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Austria Grand Prix Gliding
The Austrian Gliding Grand Prix 2009 was the last qualifying Gliding Grand Prix for the FAI World Grand Prix 2009. External links * https://web.archive.org/web/20081218231222/http://www.fai.org/gliding/node/418 Gliding competitions International sports competitions hosted by Austria 2009 in Austrian sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2
The Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2 is a sailplane produced by Schempp-Hirth since 1994. It replaced the highly successful Schempp-Hirth Ventus. Design and development The Ventus-2a and 2b are 15 metre sailplanes. The 'a' version has a narrow fuselage and the wider fuselage version is called the 2b. Winglets are used with these models. The 18 metre span Ventus-2c was introduced in 1995 and was almost an entirely different aircraft with a different fuselage and wings, but it has the option of shorter tips with winglets to fly as a 15-metre sailplane. From 2003 the Schempp-Hirth Discus-2 fuselage was used for all versions, which now have the designations 2ax, 2bx and 2cx. Flight tests in 1996 showed that the 15 metre version had a glide angle of 46:1 but only after considerable work on sealing gaps and by using turbulators. The narrow fuselage Ventus-2a has been highly successful in competitions with consecutive World Championship wins from 1995 to 2003. A narrow fuselage version wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FAI World Grand Prix 2008
The third FAI World Grand Prix 2008–2009 was a gliding Grand Prix that took place in 2010 in Santiago, Chile, with qualifying races taking place during the 2008–2009 flying season, worldwide. Summary Overall results Qualifying races Final The list of participating pilots: Race 1 – 2.01.2010 Race 2 – 3.01.2010 Race 3 – 4.01.2010 Race 4 – 5.01.2010 Race 5 – 6.01.2010 Race 6 – 7.01.2010 Race 7 – 8.01.2010 Race 8 – 9.01.2010 {, class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! Position ! Pilot ! Glider ! Speed ! Distance ! Points ! Penalties , - ! 1 , Sebastian Kawa Sebastian Kawa (born 15 November 1972, Zabrze) is a Polish glider pilot, sixteen-time World Champion, world ( FAI) leading glider competition pilot (as of 2015, number one in the world rankings of the FAI Gliding Commission) and the current Worl ... , , Diana 2 , , 140.9 km/h , , 269.7 km , , 10 , , , - ! 2 , Mario Kiessling , , Ventus-2ax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gliding Competitions
Some of the pilots in the sport of gliding take part in gliding competitions. These are usually racing competitions, but there are also aerobatic contests and on-line league tables. History of competitions In the early days, the main goal was to stay airborne for as long as possible. However, flights could last for days and some pilots killed themselves by falling asleep. This type of duration contest was abandoned by 1939. From the earliest days of gliding there was also 'free distance' flying. Pilots launched themselves from a hill top, attempting to glide as far as possible. Once pilots learned to exploit ridge lift and thermals, flights could be extended further. Eventually they mastered flying from thermal to thermal, resulting in ever longer retrieves. As the pilots and gliders became better, the winner of a competition day might fly so far that they could not get back to the competition site for the next day. Turn-points were therefore used. Those pilots who ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Sports Competitions Hosted By Austria
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