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Competition Day 6 (8th of August)

Today’s news:

  • Captain’s briefing 9:30 a.m.
  • Briefing starts at 10:00 a.m. in the hangar.
  • Grid opens at 9 a.m. – closes at 11:45 a.m.
  • First launch at 12:00 p.m.
  • Take off direction 360°
  • Airtow procedure no 3.
  • Landing procedure no 2.
  • Landing direction: 330°

Today’s grid:

International Event (8th of August)

Time: 8th of August (Tuesday), 8:00 pm; Place: Hangar

Programme:

  1. Tasting traditional dishes of all the countries;
  2. Quiz about the countries (randomly chosen team will be asked to answer questions, provided by your team about your country/team habits);
  3. Party time.

We kindly ask you:

  1. Send us: info@laikaski.lt 3 questions about your country till 12 pm on the 8th of August.
  2. Prepare national dishes or/and drinks, that you think will represent your team and your country – there will be tables provided for all of countries. You should be prepared at 7 pm.
  3. If you have any suggestions or talents to share, do not hestitate to share with us on Facebook or info@laikaski.lt

Best regards,

JWGC2017 Communication team

 

Results of Competition Day 4

6th of August was the 4th day of competition. Glider pilots flew in two classes: standard and club. Tasks for a day were:

Standard class: 114.22 km – 241.81 km
Club class: 110.10 km – 218.64 km

Winners (standard class):
1. Joris Vainius (Lithuania). 276 points.
2. Ignas Bitinaitis (Lithuania). 268 points.
3. Karel Novak (Czech Republic). 263 points.

Club class: task was not finished, no winners. Best results of the day: Laurynas Šupinys (Lithuania), Wojciech Wojtaczka (Poland), James Stewart (USA).

Pociūnai JWGC2017 team

Competition Day 5 (7th of August) Updated

Today’s news:

  • Captain’s briefing 9:30 a.m.
  • Briefing starts at 10:00 a.m. in the hangar.
  • Grid opens at 9 a.m. – closes at 11:45 a.m.
  • First launch at 12:00 p.m.
  • Take off direction 220°
  • Airtow procedure no 1.
  • Landing procedure no 2.
  • Landing direction: 330°

The grid is changed, please take the new grid papers from the boxes in hangar.

Today’s grid:

Pociūnai JWGC2017 team