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1 GUSTAVO DE ARAUJO SALDANHA 4288

2 LEONARDO DABBUR 4189

3 JONNY DURAND 4151

4 ANDRÉ WOLF 4010

5 ALVARO FIGUEIREDO SANDOLI 4004

There would be more information but the Brazilians continue to use
the very second rate PDF output format from Race. PDF's don't play well with
others and the particular PDF output from Race doesn't give you the glider the
pilot was flying. You would think that glider manufacturers would complain about
this. I have been complaining about this for years, but to no avail (at least
with Brazil).



I'd just rather not cover Brazil. If they don't want to play nice, why play with
them?



amir shalom () writes:

Day Five canceled, after two hours of continuous postponements of
the final decision. Over-development all around (especially on the task's
direction). Jonny Durand derigged soon after rigging, announcing no flying due
to the dangerous OD, agreed by Nene Rotor ,Andres wolf & many others (but none
but Johnny derigged).



But - the story of the day.



Michael is a (ex-Hungarian?) pilot who participates a lot in the Brazilian
competitions. Michael had decided to take off for a fun flight, way before the
day was canceled. After an hour plus of flight playing with the clouds, he
returned +-400 meters above and in front of the take off, and started showing
off with some flat spins. It did not look good.



Then he started steep wing overs. Tey looked bad. He was about 200 meters over
to, a bit in front. Out of the second wing over the glider was pointed
vertically up, and as speed decreased, it looked like he was trying to push it
to a turn. Too late. The glider rolled back and over. He fell on the wing.
Glider rolled again, and luckily, soon he threw his reserve. He was descending
slowly, so it took the canopy three or four seconds to open. Five to seven
seconds later he hit the ground.



No injuries. Hallelujah. Glider - minor damages. Mainly sprogs cables! Well,
that was a different show for the 100+ people on take off, all watching. All
taped, hope to have it sent to the Oz Report (YouTube, etc).