We got an sms saying 11:30 briefing on the Tegelberg. There is a small chance for a task. This morning there was rain and the forecast is rain around 16:00. Pilots are now at HQ waiting. Some hesitation here. UPDATE: The weather wasn’t good for a long time, so no challanging task setting possibilities. Therefor […]

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Today the task setting was posponed for half an hour because of insurtane weather. Eventually there was a task of 85km. I got started near the end of the start row. Everybody was very low, start level or a bit higher. It was pretty crowded in these few hundred meters near the start. It took […]

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Because of forecasts with heavy rain the day is canceled. The forecast is that Friday and Saturday is flyable. We used the day to go to an outdoor shop, have a lunch at home and go to the Schloss Neu-Schwangau. This castle is really amazing !

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At 8:00 we had pilot-breakfast, which was well organized. After that, the sponsors and all the other people and companies making this competition possible where thanked. After breakfast I went to the workshop to solder a backup battery for my vario. I used a cycling-lamp, which gave the option to insert 3 AAA batteries of […]

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I arrived in Schwangau together with my girlfriend Anne-Marie on Monday. I had found a very nice apartment for a week in Schwangau-Horn which a booked the week before. Because of a small wrist injury of a landing last Sunday in Bösingen, I decided not to fly today to give it an extra day rest. […]

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