Pribina Cup 2009
INTERNATIONAL GLIDING COMPETITION
April 10-19 2009 NITRA, SLOVAKIA

Competition - 12th Apr 2009

2009-04-12 19:57:04

All gliders have been counter now. The scores are on the way, except club class where we have to wait for the majority of the pilots who made outlandings far away. So loooong night ahead :o(

2009-04-12 19:13:07

Gliders coming home after five hours long flight. The sky around airfield become clear and wind calm down. We still waiting for last flying pilots.

2009-04-12 17:38:00

RP is home now. GF fly back with engine. We have a lot of outlandings around Radhost in Czech Republic. Some of pilots landed on notrh of Slovakia.

2009-04-12 13:56:06

All gliders are on the sky.

2009-04-12 13:31:32

The start line of 15M+2SEAT class will be open in 13:40, for CLUB class at 13:43.

2009-04-12 13:02:29

3 gliders landed till now.

2009-04-12 12:44:05

Starts are like a symphony... ;)

2009-04-12 12:27:51

Everybody is on the position and ready to take off. All tow planes coming up on the grid. We start in 3 minutes.

2009-04-12 12:19:18

First lunch is confirmed at 12:30.

2009-04-12 12:02:37

We are waiting for first CU clouds :)

2009-04-12 11:28:56

All gliders are on the grid and waiting for first tow.

2009-04-12 10:50:20

Today´s briefing is over. CLUB class fly a polygon task with two points north from here with lenght 314,5km. 15M+2SEAT class have a three points polygon (UP-DOWN-UP-DOWN) task with lenght 438,1km. OPEN class fly three points polygon task today. Task start south from airfield and have 436,3km. The weather forecast looks good. After briefing all pilots make ready for todays task.

2009-04-12 09:43:34

The grid is filling up. More than one half of pilots placed their´s gliders on the start positions.

2009-04-12 08:51:41

Grid for runway 15 will be open in 10 minutes.

2009-04-12 08:07:00

Good morning. The briefing will be at 10:00. Grid will be open until 11:45. The first launch is expected at 12:00.