Tag Archives: South Africa

World Championships – Finals

Posted on 24. August 2013 by Alex & Jeannette

After a long day with the Finals (2 Flights with the F-schedule, 2 unkown) it became more and more dark for the price giving and closing ceremony. Nevertheless the winners were very happy! 1. CPLR (FRA) 2. Onda (JAP) 3. … Continue reading →

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Training for the Semifinals

Posted on 22. August 2013 by Alex & Jeannette

Alex just missed the semi-finals with his place 29. But he may fly the warm up the F program. Therefore we should have some training today! Even the judges arrived at our training airfield – they also need to train … Continue reading →

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Preliminaries – Day 4

Posted on 21. August 2013 by Alex & Jeannette

Today were difficult conditions. Crosswind in the morning at 5 m / s In the afternoon the wind increased in strength, however, moved in a little bit more tolerable direction. Alex flew 9:45 h. At this time, it is still … Continue reading →

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Preliminaries – Day 3

Posted on 20. August 2013 by Alex & Jeannette

Today the wind was somewhat gracious concerning the strength. However it came from the “wrong” direction: “cross”. At this 3. competition day we had to fly fore the judges group that evaluates the “strictest”, as we could see in the … Continue reading →

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Preliminaries – Day 2

Posted on 19. August 2013 by Alex & Jeannette

Today was again a very nice day! But – with one difference: the wind came today “left” (which means from the East). 🙂 Alex had to fly around 11:25 am. So we could have any training in the morning at … Continue reading →

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Preliminiaries – Day 1

Posted on 18. August 2013 by Alex & Jeannette

The weather was sunny but quite cold wind. Accordingly to the starting numbers the first round of preliminaries were performed. Since the number of participants will be divided into 4 groups, and each will fly in front of 4 different … Continue reading →

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The fourth day of training in South Africa

Posted on 16. August 2013 by Alex & Jeannette

Today the same: sun and strong wind. In the morning the training site was very full – the pilots from Venezuela, Spain, Austria, Colombia, Israel and Norway were there. So it was long waiting until the ones training flight. But … Continue reading →

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The second day of training in South Africa

Posted on 14. August 2013 by Alex & Jeannette

Like yesterday, the sun shines and the wind is fresh. It blows with with 6-8 m/s. At “our” training site we were again relatively few pilots – the Norwegian team, the Colombians and one from Spain, Lassi took another place … Continue reading →

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The first day of training in South Africa

Posted on 13. August 2013 by Alex & Jeannette

The sun is shining and is warm. But the wind is quite strong and cool. We have 17 degrees, sun and about 6 m/s wind. We have choosen today the airfield which is not so far away from the hotel. … Continue reading →

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South Africa – safety and traffic

Posted on 23. July 2013 by Alex & Jeannette

Thinking of ‘South Africa’ – rises thoughts about own safety too. Isn’t it too dangerous? The question is legitim, not least in and around Johannesburg. The German Foreign Office informs and advises among others the following: For safety In heavy … Continue reading →

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