Results of Competition Day 3

5th of August was the third day of competition. Glider pilots flew in two classes: standard and club. Tasks for a day were:

Standard class: 340.48 km
Club class: 312.12 km

Winners (standard class):
1. Erik Rudsmark (Sweden ). 79.71 km/h
2. David Erik Vilhelm Gustavsson (Sweden). 79.67 km/h
3. Enrique Levin (Germany). 79.15 km/h

Winners (club class):
1. Wojciech Wojtaczka (Poland). 81.62 km/h
2. Hans Christian Bertelsen (Denmark). 80.55 km/h
3. Thomas Arscott (UK). 78.60 km/h

Pociūnai JWGC2017 team

Competition Day 4 (6th of August)

Today’s news:

  • Briefing starts at 12:00 p.m. in the hangar.
  • Grid opens at 11:00 a.m. – closes at 12:45 p.m.
  • First launch possible at 13:00 p.m.
  • Take off direction 220°
  • Airtow procedure no 1.
  • Landing procedure no 2.
  • Landing direction: 330°

Today’s grid:

Pociūnai JWGC2017 team

Results of Competition Day 2

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

Standard class: 275.51 km
Club class: 252.74 km

Winners (standard class):
1. Sven Sprunger (Switzerland) 252.30 km
2. Sviatoslav Roublev (Denmark) 248.18 km
3. Emil Dalboe-Pedersen (Denmark) 248.07 km

Winners (club class):
1. Martin Steen Andersen (Denmark) 222.16 km
2. Daniel Sazhin (USA) 217.63 km
3. Noah Reitter (USA) 217.86 km

Open Day in JWGC 2017 (5th of August)

Organizers of JWGC 2017 invite everybody to spend a day in Pociūnai airport on the 5th of August.

PROGRAMME of the day:

10:30 a.m. Welcome in Pociūnai airport.

10:45 a.m. Excursion in the factory of gliders LAK, Pociūnai airport and in its hangar.

12 p.m. Unique views watching 70 gliders launch.

1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Free time in the airport: lunch in a cafe „Debesota“, relax time in the chill zone with music, table and outdoor games. Also, possibility to try FKY VR flight simulator.

There will be a possibility to fly depending on the weather conditions.

4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Unique views watching 70 gliders land.

7 p.m. near Hangar Performance of world champion of indoor aerobatics Donatas Paužuolis.

8 p.m. Concert of Pažaislis music festival. Singer Vilija Matačiūnaitė together with Kaunas‘ big band will perform Natalie Cole‘s songs. The price of the concert is 7 Eur. Tickets: http://bit.ly/pazaislis-pociunuose

JWGC2017 Communication team