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Swiss Nationals 2016 in Schänis
Rolf Friedli wins with a significant point lead
Photo: Schänis Soaring
With an impressive lead of almost 500 points Rolf Friedli won the 18m class of the Swiss Nationals 2016. Fredy Zulliger (left) placed 2nd. Jürg Haas (right) and Christine Bürki followed in places three and four. All these pilots flew ASG 29.
The 18m class was the most strongly contested group with the most participants. Flying was possible on all the competition days except the very first one. However, the hot and humid conditions during the competition were quite stressful for the pilots.
With a 3rd place in the Open class ASH 31 Mi pilot Gabriel Rossier also managed to secure a podium position. Stefan Zlot (ASW 27) placed 2nd in the 15m class.
More information: Soaring Spot and segelflug.ch
Further National Champions
Competitions in Hungary, USA and Romania
Zoltán Verebélyi
Zoltán Verebélyi in his ASG 29 was able to win the 15m class of the Hungarian Nationals 2016 in Szeged. Richárd Bartolf placed 3rd, also in an ASG 29.
In the USA ASG 29 pilot Peter Deane (photo right) won the US Nationals in the 15m Racing class, followed by David Leonard (ASW 27) and Gary Ittner (ASG 29). In the Open class Dick Butler finished in 3rd place with his Concordia.
Cristian Iacob is the new Romanian champion. He won the “Clubclass 2” in his oldtimer glider Ka 6 at the competition in Tirgu Mures.
Youngest Norwegian Champion ever
17 years old Eirik Brenner Marthins wins with the ASG 29 E
The 17 years old Eirik Brenner Marthins is the youngest Norwegian Champion ever. At the Norwegian Nationals in Starmoen he won the title of the Sports class after two days in an ASG 29 E. In this class, water ballast is not allowed.
This was the first of two Norwegian nationals. After a break of one week, the second competition will also start in Starmoen, held as an FAI competition and permitting the use of water ballast.
More information: NM Sports class
Øyvind Moe: 4708 km in ten days
ASH 31 Mi-Pilot flies from Elverum to Poppenhausen and back
Our Norwegian representative Øyvind Moe recently visited us with his ASH 31 Mi. Not, however, with a car and trailer but only with his aircraft at the most southerly point on his tour of the Baltic Sea. He started from his home airport Elverum in Norway on 31 May 2016. learn more
Photosession with the ASG 32 El
Since the weather on the day of the first flight was a little bit dull, we used today’s sunshine to take a few aerial photos of the ASG 32 El. learn more
ASG 32 EI with electric propulsion is flying now
An environment-friendly sustainer
The electric propulsion system for the ASG 32 EI was first introduced at the AERO exhibition in Friedrichshafen. While the priority last year was to obtain type certification of the Open class ASH 30 Mi as well as the flight testing and type certification of the ASG 32 as a self-launcher and pure sailplane, now the completion of the electric propulsion system has come back into the foreground. learn more
Szemplinski, Clark and Fletcher
Successful US 18m Championships
Bob, Jerzy and Robin (Photo: Rick Sheppe)
The ASG 29 pilots at the 2016 US 18m Championships were able to celebrate outstanding results in Lancaster, South Carolina.
After five competition days at the Bermuda High airfield, eight ASG 29 pilots placed in the top ten.
Winner and new US 18m champion was Jerzy Szemplinski. Also on the podium were Robin Clark and Bob Fletcher.
More information: ssa.org
New Schleicher Gallery Online
All Aircraft Types since 1951
Photos, three-views, polars and technical data provide an idea of the rapid development in sailplane construction. The short descriptions have mainly been taken or adapted from the Schleicher book „Rhön-Adler“.
To the Schleicher-Gallery…
Roman Mracek becomes Czech Champion
Petr Krejcirik and Martin Hrivna on places 2 and 3
ASG 29 pilot Roman Mracek wins the Czech Championships 2016 in Moravsca Trebova with a comfortable margin of points. This competition was the final rehearsal for the European Gliding Championships at the same place next year.
Petr Krejcirik (ASW 22 BLE) and Martin Hrivna (ASG 29 E) followed in places 2 and 3. With Danes Grula (5th), Anne Ducarouge (7th) Jana Treslova (9th) and Takeshi Maruyama (10th) another four Schleicher pilots placed among the top ten.
More information: Gliding CZ
Victory in the Italian Grand-Prix
Three ASG 29 pilots on the podium
Peter Hartmann (AT) has won the Italian Grand-Prix 2016 in Varese. Together with Mike Young (GB) in second place and the local hero Luciano Avanzini (I), another two ASG 29 pilots were on the winner’s podium.
More information: Italy SGP 2016