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Keine Hammer Bedingungen, aber es gibt fast sicher ein Task samstag ab Alp Scheidegg ! Für sonntag muss mann noch schauen... Mehr Info ab Freitag Yanick

Und wieder ist es gutes Flugwetter, aber mit zügigem (S)W-Wind. So entscheiden wir uns, an den Balmberg zu gehen. Dieser ist zwar SO ausgerichtet, aber geschützt, so dass wir ab 11:30 perfekte Startbedingungen hatten. Der Task ging an die Schwängimatt, dann Grenchen un dGoal in Oberdorf. Ohne den Westwind wärs ein einfacher Task gewesen, so aber schwierig und taktisch interessant: Die vordere Kette schien wieder stabil. Chrigel erklärte schon am Briefing die Optionen, alles tief der Krete entlang zu fliegen (trotz Gegenwind), oder auf die zweite Krete zu wechseln und dort von der Basis (2800m) aus zu operieren. Nachdem die ersten an der vorderen Krete kaum Höhe machen konnten wechselten wir an die hintere und holten die Schwängimatt vom Brandberg aus und zurück. Auf der vorderen Krete lieferten sich aber einige Top-Teilnehmer ein Race und Flurin war trotz Gegenwind schneller im Ziel als die Teilnehmer, die auf die zweite Krete wechselten! Sie vom Balmberg ohne einmal einzudrehen nach Grenchen und zurück ins Goal! Hut ab! Gewonnen hat Flurin Räber vor Joel Fuchs und Sepp Inniger. Die Gesamtwertung gewinnt Sepp vor Orlando Molinari und Flurin. Bei den Damen die Seriensiegerin Fabienne Schrader.

The last day of the PWC in Baixo Guandu had everything: Fast racing, but also endless turns in zero-climb in total shade. The task of 80k started fast but turned into a fight for survival as soon as a layer of high clouds covered the whole area. Flying was extremely defensive and no one wanted to be alone, so a big gaggle of about 40 pilots formed and slowly approached goal. Two pilots were more optimistic, tried their own thing and managed to get to goal roughly 15 minutes before the gaggle. Yael and I were in the big group. Franz, Jörg and Emanuelle came in 30 minutes later. Beat, Michi Sigel and Alfredo bombed out. After all, I could win the comp and Yael is 3rd in the women's ranking. Team Jack & Jones with Franz, Alfredo, Emanuelle and me is also on the podium!

Gratuliere! Berichte folgen von den Piloten.

Leider waren die Verhältnisse am Morgen so stabil wie gestern. Einige "Vorflieger" kriegten dies leider mit einem Absaufer zu spüren, darunter auch Chrigel und ich... Kein Problem aber, um 12, als es dann wirklich losging, waren alle wieder in der Luft. Nach unangenehmem Kratzen an der ersten Jurakette gings auf den hinteren Juraketten bombastisch. 50km im Geradeausflug war schon fast normal :-) Viele Teilnehmer konnten Flüge bis 120km realisieren, Chrigel zog eins der diskutierten Projekte durch und wendete erst bei Saint-Point-Lac, südlich von Pontarlier.

Top 3 overall Task 5 1st Michael KÜFFER 2nd Simon METTETAL 3rd Bjornar TRONDSEN Gratuliere!

Heute sind wir früh (9:30) am Weissenstein um den Tag optimal für XC zu nutzen. Wir haben uns den XC-Tag gestern mit Theorie bis um 23 Uhr erarbeitet ... Das Livetracking zeigt, wo unsere Piloten sind!

Nach 2 Stunden morgendlicher Theorie sind wir um 12 startklar auf dem Weissenstein - müssen wegen der Stabilität den Start aber um 30 Minuten verschieben. Festgesetzt ist ein kleiner Task (Montoz und zurück), so dass die meisten einen coolen kleinen und doch lehrreichen Task fliegen können und ein paar unentwegte einen XC-Flug anhängen können - was Raphael Jeger mit 137km nach Frankreich gut umsetzte! Der Task war spannender als gedacht, da die erste Boje Vauffelin in einer stabilen Suppe lag. Die ersten gasten gerade drauflos und verloren Zeit in der Suppe - andere zeigten am Grenchenberg Geduld und drehten in den Orbit (2500) um dann Vauffelin und Montoz im Gleiten abzufliegen. Eine Inversion über dem Montoz erlaubte den Rückweg ohne Kreis. Orlando Molinari gewann verdient vor Sepp Inniger und Tim von Burg. Morgen gehts früh los - der Hammertag soll ausgenützt werden können!

Finally, we had a day that looked great from the beginning to the end. A 90km-task was set: a beautiful tour to Pancas - another flying site with even more impressive rock formations - and back to the airfield of Aimorés which is just next to Baixo Guandu. Again, the day look better than it was. Thermals were usually quite weak and had to be re-centered every few turns. Also, clouds could not be trusted. So, the race was pretty tricky and along the course line, there were many pitfalls and bomb-out options. The field was distributed in many groups and the cards got reshuffled constantly. A group of about 30 pilots took the lead at the turnpoint in Pancas and managed to keep this until goal. Most Swiss pilots lost some time on the course. Michi Sigel pushed a little too hard just after the start and found himself in a position where he "could just see the last group at the horizon". He caught up well but got in goal about 20 minutes after the first group and had only few leading points. Alfredo, Yael and Emanuelle came to goal shortly afterwards, Beat a few minutes later. Jörg unfortunately bombed out on the way to the last turnpoint. Only Franz and I were in the first gaggle. I came in 30 seconds after the first but could win the task by leading points.

In the morning, conditions looked worse than yesterday; more clouds and also a lot of wind. A task of 68 km was set. This time we explored new terrain after the first waypoint, the goal was in the far west from takeoff. The day developed in the opposite way than yesterday; the high clouds mainly disappeared and the wind got weaker. Already after the start the field split up in several gaggles. Climb rates were much lower than you would expect judging the clouds. So the race was pretty slow, also because most pilots did not want to take too much risk after the mass-bombout yesterday. Today, a defensive flying style was better anyway. There were three different lines / groups on the 55k-leg to goal. Michi Sigel and I were in the middle one and Michi masterfully controlled the group the whole time. About 10k before goal the right group with Alfredo merged with us with a slight advantage for them. I had an nice line on the way to the last thermal and with 2 other pilots we caught the thermal better than the Pilots behind and got in goal earlier. Michi Sigel and Alfredo followed shortly afterwards. A few minutes behind, the other groups merged and many pilots got to goal more or less together, also Yael, Beat and Franz. Jörg lost some time on the way but made goal and Emanuelle unfortunately bombed out. There are only two more days to go, but obviously the forecast looks pretty well. Photos by Yael and Michi Sigel.

Wegen dem möglichen Nordwind am Startplatz Weissenstein fahren wir mit einer Extrafahrt mit Postauto an die Obere Wengi, wo wir herzlich empfangen werden (Danke, DC Falk!). Als Task wird gesetzt: Gemeinsamer Start und Luftstart, und eine erste gemeinsame Boje (Klus nöfdlich von Balsthal). Dann XContest. Für die Rangliste werden wir die XContest-Punkte hernehmen mit 15 Pkt. Bonus, wer den Landeplatz in Oberdorf erreicht. Es ist zuerst stabil, die ersten steigen erst ab 12:30, so dass mit dem gemeinsamen Start nichts wird. Immerhin nutzen wir den Tag in ganzer möglicher Länge ;-). Der erste Schenkel nach Osten und zurück ist schwierig, leider stehen einige schon ab. Dann aber gehts super, Basis auf 2700m, die ausserhalb der TMA auch genutzt werden darf (für den Wettbewerb sind alle Lufträume prinzipiell aktiv - 1750m ...). PS: meteo-parapente.com hat die Stabilität im Osten perfekt prognostiziert! Weitere Infos folgen später!

Well, today did not work as planed. First the conditions looked very nice and good. But already on the way to the first turnpoint clouds got bigger and made a lot of shade. Michael Küffer did a great job and was leading the field to the first turnpoint and then further to the second turnpoint. However, a 100% cloud cover forced him to land. 20 minutes later the second group had to land in the same time, shortly followed by the third group. I made a mistake in the beginning and lost a lot of time. That was not as bad, as I could follow the fourth group. We got a little more sun then the others and could pass them. The climbs were still weak and I got too impatient, left the group and bombed out too. Too bad, as my group was the only one who made goal. First in goal was Stephane Poulain and Meryl got in 7. Franz Schilter is the only Swiss in goal today.

Nach einigen online-Briefing-Informationen während der Fahrt nach Interlaken, der Zugfahrt nach Grindelwald und auf dem Sessellift waren am Briefing auf der First eigentlich alle parat, die GPS bedient und das Anmelde-SMS gesendet - wie wenn wir das in einer morgendlichen Theoriestunde gemacht hätten. Vielen Dank an Lukas Ledermann, der vielen Piloten eine grosse Hilfe war! Der Task ging zum Hintisberg - zurück an den Startplatz, etwa zum Schilthorn und dann zum Niederhorn mit Abschluss Harder und Landung Höhenmatte in Interlaken. 58km. Unten wars ziemlich stabil, oberhalb 2200m gings recht gut. Da ist aber alles noch im Schnee, so dass die Routenwahl taktisch schwierig war und sich grössere Umwege lohnten. Dies haben aber leider die wenigsten realisiert, so dass nur 6 Piloten das Ziel erreichten. Gratulation an diese 6 - es war nicht einfach!

Bisenlage, Hochdruck, Subsidenz, welche die Thermik tendenziell unangenehm macht. Mittelland und Jura Thermik zerrissen. Wenig Cumuli. Basis Grindelwald 2400m steigend auf 2800m ev. höher. Basis Interlaken (Niederhorn) 2500m. Interlaken, Grindelwald mässige Talwinde. 2000m wenig Wind in unserer Region. 3000m 10-15kn Ostwind (werden wir kaum spüren)

After the rain yesterday, the busses had some troubles to get up to the takeoff on the muddy road. But finally everybody arrived on top and could see the rain moving in front of the takeoff. But the rain was not the only problem, as there was also quite strong wind from the SE (while the takeoff is facing N). Well, we set an easy 65km task with the wind. But even before the first briefing, it started to rain. everybody was hiding under some shelter. We were waiting, as the forecast said it should get better for the afternoon. Indeed, it cleared up later and one wind dummy could slowly climb. However, fast approaching rain forced us to cancel the day. Some pilots took of and reported nice conditions, but up to 30km/h wind. Only minutes after the first ones took of, the organization had to close the takeoff because of rain and wind.

We had already rain in the evening and in the night. Thats why we woke up with very low cloud base and again there was high cloud cover on top of that. On the way to the takeoff the bus stopped and together with the MD, the task committee decided to cancel the day. The main reason was that there was rain forecasted later for the day. Main problem would be to get the pilots back down from the takeoff in case of rain, as the dirt roads would get really slippery and dangerous. As soon as we headed back, the rain started. Now most Swiss pilots are looking for some alternative activities. Some do work, go to the gym or exercise in drinking beer.

The weather did not look very promising when we arrived at takeoff today, as the clouds were very low and on top of that we even had high clouds. That’s why we set an easy 60km task. It had a 33km entry around P10 and then we had to take the same turnpoint with 20km. To next turnpoint was already the goal, which was at the Rio Doce on the way to Valadares. When they opened the window at 11, pilots were still struggling to climb in front of the takeoff. However, the high clouds disappeared and everybody managed to climb for the airstart at 12. At first pilots were still a little defense and not pushing much, especially because the climbs on the other side of the valley were weak. On the right side of the turnpoint we saw already overdevelopment and rain. Nick Greece was pushing a lot and found an awesome line, as the outflow of the rain pushed all the thermals on our way. We could fly fullspeed without turning. The leading group was really fast and Michael Küffer took the lead back to the City of Baixo Guandu. Here the sun was out and conditions were great. Only after we crossed the river we got low, because the nice cloud over sunny ground was not working at all. To our surprise we found an acceptable thermal in the shade… From there we did not have any problem until the ESS. BUT: many of us left the last thermal too early and sinking air and headwind forced many pilots to land after the ESS, but before the river and the goal on the other side… I arrived at the ESS with the first pilots, but had to climb to get over the river… Michael Küffer did a nice race and got third in goal. The other Swiss are a little behind.

Tutto sommato é stata una grande giornata accompagnata da condizioni più che buone con assenza di vento e basi discrete. Hanno partecipato una decina di piloti, quasi tutti in goal a Leggia dove ci aspettava un ricco aperitivo. Volo piuttosto abbordabile con prima boa al Piancascia, poi Forcarella con zig zag ai Monti Motti e goal a Leggia. Alcuni tra prima boa e seconda hanno preferito la variante via Cimetta ed altri tagliare subito la Verzasca e la val Porta. Come avuta prova anche ieri, si raccomanda di mai uscire bassi controvento sorvolando la diga di Vogorno: non ci sono atterraggi disponibile. Mantenersi sempre ad una quota di sicurezza per affrontare il sorvolo verso il Sassariente o Morisciolo. Se non si ha la possibilità di uscire dalla valle, dirigersi verso nord a Lavertezzo dove vi sono delle possibilità di atterraggio. Vince Matteo Caprari davanti a Panzerfaust Vosti. Una giornata riuscita :)