15/8 – Competition Day 10

Yesterday, our pilots successfully completed another racing task, that was up to 407 km long. The weather improved compared to the previous days, so sniffer was not even necessary, and all the pilots took off into a sky full of cumuli. In 15m class and in club class it proved to be beneficial to leave in an earlier interval, and use the full day, as the weather turned into blue at several sections of the task, and the pilots had to deviate a lot. In standard class, majority of the pilots started the task after 14:10 and even though as a group they flew fast, they had to optimise with 0.5 m thermals on the final glide.

Overall, in club class the winner was Roelof Corporaal (NED) with 97 kph, in standard class Robin Sittmann (GER) with 90 kph, and the winner in 15 m class, Marius Pluscauskas (LTU) reached the speed of 111 kph. Congratulations to you all!

Today, the weather is promising for another exciting task, so we do hope our pilots stay safe even on the last competition day, and simply enjoy their final flight at the EGC.