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| 2006-06-01 14:58 Grid will open 1515 First grid will close 1545, first launch 1550 |
| 2006-06-01 14:34 Airspace file You can now download an airspace file that contains airspace warnings for the comp area boundary |
| 2006-06-01 14:13 No task today If the weather continues to improve we will open teh grid for local flights |
| 2006-06-01 11:44 Briefing at 1400 Grid time will be announced separately |
| 2006-06-01 11:40 Updated file in download WGC-2006-air-AW.txt |
| 2006-05-30 07:22 No grid until further notice |
| 2006-05-29 16:43 |
| 2006-05-29 11:54 54 gliders were launched in 45 minutes into a fast overdeveloping sky. Todays practice task can e found under "tasks and results". |
| 2006-05-29 08:42 |
| 2006-05-29 07:47 Goodmorning Grid open for open 0830, std 0845, 15m 0900, 18m 0915. Briefing at 1000 |
| 2006-05-28 17:26 WGC at TV TV 2 in Ostnytt 17.55 or 21.15 today Lars-Åke |
| 2006-05-28 15:49 A thunderstorm is, as you certainly have noted, approaching. We can expect gusty winds, so please secure your gliders |
| 2006-05-28 11:27 |
| 2006-05-28 09:10 |
| 2005-10-17 22:03 Dates for 2006 Official training starts on May 28th Opening ceremony on June 4th Prizegiving ceremony on June 18th |
| 2005-10-17 22:01 New website for WGC2006 will be published at the end of October |
| 2005-06-24 00:12 After a lot of work (which in turn led to that the scoring team did *not* start partying 21:00, but rather 22:00) we had the announcement of the winners, as well as some food, drinks and entertainment. THANKS to all pilots, crew members, officials and volonteers! |
| 2005-06-23 20:53 We have all results but all have not been verified. The party is starting! |
| 2005-06-23 20:00 All gliders are now acounted for either outlanded or back home! |
| 2005-06-23 19:59 We have prelimnary results in the 15-meter and standard classes. We are missing most of the Open class yet |
| 2005-06-23 19:02 The last log-file in the 18-meter class (except for the outlanders) arrived so the results are pretty conclusive. |
| 2005-06-23 18:22 It is silent here. A few outlanding reports, but no finishers or talk on the radio. |
| 2005-06-23 17:55 We have a winner in the 18-meter class! Congratulations to Jeroen Verkuijl in NR from the Netherlands. He won today with 80,9km/h and a total win with 3145 (preliminary) |
| 2005-06-23 17:51 We get the strangest questions in the scoring office. We just had two people here looking for 60 white tigers. Hunting rifles anyone? |
| 2005-06-23 17:45 Outlandings are dropping in now. GG, AB and U2 so far. See "Outlandings" in the menu. |
| 2005-06-23 17:39 We are starting to get a bit worried... It is getting late, most of the competitors are not back yet, the party starts at 8.00... Do we need to say more? |
| 2005-06-23 17:32 The first result in open is here. Aaron Stroop fired up the engine after 17,3 km. |
| 2005-06-23 16:55 More gliders in the 18m class has arrived. We are waiting for their logger files. Tasks and results are updated every 2 min, so stay tuned. |
| 2005-06-23 16:44 We have our first finisher. M in the 18m class. Welcome back! |
| 2005-06-23 16:23 The 18-meter gliders that we can see on vPos are on the third leg and the first one is aproching the third tp |
| 2005-06-23 15:57 All gliders have left mother earth except for a handful who have landed back and are re-launching right now. We will start to update "Tasks and results" every 2 minutes from now. |
| 2005-06-23 15:36 The 18-meter class is out on task. We have start times for all except EE who acording to vPos is halfway to the first turnpoint and AC who has just restarted form Ekeby. PK damaged his tire landing back and has returned home to Örebro. He will be back for the party. |
| 2005-06-23 15:18 All 15m gliders are in the air. We are waiting for the start line to open. Std is launching right now. |
| 2005-06-23 15:10 In the 18-meter class we have 6 starters and two who have landed back leaving only three in the air who have not started - yet. |
| 2005-06-23 15:05 According to the vPos loggers in 18m, three competitors, LF, Y and VP have reached the area of the first turnpoint. (vPos sends GPS-coordinates from the gliders to the ground). |
| 2005-06-23 14:40 We hear the sound of Pawnee engines. The 15m class launch start any minute. We have 4 start times in 18m now. |
| 2005-06-23 14:24 We have three gliders in 18m who has reported start times. Y, LF and S9. The hope for a competition day are growing a little bit. |
| 2005-06-23 14:06 18m are struggling at 500-700m around the airfield. The launch for the other classes are still delayed. |
| 2005-06-23 13:27 The launch for 15m is delayed until 14.00. |
| 2005-06-23 13:23 PK just landed back, and some of the other 18m gliders are getting lower and lower. The warm air mass seems to be - warm. |
| 2005-06-23 13:13 18m is launched and we are waiting with the other classes until we can see that the weather is "stayupable". |
| 2005-06-23 12:23 Launch is further delayed until 1245 |
| 2005-06-23 12:04 New tasks are set, will be distributed on the grid. First launch 12:30. You can see them under tasks and results. |
| 2005-06-23 10:48 Launch is delayed until 1200 |
| 2005-06-23 10:45 Fly the Norwegian mountains in August! 6 - 13 August. Contact laupsa@nak.no or visit www.seilfly.nak.no |
| 2005-06-23 10:42 The mets are a bit worried about high clouds that will sweep over the area. We have a task B ready in case the area to the north is not usable. |
| 2005-06-23 09:25 Tasks are set in all classes. Tasks A to the northeast and Tasks B to the south and south. The A tasks can be seen on the web and soon on the screen in the café. |
| 2005-06-23 08:44 Good morning and the scoring team is at work on this last day of the competition. As you can see we are planning for first launch at 11.00. Tasks will be anounced soon so stay tuned. |
| 2005-06-23 08:43 Grid open 0900 for open, 0915 for std, 15m, 18m. Grid close 1045. First launch 1100. Grid order sheets can be found in the cafe. RWY23 |
| 2005-06-22 14:03 The day is cancelled. We never got the clearing skies we were waiting for to start the thermals. |
| 2005-06-22 12:02 2nd briefing postponed untill 1400 hours |
| 2005-06-22 09:11 Grid will perhaps open 1200 for Open 1215 for std, 15m, 18m Check your SMS and this website for further information. Do not grid until you are told to do it. First possible launch 1345 |
| 2005-06-22 08:31 Good Morning! Yet another day. The met team are discussing important matters at the moment. We have a sky covered with very low cu,s now in the morning. |
| 2005-06-21 19:59 We are back! We have seen a few log files. Todays prize for best effort goes to TA who almost completed the course! He had to start his engine just after the final turnpoint in the rain. He showed that the task was not impossible after all. |
| 2005-06-21 17:22 All standard class gliders are on the ground. No contest day. We have seen quite a few lightnings to the north and will be shutting down in a short while. We will be back! |
| 2005-06-21 15:00 15m, 18m and Open have been cancelled. Most propably it will not be a comp day in standard. |
| 2005-06-21 14:52 The contest day has been cancelled in the 15-meter, 18-meter and Open classes. The standard class is struggling to keep flying and we have a few starters and an outlanding (HD). A few drops of rain has fallen so it does not look too good :-( |
| 2005-06-21 13:04 Finally the launch has commenced. |
| 2005-06-21 12:02 Launching further delayed, first launch now at 13.00 |
| 2005-06-21 11:15 The weather is not developing as expected. New tasks will be distributed at grid, first possible launch at 12.00. |
| 2005-06-21 10:47 First launch is delayed to 11.15. |
| 2005-06-21 09:39 Lecture tonight at 2100 Dick Butler and Gerhard Waibel will present the ASW22DB nicknamed eta-biter. In the briefing hall. |
| 2005-06-21 09:22 Check out webcam #3, there you can see the grid forming. |
| 2005-06-21 08:47 Grid opens 0900 for open, 0915 for the other classes. Note that standard is in front. Grid close 1030. RWY 23 |
| 2005-06-21 08:00 Good morning world! We have three webcameras up and running now. If you check them you can see that we have beautiful morning but the weather forecast might be a bit tricky so stay tuned. |
| 2005-06-20 17:58 The scoring team will now retire for the evening and enjoy an unusually early dinner and beer! (and of course sauna later) |
| 2005-06-20 17:45 The preliminary result in 15m is ready. We have all the logger files, thank you pilots! |
| 2005-06-20 17:18 The last glider is just back! |
| 2005-06-20 16:51 It is very hot in the scoring office. One of our computers has thown in the towel! |
| 2005-06-20 16:37 Almost all gliders are back. We are only missing two in the 15-meter class. The others are out flying and enjoying themseves. The comp directors have promised them a free beer in the bar tonight. |
| 2005-06-20 16:14 The first 15-meter gliders are back. J has already been evaluated. Stay tuned for more results and don't forget to refresh your browser window! |
| 2005-06-20 16:09 We have the first gliders in 15-meter class home. More follows. |
| 2005-06-20 14:45 Yesterdays results are now final and published on the web and in the café. |
| 2005-06-20 14:43 Almost all gliders in 15-meter has passed the start line. |
| 2005-06-20 14:41 All gliders in the 15-meter class is in the air and some of them have reported start. |
| 2005-06-20 14:24 The vPos tracking system now runs in the SeeYou Internet Café. The 10 best gliders in the 15-meter class has trackers onbord. |
| 2005-06-20 13:49 The weather is much, much more better than forecasted. In fact it looks very good (se the web camera). So obviously we made a complete wrong decisison to cancel standard, 18m and open at the 12 o´clock briefing. /Comp Dir |
| 2005-06-20 11:29 The task for the 15-meter class is now on the web and in the café. The other classes will have their tasks canceled |
| 2005-06-20 10:26 New briefing at 1200. |
| 2005-06-20 09:43 Todays weather is hard to predict. We have a warm airmass. It is possible we get good dry thermals, but it is also possible we get cu,s that spread out. The met team is struggling. |
| 2005-06-20 08:31 Grid open 0900 for Open class, 0915 for the other classes. Grid close 1200. RWY 23. |
| 2005-06-20 06:52 Good morning. The first worker in the scoring team is reporting for duty. The met-team is already hard at work. |
| 2005-06-19 22:39 Unofficial results have now been published. A warm applause to our heroes from the Scoring Team (who incidentally also have access to this newsticker). ;-) |
| 2005-06-19 21:36 All log files have now been analyzed and the scores have been calculated. As soon as the CD approves, the results will change status from "preliminary" to "unofficial", giving you all access to today's igc-files. |
| 2005-06-19 19:25 Allmost all log files have been turned in, only a few in each class are still missing. Stay tuned! |
| 2005-06-19 18:34 The first open result is here X33 was first. |
| 2005-06-19 18:29 We are still waiting for the first 18m or Open competitors to show up. They had a longer task than Std and 15m. |
| 2005-06-19 17:28 More finishers are arriving. When we get their logger files you will see their results. |
| 2005-06-19 17:10 The first gliders are back home. 8X was first. 620, Y1, GT, C and a few more have been sighted as well. Three gliders so far have landed straight in. |
| 2005-06-19 17:02 The sky towards the competition area looks really nice. If the conditions are that good we expect to see the first competitors coming back any minut now. |
| 2005-06-19 14:35 We are now missing only 4 starttimes. Two from the Finnish team and two Swedes. |
| 2005-06-19 13:56 The starttimelists in the Open and 18-meter classes are now complete. We are still missing 5 of the 15-meter class starttimes and most of the standard class |
| 2005-06-19 12:38 The launch took 1h 06min. The start line is open in 18m and 15m. The start times will be published in tasks and results so update often. |
| 2005-06-19 12:36 New pictures have been uploaded to the photo album! We will continually update this throughout the competition, so check it regularly... |
| 2005-06-19 12:03 We are launching now. The launch was delayed until 11.30. 18m are in the air and we are launching 15m gliders right now. |
| 2005-06-19 10:56 First launch is set to 11.00, but it may be delayed if the thermal activity is not strong enough. |
| 2005-06-19 10:42 Yesterdays results in the Open and 18-meter classes are now final and published. |
| 2005-06-19 10:37 Todays task in 15m is a "new" task. It is actually a racing task with turnpoint areas of 4 km radius. The time has been set to 1 hours so it has no influence. We think this is "the future racing task". /Comp Dir |
| 2005-06-19 09:22 Todays tasks: Std 359 km racing, 15m 390/442 km AAST, 18m 514 km, Open 518 km. More details under tasks and results |
| 2005-06-19 08:26 RWY 05 in use Grid opens 0900 for open class and 0915 for the other classes. Grid close 1045. Possible first launch 1100. |
| 2005-06-19 08:04 Good morning on this fine sunday! The weather forecast seems to be pretty good so stay tuned for some long tasks today. We will have to wait and hear what the met-team has to say before the tasks are set. |
| 2005-06-18 21:19 Good Night We are going to the sauna and are closing down. We will be back tomorrow morning. The forecast looks good, so we hope to have some long tasks. |
| 2005-06-18 21:15 The restaurant was overwhelmed with quests this wonderful evening. The chef had to improvise to meet the demand. We were told that the food where prepered during a looping in one of the clubs ASK-21s. He is a national glider aerobatics champion, so maybe... |
| 2005-06-18 21:13 The results are now unofficial. |
| 2005-06-18 18:44 All gliders are home. The scoring office is waiting for a few logger files. The day turned out to be rather good after all. |
| 2005-06-18 17:29 Most of the 18m gliders are back, but we are waiting for the big birds to arrive. |
| 2005-06-18 17:25 The first competitors are back! VP, PK, AC and LF are amongst them. You will see their results as soon as we get the logger files. |
| 2005-06-18 16:31 It is very quiet here now. The radio is silent. One competitor in 18m has landed back on the field, AC, without completing the task. |
| 2005-06-18 16:09 We have start times for most gliders in 18m and Open now. The weather has picked up again. The high clouds are gone and the sky looks really good again. |
| 2005-06-18 15:26 Open is airborne and will fly a shortened AAST (which can be seen under tasks). 8 gliders in 18m has so far reported start. |
| 2005-06-18 15:05 The Open class gliders are on the grid for RW23 now and launching start right now. You can soon see their new task. |
| 2005-06-18 14:39 Two competitors in 18m has started on their task. No reports from the rest of the class. |
| 2005-06-18 14:29 15m and Standard class is cancelled today for weather and wind reasons. 18m are still in the air. Open class is not launched yet, they change runway and will be given a new task. |
| 2005-06-18 13:45 Almost all 18m gliders are in the air now. We have some high clouds shrouding the area to the west, but there is cumulus below them. |
| 2005-06-18 13:19 Another delay. New launch time is 13.30. The cloudbase is just 800m in the area. |
| 2005-06-18 13:07 The launch is delayed until 13:15. The frenetic work paid off, the Pawnee is back in business. |
| 2005-06-18 12:50 First launch has been delayed until 13:15. |
| 2005-06-18 12:20 Frenetic work is going on on one of the clubs Pawnees to get it ready for todays launch. It was damaged during a landing a week ago. |
| 2005-06-18 12:18 The first possible launch is 12:45. The exact time depends on the thermal activity. All gliders are on the grid. |
| 2005-06-18 11:39 Tasks have been set. 219 km for std, 250 for 15m, 250 km for 18m and an AAST 237/415 km for the big birds. The forecast says 1000-1500 m base and pretty good thermals in the task area, but we feel it can be a bit tricky. First launch 12:45. Stay tuned! /Robban |
| 2005-06-18 09:16 Good morning! The scoring team is at work again. We had some rain yesterday, a bit later than expected. 16mm of rain has been reported. We will see what the day can offer. |
| 2005-06-18 09:10 June 18 RWY in use will be announced at briefing. Grid will open at 1030 for the open class and 1045 for the other classes. Grid close is at 1200. Tasks will be given at a new brieifing at 1200. |
| 2005-06-17 19:59 Local mesage: If you can read this the W-Lan is up and running again. Sorry for any problems the interruption may have caused. |
| 2005-06-17 16:35 Local message: The wireless network and the internet connction in the SeeYou café will be closed for about one hour from 16.45 to increase the reliability. |
| 2005-06-17 12:18 We have had a new breifing where the competition manager decided to cancel the day. The frontal system is rapidly getting closer. We hope for tomorrow. |
| 2005-06-17 11:42 If you check the webcamera you can see the clouds connected to the frontal system to the west |
| 2005-06-17 10:19 A frontal system is passing the area during the day. There is a high possibility the day will be canceled. Final decision will be made before a new briefing at 12.00. |
| 2005-06-17 09:34 The weather still looks good as you can see on our webcamera. The weatherman is still certain about rain by noon. The grid has not been opened. |
| 2005-06-17 08:00 Good morning world! It looks like a glorious morning. The met man is still talking about showers around noon but nothing is visible on the horizon yet. We will see. |
| 2005-06-16 23:02 The results are now unofficial and all IGC-files are available from the results here on the web. Click the competition number to download. |
| 2005-06-16 20:12 All results are here. They now have to be manually checked before the results are signed by the Competition Director. |
| 2005-06-16 19:57 Almost finished. We are only missing one flight in 15m and one in Open. We are promised to get them shortly. |
| 2005-06-16 19:14 A cooler day in the scoring office today. Only 28 degrees C, with A/C. |
| 2005-06-16 19:03 Only a few results are missing. 3 in open, 1 in standard and 6 in 15m. |
| 2005-06-16 18:52 We let the results speak for themselves for a while. We get more and more logger files. |
| 2005-06-16 18:26 There is a widescreen in the SeeYou café showing the result lists in all classes. Great fun! |
| 2005-06-16 18:14 The results are dropping in. We have at least one result in every class now. |
| 2005-06-16 17:54 The first results in the 18m class are published now. |
| 2005-06-16 17:41 About 20 competitors are back home now. It is a mix of gliders from all classes. As soon as we get the logger files the results will be published on the web with a few minutes delay. |
| 2005-06-16 17:16 It worked! After we wrote that nothing happens LF arrived back home. |
| 2005-06-16 17:13 Nothing at all happens here at the moment. Thats why you see no comments. Since we had the first 7 outlandings it has been veeery quiet. |
| 2005-06-16 14:58 A new menu item has been added to the web. Outlandings. |
| 2005-06-16 14:19 Outlandings! GG, B, 4D, J, ZO, ER and P. So far. There seems to be more high clouds in the area than expected... |
| 2005-06-16 12:48 Start times are dropping in now. 6V was the first to start. You will see the times in the results when we get them to the scoring office. |
| 2005-06-16 12:44 The last glider just left the ground. The startline is open in 18m and 15m. No one has landed back - yet. |
| 2005-06-16 12:07 Startline just opened in the 18m class. |
| 2005-06-16 11:56 A large part oft the competitors are in the air now. No one has landed back. |
| 2005-06-16 11:32 First launch is on the way! If you update often you may spot them on the webcamera. |
| 2005-06-16 11:27 The launch has been delayed to 11.30. We see some rotating propellers now on the tugs. |
| 2005-06-16 10:48 The tension on the grid is high. Are all equipment working? Only minutes now to the first launch. Tugs are warming up. |
| 2005-06-16 10:26 We are just getting a hole in the wall to the scoring office... Whats next? |
| 2005-06-16 10:22 The third turnpoint in open class has been moved to Nås because of an aerobatics competition in Dala-Järna. The task will soon be updated on the web. |
| 2005-06-16 09:45 Briefing at 10.00, runway 23 in use. Gridtime 10.45. First launch 11.00. |
| 2005-06-16 09:43 Todays weather is expected to give us thermals up to 2000m and few cumulus. Very much like yesterdays situation. |
| 2005-06-16 09:18 Good Morning! The practice is finished and the real competition starts. We will fly today. You will soon be able to see the tasks here on the web. |
| 2005-06-15 18:40 The scoring office is hot! Even with the newly installed air conditioner. Our poor computers are complaining, but the crew is a lot tougher than so. |
| 2005-06-15 18:36 We are only missing 2-3 logger files now, so the results are fairly complete. We are thankful if we get the last few files asap. |
| 2005-06-15 18:00 Todays speeds speaks for themselves. We have had another really good day. |
| 2005-06-15 17:18 The work in the scoring office is very hectic at the moment. We have some problems with the automatic scoring in the Open class that we are working on. |
| 2005-06-15 16:47 The first open class gliders has just arrived. Their speed is around 120 km/h, they been away for appx. 4 hours. |
| 2005-06-15 16:19 The results are dropping in. We are still waiting for the first Open-class competitors to arrive. |
| 2005-06-15 15:24 We are starting the evaluation work now. The results will speak for themselves for a while. |
| 2005-06-15 15:24 More and more gliders are arriving now. PK is one of them. |
| 2005-06-15 15:21 The first competitor has just landed, 6V. We dont know yet if he has finished the task. Keep an eye on the results. |
| 2005-06-15 14:04 SMS-message According to an SMS-message to a marshal, gliders have been seen above Dala-Järna airport. |
| 2005-06-15 13:30 Outlanding report: We have got our first outlanding report. 4D has landed at Norberg airport. |
| 2005-06-15 12:07 Second grid More gliders are launched from the ground from the optional second grid. |
| 2005-06-15 12:05 All startlines open All startlines are open. We are waiting for start times from the competitors. |
| 2005-06-15 11:44 The startline is open in the 15m and 18m classes. The first launch in all classes are finished. We have no reported start times yet. You will se the start times here on the web. |
| 2005-06-15 10:59 The most active airport in the world? We are right now the most active airport in Sweden! Or maybe in the world? Around 50 starts in 45 minutes. |
| 2005-06-15 10:59 First launch is set to 11.00 , so the Pawnees are warming up right now. See if you can spot the tows on the webcam. |
| 2005-06-15 08:40 Good Morning! We expect to fly today again. The thermals is predicted to start earlier than yesterday. Right now we have a blue sky in Eskilstuna. |