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The show went down...

Allright, the award giving ceremony went down, now everybody can take a deep breath as WGC 2010 Has got to it's end. In the name of the organiser team, I would like to say thank you for the competitors, team captains, juries, stewards, for the OSTIV, and for all the visitors who came to Szeged while the competition was on. The organising team and Szeged airport were really glad to see you here and waiting you back!

Please welcome the new champions!

For 15 meter class: Stefano Ghiorzo (VS) from Italy

For 18 meter class: Zbigniew Nieradka (PL) from Poland

For Open class: Michael Sommer (EB) from Germany

Congratulations for all of them!

They were able to win this competition in even demanding conditions. The weather was not as good as it could be, but was flyable. The Open class flew 8 tasks and the other two class flew 7 tasks during the race.

Let me even say congratulations for the Polish team, as they won the Team cup!

There is not even more to say. The FAI flag was given to the team of the United States, they will organise the next WGC in 2012. We hope they will be even more succesful in organising and will have a perfect competiton held!

See you there!

Team Cup results  

The Team Cup results is downloadable from the 'Downloads' page or from here.

Attention!

Every team should have two of their flag handed into the info office for the award giving ceremony. In case you did not provide it yet, please do it during this day! Thank you!

Last chance to fly disappears: Day cancelled

The day is cancelled, the organisers are expecting heavy showers and thunderstorms during all day.

The show must go on!

Good morning!
However, this day seems to be the last competition day, don't be sad! The task is being set in front of me in the scoring office, the grid team is on their way out!

Grid will be open from 0815LT until 1115LT on runway 16.
Teamcaptain's briefing from 0930LT
Briefing from 1000LT

See you there!

 

Start line openings

All the start lines are open.

The start line for open class is open from 1252LT for task A.

The start line for 15 meter class is open from 1315LT for task D.

The start line for 18 meter class is open from 1347LT for task D.

Task Delta

is VALID for the 18m and 15m classes. Task Alfa is still valid for the OPEN class.

Attention!

Task C is available for 15 and 18 meter category in the teamboxes!

Time shedule for today (05.08)

TC briefing: 09:30 LT

Briefing: 10:00 LT

Gird: 08:15 - 11:15 LT

RWY in use: 34

The arriving ones..

Allright, the start line is open for 15 meter class since 1455LT, so they should arrive in the following 20-40 minutes!

Today's gallery updated!

New photos have been uploaded, lets check it out!

15 meter class is in the air!

All the gliders from this category got airborne at 1435LT, so the start line will open at 1455LT for task A!

Official announcement!

So the grid is being set on runway 34 for 15 meter class, will be open from 1215LT till 1345LT. Expected start of towing is at 1400LT with task A.

Donation for truck driver

On 29 July, 2010 at the World Gliding Championships in Szeged, there was an accident involving a glider and a truck. Fortunately, the glider pilot was not injured, but this was not the case for the truck driver. Under the supervision of OSTIV, a collection was established to help with the expenses of the driver and his family. If you wish to contribute to this fund, you may do so by sending a check or by making a bank transfer to the OSTIV Office in The Netherlands, or by using a credit card via PAYPAL. Please indicate that you wish these funds to be a donation for the truck driver. 

OSTIV c/o TU-Delft
Fac. Aerospace Engineering
Kluyverweg 1, NL-2629 HS Delft
The Netherlands

Bank: ABN-AMRO, Bastiaansplein 4-6, 2611DC, Delft,
The Netherlands
BIC Code: ABNANL2A
IBAN Code: NL93ABNA0500747709

Official announcement...

The day for 18 meter and open class have been cancelled. For 15 meter class the decision will be made and announced at 1200LT.

...something different

Some notice from the scorers

The following notes have been published by the scoring team:

for 15 meter class:

EH - WARNING: No primary FR

for 18 meter class:

4A - WARNING - Finish altitude
RI - WARNING: Declared start time differing from the real time

for open class:

N1 - WARNING: Incorrect landing procedure
110 - WARNING: Incorrect landing procedure
22 - WARNING: Incorrect landing procedure (roll out after landing)
LSJ - Incorrect landing procedure (crosses RWY before landing glider)
FJ - WARNING: Notification of start time > 30 min.
BY - WARNING: Notification of start time > 30 min.
VB - Late delivery of flight documentation
LB - Declared start time differing from the real time
EC - Notification of start time > 30 min.
FB - WARNING: Hazardous flying

A cloudy morning again..

Good morning!
The sky looks not so good :( However, the organisers are optimistic, briefings will be held. Teamcaptain briefing from 0930LT, general briefing from 1000LT. The decision about today to be made there!

Yesterday was a very very good weather. Even a bicycle could transform into an Unmanned Air Vehicle :) It has flown a short distance with a very good average speed!

Today's gallery updated...

Another Hot Flying Day

Attention!

We expect severe thunderstorms for the night.

Please make sure you have made all the necessery steps to avoid the accidents.

Dear campers!

The camping fee has to be payed for each camper till 14:00 tomorrow at the cashier (4€/or 1130 hungarian forints /person/night).The air condition fee is 120€ for the whole season of the wgc. Non-payers will be removed from the camping.

As you have already experienced, we have to face huge problems because of the extremly high electricity consumption. We kindly ask you

- not to use the air conditions while you are not in the caravan

- not to use the pumps and the water circulating systems in the swimming pools

- be economical with the electricity,

otherwise the power shortages will get more frequent, the work of the offices will get slower, and the danger of the fire increases because of the overloaded wires.

 

Thank you very much for your understanding!

 

 

Start line for 15 meter class..

will be open from 1300LT for task A!

start line for open class..

will be open from 1250LT for task B!

Aerotow starting time...

Launching will start in 10 minutes, from 1200LT. For 15 and 18 meter class, task A is valid. For open class, Task B is active!

Dobré jitro!

Allright, the grid setter guys are on their way! So the grid will be ready and open from 0815LT until 1130LT. Runway in use: 16.

Briefings will be held like yesterday, temcaptain's from 0930LT, pilot's from 1000LT.

See you!

National evening and safety discussion

Tomorrow (08.03.) evening, at 2000LT in the briefing hangar a Safety discussion will be held by the OSTIV. Everybody is welcome!

On the evening of the day after tomorrow (08.04.), at 2000LT, the National Evening is on schedule. All nationalities are welcome and kindly asked to prepare for the evening!

Attention teamcaptains!

Unofficial results for day 4 (18m) and day 5 (open) have been posted. Protest time expires 0415LT.

line openings

start line will be open from 1353LT for 18 meter class, and start line will be open from 1340LT for open class.

open class taking off!

Allright, they are taking off! The start for 18 meter class will be at 1300LT.

Launch time...

Grid is getting closed, 2 minutes left. Start time for 18 meter and open class will be at 1245LT!

Green number for the Romanian Embassy in Szeged

In case of outlanding in Romania, there is a green number for the Romanian Embassy in Szeged:

+36306777980

But please, use the number only in really serious situations (for example problems with Romanian Police or Borderguard). Fly safe and come home!

Gabor

WGC 2010 video - trailer

 

Buon Giorno!

For make the time for rest a little bit longer, the briefings will be half an hour later, so

Team captains briefing from 0930LT

Pilot's briefing from 1000LT.

Grid will be open in 10 minutes, from 0815LT to 1215LT with runway 16!

Official announcement for 15m class

02.08.2010 - Day cancelled for 15m class.

Due to the high number of outlanded gliders in Serbia, who had no chance to get home in time, the competition day for today (02.08.2010) is cancelled. See you at the briefing on 03.08.2010.

Scoring Office (on behalf of Competition Director)

Info office opening time

for tomorrow, the opening time of the info office changes due to the high amount of outlandings. The office will be open from 0630LT.

So many outlanded gliders...

...and less flights to score. A useful advise: if your pilot landed in Serbia, it is better to cross the border at Tompa (see the map below). A little bit longer way, but you don't have to wait hours at Röszke.

18 meter class

 

Start line will open for this category at 1345LT for task A!

15 meter class

All the aircrafts from this category are in the air, start line will be open from 1253LT for task C!

 

Launch for 18 meter category postponed to 1300LT!

open class

line for open class wll be open from 1245LT for task A!

5 minutes till launching

At 1200LT the launch procedure will be executed for the 15 meter class with task C and for 18 meter class with task A.

New engine procedure - Updated

Refreshed list about gliders for whom the new calibration procedure allowed:

15 meter class:

29, AMI, GE

18 meter class:

29E, 2J, 7D, A8, AB, AS, B, BO, CX, HE, HI, IR, LZ , MO, PX, RI, S, WK, KM, MPI, MC

Open class:

1, IP, 7, KS, 72, NB, 110, PF, 4M, RX, 4T, SA, A, SD, A1, SS, BY, TEX, EC, UC, FB, VB, FE, VX, FJ, W, GX, X, HJ, XX, HM, XXL, II, ZY, IE, IP2, IM, LSJ

 

Grid is closed

Now the grid is closed! The task A is still valid for 18 meter and open class. For the 15 meter class task C is valid! teamcaptains, get the task sheets!
Waiting for the launching to began. It is still very hot here, cumulus clouds can be seen far away! it is getting better and better by time!

Grid timing

Opens: 0815LT

Grid time: 1100LT

Have a Nice Flight (photos)

 

Have a Nice Flight (video)

 

Good morning!

New month, new hope! Lets see!

Grid from 0815LT to 1100LT with runway 34!
Teamcaptain briefing 0900LT
Briefing from 0930LT!

Notes from scoring office - Updated

Thew following notes of the scoring office has been given to me:

for 15 meter class

M2 - Finish altitude, Late delivery of flight documentation
8H - Declared start time differing from the real time

for 18 meter class

UJ - Finish altitude
LZ - Declared start time differing from the real time
2J - Late delivery of flight documentation
AB - Late delivery of flight documentation

For open class

EB - Late delivery of flight documentation
HJ - Late delivery of flight documentation
IM - Incorrect landing procedure
RX - Finish altitude
SD - Late delivery of flight documentation
VB - Late delivery of flight documentation
X - Finish altitude
W - 088KISKOROS not rounded ok

Safetybox

Frouwke Kuijpers published a letter for everyone, please let me share it!

"From now on there will be a safety box in which pilots can put in their remarks about unsafe flying or circumstances.
This box will be emptied everyday by the stewards.
If it is possible, please mention date, time and call sign so the stewards  can look into the logfiles to see what happened.
This can be done anonymously, although it helps if we know both call signs, so there can be a comparison of the logfiles.
When necessary one of the stewards will contact the pilot(s) concerned and talk to them, for example if a pilot is mentioned often.
But the safety box is not the only solution.
It is also a good thing to also speak to the pilot concerned and talk to him, or, if you had an unsafe situation by yourself, go the pilot with whom you had a bad situation. Talk with each other about these incidents, it creates an atmosphere in which we can learn from each other.
It is also possible to put remarks about towing in this safety box, such as a wrong release point or height, etc.. "

Donation is still on!

The donation for the truck-driver is still on. If you have not given but you want, please look for an ostiv member or the office, they are waiting for you!

warnings from yesterday!

29 - Late delivery of flight documentation
8H - WARNING: Declared start time differing from the real time
EM - WARNING: Declared start time differing from the real time
BX - WARNING: Late delivery of flight documentation
CX - WARNING: Late delivery of flight documentation
KM - WARNING: Late delivery of flight documentation
PL - WARNING: Finish altitude < 140m by QNH 1010
WM - WARNING: Declared start time differing from the real time
Y4 - WARNING: Declared start time differing from the real time
ZP - Fix rate > 10 sec.
1 - WARNING: Late delivery of flight documentation
LB - DO NOT RENAME ORIGINAL .IGC FILE NAME (or upload the .LXN file)
N1 - WARNING: Late delivery of flight documentation
PF - WARNING: Late delivery of flight documentation
SA - WARNING: Incorrect landing procedure; WARNING: no file from primary FR
XX - WARNING: Hazardous flying

15 meter class

All the gliders are in the air, line will open at 1350LT with Task C.

Now all the competitors are in the air! Have a nice flight!

18 meter class

With Mr. Steven Crabb the last 18 meter class glider has left the airport at 1303LT, so the line for them will be open at 1323LT with task B!

open class

The last open class category glider is being towed right now, the start line will open at 1315LT!
18 meter class still have 4 gliders left.

the launching for 18 meter and open class is started!

 

On the grid...

Woow, a hot day again! The sniffler is on his way, he reports 1.5-2 meters per second of climbing at 500 meter. A dozen of culumus clouds already can be seen. An announcement has just gone, the launch for open and 18 meter class will start at 1230LT, in 10 minutes. by this time our thermal-seeker climbed to 700 meter and still ascending! Good! :)

New task is available!

For 15 meter class there is a new task sheet! Task C is available at the info desk for the teamcaptains!
For 18 meter and open class task B is valid!
See you on the grid!

A morning with sunshine...

Ohayo gozaimasu!

This morning we have woken on a bright sunshine! As every day, I talked to the meteor office. As for them, now the sky looks very nice, but it will change. For the afternoon some thunderstorms are expected. Humidity is still high and a group of clouds are coming from southwest.

However, the grid is on the field and waiting for the gliders to come!

Grid will close at 1200LT with runway 34 in use.

teamcaptain briefing held from 0900LT and pilots briefing from 0930LT.

 

Expected time for first launch is 1215LT!

HpH live demonstration after the briefing

We can see the Shark’s Jet live at 1000LT, after th briefing. The demonstration will show us the advantages of this turbojet engine, which can be used to return back home in case of bad meteor conditions. This variant is called 304SJ. You can read about this great construction on www.hph.cz or you can examine closely it on the grid :-)

A scorable day again!

finally, the day is scorable for all classes! Lets look on the results!

Not so many arrivals...

The airport went crazy! Dozens of trailers are leaving the airport in order to bring back the outlanded gliders. Some sailplanes have arrived on foot (on wings). By the way, this is how it goes on a competition, so do on a world championship! Come on guys, the paprika beef is getting finished, we need a hungry army, to have it eaten! :)

New engine procedure list II.

I've just got a new list about the glider for whom the new calibration procedure allowed:

15 meter class:

29, AMI, GE

18 meter class:

29E, 2J, 7D, A8, AB, AS, B, BO, CX, HE, HI, IR, LZ, MO, PX, RI, S, WK, KM, MPI

Open class:

1, IP, 7, KS, 72, NB, 110, PF, 4M, RX, 4T, SA, A, SD, A1, SS, BY, TEX, EC, UC, FB, VB, FE, VX, FJ, W, GX, X, HJ, XX, HM, XXL, II, ZY, IE, IP2, IM, LSJ

Hungarian evening, MODIFIED

The evening will have some modification. The organiser team has decided, that the budget of the evening will have been offered into a donation to the truckdriver's family. However with this letter they would like to invite you for a dinner instead of the evening. We expect everybody to come! :)

Hungarian evening!

This evening will be a Hungarian evening in the main hangar. A lots of hungarian foods and drinks, good atmosphere, all the stuff you need to enjoy! Please come!

all classes are on the sky!

Finally, all the gliders are in the air! The lines open as follows: 1309LT for open, 1329LT for 18m and 1356LT for 15m class. We will be waiting for you guys!!

18 meter class airborned too!

2 classes are in the air by this minute, the 15 meter class is being towed right now with task B. The start line for the 18 meter class will be open from 1329LT!

open class got airborne

All gliders in open class are in the air, the line will be open from 1309LT!

They are starting!

So the launch for the open class is at 1230LT with task A! For 18 meter class at 1245LT with task B. About 15 meter class there is still no decision, they have to wait!

Donation...

The German team and the President of Ostiv published a letter to every team, with the aim, to start a donation for the driver of the truck involved in the accident yesterday. Please let me share this letter with you!

"Everybody will have heard about the accident that happened Thursday evening.
As it was announced at the briefing by Dr. Loek M.M. Boermans, the President of the Ostiv, collection of donations will be organized.

The donations represents the convergence and the empathy of the international glider community with the truck driver and his family.

So we kindly request to each team to organize the collection with his members. Team captains would be very kind to bring the collection (cash is easier; euro or forint) to briefing tomorrow morning or to the Ostiv organization (Mr Boermans or his secretery).

We trust you will all give very generously and we thank all of your understanding and simpathy."

DP

A Lot of warnings...

the following warnings have been published by the scoring office:

70 - WARNING: no file from primary or secondary FR
10 - WARNING: Late delivery of flight documentation
110 - WARNING: no file from primary FR
29 - WARNING: Late delivery of flight documentation
2J - WARNING: no file from primary FR
4A - WARNING: Declared start time differing from the real time
70 - WARNING: Notification of start time > 30 min.
BX - WARNING: Wrong landing procedure
BY - WARNING: Fix rate > 10 sec.
DM - WARNING: Notification of start time > 30 min.
GX - WARNING: no file from primary FR
IP - WARNING: no file from primary FR
KX - WARNING: Late delivery of flight documentation
SA - WARNING: no file from primary FR
SS - WARNING: no file from primary FR
VB - WARNING: Late delivery of flight documentation
XX - WARNING: late delivery of flight documentation
ZP - WARNING: Fix rate > 10 sec.

other issues:

EH - Secondary FR required
FB - Airspace violation

day 2 is on!

So the tasks are set, 3 racing task is already owned by the teams! Now everybody is preparing for the flight with fever. According to the meteorologist, the weather shall be better, then yesterday.

First launch is to be at 1200LT!

Briefing..

The start for the briefing has changed to 1000LT!

Important notes!

The following pilots have to hand in their primary logger for the scoring office, as they have uploaded secondary logger file:

IP, 2J, 110, SS, SA, GX

The secondary logger file is needed from BY !

The primary igc file from W is needed, without renaming. Please provide it without any modification!

The grid will be open from 0815LT to 1145LT with runway 16.

Team captain briefing from 0800LT and pilot's briefing from 0930LT.

DP

They are starting!

So the launch for the open class is at 1230LT with task A! For 18 meter class at 1245LT with task B. About 15 meter class there is still no decision, they have to wait!

Statement  

regarding yesterdays accident.

 

Attention!

Due to the accident, the scoring can delay some, please understand!

On the other hand, Tomorrow morning there will be a team captain briefing from 0800LT. Team captains please come!
Thank you!

DP

Gallery is under construction...

The gallery is under construction, it will be ready today night...

Robert

While they are flying...

I am always thinking about the pilots. Where are they? Are they up high, or really low? Who is in the situation, from he can win the day? Who is low enough, to fight for his survival and the chance to continue his task?

But with Yellowbrick team, these questions can be answered. We have glider tracking on the main side To the left from this article, there is a bar under daily winners, called Glider Tracking. with this system everybody can track them through internet, with only 15 minutes delay!
Keep watching!

143 takeoffs in no more than one and a half hour!

Now all the gliders are in the air. The start lines for all classes are now open! Lets fly pilots!

The 18s should wait some!

Ok, 15 meter class is in the air, so do the open! On the other hand, the 18 meter class is on the ground, their start has been postponed by 10 minutes! The start line for the open class opens at 1310LT and for the 15 meter class at 1320LT!

Finally it has began!

Allright, the engines are running, from the silence it has changed to roarrs from the machines. We just saw how to takeoff with a turbo cmelak on a very, very short way!:) And now the first glider got airborne! Looks like the organisers do really mean 1230lt :)

The launch's been delayed again!

Some modification again, 1230LT is the new time to start! On the radio: "First launch at 1230! And now we do really, really mean it!" :)

The launch's been delayed!

The start time has been modified to 1215LT! The organiser announced on the radio: "First launch at 1215! And now we mean it!" :) Lets see!

The sniffler is on his way!

So he took off, now he is climbing north-west of the airport. He told us, the weather getting good, he is able to climb. The launch has not been postponed! First launch is to be executed at 1200LT!

5th competiton day!

God morgon! (it is in swedish:) )

I've been to the meteorology office and I saw smiling faces. Finally the covering clouds will disappear, the sky is getting cleaner and cleaner. According to them initially to the east, later all directions will be flyable!
Very good! The tasks are ready, there are racing tasks for all classes for Task A, and Assigned Area tasks for B. Maybe the curse has been demolished? We hope so!

So the grid will be open between 0815LT and 1115LT

runway in use: 16

Estimated first launch 1130LT

TC briefing: 0900LT

briefing: 0930LT

 

Attention!

Some change has occured in start line opening! All start line will open 20 minutes after the last glider's been launched!

DP

OPEN results...

are unofficial from now on

milan

A cancelled day again :(

So the competiton day for today has been cancelled. The day yesterday was scorable for open class! We are waiting for the official result. Preliminary results are available. There were 4 outlandings, all of them are back!

For today, I advise to visit one of our thermal baths. For instance Anna bath or Aquapolis, both of them are located at Szeged. However, there are more in the vicinity, like Borbála bath at Algyő or Erzsébet bath at Mórahalom. It is up to you what you do, just enjoy!

Happenings from the last two days...

 

Dzień dobry! (Good morning!)

This morning I met Brian Spreckley in the bar. We had a conversation about today's weather. He told me, that all the word gliding championships suffer from this curse. We have rainy weather again.:(

By the way, the grid is under construction, will be open from 1000LT to 1230LT.

Runway in use: 34

Teamcaptain briefing: 0900LT

Briefing for pilots: 0930LT

They have gone...

So the launch started at 1300LT, the open and the 18m classes took off. The line for the open category is now open, the 18m and 15m class have been cancelled.

The towing is to be launched!

At 1300LT the first tows will be executed for 18m and open class, and task B is to be flown!

Todays Briefing is up.  

Strong wind landing procedures

Is avaliable to download.

milan

 

Keep preparing!

 

The meteor forecast was sceptic about today, looking to east, west or south, we can see dozens of cumulus clouds. However, they have low level base and some mid and higher level clouds over them. None of the classes has been cancelled, everybody is preparing for the starting of towing at 1300LT! The yellowbrick team set up the tracking system, some of the aircrafts will be tracked online. In the bar, we have 3 big screens to monitor the flight! Lets watch them flying!

1st rainy day - photos & video

New video and photo gallery is on view under the 'Gallery' link. :) Enjoy it!

 

Buenos días!

 

Means good morning! :) Today offers us a possibility to fly!

The grid opens at 0815LT and closes at 1230LT!

Runway in use 34.

Briefing for team captains at 0900LT.
Briefing for pilots at 0930LT.

See you there!

Glider tracking system

You can find the tracking under the following links:

15 meter Class:
http://gliding.adventuretracking.com/GliderCompetition/WGC2010-15m

18 meter Class:
http://gliding.adventuretracking.com/GliderCompetition/WGC2010-18m

Open Class:
http://gliding.adventuretracking.com/GliderCompetition/WGC2010-open

During the competition these links can be reached on the left side of the page, under the daily winners box!

Attention!

All the pilots and team captains, please pay attention! No matter, if it is a practice flight or a competiting one, all the pilots who takeoff from the airport should have their IGC files uploaded or the loggers delivered into the info office! So the one, who has had takeoffs today, please comply with this rule!

Thank you!

Opening ceremony - photos & video

There are some photos, and the video about the opening ceremony. :) Enjoy it!

 

A cancelled day again...

 

So finally, all the 3 classes have been cancelled due to weather conditions. The gradient is good, but there is not enough radiation, too much shades by the mid-level clouds. :( Lets keep waiting for tomorrow!

Launch postponed

There will be no launch before 1330LT.

Andras

briefing is over!  

So the official briefing is over, the day has not been cancelled! We have a racing task for the 15 meter class, and speed task for 18m and open class. The grid is now open, they are waiting for the gliders to be pulled out.
grid will close at 1230LT and expected tow launch at 1300LT. There is a special launching order, 15m and open will start initally, then the 18m category.
The cloud base seems to be very low around 800 meters. Might be tricky, Lets see!!

The second day, in the morning!

Guten Morgen allerseits( good morning)!
Yesterday was a terrible weather, a lot of rain has fallen. But it is in past time, so lets think forward!

The grid will be ready in 30 minutes! The reason why it has been postponed from 0800LT is the wet grass. We have RWY 34 in use.
See you there!

Airspace v3.1 for your convenience...  

There is a new airspace file available in the download section. This file contains some alterations that may provide enhanced compatibility with some software and flight instrumentation. This is for the convenience of the pilots and not intended to replace the official airspace file.

Scoring Office

Profession of art...

Thanks to Szilárd and Ákos (our professional cameraman and photographer) you can relish a short trailer of their great job. A full movie and impressive photo collection will be available at the end of the world's, this is just the beginning. Enjoy it!

You can find these photos & videos under the Gallery link!

Gabor

Non flying day...

...today. Team captains briefing at 0930LT And Briefing is at 1000LT

have a nice day

2 and a half hour until opening!

Hello everybody!

Now the rains have finally gone, the sun is shining again! There were showers for all day with various intensity. However, the atmosphere is good, everybody feel like chatting, you can see hundreds of smiling faces, talking to another person.
The opening ceremony starts at 1900LT, so we have only 2 and a half hour before the championship starts!
While we are waiting for the time to pass over, I would like to share one of my favorites poem about aviation to have you entertained :) Here you are, enjoy!

Impressions of a Pilot
Gary Claude Stoker

Flight is freedom in its purest form,
To dance with the clouds which follow a storm;
To roll and glide, to wheel and spin,
To feel the joy that swells within.

To leave the earth with its troubles and fly,
And know the warmth of a clear spring sky;
Then back to earth at the end of the day,
Released from the tensions which melted away.

Should my end come while I am in flight,
Whether brightest day or darkest night;
Spare me no pity and shrug off the pain,
Secure in the knowledge that I'd do it again.

For each of us is created to die,
And within me I know,
I was born to fly.

The non-flying day...

Good morning everybody! Today is a day without any flight. However, the weather is like it was predicted yesterday. The weak cold front has arrived, so it is 23°C here with a soft breeze. So nice! However, a not extended, but very strong precipitation zone is approaching from south-southwest, so in one or one and a half hour it will be here with showers. Everybody, please be advised and prepared for it!

Now the airport looks more calm than it was in the last few days. No running, not even a moving glider. By the way, the local skydiving association has woken up, they are to jump some today. Good to see, that a sort of aviation is always present on the field.
The organiser team should not rest. There is a hard work on the field and in the offices as well. Everybody is preparing for the first official competition day. I cannot even wait until that! :)
On the other hand, a special vehicle has arrived to the airport! If you are lucky enough you can even see an orange Volkswagen Transporter from 1964, in fully refurbished, mint condition! Looks very good!

To be advised again, here is the schedule for today:

0930LT Team Captain's Briefing
1000LT First Official Briefing (compulsory for ALL Pilots and TCs)
1750LT Departure of Buses to the Opening Ceremony at Szeged
2000LT Departure of Buses from Main Square at Szeged back to Airport

Schedule of day 24th of July

Tomorrow, on 24th of July, we will have a non-flying day, with the following schedule:
0930LT Team Captain's Briefing
1000LT First Official Briefing (compulsory for ALL Pilots and TCs)
1750LT Departure of Buses to the Opening Ceremony at Szeged
2000LT Departure of Buses from Main Square at Szeged back to Airport

Please try to conform!

Thank you!

Attention!

The following problems are so serious, they may mean the denying of the right of flight for some pilots! Please make sure they will have been solved as soon as possible!
The gliders with the following contest numbers DO NOT HAVE CONTEST NUMBERS ON THEIR WINGS:

•  - 2J
•  - AI
•  - DM
•  - IP
•  - KM
•  - UJ

The glider with the following contest number has to change present CONTEST NUMBER:

• WK
• MM

The last one about today...

So it looks like today's flying is getting over, no more arriving gliders for an hour. However we have seen a lot of astonishing arrival. You know, what I am talking about... A shiny glider trailing water vapor with the sunset in the background and making that whispering sound while passing us with at least 200 km per hour. No even more beautiful thing! We have a webcam on the tower looking on the airport. Please watch, so you should see the arriving sailplanes!
With the gliders the team of Yellowbrick has arrived! This is the team which will provide online tracking service for the whole competition. they are going to start tomorrow, so for the first competition day the service will be alive.

Some outlandings have occured, however unfortunately,there is no soaring without it!

Pilots and crews! In some minutes, new post to be published about important informations and tomorrow's schedule! Keep monitoring!

They are arriving...

It is 1700LT here and the field is almost fully arrived. György Gulyás, the 15m champion is already on the ground, he is setting up a tent, so I decided to ask him, how about it was today.
"As it was a day of practice, I tried to minimalize my risktaking. I started early to make sure the weather would be fine. However, If I would start a little later, the weather could be better. A group of pilots had been built up, so we were flying together. I enjoyed my flight, did not even felt the racing situation. The weather forecast was very punctual. If I have to say a number from 1 to 8, how good the weather was, I will say 5."

Iain Baker, from South African team provided me a collection of expressions from 33 different languages, to say how good the weather is on a scale from 1 to 8.
To express our thanks again to the German and the Austrian team, in their language today's weather was schön (means beautiful).

Corrected Winpilot airspace file!

New and corrected airspace file for Winpilot is now available from the website!

Special thanks to Paul Crabb, Ireland!

report from the bar...

Such a sight! A dozen of towplanes lifting up more than one hundred gliders. We are trying to survive in the shade with cool drinks while thinking on the others working out there in the temperature of 33°C. So hot day today!
Now all the gliders are in the air, the lines are to be opened in few minutes. Everything is ready for a good flight! Lets fly boys!

The last day to practice...

The briefing is just over for the third practice day. Everybody stood up immediately when the last slide went over and leaved to prepare the gliders and themselves for the last official practice day!
the meteorological conditions have changed. The air over Hungary has dried a little and got a bit more stable. So this day there will be blue thermals and convective clouds as well. A weak cold front with a strong instability zone is approaching us, will be here tomorrow early morning. So weather for tomorrow may not be fliable.
Tasks for the classes are the same type, speedtasks. With 3 hours for 15 and 18 meter and 3,5 hours for open class and with distances from 242 to 557 km. We are looking for a great day!

The launch will start at 1145LT (0945Z), so fans, lets jitter for your favorite pilot!

Good morning!

Today is the day for the third official training day! Everybody is prepared, due to the kindness of the German and Austrian team, as they have provided a wonderful national evening for the championship last night! In the name of everybody,WE DO THANK YOU German and Austrian team!

Yesterday was a fliable day, however some thunderstorms have been built up in the third sectors, so it was tricky to fly the task.However it was succesful so we have the winners. Congratulations to RUCH Christophe (15m), DARROZE Olivier (18m) from France and for BOROVYK Dmytry (open) from Ukraine!

For this day according to preliminary meteorological forecasts the weather will be good. With this wind we will use grid 16! It is already settled down waiting for the competitors.

Last but not least news will be frequently published! Stay Tuned! :)

Setting up the finish line...

Dear Team Captains,

For using the same settings for finish line in the scoring office and on your computers we provide you a little help in form of a screenshot from the settings.

Technical check.

The following gliders need to go back for technical controll:

(due to incomplete checks):

2J - contest no. missing

ZY - contest no. missing

IP - contest no. missing

WK - contest no. missing

MM - contest no. missing

VB - confirm MTOM

SS - singature missing

LSJ - confirm MTOM

SDI  - contest no. missing

C65 -engine installation?

OM - tail number too small

KT - CN. readability problem

Please contact Art GRANT.

 

 

Good morning!

Welcome to the 2nd official training day.

Grid is on runway 16.

Grid opens: 0930LT Grid time(grid closes):1215LT

Team captains brifing 0930LT

Briefing 1000LT

Local Procedures...  

...updated again...changes are highlighted in yellow

milan

 

!!!Heat Warning!!!

Please note, that it is an ORANGE HEAT WARNING fot today and tomorrow. Hats, sunglasses, sunblock, and drinking a lot, also stay out of the sun as much as possible.

 

First training day

All 3 classes have a 3 hour long Area Task, things are warming up, both

in organizing, both in temperature around means.

Local Procedures

Is avaliable for download

Good morning on the 1st official training day

Information for today:

- 09:30LT Team Captain Briefing

- 10:00LT Briefing

- Grid: 11:45LT (unofficial) on RWY 16

Robert

AirSpace v3.0 & Turning Point files v3.0 are available...

The official airspace and the turning point files are available under the 'Downloads' link, or here (airspace) and here (turning points)

Robert

Airspace files...

...are avaliable at the Worldwide Exchange...

http://soaringweb.org/TP/Szeged/files.html

hope this solves some problems around...

milan

Team Captains Briefing...

Tonight at 1900 at the briefing hangar.

Technical check...

...is in the briefing hangar from now on. Find Art Grant to get your appointment. Do it as soon as you can, its going to get busy soon. Good luck Art.

Insurance......

...from the 20th to the 23rd mornings from 9:30 to 10:00 an insurance representative will be in the info office at the briefing hangar. If you want to effect in insurance (accident insurance for pilot and helper, or 3rd part insurance) you can do it with him.

Briefing......

...today at 1000lt at the briefing hangar. If you want to fly today please come and meet me there.

milan

Electricity...

...we just cant have enough. Please save the environment and our nerves as well, and turn off the AC in the caravans when you dont need it.

There will be almost a hundred caravans in the camping area, and the power supply is limited.

Thanks for helping us, by not using the AC when you don't need it.

The organizers, and Gaia

"Have no fear of perfection...

...you'll never reach it."

Salvador Dali

Tie down places...

...are not ready yet. Be patient, the previous competition is just over.

We are working hard to get your place (check the Bulletin) ready.

Monday you can get your glider to your designated place, until that

find your glider a temporary home.  If you need help with this call me.

(+36-20-7779-053)

Milan

Unofficial Training

Is possible, meeting at 1000LT at the briefing hangar.

We charge 40 euros for the towings, which you will have to pay at the information office after Wednesday.

There is no task, just basic info for these days.

First official training day is on the 21st  (wednesday)

the organizers

 

 

The New Bulletin

is available for download finally. You can find your team's camping place, and the designated location for your glider as well.

For any additional information you may need at your arrival please call:

Milan: +36-20-7779-053 or Csaba: +36-20-7779-829

with your caravan-rental issues please call Sophie:

+36-20-7779-057

Have a safe journey!

the organizers

 

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