROS - COMBAT 14 3675
6 DAN VYHNALIK AEROS - COMBAT 13.5 GT 3626
7 ROBIN HAMILTON MOYES - RX 3.5 3598
8 MARCO LAURENZI ICARO - LAMINAR 14.1 3592
9 ALVARO FIGUEIREDO SANDOLI WILLSWING - T2C-144 3591
10 JON DURAND MOYES - RX 3.5 PRO 3584

Looks like the Italians (other than Filippo) made a big mistake going on the second clock. Maybe they were low at the start of the first clock.

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21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship

August 11, 2017, 7:32:28 pm MST -0600

21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship

Results

Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Christian Ciech|Christian Pollet|Facebook|Filippo Oppici|Marco Laurenzi|photo|Primoz Gricar|Robin Hamilton|Thomas Weissenberger|Worlds 2017 Class 1

http://www.cbvl.esp.br/evento/resultado/117

Task 3:

  Name Glider Time Total
1 ALESSANDRO PLONER ICARO - LAMINAR Z9 02:48:24 996
2 ALVARO FIGUEIREDO SANDOLI WILLSWING - T2C-144 02:48:29 990
3 CHRISTIAN CIECH ICARO - LAMINAR 02:48:41 982
4 MARIO ALONZI AEROS - 12.7 GT 02:48:38 980
5 CHRISTIAN POLLET AEROS - 12.7 02:48:43 973
6 THOMAS WEISSENBERGER MOYES RS 3.5 02:49:22 968
7 FILIPPO OPPICI WILLSWING - T2C 02:49:18 966
8 Petr Beneš AEROS - COMBAT 14 02:50:46 952
9 SERGIO GALVAS WILLSWING - T2C 02:51:18 933
10 MARCO LAURENZI ICARO - LAMINAR 14.1 02:52:33 929

Zac was twelfth, Robin thirteenth, Derreck 26th, Bruce 32nd.

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 ALESSANDRO PLONER ICARO - LAMINAR Z9 2936
2 CHRISTIAN CIECH ICARO - LAMINAR 2905
3 MARIO ALONZI AEROS - 12.7 GT 2861
4 FILIPPO OPPICI WILLSWING - T2C 2824
5 Petr Beneš AEROS - COMBAT 14 2767
6 DAN VYHNALIK AEROS - COMBAT 13.5 GT 2727
7 ROBIN HAMILTON MOYES - RX 3.5 2704
8 PRIMOZ GRICAR AEROS - COMBAT 13.5 GT 2693
8 RODOLFO GOTES NAVARRO WILLSWING - T2C 144 2693
10 MARCO LAURENZI ICARO - LAMINAR 14.1 2688

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21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship is open

Mon, Aug 7 2017, 6:32:41 pm MDT

Track the competition

Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|CIVL|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Davide Guiducci|Facebook|Filippo Oppici|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|photo|Thomas Weissenberger|Worlds 2017 Class 1|Zac Majors

Elena at CIVL «Elena at CIVL» writes:

CIVL of FAI is glad to announce that Brasilia has opened the World Championship of 21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship. From August 6 till 19, 142 pilots from 29 countries will be competing in the skies of Brazil with flights between Formosa (GO) and the Federal District.

One of the favorites is current world champion Christian Ciech, winner of the Worlds at Valle de Bravo in Mexico in 2015. Other pilots also contenders for the title, are the top five in the ranking: Australian Jonny Durand, number one Pre-World Cup winner in 2016 in Brasilia, Brazilian André Wolf, Italians Filippo Oppici and Davide Guiducci, and Austrian Thomas Weissenberger.

Read the story and see photos of the opening ceremony here:

http://www.fai.org/civl-news/43341-event10516-brazil-hg2017-open

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The would add other contenders at the very least, former World Champions, Alex Ploner and Attila Bertok, as well as Zac Majors, who just beat Christian in similar conditions at Dinosaur. Other USA team members, for sure. Perhaps Corinna, who just won the German Open.

2017 UK Nationals »

July 1, 2017, 2:07:03 pm MST -0600

2017 UK Nationals

The last day, they score

Davide Guiducci|Gordon Rigg|Marco Laurenzi|Moyes Litespeed RX|Thomas Weissenberger|Tullio Gervasoni|UK Nationals 2017

After three canned days.

https://nats.bhgcomps.uk/

Task 4:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Technora 02:13:14 985
2 Jochen Zeischka Moyes Litespeed RX4 02:13:33 969
3 Davide Guiducci Icaro Laminar Z9 02:19:15 908
4 Dave Matthews Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5T 02:20:10 852
5 Grant Crossingham Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 02:24:05 850
6 Steve Penfold Moyes Litespeed RX4 02:24:50 823
7 Malcolm Brown Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 02:26:11 810
8 Gordon Rigg Moyes RX3.5 pro edge skylite 02:25:10 803
9 Darren Brown Wills Wing T2C-154 02:29:12 791
10 Marco Laurenzi Icaro Laminar 02:30:39 776

Final results:

# Name Glider Total
1 Davide Guiducci Icaro Laminar Z9 3030
2 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Technora 2990
3 Grant Crossingham Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 2947
4 Gordon Rigg Moyes RX3.5 pro edge skylite 2755
5 Dave Matthews Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5T 2725
6 Vanni Accattoli Moyes Litespeed RX4 2663
7 Marco Laurenzi Icaro Laminar 2561
8 Tullio Gervasoni Wills Wing T2C-144 2522
9 Darren Brown Wills Wing T2C-154 2489
10 Jochen Zeischka Moyes Litespeed RX4 2441

Oudie 4

April 26, 2017, 9:26:43 EST -0400

Oudie 4

On a stick

Thomas Weissenberger

Thomas Weissenberger <<thomas.weissenberger01>> writes:

Here is my Naviter backup instrument, an Oudie 4 with hang gliding mount, carbon tube, 34 cm long. The naked Oudie comes without pitot tube.

In the meantime they are working on the final version of the hang gliding droplet with a redesigned, super aerodynamic pod, precise working ASI (air speed indicator), integrated box with good acoustics and all the other features already there like colored moving map, touch screen, thermal assistant, huge battery power, and so on.

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Into the wild part two »

April 5, 2017, 8:01:33 EST -0400

Into the wild part two

High in the Alps

Facebook|Into the Wild|Thomas Weissenberger|video

Thomas Weissenberger <<thomas.weissenberger01>> writes:

Into the wild: the odyssey goes on! Part b is starting where part a has ended: in the clouds.

With 4,200 m cloudbase (13,800 ft) it was possible to cross Alpenhauptkamm, the main alpine ridge, and to fly over to Italy. Like Ötzi the glacier mummy was using the lowest gap 'Niederjoch' ('low gap') hiking from south to north 5,200 years ago, I was following the same geographic route to make my crossing quite low over terrain (3,017m / 9,900ft).

After managing this important part of the task and flying along Schnalstal I had one of my most exciting flying incidents. I mean meeting a golden eagle is quite common when flying in the alps but this young fellow was checking me out just 2m next to me flying under my right wing! And he even was not alone.

Video: https://vimeo.com/211195878

Track: https://www.xcontest.org/2016/world/en/flights/detail:tomtom01/14.9.2016/12:09#fd=comment

Facebook - Wings On Tour: https://www.facebook.com/wingsontour/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED&fref=nf

2017 Aeros Winter Race »

Sat, Apr 1 2017, 9:44:42 pm MDT

Final results

Aeros Winter Race 2017|Icaro 2000|Marco Laurenzi|Moyes Litespeed RX|Thomas Weissenberger|Tullio Gervasoni

http://awr.aeros.com.ua/index.php/en/results-show

Task 4:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Matjaz Klemencic Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 01:26:17 991
2 Arne Tänzer Icaro 2000 Laminar Z9 01:26:26 976
2 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes RX3.5 Technora 01:26:35 976
4 Philipp Hofmann Icaro Laminar 14.1 01:26:43 961
5 Balázs Ujhelyi Moyes RX4 01:27:12 956
6 Jochen Zeischka Moyes Litespeed RX4 01:27:48 942
7 Wolfgang Siess Wills Wing T2CC 01:29:47 908
8 Marco Laurenzi Moyes Laminar 01:30:46 882
9 Benedikt Braun Aeros Combat 12.7 GT 01:35:45 835
10 Walter Mayer Moyes RX 3.5 01:35:28 832

Final Reults:

# Name Glider Total
1 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes RX3.5 Technora 3668
2 Balázs Ujhelyi Moyes RX4 3633
3 Franc Peternel Wills Wing T2C-144 3488
4 Roland Wöhrle Moyes RX 3.5 3361
5 Tullio Gervasoni Wills Wing T2C 144 3315
6 Endre Kovács Aeros Combat GT 13,5 3308
7 Matjaz Klemencic Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 3299
8 Benedikt Braun Aeros Combat 12.7 GT 3295
9 Anton Moroder Icaro 2000 Laminar 13.2 3212
10 Stanislav Galovec Moyes RS4 2972

http://awr.aeros.com.ua/index.php/en/basics

Strong SW winds were predicted this morning, so we left to Kovk launch earlier. We decided on task only on the east half of the valley - we prepared kind off two lap task, 93 km in length. Right now pilots are somwere at the end of lap one, we expect many pilots in goal in short time.

Task 4 has just finished, with most of the pilots in goal. It was a strong racing day with high average speed of the winner, Matja· Klemencic 65 km/h. Second was Arne Tanzer and Tom Weissenberger third.

2017 Aeros Winter Race »

Fri, Mar 31 2017, 8:04:56 pm MDT

A tight race

Aeros Winter Race 2017|Icaro 2000|Moyes Litespeed RX|Thomas Weissenberger|Tullio Gervasoni|weather

http://awr.aeros.com.ua/index.php/en/results-show

Task 3:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes RX3.5 Technora 03:06:00 1000
2 Franc Peternel Wills Wing T2C-144 03:13:22 933
3 Matjaz Klemencic Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 03:25:32 873
4 Balázs Ujhelyi Moyes RX4 03:26:02 860
5 Jochen Zeischka Moyes Litespeed RX4 03:25:53 859
6 Benedikt Braun Aeros Combat 12.7 GT 03:26:57 846
7 Tullio Gervasoni Wills Wing T2C 144 03:35:34 819
8 Roland Wöhrle Moyes RX 3.5 03:35:35 816
9 Endre Kovács Aeros Combat GT 13,5 03:45:18 784
10 Walter Mayer Moyes RX 3.5 03:41:32 783

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Franc Peternel Wills Wing T2C-144 2756
2 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes RX3.5 Technora 2692
3 Balázs Ujhelyi Moyes RX4 2677
4 Endre Kovács Aeros Combat GT 13,5 2584
5 Roland Wöhrle Moyes RX 3.5 2561
6 Tullio Gervasoni Wills Wing T2C 144 2505
7 Benedikt Braun Aeros Combat 12.7 GT 2460
8 Anton Moroder Icaro 2000 Laminar 13.2 2431
9 Matjaz Klemencic Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 2308
10 Stanislav Galovec Moyes RS4 2145

http://awr.aeros.com.ua/index.php/en/basics

We had an encouraging weather forecast today, so we set rather challenging task using the complete length of the Vipava valley, with a leg out to the flats. The pilots are now on the way to the third turnpoint and we will soon see if the task is doable.

Today's task was obviously doable! 14 pilots made to the goal, regardless of really tough conditions. Tom Weissenberger won the day by 6 minutes ahead of Franc Peternel, followed by Matja· Klemencic by 12 minutes. Overall Franc Peternel is in the lead ahead of Tom Weissenberger and Balazs Ujhelyi. Tomorrow is last day of the competition, we are expecting another good day to finish the event in style.

2017 Aeros Winter Race »

Thu, Mar 30 2017, 8:29:58 pm MDT

Looks like summer

Aeros Winter Race 2017|Icaro 2000|Moyes Litespeed RX|Oleg Bondarchuk|Suan Selenati|Thomas Weissenberger|Tullio Gervasoni

http://awr.aeros.com.ua/index.php/en/results-show

Oleg Bondarchuk absent on day 2.

Task 2:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Franc Peternel Wills Wing T2C-144 02:50:54 1000
2 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes RX3.5 Technora 02:51:16 971
3 Roland Wöhrle Moyes RX 3.5 02:53:36 936
4 Benedikt Braun Aeros Combat 12.7 GT 02:54:06 922
5 Endre Kovács Aeros Combat GT 13,5 02:59:05 904
6 Balázs Ujhelyi Moyes RX4 02:59:13 902
7 Tullio Gervasoni Wills Wing T2C 144 02:59:26 897
8 Anton Moroder Icaro 2000 Laminar 13.2 03:00:44 888
9 Christian Tiefenbacher Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 03:10:44 842
10 Suan Selenati Wills Wing T2C 03:08:02 818

Cumulative for two days:

# Name Glider Total
1 Franc Peternel Wills Wing T2C-144 1823
2 Balázs Ujhelyi Moyes RX4 1817
3 Endre Kovács Aeros Combat GT 13,5 1800
4 Roland Wöhrle Moyes RX 3.5 1745
5 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes RX3.5 Technora 1692
6 Tullio Gervasoni Wills Wing T2C 144 1686
7 Anton Moroder Icaro 2000 Laminar 13.2 1649
8 Benedikt Braun Aeros Combat 12.7 GT 1614
9 Raimund Kaiser Icaro Laminar 13.7 1597
10 Ievgen Lysenko Aeros Combat L12 1548

Wildspitze - Into the Wild

March 28, 2017, 7:48:15 EST -0400

Wildspitze - Into the Wild

High flying

Thomas Weissenberger|video

Thomas Weissenberger <<thomas.weissenberger01>> writes:

Wildspitze with 3,770m is the 2nd highest peak of Austria located to the west around Ötztaler Alpen. With a cloudbase beyond 4,000m and calm winds it was possible to sneak 'into the wild' and fly over that special peak and icy region. One the most incredible, scenic and exposed high alpine flying adventure I have explored so far!

https://vimeo.com/210017853

tracklog: https://www.xcontest.org/2016/world/en/flights/detail:tomtom01/14.9.2016/12:09#fd=flight

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Xcamp conclusion

February 28, 2017, 8:18:47 EST

Xcamp conclusion

LanzaXCamp

Thomas Weissenberger|video|weather

Thomas Weissenberger <<thomas.weissenberger01>> writes:

The 1st year of the LanzaXCamp has just ended with Kip Stone as happy ending. Here my conclusion:

I am happy and relieved too that all nine clinic weeks have worked out fine liked planned without any incidents! It was a great new experience to make these island flying adventures not just by myself but together as a gaggle with good team spirits.

In fact the XC flying here was always challenging with all kind of conditions and very consistent weather conditions: ridge racing, wave flying, thermal flying, flatland flying, top landings, ground handling (hands on speed bar) flight- and video analyses.

Statistics logbook Tom: 9 weeks of Xcamp, 58 flights, 60 hrs airtime, 840 km, 9 different sites with pilots from 6 different nations like Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, England, Germany and USA.

After all I can say that the first year of the LanzaXCamp was a success with very motivated, cooperative, skilled and thankful pilots. Not one of them got hurt neither one single upright was broken. At this point many thanks to all of them, the good flying together and shared moments!

All three Moyes Litespeed gliders (RX3.5, RX4 and personal RS3.5 full carbon) will stay on the island waiting for next year's LanzaXCamp happening from 4th of December 2017 till 3rd of march 2018. More information out soon...

Pilots are welcome to join from all over the world to fly this unique place located in the Atlantic Ocean - the volcanic island in the wind.

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Inter Island Flying

January 25, 2017, 8:18:20 EST

Inter Island Flying

Lanzarote

Kathleen Rigg|photo|Thomas Weissenberger

Thomas Weissenberger <<thomas.weissenberger01>> writes:

The task was to fly from the NW coast of Lanzarote downwind to the southerly end with Playa Blanca as goal (LanzaXCamp). We, Kathleen Rigg, Damien Zahn and I, all made goal but all at different places.

Damien landed at the wrong one of two roundabouts, Kathleen just lost the magic thermal and landed at the other but correct roundabout, and I just on another canary island. Three times I was in perfect position to go on final glide 15 km over open water to wait for the others to join. The third time then and after having watched everybody land I could not resist anymore! With 1,200 msl and right over the coastal edge of Playa Blanca I topped out with 30 kph tailwind from the north.

It was a cracking day even with cu's on final and over the ocean. I could even make two 360° turns right in the middle of the sea street to lengthen this joyride!

I have never seen such a good flying day with such crystal clear views on Lanzarote island! But the next LanzaXCamp will come for sure.

http://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:tomtom01/22.01.2017/13:58#fd=photos

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Canary Open 2016 and 20th edition

December 10, 2016, 11:47:00 pm EST

Canary Open 2016 and 20th edition

Task 5

Christian Pollet|competition|Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet|Joseph Salvenmoser|Moyes Litespeed RX|Thomas Weissenberger

https://airtribune.com/xx-open-de-canarias/results

Task 5:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Jose Antonio Abollado Aeros Combat 12,7 00:56:04 977
2 Joseph Salvenmoser Moyes Litespeed RX 3,5 00:57:17 955
3 Christian Pollet Aeros Combat GT 00:57:38 926
4 Georg Schweier Wills Wing T2C 144 01:11:22 785
5 Ataulfo J. Fernandez Montero Wills Wing T2C 144 01:12:17 782
6 Jonas Blecher Moyes Litespeed RS 01:11:34 760
7 David Ferreiro Matos Wills Wing T2C 144 01:17:37 736
8 Benito Rodriguez Gonzalez Wills Wing T2C 144 01:23:58 681
9 Gustavo Migliozzi Wills Wing T2C 144 01:25:02 668
10 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 Technora 01:38:08 617

Final:

# Name Glider Total
1 Jose Antonio Abollado Aeros Combat 12,7 2683
2 Joseph Salvenmoser Moyes Litespeed RX 3,5 2656
3 Christian Pollet Aeros Combat GT 2639
4 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 Technora 2420
5 Jonas Blecher Moyes Litespeed RS 2366
6 Benito Rodriguez Gonzalez Wills Wing T2C 144 2306
7 Georg Schweier Wills Wing T2C 144 2257
8 Ataulfo J. Fernandez Montero Wills Wing T2C 144 2235
9 David Ferreiro Matos Wills Wing T2C 144 2207
10 Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet Moyes Litespeed RX 2072

Canary Open 2016 and 20th edition

December 8, 2016, 6:37:26 pm CST

Canary Open 2016 and 20th edition

Task 4

Christian Pollet|competition|Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet|Joseph Salvenmoser|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Thomas Weissenberger

https://airtribune.com/xx-open-de-canarias/results

Task 4:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 Technora 01:02:20 126
2 Christian Pollet Aeros Combat GT 01:41:44 111

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 Technora 1811
2 Christian Pollet Aeros Combat GT 1720
3 Jose Antonio Abollado Aeros Combat 12,7 1714
4 Joseph Salvenmoser Moyes Litespeed RX 3,5 1709
5 Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet Moyes Litespeed RX· 1651
6 Benito Rodriguez Gonzalez Wills Wing T2C 144 1633
7 Jonas Blecher Moyes Litespeed RS 1614
8 Georg Schweier Wills Wing T2C 144 1477
8 David Ferreiro Matos Wills Wing T2C 144 1477
10 Ataulfo J. Fernandez Montero Wills Wing T2C 144 1456

Canary Open, task 4, Macher/La Asomada: 24 km cat's craddle in super light easterly conditions scratching the hills, glide out for the turnpoint to the left, come back again, scratching the hills, glide out to the right, back again. Funny nap-of-the-earth-flying and a lot of VG-work! After 1 hr and 7 turnpoints I made goal with nobody else in and it looked like kinda Manfred Ruhmer style, but then Christian appeared on the horizon from the last turnpoint gliding into goal to complete a happy duet. He now jumped to 2nd place overall, well done my friend.

Canary Open 2016 and 20th edition

December 8, 2016, 8:56:35 CST

Canary Open 2016 and 20th edition

Task 3

Christian Pollet|competition|Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet|Joseph Salvenmoser|Moyes Litespeed RX|Thomas Weissenberger

https://airtribune.com/xx-open-de-canarias/results

Task 3:

# Name Glider Distance Total
1 Jose Antonio Abollado Aeros Combat 12,7 26.92 461
2 Joseph Salvenmoser Moyes Litespeed RX 3,5 27.01 457
3 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 Technora 26.53 456
4 Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet Moyes Litespeed RX· 26.86 455
5 Benito Rodriguez Gonzalez Wills Wing T2C 144 26.53 450
6 Jonas Blecher Moyes Litespeed RS 26.33 444
7 Christian Pollet Aeros Combat GT 24.51 417
8 David Ferreiro Matos Wills Wing T2C 144 23.12 389
9 Jose Manuel Daza Martin Wills Wing T2C 154 15.24 315
10 Yon Bárcena Ortiz de Urbina Wills Wing T2C 144 15.13 314

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 Technora 1685
2 Jose Antonio Abollado Aeros Combat 12,7 1655
3 Joseph Salvenmoser Moyes Litespeed RX 3,5 1650
4 Christian Pollet Aeros Combat GT 1609
5 Benito Rodriguez Gonzalez Wills Wing T2C 144 1574
6 Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet Moyes Litespeed RX· 1564
7 Jonas Blecher Moyes Litespeed RS 1555
8 Georg Schweier Wills Wing T2C 144 1418
8 David Ferreiro Matos Wills Wing T2C 144 1418
10 Ataulfo J. Fernandez Montero Wills Wing T2C 144 1369

Canary Open task three in Mala: weak NE-winds, weak thermals and low cloudbase up to 600m. 32 km task with goal in San Bartolome, nobody made it in, still cool flying.

Canary Open 2016 and 20th edition

December 7, 2016, 7:38:23 CST

Canary Open 2016 and 20th edition

Second task, eleven turnpoints

Christian Pollet|competition|Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet|Joseph Salvenmoser|Moyes Litespeed RX|photo|Thomas Weissenberger

https://airtribune.com/xx-open-de-canarias/results

Task 2, day 3 (23 km):

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Technora 00:42:27 313
2 Jose Antonio Abollado Aeros Combat 12,7 00:45:41 298
3 Joseph Salvenmoser Moyes Litespeed RX 3,5 00:59:40 290
4 Christian Pollet Aeros Combat GT 00:58:21 268
5 Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet Moyes Litespeed RX· 01:19:54 237
6 Ataulfo J. Fernandez Montero Wills Wing T2C 144 01:42:19 227
7 Benito Rodriguez Gonzalez Wills Wing T2C 144 01:38:45 224
8 Georg Schweier Wills Wing T2C 144 02:11:53 219

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Technora 1216
2 Jose Antonio Abollado Aeros Combat 12,7 1182
2 Joseph Salvenmoser Moyes Litespeed RX 3,5 1182
4 Christian Pollet Aeros Combat GT 1181
5 Ataulfo J. Fernandez Montero Wills Wing T2C 144 1129
6 Benito Rodriguez Gonzalez Wills Wing T2C 144 1115
7 Georg Schweier Wills Wing T2C 144 1110
8 Jonas Blecher Moyes Litespeed RS 1103
9 Francoise Dieuzeide-Banet Moyes Litespeed RX· 1100
10 Rosendo Gonzalez Tavio Wills Wing T2C 144 1052

http://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:tomtom01/6.12.2016/13:31#fd=photos

Canary Open 2016 and 20th edition

December 6, 2016, 9:16:21 CST

Canary Open 2016 and 20th edition

One task so far

Christian Pollet|competition|Joseph Salvenmoser|Moyes Litespeed RX|Thomas Weissenberger|Tom Weissenberger

https://airtribune.com/xx-open-de-canarias/results

Day 1:

# Name Glider Distance Total
1 Christian Pollet Aeros Combat GT 60.78 913
2 Carlos Lamas Graziani Wills Wing T2C 136 61.00 906
3 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Technora 59.94 903
4 Ataulfo J. Fernandez Montero Wills Wing T2C 144 60.17 902
5 David Ferreiro Matos Wills Wing T2C 144 59.92 898
5 Alberto Moreno Fernandez Wills Wing T2C 144 60.73 898
7 Jonas Blecher Moyes Litespeed RS 59.89 895
8 Ramón Fernández López Wills Wing T2C 144 59.88 892
8 Jorge Kuzmanich Wills Wing T2C 144 59.88 892
8 Joseph Salvenmoser Moyes Litespeed RX 3,5 59.78 892

Day 2, task 2 cancelled due to low clouds.

Thanks to Tom Weissenberger.

Wildspitze

October 31, 2016, 11:13:59 PST -0700

Wildspitze

Flying over the second highest peak in Austria

Thomas Weissenberger|video

Thomas Weissenberger <<thomas.weissenberger01>> writes:

Peak Wildspitze at 3,770 meters is the second highest summit in the Austrian Alps. In mid September I managed to fly over it two days in a row. The second time I extended this special adventure crossing the main alpine ridge into Italy through a gap called Tisenjoch, the lowest elevation there was 3,000 meters and exactly where Ötzi, the iceman, was found.

Video premiere of this full equipped GoPro flight will be available in two weeks at my next presentation, but the teaser you can watch now: https://vimeo.com/189220493

Tracklog here: http://www.xcontest.org/2016/world/en/flights/detail:tomtom01/14.9.2016/12:09#fd=flight

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LanzaXCamp »

October 6, 2016, 2:24:48 pm MST -0600

LanzaXCamp

12th of December 2016 till 27th of January 2017, each week Monday till Saturday.

Thomas Weissenberger

Thomas Weissenberger <<thomas.weissenberger01>> sends:

The brochure here.

Come and fly sunny Lanzarote Island, one of the most unique and consistent flying sites in southern Europe!

Two Moyes gliders ready to testfly: RX3.5 and RX4 full carbon perfectly tuned. Transport, personal coaching and retrieve included. All you need to bring is your harness, sunnies and speedsleeves.

The LanzaXCamp should be seen as an effective winter training camp with personal coaching including the latest glider gear to improve your flying skills, glider control or average speed for upcoming season. Also to testfly and practise on the latest Moyes RX Gliders. But mainly to increase and push your personal comfort zone! The courses are recommended for advanced hang glider pilots flying with 'topless' gliders since two years minimum with good launch and landing skills!

<thomas.weissenberger01>

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Tom's altitudes on the Oudie

September 8, 2016, 8:03:22 pm MST -0600

Tom's altitudes on the Oudie 3

Adjustments

Thomas Weissenberger

Thomas Weissenberger <<thomas.weissenberger01>> writes:

The only instrument to be considered for maximum altitude is the Oudie 3 itself. With this instrument now being compared and adapted to air pressure changes to adjust the right QNH altitude.

My highest altitude shown by Oudie 3 is 2,791 meters QNH. Subtracting 26 m gives 2,765 meters msl and therefore 10 meters below the maximum height limit.

Let's see what we can calculate given the Oudie 3 and not the SensBox.

At goal SeeYou with QNH set at 1022.1 in Flight Properties, goal pressure altitude is 3,663' or 1,116.5 meters. The GPS altitude is 3,560' or 1,085 meters. So the pressure altitude at goal is 31.5 meters above the GPS altitude displayed on the Oudie 3 track log. The actual goal altitude at the position shown on the Oudie 3 is 1,084.6 meters.

SeeYou displays Tom's highest pressure altitude at 9,218' or 2,809.6 meters. This is 34.6 meters higher than the maximum altitude. Subtract 31.5 meters and he is 3.1 meters over the limit.

We're getting to the width of cat whiskers here.

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Tom's altitudes

September 8, 2016, 2:46:32 pm MST -0600

Tom's altitudes

From his SensBox

Thomas Weissenberger

Thomas Weissenberger <<thomas.weissenberger01>> writes:

I have analyzed the altitudes at goal from my tracklog that I uploaded to XContest (SensBox backup IGC file). I landed at 15:54:47 PM (GPS, QNH and given heights on task board):

- official map altitude in goal 1020 msl.

- GPS alt. In goal 1084 msl.

- QNH alt. In goal 1059 msl.

- ground alt. 1088 msl.

- AGL: 0m.

This means GPS and QNH altitudes both showing higher numbers than map altitudes by 64 m (GPS) and 39 m (QNH), 24 minutes after my maximum altitude, which is closer than counted after launch.

Launch and goal height:

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September 6, 2016, 8:09:08 MST -0600

2016 Pre-Worlds

GPS or pressure altitude?

Akiko Suzuki|Blue Sky|Jamie Shelden|Pre-Worlds 2016|Thomas Weissenberger

Thomas Weissenberger <<thomas.weissenberger01>> writes:

At task four, which I was leading until the last turnpoint, I left for final glide at 2,650 meters MSL. With full VG I kept gliding more upwind to the right while other gliders to my left hit big sink. There was a blue sky ahead of us so there were no clouds that could tell us anything about what would happen next.

On my line I hit good lift and I started to glide faster so as to not go over the altitude limit. I was already close to 2,775 meters MSL (30 meters extra included as briefed at the pilot meeting).

But instead of diving out and away from it, the lift it got stronger, so I pulled the bar in as far as possible for the fastest speed. Then the nose went up vertically and the glider wanted to go into a loop. I put all my weight to the right to make a wingover instead.

When coming out of my acrobatic maneuver I was still in major thermal lift. As soon my nose dive got from vertical to a slightly positive wing position the glider recovered immediately to horizontal. With a massive G-force I was pressed into my harness, the speed bar still at my belly was pushed forward and hit my throat very hard. Eight batten clips broke immediately with a huge crack and four battens, two each side, slid out their batten pockets about 30 cm (Nr. 5 and 6). Two of them were bent.

I could continue gliding but with pain in my throat. My speed bar pressure felt very loose so I checked my wings each side to see the damage. With four battens pushed back you cannot imagine how the glide performance decreased still with full VG! My numbers for reaching goal went down and after crossing the lake low I had to thermal again together with Yuiji Suzuki to make it.

In goal Tony Armstrong and both sons of Nene told me that they have seen my loop just flying behind me. Also Jamie Shelden took pictures of my trailing edge battens after I had landed.

Well, I just could download my backup GPS (Sensbox by Flytec) of task 4 which is telling me that I had a maximum GPS altitude of 2,906 meters or 2,752 meters barometric altitude QNH (23 meters below airspace) calibrated on take off at takeoff altitude. This would mean that I was not over the limit of 2,775 m QNH at all!

http://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:tomtom01/1.9.2016/14:24

Of course, my back-up was downloaded but the scoring program just showed the GPS altitude of 2,906 meters and not the 2,752 meter QNH (below the limit of 2,775 meters) but I did not realize that at that moment This would also mean that the main mistake was done by the score keeper by not getting the QNH numbers from my instrument Also the FS scoring program was installed just before the comp and the scorer did not have any experience with it.

The same evening I wrote a complaint about what had happened before the scoring as a pilot's report. The main statement was that I have tried all I could to prevent getting higher than 2,775 meters MSL without any chance to avoid that as detailed above. Furthermore the loop pushed me and my glider into a dangerous maneuver in turbulent air. I just could get out safely without any serious injuries. My voice is slowly coming back now and I have started to be able to swallow food and water again.

They also did not ask me if I am ok or if I would need medical treatment, friends and flying mates did though. Only what matters to them was airspace and the numbers shown by the program. Not any health or safety issues! Looks like one tumble was not enough...

I asked that they should check QNH altitudes of my back-up instrument, which was downloaded, but they did not. They just gave me zero points for the day. But at briefings it was said that always the lower numbers in favor of the pilot would be considered. This was not done in my case as I understand it now.

Same thing happened to Pedro Garcia at task 3 but the other way around by taking the back-up altitudes and not the right data out of his Digifly instrument. They just do whatever they feel like. This is a misuse of power going against pilots who paid a  250 € entry

They did the same thing at the Brasilia Open the week before with Olav Opsanger from Norway on task 4 by taking GPS altitudes instead QNH. At this competition only the 1st task QNH altitudes were considered after certain protests when all of a sudden all penalized pilots got their points back with me as the day winner. Then for the following tasks they changed it again - during the same comp - back to GPS altitudes by saying at briefings: 'GPS altitudes must be taken by FAI rules' - seriously. But for task 1 they took QNH altitudes.

Anyway, I arrived on 7th place on the fourth task, happily save and sound, with plenty of leading bonus points, which would have given me about over 940 points. This would have made a huge difference on the final results of these Pre-World Championships if they would have been run correctly.

I looked at Thomas' track log. The GPS altitude (not the pressure altitude) showed him very slightly above the 9000' level for a few seconds before he hit the turbulence. He then lost about 500 feet in eight seconds.

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September 2, 2016, 5:33:49 pm MST -0600

2016 Pre-Worlds

Results

André Wolfe|André Wolfe|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Davide Guiducci|Facebook|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Marco Laurenzi|Moyes Litespeed RX|Pre-Worlds 2016|Primoz Gricar|Suan Selenati|Thomas Weissenberger

Results: https://www.cvlb.com.br/compes/competicao-43/:

Task 5:

# Name Nat Glider Time Total
1 Andre Wolf BRA moyes-litespeed rx 3,5 01:29:02 999
2 Suan Selenati ITA WW T2C 144 01:31:41 936
3 Thomas Weissenberger AUT Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Technora 01:32:08 929
4 Josh Woods AUS Moyes Ls Rx 3.5 01:34:21 903
5 Primoz Gricar GER AEROS COMBAT 12,7 01:36:18 864
6 Valentino Bau ITA ICARO 2000 LAMINAR 14.1 01:37:29 862
7 Fábio Thomaz BRA moyes-litespeedS5 01:37:04 850
8 Davide Guiducci ITA   01:37:29 845
9 David brito Filho BRA WILLSWING-T2CX 01:37:42 843
10 Alvaro figueiredo Sandoli BRA WW T2C 144 01:39:22 840

Cumulative:

# Name Nat Glider T 1 T 2 T 3 T 4 T 5 Total
1 Jonny Durand AUS MOYES RX 3.5 990 828 824 968 747 4357
2 Carlos Niemeyer BRA AEROS COMBAT C 12.7 831 802 923 941 779 4276
3 Davide Guiducci ITA   908 787 836 898 845 4274
4 Primoz Gricar GER AEROS COMBAT 12,7 630 834 1000 936 864 4264
5 Marco Laurenzi ITA Icaro Laminar 14.1 911 845 856 953 690 4255
6 Valentino Bau ITA ICARO 2000 LAMINAR 14.1 525 809 960 941 862 4097
7 Rodolfo Gotes MEX Wills Wing T2C 144 899 717 798 910 758 4082
8 Michel Louzada BRA WILLS WING-T2C144 622 830 908 906 732 3998
9 Olav Opsanger NOR MOYES RX 3.5 972 758 406 984 772 3892
10 Mario Alonzi FRA Aeros Combat 833 788 731 701 825 3878

The top five all within 100 points. One more task?

Photo by Wolfi

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September 2, 2016, 2:52:31 pm MST -0600

2016 Pre-Worlds

Preliminary results

André Wolfe|André Wolfe|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Davide Guiducci|Facebook|Filippo Oppici|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Pre-Worlds 2016|Primoz Gricar|Suan Selenati|Thomas Weissenberger

Results: https://www.cvlb.com.br/compes/competicao-43/

https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=1740

1 Andre Wolf 04:29:00
2 Suan Selenati 04:31:38
3 Thomas Weissenberger 04:32:05
4 Josh Woods 04:34:18
5 Primoz Gricar 04:36:16
6 Davide Guiducci 04:37:26
7 Valentino Bau 04:37:27
8 David brito Filho 04:37:40
9 Alvaro figueiredo Sandoli 04:39:20
10 Filippo Oppici 04:39:20
11 Mario Alonzi 04:39:29
12 Sergio Galvas 04:40:53
13 Tony Armstrong 04:40:55
14 Anton Moroder 04:41:49
15 Chrigel Küpfer 04:42:12
16 Elmar Christl 04:42:23
17 Carlos Niemeyer 04:44:53
18 Olav Opsanger 04:45:30
19 Guy Hubbard 04:45:31
20 Lionel Cristian Ezequiel 04:45:46

At least forty one in goal. Jonny in twenty sixth. Subtract three hours from the times above.

Finally made goal at Esplanada- was worth it! Andre Wolf won the day after I fixed his arm with some magic tape.

http://corinnaflies.blogspot.com.br/2016/09/task-5-80km-around-2-tp.html

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August 31, 2016, 6:52:22 pm MST -0600

2016 Pre-Worlds

Pedro restored

Akiko Suzuki|Davide Guiducci|Filippo Oppici|Icaro 2000|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Marco Laurenzi|Moyes Litespeed RX|Pre-Worlds 2016|Primoz Gricar|record|Thomas Weissenberger|Tullio Gervasoni

Pedro writes:

The issue was that they tried to score the task using the data from the trackers and, at least in my case, the record had the wrong altitude. They then scored me with the data from my primary instrument and everything was correct.

https://www.cvlb.com.br/compes/competicao-43/

Task 3:

# Name Nat Glider Time Total
1 Primoz Gricar GER AEROS COMBAT 12,7 01:56:19 1000
2 Valentino Bau ITA ICARO 2000 LAMINAR 14.1 01:57:50 960
3 Anton Moroder ITA laminar Z913.2 01:57:54 954
4 Christian Tiefenbacher AUT MOYES RX 3.5 01:59:29 936
5 Carlos Niemeyer BRA AEROS COMBAT C 12.7 01:59:43 922
6 Thomas Weissenberger AUT Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Technora 02:00:26 914
7 GLAUCO PINTO BRA Icaro 2000-LAMINAR 02:00:50 909
8 Michel Louzada BRA WILLS WING-T2C144 02:00:50 907
9 Yuji Suzuki JPN MOYES LS RX 3.5 02:03:38 886
10 Olav Lien Olsen NOR WW T2C 144 02:05:12 865
11 pedro l garcia ESP T2C 144 02:07:25 857
12 Marco Laurenzi ITA Icaro Laminar 14.1 02:07:18 855
13 Davide Guiducci ITA   02:07:44 834
14 Filippo Oppici ITA WW T2C 144 02:07:49 832
15 Tullio Gervasoni ITA WILLS WING-T2C 144 02:08:05 831
16 Jonny Durand AUS MOYES RX 3.5 02:09:00 823

Cumulative:

# Name Nat Glider Total
1 Thomas Weissenberger AUT Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Technora 2718
2 GLAUCO PINTO BRA Icaro 2000-LAMINAR 2660
3 Jonny Durand AUS MOYES RX 3.5 2640
4 pedro l garcia ESP T2C 144 2616
5 Marco Laurenzi ITA Icaro Laminar 14.1 2611
6 Carlos Niemeyer BRA AEROS COMBAT C 12.7 2554
7 Davide Guiducci ITA   2528
8 Tullio Gervasoni ITA WILLS WING-T2C 144 2488
9 Primoz Gricar GER AEROS COMBAT 12,7 2463
10 Rodolfo Gotes MEX Wills Wing T2C 144 2411

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August 30, 2016, 8:20:09 pm MST -0600

2016 Pre-Worlds

Results

Akiko Suzuki|Davide Guiducci|Facebook|Filippo Oppici|Jamie Shelden|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Marco Laurenzi|Moyes Litespeed RX|photo|Pre-Worlds 2016|Primoz Gricar|Thomas Weissenberger|Tullio Gervasoni

https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=1740

Tulio at goal here. The big picture (surrounding).

There was a 9,000' ceiling. I would not appreciate having to stay below a given height. I see the point of keeping folks out of clouds. Pedro won yesterday and exceeded the height limit today to get a zero.

Wings on Tour story

The best day by far compared to the last 10 days of flying here! Big air with 5-7 meters/second up, beautiful cloud streets, less wind and a cloudbase not much higher than our 2,700 meter ceiling - thank god!

Primoz won the day with our Austrian fellow Christian 5th, Tom Weissenberger around 7th place. Nene tumbled but stays unhurt which is most important! Next days are looking promising as well with a dying cold front passing tonight bringing some humid air masses, like today.

http://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:tomtom01/30.8.2016/15:39

https://www.cvlb.com.br/compes/competicao-43/

Task 3:

# Name Nat Glider Time Total
1 Primoz Gricar GER Aeros Combat 12,7 01:56:19 1000
2 Valentino Bau ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 14.1 01:57:50 959
3 Anton Moroder ITA Laminar Z913.2 01:57:54 953
4 Christian Tiefenbacher AUT Moyes RX 3.5 01:59:29 935
5 Carlos Niemeyer BRA Aeros Combat C 12.7 01:59:43 920
6 Thomas Weissenberger AUT Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Technora 02:00:26 912
7 Glauco Pinto BRA Icaro 2000 Laminar 02:00:50 908
8 Michel Louzada BRA Wills Wing T2C 144 02:00:50 905
9 Yuji Suzuki JPN Moyes LS RX 3.5 02:03:38 883
10 Olav Lien Olsen NOR Wills Wing T2C 144 02:05:12 862
11 Marco Laurenzi ITA Icaro Laminar 14.1 02:07:18 852
12 Davide Guiducci ITA 02:07:44 831
13 Filippo Oppici ITA Moyes Litespeed RS 4 02:07:49 829
14 Tullio Gervasoni ITA Wills Wing T2C 144 02:08:05 828
15 Jonny Durand AUS Moyes RX 3.5 02:09:00 819

Cumulative:

# Name Nat Glider Total
1 Thomas Weissenberger AUT Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Technora 2716
2 Glauco Pinto BRA Icaro 2000 Laminar 2659
3 Jonny Durand AUS Moyes RX 3.5 2636
4 Marco Laurenzi ITA Icaro Laminar 14.1 2608
5 Carlos Niemeyer BRA Aeros Combat C 12.7 2552
6 Davide Guiducci ITA 2525
7 Tullio Gervasoni ITA Wills Wing T2C 144 2485
8 Primoz Gricar GER Aeros Combat 12,7 2463
9 Rodolfo Gotes MEX Wills Wing T2C 144 2407
10 Michel Louzada BRA Wills Wing T2C 144 2357

Jamie Shelden is reporting here: http://www.hgoutlanders.com/pre-worlds-day-3/ and http://www.hgoutlanders.com/pilot-number-17-is-pushing/

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August 29, 2016, 11:43:11 pm MST -0600

2016 Pre-Worlds

Pedro wins the day

Davide Guiducci|Facebook|Filippo Oppici|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Marco Laurenzi|Moyes Litespeed RX|photo|Pre-Worlds 2016|Primoz Gricar|record|Thomas Weissenberger

Live Tracking: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=1740

Has anyone had Playback work for them? Please tell me how.

https://www.cvlb.com.br/compes/competicao-43/

Task 2:

# Name Nat Glider SS Time Total
1 Pedro L Garcia ESP Wills Wing T2C 144 13:40:00 02:02:03 953
2 Marco Laurenzi ITA Icaro Laminar 14.1 13:20:00 02:21:56 845
3 Thomas Weissenberger AUT Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Technora 13:20:00 02:21:45 843
4 Primoz Gricar GER Aeros Combat 12.7 13:20:00 02:22:07 834
5 Michel Louzada BRA Wills Wing T2C 144 13:20:00 02:22:18 830
6 Jonny Durand AUS Moyes RX 3.5 13:20:00 02:22:33 828
7 David Brito Filho BRA Wills Wing T2C X 13:20:00 02:22:13 827
8 Sergio Galvas BRA Wills Wing T2C 13:20:00 02:22:19 824
9 Fábio Thomaz BRA Moyes Litespeed S5 13:20:00 02:22:37 815
9 Filippo Oppici ITA Moyes Litespeed RS 4 13:20:00 02:22:38 815
11 Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli BRA Wills Wing T2C 144 13:20:00 02:22:54 810

Pedro took the second start time and went much faster. Forty or so leading points for Jonny and others did not make up for Pedro's 150 point lead in speed points.

Cumulative:

# Name Nat Glider T 1 T 2 Total
1 Jonny Durand AUS Moyes RX 3.5 990 828 1818
2 Thomas Weissenberger AUT Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Technora 962 843 1805
3 Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli BRA Wills Wing T2C 144 954 810 1764
4 Pedro L Garcia ESP Wills Wing T2C 144 806 953 1759
5 Marco Laurenzi ITA Icaro Laminar 14.1 911 845 1756
6 Glauco Pinto BRA Icaro 2000 Laminar 960 793 1753
7 David Brito Filho BRA Wills Wing T2C X 905 827 1732
7 Olav Opsanger NOR Moyes RX 3.5 972 760 1732
9 Davide Guiducci ITA   908 788 1696
10 Sergio Galvas BRA Wills Wing T2C 839 824 1663

Jonny, Tom, Nene and Pedro in the first four places.

Tom Weissenberger writes at Wings on Tour:

Brasilia day 2, task 2: tricky and blue 100 km with many pilots in goal joined by just one single girl - and the only right one, yeah! :)

Conditions at the start gate at 1:20pm were not favorable with broken lift up to 2.000-2.300 m, still everybody left as together we are strong!

First TP 30 km down SW on the plateau kept us first along the ridge where ENE winds pushed up good lift but also with big sink in between! After jumping onto the plateau thermals got better and the main gaggle bigger. It was not the day for pushing out in front alone and into the blue, so I forced myself to play that game. To my big surprise I played it well trying to be always on top of the gaggle and leaving when everybody else did, oh boy, nerve killing!

Anyway, TP2 was a tricky one 30 km back into wind but also situated on the edge of the ridge close to launch. Once I hit a strong rocket thermal but as soon I started to enjoy the consistent 5m up I already had to dive out again not to get over the vertical limit of 2.745m, damn! Also we could not get high enough to make it back to the ridge again but winds died down so this ridge's dead zone on its lee side was starting to work! So we managed to fly just behind the ridge and right on course to TP2 where all of a sudden Pedro could catch up and join us after taking the 2nd clock, damn damn!

As soon this piece of hard work was done a 35 km downwind leg into goal was the final reward. I could go on final glide first - after playing the gaggle game well - together with Pedro and Marco.

So Pedro should win the day with me and Marco first in goal pending on leading bonus. But the best part of the day was to welcome Kathleen in goal, abraco, record lady!

The 30-40 leading points were so so much smaller than the 150 speed points that Pedro was able to gather by going second.

http://www.hgoutlanders.com/pre-worlds-day-2/

As it turns out, Pedro wasn’t in position to take the first start and was forced into the second. It worked for him because he caught the lead gaggle near the last turnpoint and came in together with them.

2016 Pre-Worlds »

August 28, 2016, 10:35:12 pm MST -0600

2016 Pre-Worlds

Results

André Wolfe|André Wolfe|Davide Guiducci|Icaro 2000|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Marco Laurenzi|Moyes Litespeed RX|Pre-Worlds 2016|Thomas Weissenberger

https://www.cvlb.com.br/compes/competicao-43/

Task 1:

# Name Nat Glider Time Total
1 Jonny Durand AUS MOYES RX 3.5 02:26:39 990
2 Andre Wolf BRA moyes-litespeed rx 3,5 02:27:00 983
3 Olav Opsanger NOR MOYES RX 3.5 02:27:23 972
4 Thomas Weissenberger AUT Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Technora 02:28:11 962
5 GLAUCO PINTO BRA Icaro 2000-LAMINAR 02:28:07 960
6 Alvaro figueiredo Sandoli BRA WW T2C 144 02:28:18 954
7 Wolfgang Siess AUT Wills Wing T2C 154 02:29:31 934
8 Lionel Cristian Ezequiel ARG WILLS WING-T2C 02:30:39 921
9 Marco Laurenzi ITA Icaro Laminar 14.1 02:33:51 911
10 Davide Guiducci ITA   02:33:57 908

Tom's six points of leading points did put him ever so slightly ahead of Glauco (2 points). Leading points amount to so very little unless you take an earlier start clock.

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August 28, 2016, 5:29:04 pm MST -0600

2016 Pre-Worlds

Thirty in goal

André Wolfe|André Wolfe|Davide Guiducci|Facebook|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Mario Campanella|photo|Pre-Worlds 2016|Thomas Weissenberger|Tullio Gervasoni|video

http://www.brasilia2017.com.br/brasilia-sedia-pre-mundial-de-voo-livre/

No results yet. Can't get the Replay to work on Live Tracking here: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=1740# Looks like Jonny won with Andre second. 109 km task.

1 Jonny Durand 02:26:39
2 Andre Wolf 02:26:59
3 Olav Opsanger 02:27:23
4 Glauco Pinto 02:28:08
5 Thomas Weissenberger 02:28:12
6 Alvaro figueiredo Sandoli 02:28:18
7 Wolfgang Siess 02:29:30
8 David brito Filho 02:33:47
9 Davide Guiducci 02:33:57
10 Rodolfo Gotes 02:34:02
11 Tullio Gervasoni 02:34:19
12 Guy Hubbard 02:34:38
13 Chrigel Küpfer 02:34:47
14 Mario Campanella 02:41:57
15 Sergio Galvas 02:45:31

Tom Weissenberger describes the flight: https://www.facebook.com/wingsontour/posts/723408957797988

Photos of the first day: https://www.facebook.com/alex.farias.712/media_set?set=a.1148775738494744.1073742615.100000869853844&type=3

Jonny at goal: https://www.facebook.com/brasilia2017/videos/319686548381909/

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Windy on launch

2016 Pre-pre-worlds

August 24, 2016, 6:51:40 pm MST -0600

André Wolfe|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Pre-Pre-worlds 2016|Thomas Weissenberger

https://www.cvlb.com.br/compes/competicao-42/#

Task 5:

# Name Nat Glider Distance Total
1 Glauco Pinto BRA Laminar 51.59 801
2 Jonny Durand AUS Moyes LS RX3.5 51.35 800
3 Andre Wolf BRA Moyes LS RX3.5 51.28 796
4 Josh Woods AUS Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 48.50 754
5 Tony Armstrong AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 48.29 751
6 Wolfgang Siess AUT Wills Wing T2C 154 48.17 748
7 Rafael s. Mello BRA Moyes LS RX3.5 48.10 744
8 Jose guilherme Lopes lessa BRA Moyes LS RX3.5 47.69 733
9 Olav Opsanger NOR Moyes RX3.5 47.67 732
10 Corinna Schwiegershausen GER Moyes Litespeed 3,5s 44.47 655

Final results:

# Name Nat Glider Total
1 Jonny Durand AUS Moyes LS RX3.5 3529
2 Andre Wolf BRA Moyes LS RX3.5 3395
3 Alvaro figueiredo Sandoli BRA Wills Wing T2C 3382
4 Rafael s. Mello BRA Moyes LS RX3.5 3306
5 Carlos Niemeyer BRA Aeros Combat 3178
6 Marcio Rosadas BRA Moyes LS RX3.5 3174
7 Thomas Weissenberger AUT Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 3095
8 Glauco Pinto BRA Laminar 2998
9 David Brito Filho BRA Wills Wing T2Cx 144 2953
10 Fábio Thomaz BRA Moyes LS RX5 2919

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Results after day four

2016 Pre-pre-worlds

August 23, 2016, 9:05:21 pm MST -0600

André Wolfe|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Pre-Pre-worlds 2016|Thomas Weissenberger

https://www.cvlb.com.br/compes/competicao-42/#

Task 4:

# Name Nat Glider Time Total
1 Thomas Weissenberger AUT Moyes-Litespeed RX3.5 01:48:36 979
2 Andre Wolf BRA MOYES LS RX3.5 01:48:45 962
3 Alvaro figueiredo Sandoli BRA WW T2C 01:49:20 944
4 Fábio Thomaz BRA MOYES LS RX5 01:54:42 866
5 Rafael s. Mello BRA MOYES LS RX3.5 01:55:47 860
6 Glauco Pinto BRA Laminar 01:56:50 843
7 Marcelo andrei Rocha BRA WW T2C 01:57:12 836
8 Jonny Durand AUS MOYES LS RX3.5 01:57:18 827
9 Carlos Niemeyer BRA Aeros Combat 01:58:58 812
10 Marcio Rosadas BRA MOYES LS RX3.5 01:59:36 811

Cumulative:

# Name Nat Glider Total
1 Alvaro figueiredo Sandoli BRA WW T2C 2782
2 Jonny Durand AUS MOYES LS RX3.5 2726
3 Andre Wolf BRA MOYES LS RX3.5 2597
4 Marcio Rosadas BRA MOYES LS RX3.5 2569
5 Carlos Niemeyer BRA Aeros Combat 2565
6 Rafael s. Mello BRA MOYES LS RX3.5 2560
7 David brito Filho BRA WILLS WING T2Cx 144 2542
8 Thomas Weissenberger AUT Moyes-Litespeed RX3.5 2481
9 Fábio Thomaz BRA MOYES LS RX5 2305
10 Glauco Pinto BRA Laminar 2194

2016 Pre-pre-worlds »

New results from day one

2016 Pre-pre-worlds

August 21, 2016, 2:57:11 pm MST -0600

André Wolfe|André Wolfe|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Facebook|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Pre-Pre-worlds 2016|Thomas Weissenberger

https://www.cvlb.com.br/compes/competicao-42/#

Yes, indeed. Tom Weissenberger wins the day!

Task 1:

# Name Nat Glider Time Total
1 Thomas Weissenberger AUT Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 01:00:55 875
2 Max Turiaco BRA Aeros Combat 01:03:16 830
3 David brito Filho BRA WW T2Cx 144 01:03:19 807
3 Eduardo Oliveira BRA WW T2C 01:03:28 807
5 Alvaro figueiredo Sandoli BRA WW T2C 01:03:54 792
6 Marcelo andrei Rocha BRA WW T2C 01:04:28 788
7 Tony Armstrong AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 01:05:07 774
8 Jonny Durand AUS Moyes LS RX3.5 01:05:06 772
9 Andre Wolf BRA   01:05:24 754
10 Josh Woods AUS Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 01:06:34 747

After two tasks and three days:

# Name Nat Glider Total
1 Jonny Durand AUS Moyes LS RX3.5 1762
2 Alvaro figueiredo Sandoli BRA WW T2C 1718
3 David brito Filho BRA WW T2Cx 144 1687
4 Marcio Rosadas BRA   1645
5 Carlos Niemeyer BRA   1627
6 Rafael s. Mello BRA   1572
7 Andre Wolf BRA   1503
8 Tony Armstrong AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 1424
9 Josh Woods AUS Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 1404
10 Thomas Weissenberger AUT Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 1378

Corinna Schwiegershause writes:

The first task will be scored! They applied the actual QNH of the day and found that no pilot surpassed the given height corridor, so all pilots get their score on day 1.

Day four, not looking so good. Task Cancelled.

2016 Governador Valadares »

March 4, 2016, 6:25:16 pm EST

2016 Governador Valadares

Day 7

competition|Davide Guiducci|Facebook|Governador Valadares 2016|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Thomas Weissenberger|Wills Wing T2C

https://airtribune.com/brazil-hg2016-1/blog__day_7

Task 7 results: https://airtribune.com/brazil-hg2016-1/results/task1246/day/elite

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli Wills Wing T2c 01:19:32 915
2 Andre Luiz Wolf Moyes Litespeed Rx 3,5 01:20:22 891
3 Marcelo Andrei Moikano 01:35:54 837
4 David Manuel De Almeida Brito Filho Wills Wing T2cx 01:35:21 833
5 Fabio Thomaz Moyes Litespeed Rx 5 01:25:32 828
6 Rafael Strohschoen De Mello Moyes Litespeed Rx 01:26:06 819
7 Davide Guiducci Icaro Laminar 13.2 01:26:16 811
8 Eduardo Oliveira Icaro Laminar 01:41:05 776
9 Glauco Pinto 01:34:25 746
10 Michel Fernandes Louzada 01:46:24 729
11 Jonny Durand Moyes Litespeed Rx 3,5 01:38:52 726

Total: https://airtribune.com/brazil-hg2016-1/results/task1246/comp/elite

Name Glider Total
1 Andre Luiz Wolf Moyes Litespeed Rx 3,5 5940
2 Jonny Durand Moyes Litespeed Rx 3,5 5709
3 Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli Wills Wing T2c 5528
4 David Manuel De Almeida Brito Filho Wills Wing T2cx 5415
5 Rafael Strohschoen De Mello Moyes Litespeed Rx 5406
6 Eduardo Oliveira Icaro Laminar 5357
7 Sergio Galvas Wills Wing T2c 5336
8 Davide Guiducci Icaro Laminar 13.2 5250
9 Mario Andre Felske Moyes Litespeed Rx 5246
10 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes Litespeed Rs 3,5 4928

2016 Governador Valadares »

March 2, 2016, 8:44:26 pm EST

2016 Governador Valadares

Day 5

competition|Davide Guiducci|Governador Valadares 2016|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Thomas Weissenberger|Wills Wing T2C

https://airtribune.com/brazil-hg2016-1/blog__day_5

Results from day 5: https://airtribune.com/brazil-hg2016-1/results/task1242/day/elite

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Jonny Durand Moyes Lsrx 3,5 02:06:54 1000
2 Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli 02:29:29 794
3 David Manuel De Almeida Brito Filho Wills Wing T2cx 02:29:38 789
4 Max Turiaco 02:29:45 783
5 Andre Luiz Wolf 02:29:48 781
6 Sergio Galvas Wills Wing T2c 02:29:45 780
7 Alexandre Machado Marchesini 02:29:50 764
8 Carlos Niemeyer Aeros Combat 02:30:17 760
9 Mario Andre Felske Moyes Litespeed Rx 02:34:23 730
10 Davide Guiducci Icaro Laminar 13.2 02:34:39 728

Cumulative: https://airtribune.com/brazil-hg2016-1/results/task1242/comp/elite

# Name Glider T 1 T 2 T 3 T 4 T 5 Total
1 Jonny Durand Moyes Lsrx 3,5 834 990 702 812 1000 4338
2 Andre Luiz Wolf 881 972 685 907 781 4226
3 Davide Guiducci Icaro Laminar 13.2 821 818 675 996 728 4038
4 Sergio Galvas Wills Wing T2c 728 939 763 803 780 4013
5 David Manuel De Almeida Brito Filho Wills Wing T2cx 498 970 701 926 789 3884
6 Rafael Strohschoen De Mello Moyes Litespeed Rx 725 829 681 916 717 3868
7 Carlos Niemeyer Aeros Combat 416 911 989 764 760 3840
8 Mario Andre Felske Moyes Litespeed Rx 733 883 683 807 730 3836
9 Eduardo Oliveira Icaro Laminar 762 813 715 822 701 3813
10 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes Litespeed Rs 3,5 891 924 861 931 157 3764

2016 Governador Valadares »

March 2, 2016, 8:05:43 EST

2016 Governador Valadares

Day 4

competition|Davide Guiducci|Facebook|Governador Valadares 2016|Moyes Litespeed RX|Thomas Weissenberger|Wills Wing T2C

https://airtribune.com/brazil-hg2016-1/blog__day_4

Results from day 4: https://airtribune.com/brazil-hg2016-1/results/task1241/day/elite

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Davide Guiducci Icaro Laminar 13.2 02:00:21 996
2 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes Litespeed Rs 3,5 02:04:51 931
3 David Manuel De Almeida Brito Filho Wills Wing T2cx 02:04:02 926
4 Rafael Strohschoen De Mello Moyes Litespeed Rx 02:04:52 916
5 Marcio Rosadas Wills Wings T2c 02:04:52 915
6 Andre Luiz Wolf 02:05:07 907
7 Alvaro Figueiredo Sandoli 02:05:09 902
8 Marcio Freire Fernandes 02:06:39 880
9 Geraldo Magela Da Silva Moyes Litespeed Rx 02:06:31 868
10 Jose Guilherme Lopes Lessa 02:07:18 867

Cumulative: https://airtribune.com/brazil-hg2016-1/results/task1241/comp/elite

Too many errors to publish the results. Or they are giving zeros for previous days to the foreign pilots (but not all) to show just the Brazilian results.

Pilots at goal:

2016 Governador Valadares »

March 1, 2016, 8:27:08 EST

2016 Governador Valadares

Day 3

competition|Davide Guiducci|Governador Valadares 2016|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Moyes Litespeed RX|Thomas Weissenberger|Wills Wing T2C

https://airtribune.com/brazil-hg2016-1/blog__day_3

Results from day 3: https://airtribune.com/brazil-hg2016-1/results/task1236/day/elite

# Name Glider Time Distance Total
1 Carlos Niemeyer Aeros Combat 02:28:20 77.20 989
2 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes Litespeed Rs 3,5 72.35 859
3 Sergio Galvas Wills Wing T2c 58.87 760
4 Jose Guilherme Lopes Lessa 57.74 752
5 Eduardo Oliveira Icaro Laminar 53.70 712
6 Jonny Durand Moyes Lsrx 3,5 52.31 698
6 David Manuel De Almeida Brito Filho Wills Wing T2cx 52.39 698
8 Geraldo Magela Da Silva Moyes Litespeed Rx 51.81 687
9 Andre Luiz Wolf 51.08 681
10 Mario Andre Felske Moyes Litespeed Rx 51.12 679

Cumulative:

  Name Glider Total
1 Andre Luiz Wolf 2526
2 Jonny Durand Moyes Lsrx 3,5 2515
3 Glauco Pinto 2422
4 Sergio Galvas Wills Wing T2c 2421
5 Carlos Niemeyer Aeros Combat 2319
6 Davide Guiducci Icaro Laminar 13.2 2310
7 Mario Andre Felske Moyes Litespeed Rx 2293
8 Eduardo Oliveira Icaro Laminar 2286
9 Rafael Strohschoen De Mello Moyes Litespeed Rx 2231
10 Jose Guilherme Lopes Lessa 2167

Canoa Open Day 2 »

November 1, 2015, 4:37:22 pm PST

Canoa Open Day 2

Dustin wins again

Canoa Open 2015|competition|Daniel Vé|Daniel Vélez Bravo|Daniel Vélez Bravo|Dustin Martin|Thomas Weissenberger|Wills Wing T2C

Dustin writes:

I won by approx 25 seconds. Just a couple mph less wind but the sun came out on our first leg and that means the thermals and sink take over so it was a little more variable than yesterday. Tom second, Rudy third, and Daniel fourth

Slightly less wind:

https://airtribune.com/canoaopen2015/results/task1127/day/speed

Task 2:

  Name Glider Time km/h Total
1 Dustin Martin Willswing T2Cx 144 00:40:49 64.3 1000
2 Thomas Weissenberger RX3.5 Technora 00:41:21 63.5 969
3 Rodolfo Gotes T2C 144 Window 00:42:57 61.1 923
4 Daniel Velez Wills Wing T2C 144 00:43:38 60.1 907
5 Alejandro Trujillo Aeros Combat 09 00:47:34 55.2 834

Looks like Raul landed 20 meters short. Watch it in 3D.

Dustin just out performs Tom once again.

https://airtribune.com/canoaopen2015/results/task1127/comp/speed

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Dustin Martin Willswing T2Cx 144 2000
2 Thomas Weissenberger RX3.5 Technora 1919
3 Rodolfo Gotes T2C 144 Window 1841
4 Daniel Velez Wills Wing T2C 144 1821
5 Alejandro Trujillo Aeros Combat 09 1623

Sport: https://airtribune.com/canoaopen2015/blog__day_2

Replay in 3d: https://airtribune.com/play/1127/3d

Canoa Open Day 1 »

October 31, 2015, 9:08:47 pm PST -0700

Canoa Open Day 1

Dustin wins by over a minute

Canoa Open 2015|competition|Daniel Vé|Daniel Vélez Bravo|Daniel Vélez Bravo|Dustin Martin|Raul Guerra|Thomas Weissenberger|Wills Wing T2C

Looked like a very strong day.

https://airtribune.com/canoaopen2015/blog__day_1

2D replay: https://airtribune.com/play/1125/2

Open: https://airtribune.com/canoaopen2015/results/task1125/day/speed

# Name Glider Time km/h Total
1 Dustin Martin Willswing T2Cx 144 00:39:11 68.8 1000
2 Thomas Weissenberger RX3.5 Technora 00:40:14 67.0 950
3 Rodolfo Gotes T2C 144 Window 00:41:26 65.1 918
4 Daniel Velez Wills Wing T2C 144 00:41:35 64.9 914
5 Raul Guerra MOYES LITESPEED RS 3,5 00:44:55 60.0 846

Sport: https://airtribune.com/canoaopen2015/results/task1126/day/speed

Regarding Kathleen's record flights

July 7, 2015, 8:59:32 MDT

Regarding Kathleen's record flights

Tom responds to Corinna

Corinna Schwiegershausen|Facebook|record|Thomas Weissenberger|weather

http://ozreport.com/19.132#3

Thomas Weissenberger <<thomas.weissenberger01>> writes:

To all our fun we are having here I did not expect that it is getting that funny!

Well, I cannot remember being ever hired for some cross country flying – especially with a friend and Moyes colleague – but I do know that I followed Kathleen's record attempts in Oz last winter. Due to bad weather luck it did not come to a happy ending, sadly!

I also know how much effort, pre-preparation, time and energy you have to invest in such a project. I also know how it feels when it does not work out first time. Hard to express but let's call it disappointment.

Having a high appreciation for pilots like this who try to push their personal limits I also have deepest respect to Kathleen as a mother, hard working woman and a competition and cross country-pilot as well as even taking the energy to fly world records – WOW!

So after giving these facts in a quite simple way which are actually way more complex than just writing them up in a few lines, I invited Kathleen to get some big cross country flying here at my place in Austria which is not that much effort as going to Oz from Europe. And as a cool flying adventure my intentions were to show her this exciting flying over alpine peaks, lakes and glaciers. Everything else like FAI records, which are just a written paper in black and white, will be just a bonus then.

Anyway, these paper lists can never keep up to such a beautiful life experience shining in all colours when your own dreams suddenly come true! After all it comes back to the real meanings in life: good friendship, good teamwork and last but not least sharing a good time together! Thank you all who joined our joy of cross country flying and all your congratulations worldwide!

Good flying to you Corinna and all you motivated female pilots out there! I hope to hear about further cross country flights and to see great pictures to support our beautiful and privileged sport!

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Loser Open 2015

June 15, 2015, 10:38:31 MDT

Loser Open 2015

Four days

Thomas Weissenberger|video

Matthias Kurzthaler <<m.kurzthaler>> sends:

Video: https://vimeo.com/130638481

1 Gerd Dönhuber 960 727 962 1000 3649
2 Ferdinand Spindler 859 666 750 883 3158
3 Günther Tschurnig 994 703 620 716 3033
4 Thomas Weissenberger 598 1000 1000 320 2918

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Canoa Ridge Race 2014 »

November 25, 2014, 7:27:55 PST

Canoa Ridge Race 2014

Day 2

Thomas Weissenberger|video

Thomas Weissenberger <<tomtom>> writes:

Here the true story and authentic history of Canoa Open, task 2: http://vimeo.com/112488804

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2014 Canoa Ridge Race »

November 3, 2014, 7:41:51 PST

2014 Canoa Ridge Race

Over the weekend

Canoa Ridge Race 2014|Daniel Vé|Daniel Vélez Bravo|Daniel Vélez Bravo|Thomas Weissenberger

Thomas Weissenberger <<tomtom>> writes:

Ecuador is a very welcoming country with amazing beaches and ridges. Conditions very consistent every day with winds from SW, covered sky in the morning and sunshine afternoon. Very similar to Chile.

For Task 1 the conditions died down, but it was still good, predictable with less white caps and gusts on the ocean. Pilots who didn't slow down had to land. One guy had a hard landing at the street right beneath the ridge. But it has four lines with less traffic, just a power line to the beach side to get over.

Conditions during Task 2 were better with consistent wind the whole run until sunset. It was a close race with 2-time winner Daniel Velez. My lowest altitude was 21 m AGL. Too bad the ridge isn't longer.

Tracklog here: http://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:tomtom01/1.11.2014/20:50#fd=comment


Final results: three tasks, 3000 points and two Moyes on the podium

1. Tom, AUT, RX3.5 Technora

2. Rudy Gotes, MEX, Moyes RX3.5

3. Jelko loor, ECU, WW T2C

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Tom's records ratified

August 19, 2014, 1:23:15 pm MDT

Tom's records ratified

Out and return

George Stebbins|record|Thomas Weissenberger

Type of record : Out-and-return distance
Course/location : Cerro Ballena - Caleta Paquica - Cerro Ballena (Chile)
Performance : 353 km
Pilot : Thomas Weissenberger (Austria)
Hang Glider : Litespeed RS 3.5 / Moyes Delta Gliders
Date :03.11.2013
Previous record : 332.5 km (05.07.2007 - George Stebbins, USA)

Type of record : Free out-and-return distance
Course/location : Punta Blanca - Caleta Paquica - Punta Blanca (Chile)
Performance : 339.9 km
Pilot : Thomas Weissenberger (Austria)
Hang Glider : Litespeed RS 3.5 / Moyes Delta Gliders operated by
Date :27.10.2013
Previous record :  no record set yet

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It's the new sail cloth on the new glider

June 2, 2014, 4:35:40 pm EDT

It's the new sail cloth on the new glider

Tom wins Ludesch Open 2014

Thomas Weissenberger|video

Moyes Litespeed RX|Thomas Weissenberger|video

Moyes Litespeed RX|Thomas Weissenberger|video

Results are found here.

Thomas Weissenberger <<tomtom>> writes:

Well, the first flights with the RX Tecnora - new generation - turned out better than expected. It handles like a toy, climbs with extra turbo booster and glides as sexy as it looks! Now I know what Gerolf meant after his own first test flying: 'Tom, you are a lucky bastard!'

# Name Glider T 1 T 2 Total
1 Tom Weissenberger Moyes RX TECNORA 1000 1000 2000
2 Hermann Franz Aeros 969 943 1912
3 Fredy Bircher Moyes Litespeed RX3,5 813 754 1567
4 Walter Mayer Moyes RX 4 645 921 1566
5 Dietmar Tschabrun Moyes Litespeed RX 3,5 639 700 1339
6 Uli Eysel Moyes rs 3.5 610 658 1268
7 Elmar Vonblon Laminar 633 487 1120
8 Matthias Kurzhaler Aeros Combat GT 364 722 1086
9 Jürgen Buchert Moyes RS4 367 484 851
10 Konrad Schwab Laminar Z9 366 467 833

Matthias Kurzthaler <<m.kurzthaler>> sends:

https://vimeo.com/97110518

http://www.matzeski.blogspot.co.at/2014/06/ludesch-open-2014.html

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Aeros Winter Race 2014

Fri, Mar 21 2014, 11:32:34 pm EDT

Task 3

Joseph Salvenmoser|Manfred Ruhmer|Oleg Bondarchuk|Robert Reisinger|Thomas Weissenberger|Wills Wing

Joseph Salvenmoser|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Oleg Bondarchuk|Robert Reisinger|Thomas Weissenberger|Wills Wing

Joseph Salvenmoser|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Oleg Bondarchuk|Robert Reisinger|Thomas Weissenberger|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C

Joseph Salvenmoser|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Robert Reisinger|Thomas Weissenberger|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C

Joseph Salvenmoser|Manfred Ruhmer|Moyes Litespeed RX|Oleg Bondarchuk|Robert Reisinger|Thomas Weissenberger|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C

http://www.aerosrace.blogspot.com/

http://hg.sffa.org/aeros_wr/

Task 3:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 01:32:10 524
2 Matjaz Klemencic Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 01:35:55 471
3 Roland Wöhrle Moyes RX 3.5 01:36:27 463
4 Oleg Bondarchuk Aeros Combat C 12.7 01:36:53 456
5 Joseph Salvenmoser Moyes  RX 3,5 01:38:41 440
6 Vanni Accattoli Wills Wing T2C 154 01:39:26 435
7 Franc Peternel Wills Wing T2C 01:38:03 417
8 Manfred Trimmel Wills Wing T2C 01:43:37 403
9 Roman Colner Airborne Rev 13.4 01:46:36 399
10 Robert Reisinger Wills Wing T2C 01:47:29 390
11 Iztok Jarc Aeros Combat GT 13,5  black Pearl 01:50:59 384
12 Günther Tschurnig Icaro Z9 14.1 01:59:30 342
13 Endre Kovács Moyes Litespeed Rs 3.5 02:17:37 287
14 Evangelos Papakostas Wills Wing T2C 144 02:40:24 216

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 1406
2 Oleg Bondarchuk Aeros Combat C 12.7 1372
3 Joseph Salvenmoser Moyes  RX 3,5 1356
4 Roland Wöhrle Moyes RX 3.5 1335
5 Vanni Accattoli Wills Wing T2C 154 1327
6 Franc Peternel Wills Wing T2C 1310
7 Matjaz Klemencic Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 1239
8 Iztok Jarc Aeros Combat GT 13,5  black Pearl 1172
9 Roman Colner Airborne Rev 13.4 1147
10 Manfred Trimmel Wills Wing T2C 1062

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Aeros Winter Race 2014

Thu, Mar 20 2014, 2:09:19 pm EDT

Day 2

Joseph Salvenmoser|Oleg Bondarchuk|Thomas Weissenberger|Wills Wing

Joseph Salvenmoser|Oleg Bondarchuk|Thomas Weissenberger|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C

Joseph Salvenmoser|Thomas Weissenberger|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C

Joseph Salvenmoser|Oleg Bondarchuk|Thomas Weissenberger|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C

http://www.aerosrace.blogspot.com/

http://hg.sffa.org/aeros_wr/

Task 2:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Joseph Salvenmoser Moyes  RX 3,5 00:52:37 590
2 Roland Wöhrle Moyes RX 3.5 00:53:04 577
3 Vanni Accattoli Wills Wing T2C 154 00:53:24 570
4 Franc Peternel Wills Wing T2C 00:54:01 566
5 Iztok Jarc Aeros Combat GT 13,5  black Pearl 00:51:11 560
5 Balazs Ujhelyi Moyes RS4 00:54:10 560
7 Mattia Gasparini Aeros Combat 13.5 GT 00:54:27 558
8 Oleg Bondarchuk Aeros Combat C 12.7 00:54:14 557
9 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 00:55:11 546
10 Andre Djamarani Aeros Combat1409 GT 00:54:46 545

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Joseph Salvenmoser Moyes  RX 3,5 916
1 Oleg Bondarchuk Aeros Combat C 12.7 916
3 Balazs Ujhelyi Moyes RS4 905
4 Franc Peternel Wills Wing T2C 893
5 Vanni Accattoli Wills Wing T2C 154 892
6 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 882
7 Roland Wöhrle Moyes RX 3.5 872
8 Andre Djamarani Aeros Combat1409 GT 843
9 Mattia Gasparini Aeros Combat 13.5 GT 796
10 Iztok Jarc Aeros Combat GT 13,5 788

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Aeros Winter Race 2014

Thu, Mar 20 2014, 9:31:33 am EDT

Oleg Bondarchuck returns

Joseph Salvenmoser|Oleg Bondarchuk|Robert Reisinger|Thomas Weissenberger|Wills Wing|Wills Wing T2C

Aeros Winter Race 2014

http://www.aerosrace.blogspot.com/

Weissenberger Thomas «Weissenberger Thomas» writes:

I sorted things out with the organisation in advance. Oleg apologized for the mess, so did I. The situation in Ukraine was and is not pleasant, he reported also. Everybody should understand.

Oleg Bondarchuck is also taking part in the comp as a kinda revival. He won the first task with Robert Reisinger 2nd. Glad to have these guys back and to fly with them! So it is all about flying now and that is how it should be!

Task 1 results:

# Name Glider Dist. Total
1 Oleg Bondarchuk Aeros Combat C 12.7 33,69 359
2 Robert Reisinger Wills Wing T2C 31,71 345
2 Balazs Ujhelyi Moyes RS4 31,54 345
4 Thomas Weissenberger Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 30,75 336
5 Franc Peternel Wills Wing T2C 29,80 327
6 Joseph Salvenmoser Moyes  RX 3,5 29,66 326
7 Vanni Accattoli Wills Wing T2C 154 29,40 322
8 Andre Djamarani Aeros Combat1409 GT 27,50 298
9 Hans Kiefinger Aeros Combat GT 27,22 295
9 Roland Wöhrle Moyes RX 3.5 27,21 295

Aeros Winter Race 2014

March 12, 2014, 9:11:04 EDT

Aeros Winter Race 2014

Problems

Thomas Weissenberger|weather

http://hg.sffa.org/aeros_wr/

Thomas Weissenberger <<tomtom>> writes:

Today the Aeros Winter Race should have started like confirmed by the Slovenian organization. Also good weather forecasts are predicted for all four flying days this week. 55 pilots have registered and pre-paid 30 € since November, booked their holidays and made room reservations. On the 6th of march the comp dates were confirmed for this week: 'We will start with the competition on the first set of dates, the registration will start on Tuesday, march 11!' Then 6 hours later the information was that the comp is postponed to one week later. Official statement: 'Aeros asked to move the competition start on the SECOND set of dates, so the registration will start on Tuesday, march 18! The main reason is pre-worlds in Mexico and lack of time for some pilots who fly there, to come to Slovenia in really short time between the comps.'

As the technical delegate of the Austrian Hang Gliding League and international comp pilot this procedure is ridiculous and simply unacceptable! It is showing how unprofessional Aeros and the organization are taking this sport, even asking for money in advance!

A) The dates of the pre-worlds were well known long before.

B) There are just three pilots registered out of 55 who were in Valle: Gerd, Achim and Sasha.

C) The decision favors now three pilots to a kinda privileged status to postpone a whole comp which dates were known far before!

D) The so called lack of time is just a logistic issue and even manageable, like Sasha would have been ready to be there today. Even these two German pilots left Mexico one day earlier than her. It is just a matter of doing the planning right and in time. Like Aeros should do!

E) The weather this week looks great, so this decision is totally incorrect sportive wise!

F) It is likely impossible and unfair to make people change their holidays + room reservations in that short time of just five days, even seeing good weather on the screens. How should they justify it?

G) Now other pilots can take their places from pilots who already pre paid! This is the so called sportsmanlike treatment of Aeros!

H) Pilot's statements:

- 'pre-worlds date has been known for a long time..'

- 'how many pilots do you expect coming from pre-worlds? 2?'

- 'Your decision is totally disrespectful. First of all: Mexico PreWorlds date was organized prior Aeros Winter Race date. I expect that reservation dates ought to be chose in case of force majeure. Secondly you are not sure about the weather on second date. We paid reservation cost. Many participants already booked their vacation, and some pilots should not be better than others who want to participate in this race. Everybody can choose their priorities. My proposal for you, think twice about this decision. If race will be moved to another week, due to facts ( that are not force majeure) I will ask my reservation back....'

- 'Uf, thanks to Aeros from pilot, who will take my place. Anyway in this sport I’m “nobody”, but there is a question bothering me, how can organizer realize the change in last 2 hours for the race in Mexico planned so long ago, also I don’t remember any more when I did my application for this AWR? Since Aeros team decided this and explained the reason, could you please share to me “nobody audience” the list of the pilots arriving from Mexico so I can emphasize my complex... Only hope for me is if anybody can join me next week in Vipava valey for some flying company and my entrance fee will be spend for a beer to anyone.'

- 'you loose more pilots than you win. And you risk the whole comp weather wise!? Pretty high gambling here...'

- 'Can't understand the decision.... I am off for the second date.'

Well, pilot's reaction tells it all. Now I just can recommend not to attend this comp next week to condemn this suspect behavior by teaching them a lesson they don't forget. Pilots should also claim back their pre paid money, this organization is not worth one single cent! Also the high pressure is fading and the upcoming rainy weather next week does not look promising at all. Well, this is actually just a light version of my wishful thinking for hail, pouring rain and Bora on this organization down till Ukraine!

One record per flight

Tue, Feb 25 2014, 11:43:18 am EST

Except on distance to goal

PG|record|Thomas Weissenberger

records «records» sends:

FAI has cancelled the following Class O (Hang Gliding and Paragliding) World record:

Claim number : 16970
Sub-class : O-1 (HG with a rigid primary structure / controlled by weight shift)
Category : General
Type of record : Free out-and-return distance
Course/location : Cerro Ballena - Caleta Paquica - Cerro Ballena (Chile)
Performance : 353 km
Pilot : Thomas Weissenberger (Austria)
Hang Glider : Litespeed RS 3.5 / Moyes Delta Gliders
Date : 03.11.2013
Current record : no record set yet
Reason for cancellation: Withdrawn by NAC

I wrote to Tom to ask him why they withdrew the record claim (although I already knew what the answer would be). He wrote:

On the 353 km flight I put two claims (declared + free out-return) as you could see, thinking you can catch two records with one flight. When making the proper claim, we were told you cannot make two claims on one flight. So we went for 353 km declared and 339 km free  The 343 km free out-return was messed up by our national aero-club and my claim wasn't sent in during the first week.

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Video from Chile

November 7, 2013, 8:35:35 PST

Video from Chile

Tom's Teaser

CIVL|George Stebbins|record|Thomas Weissenberger|video

http://youtu.be/bzMiiPkxcKA

CIVL sends:

Type of record : Out-and-return distance
Course/location : Cerro Ballena - Caleta Paquica - Cerro Ballena (Chile)
Performance : 353 km
Pilot : Thomas Weissenberger (Austria)
Hang Glider : Litespeed RS 3.5 / Moyes Delta Gliders
Date : 03.11.2013
Current record : 332.5 km (05.07.2007 - George Stebbins, USA)

Type of record : Free out-and-return distance
Course/location : Cerro Ballena - Caleta Paquica - Cerro Ballena (Chile)
Performance : 353 km
Pilot : Thomas Weissenberger (Austria)
Hang Glider : Litespeed RS 3.5 / Moyes Delta Gliders
Date : 03.11.2013
Current record : 339.5 km (27.10.2013 - Thomas Weissenberger, Austria)

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Tom's new record

November 4, 2013, 4:37:07 pm PST

Tom's new record

He's a happy boy

Facebook|record|Thomas Weissenberger

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http://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:Weissenberger/3.11.2013/13:42#fd=route

Thomas Weissenberger <<tomtom>> writes:

We came to Chile to fly 350 km declared out-and-return world record, and yesterday, Sunday we did it! 365 km total and Tom's personal best.

It was an extraordinary day with high cloud base at 900m, slow at the beginning but with increasing SW breeze and good ridge lift with 40km/h average speed. Already at 3pm I could make the turnpoint after 175km in four hours.

The way back was a hell of a race with 20km/h SW winds flying with 60km/h average speed! At 5:45pm I could reach my highest altitude of the day over 1.000msl just before the ridge was getting low to 400m. But I was also gliding into the shade of fog at higher level that drifted in from the pacific ocean and its cold Humboldt stream.

Condition died and the fight started just to stay airborn to finish the last 20 km! Now my fast run paid off being kinda early back for a hot final. Clock was showing 6pm, just 20' after my highest altitude - conditions do change very quick here!

Scratching the hills 10m agl, 350msl that is, in overcast sky the warm sand still offered catabatic lift 0.5-1.0m/s but just to the top of the ridge: first 500, then 600, then 700msl at 7pm!

For the last 10km I had two options: just making the start cylinder or landing at the golf court as the very last landing option before Iquique city. Going around the very last corner the final glide was showing -350m to arrive take off at 550m. So these last 200m would have been left to find a place to land. I still don't know how my decision would have looked like but on my way I hit the very last thermal with 1m/s consistent climb to cloud base at 800m for making the last 6km - that was it!

Easily my RS 3.5 was flying over take off again with a joyfull 15km final glide over Iquique city and landing at the beach 7:20pm.

After 347km, 352km and now 365km I could set up three world records in out-and-return distance. But it is not just about records, it is more about the whole project 'record weeks Chile', all its efforts, four years of planning and finally working out fine. What an odyssey!

From an earlier flight:

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Tom's record claim

October 31, 2013, 9:08:26 PDT

Tom's record claim

Free out and return

record|Thomas Weissenberger

FAI sends:

Type of record : Free out-and-return distance
Course/location : Punta Blanca - Caleta Paquica - Punta Blanca (Chile)
Performance : 339.5 km
Pilot : Thomas Weissenberger (Austria)
Hang Glider : Litespeed RS 3.5 / Moyes Delta Gliders
Date : 27.10.2013
Current record : no record set yet

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Not Going for Records in Chile

December 12, 2012, 8:23:58 PST

Not Going for Records in Chile

Filming instead

Facebook|record|Thomas Weissenberger|weather

http://www.facebook.com/tom.weissenberger?ref=ts&fref=ts

Thomas Weissenberger <<tomtom>> writes:

Part I is over: it was an extraordinary time, extraordinary flying - but the ridge is not easy to conquer at once! Last week it was flyable but not taskable. So we focused on filming to catch these incredible scenery here in full HD.

During our trip I could fly mostly every day, spent 34 hours in the air and flew 1.150 km in all. For good XC weather the main facts are: altitude of the inversion layer, direction of sea breeze and its strength later the day. The ridge has a winding line with many lee corners, not a straight face to race. It offers thermal flying first, then with increasing sea breeze dynamic lift later the day. Flying altitude is between 300 to 900m asl pending on the inversion layer. This low inversion is effected by cold pacific water around 16 degrees Celsius. Therefore sea breeze is a 'cold' wind.

XC preparation: without proper flying forecasts you actually have to get ready every day and each day has different flying conditions. It's a never ending game and you must start playing this game every day! No timing possible for choosing the right days in advance. The only tactic is go and try...

Conclusion: after three years of planning it is already cool being here ready to fly with my Moyes gear and my supporter Geri. We explored 300 km of the 500 km long ridge - a great adventure itself - I made maiden flights in out-and-return distance - an even better adventure! A record is just a bonus then... Many thanks to my family, my supporter Geri, my sponsors, the film crew AND for all YOUR support making us feel not as lonely out there as we really were! Now I just can say: ' I' ll be back / Hasta la vista baby'

Part II will happen next year. We will decide when later pending on logistics and timetables. The goals are record flights in out-and-return distance. As I experienced now the ridge is not as speedy as expected but adventure and challenge higher than expected!

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Going for Records in Chile

December 3, 2012, 8:46:27 PST

Going for Records in Chile

324 km one way only

Facebook|record|Thomas Weissenberger

http://www.facebook.com/tom.weissenberger?ref=ts&fref=ts

Thomas Weissenberger <<tomtom>> writes:

324 km one way:

I launched at 1,100 m at 12 am then glided into the inversion. After five climbs in blue thermals I could assess conditions: broken lift, best climbs between 500-800m, no ridge lift and my harness full with 10 kg of lead - Not the best options!

Wind from south was weak, but should increase later the day, but didn't!? The first 100km was just thermal flying. Over Tocopilla I got low and that place isn't the 1st choice for low saves! Just one soccer field in the city would have been landable.

Making it up and over the big spine conditions changed and the ridge started to work also dynamically: its top got lower for venturi effect and the sun was more to the west shining into the ridge now. The race was on! Geri could follow the whole flight by car right beneath me.

After 240 km at 5:30pm the sea breeze dropped. I had to change again to weak thermal flying, passing the airport and making it to Ikike. My first landing option was the beach of Cavancha, but when I was just on final Geri told me that the beach was full with people. Had to glide 3km further making it low over Ikike and landed at the next beach before sunset.

One of my most challenging flights but I played it right: http://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:Weissenberger/2.12.2012/14:58

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Going for Records in Chile

November 29, 2012, 7:32:49 PST

Going for Records in Chile

Two extra hours

Facebook|record|Thomas Weissenberger

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Thomas Weissenberger <<tomtom>> writes:

Today I launched later, flew further (Tocopilla) and had a stunning race back! This is ridge racing PURE-PURE-PURE! Just the high peaks at Tocopilla slowed me down which get too high for dynamic lift, also thermals sucked there.

Overcast in the south made me turn around, too early! I have two more hours to use at the end of the day. Tomorrow looks similar again with westerly - cant wait surfing this endless wave again: http://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:Weissenberger/28.11.2012/14:18

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Going for Records in Chile

November 27, 2012, 8:04:41 PST

Going for Records in Chile

Tom Weissenberger getting ready

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Thomas Weissenberger <<tomtom>> writes:

The last three days have been stable here. While driving down south on Friday observing the ridge, the sea breeze was strong from SSW, a bit too cross at some parts. Also not landable all the way. It is an impressive drive all the way on the bottom of this beauty! Of course there is a super tricky part at km 100 with a long land nose coming out which will be hard to get by with lot of head wind and rotors first.

Saturday and Sunday I wanted to fly all the way back but a strong inversion kept the wind weak with broken thermals and tailwind at launch. On Sunday I even didn't rig up the glider. We decided to drive back launching at half way in the afternoon when the sea breeze picked up. But no wind at all. Seems like no good flying conditions on weekends, as we know.

Geri and I are now back in our base camp in Iquique waiting until the good flying weather returns. Local weather forecasts are not very precisely showing wind strength. They says that it always comes from the same south westerly directions, with sunny skies, sometimes cloudy. Thermal activity and strength of sea breeze vary a lot and days can suddenly explode.

On Monday conditions got better again, thermals up to 4m/s, cloud base 800m, winds still southerly picking up at 2 pm. So the plan is first flying south when headwinds still not too strong, then back with tailwind. I have to try now every day to see how conditions will develop and testing its possibilities. We start Tuesday. Track logs then.

Don has been monitoring this area for years, wondering if long coastal cross country is possible. Here is the wind tracker, tracking wind every 15 minutes since 2007: http://donburns.net/~don/WindTracker/index.php. .

First flight here.

Tom writes:

Launched 10 am finding myself soon on final at 80 meter above then ground with an open harness. Then I found week lift and it was worth giving a try.  I got back up! The wind was weak so the ridge just worked with thermals and here was no dynamic lift. Later the weather got worse with cirrus coming in.  A big lee rotor brought me to a landing place like this:

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Going for Records in Chile

November 23, 2012, 9:02:13 PST

Going for Records in Chile

Tom Weissenberger in the desert

Facebook|PG|record|Thomas Weissenberger|weather

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Thomas Weissenberger <<tomtom>> writes:

We are very busy at the moment getting ready for some world record attempts. I am here in Iquique, northern Chile with my mate Geri who is my supporter, driver, camera man and authorized witness all in one person. A film team and photographer will catch up with us later.

It's flyable every day with a mixture of dynamic lift, thermals and a local sea breeze. It never rains here in one of the driest deserts in the world, so the ridge has a clean, sandy surface going up from 300 meters to 1300 meters After eleven years flying the Famara ridge on Lanzarote (twenty five kilometer length) I was looking to a new challenge and found a twenty times longer ridge here in Chile, an untouched cross country hang gliding spot which is more an experiment for my maiden flights.

In the last four days I got familiar with flying and the local weather conditions. I had to change my RS3.5 completely from alpine climbing to a ridge run set up. Furthermore I carry twice as much ballast in my harness than I usually would for competition.

Today the glider is ready, our camera equipment is ready too and tomorrow we will start exploring this huge ridge by car driving 300 km south. On Saturday I want to fly all the way back getting my first impressions of the first leg.

In the morning we drove south to find a suitable launch place to avoid the airport's control zone. I mean how often can you go out searching for your private launch place? With our 4WD we made it through this tiger land and up to 800 meters to find a perfect spot on top of the ridge. I called my launch Masito.

Back to our base we got ready to fly and doing some night shots over the city again with a tandem paraglider (Many thanks to Chris). It's soarable till 10 pm and we landed at the beach floated by street lights - awesome!

I got permission to pass by the airport and fly through the CTR. Nice people here!

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Aeros Winter Race 2012

Thu, Mar 22 2012, 8:38:22 am EDT

Three days of what used to be winter racing

Christian Ciech|Davide Guiducci|Icaro 2000|Manfred Ruhmer|Primoz Gricar|Thomas Weissenberger|Wills Wing T2C

Official blog of the race: http://www.aerosrace.blogspot.com/

The Aeros Winter Race 2012 is finished. We had three tasks and the winner, Christian Ciech ITA, showed the best performace. We had more or less racing tasks showing the amazing average speeds, especially on last task with 61 km/h by Tom Weissenberger AUT, who finished second overall. Christian Zehetmaier GER showed very constant performance on all three tasks, which was enough to get on to the winners podium, on third place. Every day we got a lot of pilots in goal, 38 on the last day.

Official web page with results: http://hg.sffa.org/aeros_wr/

# Name Nat Glider T 1 T 2 T 3 Total
1 Christian Ciech Ita Icaro 2000 Laminar 997 1000 957 2954
2 Thomas Weissenberger Aut Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 1000 903 1000 2903
3 Christian Zehetmair Ger Aeros Combat 13,5 GT 967 988 905 2860
4 Davide Guiducci Ita Moyes RS3.5 973 975 891 2839
5 Primoz Gricar Slo Aeros Combat 13,5 GT 838 967 959 2764
6 Andre Djamarani Ger Aeros 14 09 GT 847 990 822 2659
7 Stanislav Galovec Slo Moyes RS4 947 803 885 2635
8 Gerd Donhuber Ger Moyes Rs 3.5 794 909 901 2604
9 Franc Peternel Slo Wills Wing T2C 940 748 895 2583
10 Matjaz Klemencic Slo Moyes Litespeed Rs 964 898 719 2581
11 Roland Woehrle Ger Moyes Ls Rs 3.5 883 817 815 2515
12 Jochen Zeischka Bel Aeros Combat 13.5 GT 709 796 879 2384
13 Dan Vyhnalik Cze Aeros Combat 09 GT 13.5 858 858 655 2371
14 Anton Moroder Ita Icaro 2000 Z9 13.2 878 774 690 2342
15 Manfred Trimmel Aut Wills Wing T2C 793 789 704 2286
16 Edoardo Giudiceandrea Ita Wills Wing T2C 154 874 708 664 2246
17 Joerg Bajewski Ger Moyes Gliders Litespeed S4.5 326 746 778 1850
18 Endre Kovacs Hun Aeros Combat 09 14.2 763 889 163 1815
19 Alan Sattler Slo Aeros Combat L 07 322 773 675 1770
20 Iztok Jarc Slo Aeros Combat L 09 - 15 81 869 817 1767

Other blogs:

www.klemencicmatjaz.blogspot.com
www.flyingjochen.blogspot.com/

Crossing the lake

January 25, 2012, 8:12:38 AEDT

Crossing the lake

Just above it without an engine

Thomas Weissenberger|video

Thomas Weissenberger <<tomtom>> sends:

It's winter wonder land in Austria, and time to work on some new video stuff! These moving pictures are the result when people like a graphic designer, photographer, geologist and architect get together in Austria: http://vimeo.com/35370386.

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The 2010 European Championships

July 24, 2010, 3:44:30 pm GMT+0200

The 2010 European Championships

Julia at 26th is the new "unofficial" European women's champion

Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|Davide Guiducci|Filippo Oppici|Gerolf Heinrichs|Gordon Rigg|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Martin Harri|Primoz Gricar|Thomas Weissenberger|Wills Wing T2C

Results

# Name Nat Glider Total
1 Gerolf Heinrichs AUT Moyes Litespeed Litespeed RS-3.5 8153
2 Thomas Weissenberger AUT Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 8012
3 Attila Bertok HUN Moyes Litespeed 7847
4 Mario Alonzi FRA Aeros Combat 09 GT 13.2 7842
5 Dan Vyhnalik CZE Aeros Combat 09 14L 7803
6 Primoz Gricar SLO Aeros Combat 09 GT 13,2 7528
7 Grant Crossingham GBR Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 7449
8 Christian Voiblet SUI Aeros Combat 09 GT 13,2 7430
9 Martin Harri SUI Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 7386
10 Balazs Ujhelyi HUN Moyes Litespeed RS4 7380
11 Alessandro Ploner ITA Laminar Z9 (Icaro) 7073
12 Elio Cataldi ITA Wills Wing T2C 6999
13 Carl Wallbank GBR Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 6852
14 Filippo Oppici ITA Moyes LITESPEED RS4 6850
15 Davide Guiducci ITA LITESPEED S3,5 (Moyes) 6712
16 Gordon Rigg GBR Moyes Litespeed S4 6689
17 Jon Durand Jnr AUS Moyes Litespeed RS 3,5 6535
18 Marc Utrillo ESP Aeros Combat L09 6283
19 Christian Ciech ITA Laminar Z9 (Icaro) 5879
20 Luis Rizo Salom FRA Wills Wing T2C 144 5864

Teams:

# Name Total
1 ITA 22803
2 AUT 22642
3 SUI 22351
4 GBR 22254
5 FRA 20764
6 HUN 20735
7 CZE 20234
8 GER 19030
9 SLO 18033
10 RUS 16858

The 2010 European Championships

July 23, 2010, 6:34:51 pm GMT+0200

The 2010 European Championships

Gerolf is the new European Champion

Attila Bertok|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Gerolf Heinrichs|Jamie Shelden|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Thomas Weissenberger

Results
Scorer's blog
Jamie Shelden blog /task tweets here
Jamie's tweets
Jonny Durand's blog here.
DHV reports here
Corinna's Sky here
Matjaz Klemencic blog here
Daphne Schelker's blog here
German Team live tracking on Leonardo Live here

Jamie writes:

37 in goal so far and a few on final still.

Scorekeeper writes:

Team Results (Provisional) 1st Italy 22800 pts. 2nd Austria 22636 pts. 3rd Switzerland 22348 pts.

Overall (Provisional) Gerolf Heinrichs (AUT) Thomas Weissenberger (AUT) Attila Bertok (HUN)

Mario Alonzi (FRA) won the Task 9 50 pilots at Goal in Calaf

The 2010 European Championships

July 21, 2010, 7:14:27 pm GMT+0200

The 2010 European Championships

Rough conditions on launch

Attila Bertok|Christian Ciech|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Davide Guiducci|Filippo Oppici|Gerolf Heinrichs|Jamie Shelden|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Julia Kucherenko|Martin Harri|Oliver "Olli" Barthelmes|Thomas Weissenberger

Results
Scorer's blog
Jamie Shelden blog /task tweets here
Jamie's twitters
Jonny Durand's blog here.
DHV reports here
Corinna's Sky here
Matjaz Klemencic blog here
Daphne Schelker's blog here
German Team live tracking on Leonardo Live here

Scorer writes:

Pilots at goals by 7 PM for task eight:

Jon Durand (AUS), Primoz (SLO), Thomas Weissenberger (AUT), Zin (FRA), Martin Harri (SUI), Gerolf Heinrichs (AUT), Mario Alonzi (FRA), Cataldi (ITA), Ciech (ITA), Balazs (HUN), Attila Bertok (HUN), Hermann (SUI), Kavanagh (GBR), Voiblet (SUI), Gordon (GBR), Guiducci (ITA), Moroder (ITA), Blay Snr (ESP), Peternel (SLO), Corinna (GER), Wolfgang (AUT), Struganov (RUS), Dave Matthews (GBR), Barthelmes (GER), Dan Vyhnalik (CZE), Filippo Oppici (ITA), Grant (GBR), Kathleen (GBR), Klemencic (SLO), Cejka (CZE), Tom (BEL), Jochen (BEL), Rob In T'Groen (NED), Julia Kucherenko (RUS), Marc Utrillo (ESP), Rizo (FRA), Pedro Garcia (ESP), Trimmel (AUT), Balog (HUN)...

Jamie http://twitter.com/naughtylawyer writes:

Tom first, Christian second and Pippo third. Many here, but many didn't make the whole course.

Scorekeeper writes:

TASK 8 ( Provisional 21:15)

Christian Ciech (ITA) 1:33:56 956 points
Thomas Weissenberger (AUT) 1:33:54 989 points
Filippo Opicci (ITA) 1:34:17 970 points
Elio Cataldi (ITA) 1:34:31 968 points
Martin Harri (SUI) 1:34:57 949 points

OVERALL (Provisional 21:15)

Gerolf Heinrichs (AUT) 7251 points
Thomas Weisenberger (AUT) 7123 points
Attila Bertok (HUN) 6890 points

The 2010 European Championships

July 20, 2010, 8:57:58 pm GMT+0200

The 2010 European Championships

Gerolf is patient as no one flies.

Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Gerolf Heinrichs|Jamie Shelden|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Primoz Gricar|Thomas Weissenberger

Results
Scorer's blog
Jamie Shelden's blog /task tweets here
Jamie's twitters
Jonny Durand's blog here.
DHV reports here
Corinna's Sky here
Matjaz Klemencic blog here
Daphne Schelker's blog here
German Team live tracking on Leonardo Live here

Jamie writes:

Going into the last three days of the competition, Gerolf has a solid lead – about 200 points on Tom Weissenberger in second. I had a chance to chat with Gerolf on launch yesterday and get a little insight into what is driving him these days. His last major win was in Croatia at the Pre-Euros in 2005. Right around that same time he won the French Nationals in Laragne (2005) and the British Nationals also in Laragne (2006). But, he’s not had a great run since then.

So I asked what he thought it was that was giving him such a good run this time around. Not only is he leading overall, but he has won three out of seven tasks here. At 50, what suddenly starts to kick in, I wondered? Patience, I was told, is that answer. I have to say, that made me laugh more than a little bit. I don’t think anyone would say Gerolf is known for his patience. But Gerolf recons that is exactly what it is. For perhaps the first time in his flying career, he has learned to slow down. Maybe that comes with age? He thinks so. Between this new-found patience and having a solid start on the first tasks, he’s in a great spot mentally. He went on to explain that winning a few in the beginning certainly puts you in the right state of mind for backing off and letting the others rush themselves into the ground. Blay, for example, is a fantastic new young pilot. But all of his energy and enthusiasm has translated – this week at least - into pushing much too hard and ending up on the deck.

Gerolf sounds rather surprised with his success this week, adding “Is this serious? It’s like magic!” Maybe it's all the recognition he's getting from all the "freaking bloggers" here ;-)

# Name Nat Glider Total
1 Gerolf Heinrichs AUT Moyes Litespeed Litespeed RS-3.5 6425
2 Thomas Weissenberger AUT Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 6134
3 Attila Bertok HUN Moyes Litespeed 6079
4 Dan Vyhnalik CZE Aeros Combat 09 14L 5966
5 Mario Alonzi FRA Aeros Combat 09 GT 13.2 5945
6 Primoz Gricar SLO Aeros Combat 09 GT 13,2 5754
7 Alessandro Ploner ITA Laminar Z9 (Icaro) 5739
8 Grant Crossingham GBR Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 5678
9 Christian Voiblet SUI Aeros Combat 09 GT 13,2 5675
10 Carl Wallbank GBR Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 5594

The 2010 European Championships

July 19, 2010, 5:56:08 pm GMT+0200

The 2010 European Championships

Looks like a good day today, Monday July 19th

Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Gerolf Heinrichs|Jamie Shelden|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Martin Harri|Primoz Gricar|Thomas Weissenberger

Results
Scorer's blog
Jamie Shelden blog /task tweets here
Jamie's twitters
Jonny Durand's blog here.
DHV reports here
Corinna's Sky here
Matjaz Klemencic blog here
Daphne Schelker's blog here
German Team live tracking on Leonardo Live here

Results after six tasks:

# Name Nat Glider Total
1 Gerolf Heinrichs AUT Moyes Litespeed Litespeed RS-3.5 5603
2 Attila Bertok HUN Moyes Litespeed 5294
3 Mario Alonzi FRA Aeros Combat 09 GT 13.2 5240
4 Martin Harri SUI Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 5236
5 Thomas Weissenberger AUT Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 5170
6 Dan Vyhnalik CZE Aeros Combat 09 14L 5054
7 Carl Wallbank GBR Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 4959
8 Franz Herrmann SUI Aeros Combat 09 GT 14 4930
9 Alessandro Ploner ITA Laminar Z9 (Icaro) 4901
10 Primoz Gricar SLO Aeros Combat 09 GT 13,2 4887

They are out on their seventh task of the competition.

Jamie http://twitter.com/naughtylawyer writes:

Everyone quick to take off today and all looking high. It's gonna be a nice fast one I think. 127 km sort of out a return with a turnpoint to the NNW and goal in Balaguer in the flats.

OVERALL

Gerolf Heinrichs 6425 points
Thomas Weissenberger 6134 points
Attila Bertok 6079 points

TEAMS

AUT 17322 points
ITA 17099 points
GBR 17069 points

TASK 7

Thomas Weissenberger 964 points
Laurent Thevenot 950 points
Dan Vyhnalik 912 points

The 2010 European Championships

July 17, 2010, 7:19:02 pm GMT+0200

The 2010 European Championships

Task five

Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Gerolf Heinrichs|Jamie Shelden|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Martin Harri|Primoz Gricar|Thomas Weissenberger|Wills Wing T2C

Scorer's blog
Jamie's twitters

Alex Ploner wins the day with Gerolf second. Jamie didn't see Jonny (who was in second) at goal.

Photo by Jamie Shelden.

Jamie writes:

New day, new forecast calling for near 90% cloud cover between the cirrus and cumulous. But, still expecting very strong lift...strange.

138km of zigging and zagging with goal out in the flats to the south.

Alex first across! Gerolf a few seconds behind. Carl third in.

Jonny knocked out on landing. Smashed instruments. Says he's okay. Says glider is okay.

# Name Nat Glider Total
1 Gerolf Heinrichs AUT Moyes Litespeed Litespeed RS-3.5 4650
2 Mario Alonzi FRA Aeros Combat 09 GT 13.2 4427
3 Attila Bertok HUN Moyes Litespeed 4368
4 Thomas Weissenberger AUT Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 4362
5 Martin Harri SUI Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 4319
6 Elio Cataldi ITA Wills Wing T2C 4225
7 Dan Vyhnalik CZE Aeros Combat 09 14L 4122
8 Carl Wallbank GBR Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 4106
9 Primoz Gricar SLO Aeros Combat 09 GT 13,2 4094
10 Jon Durand Jnr AUS Moyes Litespeed RS 3,5 4064

European Record Claim

July 16, 2010, 7:17:06 pm GMT+0200

European Record Claim

Tom's big triangle

record|Thomas Weissenberger

FAI sends:

Type of record : Distance over a triangular course
Course/location : Hochfelln / Kellerkopf (Austria)
Performance : 345.4 km
Pilot : Thomas WEISSENBERGER (Austria)
Hang Glider : Litespeed RS 3.5 / Moyes Delta Gliders
Date :03.07.2010

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The 2010 European Championships

July 16, 2010, 1:02:32 GMT+0200

The 2010 European Championships

Gerolf wins again, still in the overall lead

Attila Bertok|Corinna Schwiegershausen|Gerolf Heinrichs|Jamie Shelden|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Jon Durand jnr|Manfred Ruhmer|Martin Harri|Thomas Weissenberger|Wills Wing T2C

Results
Scorer's blog
Jamie Shelden blog /task tweets here
Jamie's twitters
DHV reports here
Corinna's Sky here
Matjaz Klemencic blog here
Jonny Durand's blog here.
Daphne Schelker's blog here

From the scorer's blog (see above):

1st Gerolf Heinrichs 02:39:01
2nd Mario Alonzi 02:39:08
3th Manfred Trimmel 02:39:27

Final results are not ready yet, but approximately 45 pilots in goal!!! A couple landed very very short (5 to 15mts) and some other were some kms short.... They had to fly with head wind the last leg, WELL DONE everyone!!!

Gerolf Heinrichs (AUT) came in first; the question is: Will he win the day? When asked how was the flight, he said: "It was easy for me (wink)! Those that I cannot catch on the climb, I catch on glide; and those that I don't catch on glide, I catch on climb!! You've got to have the package (smiling)!"

Third task:

# Name Nat Glider Time Total
1 Gerolf Heinrichs AUT Moyes Litespeed Litespeed RS-3.5 02:39:01 970
2 Mario Alonzi FRA Aeros Combat 09 13.2 02:39:08 954
3 Dan Vyhnalik CZE Aeros Combat 09 14L 02:39:20 949
4 Manfred Trimmel AUT Aeros Combat 02:39:27 948
5 Carl Wallbank GBR Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 02:39:28 942
6 Thomas Weissenberger AUT Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 02:39:30 938
7 Franz Herrmann SUI Aeros Combat L14 02:39:37 933
8 Jon Durand Jnr AUS Moyes Litespeed RS 3,5 02:39:47 927
9 Martin Harri SUI Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 02:40:07 924
10 Attila Bertok HUN Moyes Litespeed 02:41:12 908

Overall:

# Name Nat Glider Total
1 Gerolf Heinrichs AUT Moyes Litespeed Litespeed RS-3.5 2771
2 Balazs Ujhelyi HUN Moyes Litespeed RS4 2616
3 Jon Durand Jnr AUS Moyes Litespeed RS 3,5 2576
4 Attila Bertok HUN Moyes Litespeed 2541
5 Elio Cataldi ITA Wills Wing T2C 2514
5 Mario Alonzi FRA Aeros Combat 09 13.2 2514
7 Martin Harri SUI Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5 2500
8 Franz Herrmann SUI Aeros Combat L14 2483
8 Dan Vyhnalik CZE Aeros Combat 09 14L 2483
10 Thomas Weissenberger AUT Moyes Litespeed RS3.5 2458

Aeros Winter Race 2010 Results

Mon, Mar 15 2010, 10:10:37 pm EDT

Oleg is back

Aeros Winter Race 2010|Davide Guiducci|Oleg Bondarchuk|Primoz Gricar|Thomas Weissenberger

Aeros Winter Race 2010|Davide Guiducci|Primoz Gricar|Thomas Weissenberger

Aeros Winter Race 2010|Davide Guiducci|Oleg Bondarchuk|Primoz Gricar|Thomas Weissenberger

The results.

The competition blog

# Name Nat Glider Total
1 Thomas Weissenberger Aut Moyes RS4 2917
2 Primoz Gricar Slo Aeros Combat 09 13,2 2867
3 Elio Cataldi Ita Tba Tba 2679
4 Mario Alonzi Fra Aeros 13.5L 2577
5 Davide Guiducci Ita Moyes RS13.5 2546
6 Oleg Bondarchuk Ukr Aeros Combat 2472
7 Stanislav Galovec Slo Aeros Combat L 2368
8 Matjaz Klemencic Slo Aeros Combat L 2346
9 Roland Wöhrle Ger Moyes RS4 2310
10 Günther Tschurnig Aut Moyes RS-4 2214

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Aeros Winter Race 2010 »

Wed, Jan 27 2010, 8:38:13 am AEDT

The northern hemisphere season starts early

Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Manfred Ruhmer|Thomas Weissenberger|video

Matjaz Klemencic «Matjaz Klemencic» writes:

We will have an AEROS winter race here in Slovenia in February.

In February from 24th to 28h we will have a FAI 2 competition here in Slovenia (Kovk, Ajdovscina), the first one in Europe in season 2010. The AEROS winter race is of course sponsored by AEROS and they provided those special prices for the best pilots:

1st price: 1000 EUR cash or credit note for 30% discount when ordering a new Combat

2nd price: 500 EUR cash or credit note for new Viper S harness

3rd price: 300 EUR cash or tailplane

4th-10th place: small prices

We have some major pilots on the list like Manfred Ruhmer, Alex Ploner, Primoz Gricar, Thomas Weissenberger and so on. The competition will be covered with blog and twittering. You can find more info on the home page of the competition at

http://hg.sffa.org/aeros_wr/

The area is flyable even now in January. You can see the videos of the area at www.klemencicmatjaz.blogspot.com

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Slovenian Open

August 21, 2009, 8:14:17 pm MDT

Slovenian Open

Primoz in first, so far

Flemming Lauridsen|Gerolf Heinrichs|Jamie Shelden|Primoz Gricar|Thomas Weissenberger

http://slovenianopen2009.blogspot.com/

http://hg.sffa.org/open2009/index.php?id=6&rezfile=results/Overall.html

http://naughtylawyertravels.blogspot.com/

#NameNatGliderTotal
1Primoz GricarSLOAeros Combat L 133890
2Thomas WeissenbergerAUTMoyes Litespeed RS 43616
3Gerd DoenhuberGERMoyes Litespeed RS 3.53606
4Peter KejzarSLOAeros Combat L3436
5Gerolf HeinrichsAUTMoyes Litespeed RS 43422
6Franc PeternelSLOAeros Combat3285
7David ShieldsGBRMoyes Litespeed RS42780
8Stanislav GalovecSLOAeros Combat2771
9Flemming LauridsenDENLitespeed S 4.52741
10Matjaz CaterSLOIcaro Laminar MC2327

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The 2009 Hang Gliding Worlds, comparison

The Worlds

Alessandro "Alex" Ploner|Attila Bertok|Bruce Kavanagh|Christian Ciech|Davis Straub|Dustin Martin|Gary Wirdnam|Gerolf Heinrichs|Gordon Rigg|Icaro 2000|Jeff O'Brien|Jeff Shapiro|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Julia Kucherenko|Manfred Ruhmer|Oleg Bondarchuk|Robert Reisinger|Robin Hamilton|Scott Barrett|Thomas Weissenberger|Wills Wing T2C|Worlds 2009|Zac Majors


"Comparison is the source of all unhappiness." ~Soren Kierkegaard.

The 2008 pre-Worlds:

#NameNatGliderTotal
10Jeff O'BrienUSAWills Wing T2 1542883
17Davis StraubUSAWills Wing T2 - 1442623
21Gordon RiggGBRMoyes Litespeed S42492
23Attila BertokHUNMoyes Litespeed 52422
48Jeff ShapiroUSAWills Wing T2 1441955
51Zac MajorsUSAWills Wing T2C 1441916
88Derreck TurnerUSAMoyes Litespeed S51231

I built a lot of expectation into my head having accomplished this result compared to 117 other pilots flying in the pre-Worlds. I felt good about flying in Laragne and was quite happy with my result (sixteenth in the line of losers). Scott Barrett won the pre-Worlds and was obviously elated.

Gordon Rigg felt that the earth was some how kicked off its axis that I had finished ahead of him at the pre-Worlds. He was completely incensed and let me know about it. Attila, the World Champion fell down when he should have stayed up.

The 2009 Worlds:

#NameNatGliderTotal
1Alessandro PlonerITAIcaro 2000 Z95046
2Jon DurandAUSMoyes Litespeed RS 3.54935
3Thomas WeissenbergerAUTMoyes Litespeed RS 44695
4Zac MajorsUSAWills Wing T2C 1444594
5Gordon RiggGBRMoyes Litespeed S 44581
6Antoine BoisselierFRAMoyes Litespeed RS 44568
7Dustin MartinUSAWills Wing T2C 1444558
8Nene RotorBRAWills Wing T2 C -1444556
9Dan VyhnalikCZEAeros Combat L 144547
10Manfred RuhmerAUTIcaro 2000 Laminar Z94535
11Christian CiechITAIcaro 2000 Laminar 14 Z94534
15Carl WallbankGBRMoyes Litespeed RS 3.54294
20Mario AlonziFRAAeros Combat L 13.54213
23Attila BertókHUNMoyes Litespeed S 54165
26Bruce KavanaghGBRWills Wing T2C4040
28Jeff O'BrienUSAWills Wing Tee Two See3946
28Gerolf HeinrichsAUTMoyes Litespeed RS 43946
38Robert ReisingerAUTMoyes Litespeed RS 43620
46Scott BarrettAUSAirborne C4 13.53334
50Christian VoibletSUIAeros Combat 12L3282
56Blay Jr OlmosESPMoyes Litespeed S 3.53022
67Gary WirdnamGBRWills Wing T2C2684
74Jeff ShapiroUSAWills Wing T-2C 1442389
80Julia KucherenkoRUSAeros Combat-L2261
82Davis StraubUSAWills Wing T2C - 1442140
89Oleg BondarchukUKRAeros Combat1847

Jonny was very close to Alex and won a day. Zac could have easily come in third and I feel partially responsible for him losing a hundred points on the second to last day. When we were all together (with Jonny also) on the ridge southwest of Aspres climbing slowly five minutes before the second start window almost at cloud base, I mentioned on the radio that if we ran out of time and lift before the start we should go west to the clouds and mountain over there. This suggestion was perhaps too influential because that is what Zippy did right after I made the suggestion. It really wasn't time to make this move, and he lost 500' to 1000' on us at the start which was a handicap that kept him behind the whole way.

Zac, who was added to the team as the fifth member when registration was again opened, turned in the best performance by an American only missing goal on the two days when the task was stopped.

Gordon Rigg was restored to his rightful place and the world got back on its axis. You might remember that Gordon was denied a place on the British team then got back on with Robin Hamilton couldn't make it to the Worlds. He then out performed all his teammates as well as being on the task committee. I'm sure that he feels quite vindicated.

Dustin Martin flew well and consistently and was rewarded with a seventh place finish. Two Americans in the top ten, which hasn't happened since the Worlds at the Owens Valley. The US team had its best finish since then also.

Manfred was so far ahead in points to most of the field that when he bombed out on the last day, he only dropped to tenth.

Christian Ciech was at one point in the lead having captured the lead from Manfred. Then he made a crucial error going back to restart on a day that was stopped before the task was ended. This cost him big time. He was likewise not near goal on the second to last day when the task was stopped. He looked quite crestfallen after these events but tried to be supportive in his actions if not his expression for his former student and friend Alex Ploner, and for the whole Italian team.

Carl Wallbank, after a poor landing near me on the second to last day when we were all just trying to make it over the ridge at Mison, had forty stitches in his leg and a broken pinky. He then flew the last day and made goal. He was able to launch off the steep north side. He before and later said that he likely wouldn't have launched at all from the shallow south side.

Mario Alonzi was ranked number one quite a few times in the last year, but in his home country against the best in the World he was twentieth.

Attila Bertok landed short a few times, and was unable to defend his crown as World Champion, to the disappointment of the Hungarian team. He finished about like he did last year.

Bruce Kavanaugh placed third on the British team after being added as the fifth pilot. The British team won the last World Championship in Big Spring, Texas but finished behind the US here in France.

Jeff O'Brien won the first day and was the early leader, but didn't keep up the pace and dropped back after taking later start times on days that he should have gone with the big gaggle, then hitting the no fly zone, and not making it to goal on the last day. He also just missed getting to goal on the previous day to be in ahead of the stop time.

Gerolf Heinrichs and Robert Reisinger, perpetual top finishers (but not quite right at the top) were way down below their and our expectations. Gerolf got not too far on the last two days, but finished well on others, except for getting stuck on one day and coming to goal fortieth.

Scott Barrett finished well off the pace of his previous year's efforts, in spite of using smart tactics (going around the turnpoint when we went west of Pic de Bure) which won him the pre-Worlds.

Christian Voiblet finished second on one day behind Christian Ciech when he took the lead from Manfred, but didn't get far on other days and landed short on the final day.

Blay, inspite of doing very well in Australia and often doing better than Jonny apparently didn't fly one day (I don't know the reason) and in general did not do as well as expected after beating Jonny in the Spanish nationals.

Gary Wirdham landed early at Camping Montéglin on the last day after feeling that the air conditions were too rough.

Jeff Shapiro did not do as well as he expected getting some poor late starts and dropping out in weak conditions on a couple of days and being held up on launch one day. He didn't improve his relative performance over his efforts at the pre-Worlds. I'm quite sure that he feels he has no one to blame but himself.

Julia was the top placing women. She destroyed her first glider and then flew another one. She could use help with landing technique, although it may also be associated with the problem of being relatively short and light in hang gliders that are not made for such people if they wish to pass the DHV certification.

Me, I dropped like a stone, essentially due to very poor decision making related to strong emotions that nudge me in the wrong direction. The emotions overcome any of my limited abilities to cogitate in stressful situations. Deep breathing might help. I might go into more details later if I think that they will be of any use to the reader in dealing with their own situations. We'll see.

Oleg Bondarchuck was suffering from back problems.

Death on the mountain

June 16, 2008, 2:30:51 pm +0200

Death

Too little room between the glider and the mountain.

Gerolf Heinrichs|Thomas Weissenberger

Gerolf Heinrichs «Gerolfontour» writes:

Task two here at the Europeans, and yes, the Litespeeds are still winning (Elio Cataldi took the day), but I am not leading anymore :-(

However, this seems all a little insignificant right now, as Swiss Top Aeros Pilot Richi Meier unfortunately died today, crashing onto a mountain plateau, after tumbling and not having enough altitude to successfully deploy his chute. We are still collecting all available information from potential eye witnesses, so at this stage it would be too early for conclusions.

As you can imagine everyone here is quite sad. Richi was a fun guy and despite only around for a few years already quite popular among the pilots.

Official notice here.

Provisional task results of the 101.3km task saw 25 pilots in goal at Annenheim.

1. Thomas Weissenberger (AUT) – 1.58:29
2. Michael Friesenbichler (AUT) – 1.58:43
3. Elio Cataldi (ITA) – 1.59:15

Find results here. They weren't fully updated as of 2 PM Monday (local time UTC + 1).

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Attila number 1

February 9, 2007, 10:39:07 AEDT

Ranking

It's Australia if you want to be at the top

Adam Parer|Andreas Olsson|Attila Bertok|Brett Hazlett|Chris Jones|CIVL|Corinna Schwiegershausen|David Seib|Davis Straub|Gerolf Heinrichs|Joseph Salvenmoser|Kraig Coomber|Oleg Bondarchuk|Oliver "Olli" Barthelmes|Robert Reisinger|Rohan Holtkamp|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Thomas Weissenberger

http://civlrankings.fai.org/?a=326&ladder_id=1

rank name nation points
1 Attila Bertok Hungary 302
2 Jon jnr Durand Australia 300
3 Gerolf Heinrichs Austria 285
4 Oleg Bondarchuk Ukraine 282
5 Mario Alonzi France 269
6 Michael Friesenbichler Austria 262
7 Bruno Guillen France 260
8 Andreas Olsson Sweden 255
9 Balazs Ujhelyi Hungary 246
10 David Seib Australia 238
11 Robert Reisinger Austria 230
12 Lukas Bader Germany 213
13 Adam Parer Australia 211
13 Steve Moyes Australia 211
15 Brett Hazlett Canada 202
16 Oliver Barthelmes Germany 200
17 Kraig Coomber Australia 191
18 Joseph Salvenmoser Austria 184
19 Fabien Agenes France 183
20 Rohan Holtkamp Australia 182
20 Scott Barrett Australia 182
22 Raymond Caux France 180
23 Chris Smith USA 174
24 Corinna Schwiegershausen Germany 173
25 Carl Wallbank UK 172
26 Chris Jones Australia 171
27 Jon Gjerde Norway 168
28 Thomas Weissenberger Austria 164
29 Olav Opsanger Norway 161
30 Len Paton Australia 157
69 Antoine Boisselier France 96
69 Davis Straub USA 96

Flytec Championship »

Mon, Jan 29 2001, 11:00:02 pm EST

Thomas Weissenberger

Steve Kroop|Thomas Weissenberger

Steve Kroop|Thomas Weissenberger

Steve Kroop USAFlytec@aol.com writes:

Betinho is registered by Moyes as was Thomas Weissenberger, Gerolf and Attila. We have plenty of tugs secured so we may go over the original 90 competitors.