Latest news June 8, 2006 Waiting....patience....and then....?Action!! 12.30 As you can see on web cam 1 and 2, the tugs are still in front of the hangars. But it is only 12.30. At least the clouds are coming closer.
12.50 Tow pilots jump in their planes, there is action. Stand by!!!
18 m. will be launched at 13.00. " remove cars from grid, prepare for start!!!"
13.00 Launches for 18 m. ; in progress now! TASK B. Start line will open at 13.50.
Only one self launcher in this class. Australian pilot Tony Tabart in glider TL.
Straight after 18 m. 15 m. was launched. TASK A.In progress NOW. Startline will open at 14.04
13.35 St. class launches in progress NOW! TASK A. Start line opens at 14.27.
13.58 Straight followed by open class.In progress NOW. TASK A. Start line opens at 14.46
It is absolutely fabulous to see 7 self launchers in open class follow each other in start!!! Also nice to look at the start of the 30 m. span ETA and the 28 m. span ETA BITER [ASW22DB] flown by Dick Butler, who is also heavily involved in the Concordia project.
14.30 Well, they are on their way now. Good luck to all. The weather looks better then expected, according to the connaisseurs, so let's wait and see. The first start -line -notes are brought in already!
Had no time anymore to shower, dress up and find " a lift " to go to the University -read Opening of the OSTIV Congress, plus reception -, so I had to give it a miss. Sorry guy's!
14.45 In between 18 m. pilots on their way for the B task,[ which means to the S.], which also means "only" 207 km. ,have reached "wave" and some are at 2000 m. ,others even at 2700 m. Not too bad, not too bad at all!!! They will be back " before we know ", when the weather remains so good.
15.10 First outlanding! 5A, Henrik Breidahl, can't understand that, he is such a good pilot! This, defenitely is NOT his competition.
16.00 Just saw, with mostly a lot of others at home, how potential and former world champion, John Coutts outlanded!! We were trying to talk to the screen to let him go up, but unfortunately that did not work. I really felt sad! On the NZ web site I saw that his outlanding was a safe one, at least that is good news!
Dutch pilot Steven Raimond and French pilot Gilles Navas are doing well at this moment.Have a look at vPos.
16.10 Just looked at the different start times and the biggest difference is in 18 m. class ,exactly ONE hour difference and Holger Back from Germany was the last to go on track at 15.01.
