It is just amazing what happened today. The task committee, as said earlier, decided on a 197kms task (scored as 193.4kms) to make things "harder", make the best of the conditions today and to make pilots fly far...well, as you may have noticed 62 pilots made it to goal!!!!
Not only that, check these facts out:
2 pilots were not able to fly.
5 pilots had problems with their tracks, therefore got min. distance.
The "less scoring" pilot after that flew 127.07kms...
There were 6 pilots within just 1km short of goal.
CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?????
I only have one word for it: AMAZING!!!
I now fully understand Blay Olmos' words yesterday when he said that the level in this competition is very high, he is totally right.
The pilots are flying awesome!!!
There were a lot of happy faces this afternoon in Vilamitjana, pilots just kept coming into goal.
Goal keepers were very surprised to see gliders flying past them before 6.30pm this afternoon, they certainly DID NOT expect them that early. It was a fast day: the first day flew with an average speed between 49 and 54km/h!
In the evening, I saw a large part of the Dutch Team at dinner; I went up to them to say hello and to ask them how it went. They had 4 pilots IN goal and another one short of goal. I congratulated the team on their flying including the one short of goal simply pointing out that, putting the competition aside, a 191.23kms flight was a serious performance! There was silence for a second...then one Martin van Helden said: "It's my personal record." and Tanno Rutten added: "Mine too!"
It felt nice to hear that.
What a day, people going further, flying longer, flying faster. I think this is what competition is all about: expanding our flexible boarders.
My most sincere congratulations for everyone!!!!
Not only that, check these facts out:
2 pilots were not able to fly.
5 pilots had problems with their tracks, therefore got min. distance.
The "less scoring" pilot after that flew 127.07kms...
There were 6 pilots within just 1km short of goal.
CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?????
I only have one word for it: AMAZING!!!
I now fully understand Blay Olmos' words yesterday when he said that the level in this competition is very high, he is totally right.
The pilots are flying awesome!!!
There were a lot of happy faces this afternoon in Vilamitjana, pilots just kept coming into goal.
Goal keepers were very surprised to see gliders flying past them before 6.30pm this afternoon, they certainly DID NOT expect them that early. It was a fast day: the first day flew with an average speed between 49 and 54km/h!
In the evening, I saw a large part of the Dutch Team at dinner; I went up to them to say hello and to ask them how it went. They had 4 pilots IN goal and another one short of goal. I congratulated the team on their flying including the one short of goal simply pointing out that, putting the competition aside, a 191.23kms flight was a serious performance! There was silence for a second...then one Martin van Helden said: "It's my personal record." and Tanno Rutten added: "Mine too!"
It felt nice to hear that.
What a day, people going further, flying longer, flying faster. I think this is what competition is all about: expanding our flexible boarders.
My most sincere congratulations for everyone!!!!
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