13th FAI World Paragliding Championships are now finished
http://airtribune.com/13-fai-world-paragliding-championship/results
Nicole writes:
Well after two weeks the Paragliding Worlds in Sopot are over. Unfavorable north
wind led to many cancelled days but the pilots still managed to get in five
tasks. (Apparently there was a north-facing alternate site but it had
last-minute airspace issues due to a nearby NATO military exercise, bad timing!)
Canada's own Brett Hazlett came in 39th overall (out of 146) which is an awesome
result given the caliber of the field. Congratulations on your achievement and
hope you enjoyed the flying, scenery, and cultural experience of Bulgaria!
http://www.aprendeavolar.com.mx/blog/the-dark-side-of-the-world-paragliding-championships
The thing that most of us will remember it for is a bit of cheating that was
going on during the comp.
The first thing that we
encountered was cloud flying.
...This cloud flying we sorted out very fast.
Another major problem appeared when we saw that some pilots were flying much
faster than other pilots on speed bar obviously faster than the speed the
gliders were certified for. It became quite annoying in the final glide to lose
precious seconds and minutes just because they did something to their gliders.
http://OzReport.com/1375100137
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