According to the preliminary score, the winner in 18m Class was Makoto Ichikawa from Japan with a speed of 113.97 kph. With this flight he is also taking to overall lead in this class. Six pilots landed out.
Jerzy made it around the task with a speed of 101.97 which landed him on 18th place. Read details about his flight on his blog. Branko (DG) came 30th with a speed of 97.55 kph.
Overall Jerzy moves up from 13th to 11th place, only two points behind Doug Jacobs and Petr Krejcirik who are tied for 9th. - Bravo Jerzy!
In the 15m Class the day was won by the Hungarian pilot György Gulyas with a speed of 106.95 kph.
Unfortunately Dave's luck ran out on the last leg. He was fooled by a few clouds that didn't work and had no choice but to land on a little airport, just 38 km short. The penalty for missing the last thermal was a harsh 41st place, right behind Gary Ittner from the US. I went out with Virginia to retrieve Dave.
There were even more unlucky pilots in 15m class: Georg Theisinger from Germany who dominated the Pre-worlds, team flying with his brother Martin, lawn-darted after the start into a field. The same happened to Katrin Senne, also from Germany, the current women's world champion. To make matters worse, Martin hit a deer during his landing. In total, seven pilots landed out in the 15m Class
The weather tomorrow should be better. We will meet at 7:30 am for breakfast.
1 comment:
Joerg:
Thanks again for the updates and encourage our pilots to "just keep it going". 12 more days to go.
Ulli
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