Unfortunately, the last two days of the gliding Grand Prix were literally a washout. Continuous heavy rain put a stop to any flying activity from the beginning. The Grand Prix organization team, therefore, had to declare finished the competition with three qualifying...
Sportsdirector Bernd Schmid had to cancel also the last day due to the very bad weather. During the last two days we had the same amount of rain as during a usual complete month of...
Björn Gintzel flies to his second victory of the day. After Wednesday had to be canceled due to the weather, the hope of being able to fly a competition day on Thursday was not very high. The weather forecasts were too bad. However particularly with a Grand Prix, even...
The Sailplane Grand Prix in Elchingen is suffering from the bad weather. It was already clear on Wednesday morning that the double-seaters would remain on the ground that day. As sports director Bernd Schmid has been familiar with international competitions for over...
After a break on Monday due to the weather, the second race day of the competition was successfully flown at the Grand Prix in Elchingen on Tuesday. The rainy and changeable weather took a break. Sports director Bernd Schmid closely monitored the weather developments...