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 May. 

Day 6 of the competition was canceled due to weather conditions.

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...

Today's race is canceled due to the weather conditions. See you tomorrow.

The first racing day of the International Sailplane Grand Prix in Elchingen took place on Sunday.  In best gliding weather conditions, the International Sailplane Grand Prix championship was ceremoniously declared open on Sunday morning. The mayor of the city of...

Rain shower weather during the training day of the Grand Prix. Sports manager Bernd Schmid had to postpone the start of the gliders several times due to the weather conditions. Nevertheless, from 13:38 the 15m class aircrafts could start. As a training task they had a...

Due to the weather situation there is no towing operation on Friday 24th, 2024.