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06.09.2006
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Manilla XC-Open 2007 14th Feb - 21st Feb Australia
Good news : The DHV Glidingcontest OLC will be extended to its
first FAI Cat-2 OpenDistance competition series.
At first, there will be a Manilla XC Open competition just before the
2007 World Champs!
Please check out all the info at :
www.Manilla-XC-Open-2007.glidingcontest.org
There are 3 groups of reserved places for pilots that meet certain criteria until end Oct 2006 eg : participated in 2005 XC Open Worlds pilots OLC pilots. After that its open to all pilots. Refer to the web site for info.
The Manilla XC Open 2007 is a continuation of the highly successful and much liked, low stress, Open Distance style format pioneered by the 2005 event. It will continue annually and become part of a planned worldwide series of XC-Open similar events at selected locations - so keep a lookout on FAI event calendars. The next planned location for the XC-Open Series will be Piedrahita in Spain, Europes premier XC-flying site beginning of Sept. 2007.
The organisers - Andreas Rieck and Hans Bausenwein both from Germany, but who have flown in Manilla for many seasons - have planned a low cost event with quite creative new aspects like optional self downloading via the OLC and SMS check in. Godfrey Wenness, organiser of the World Championships in Manilla will be doing the weather and safety briefs and flight suggestions daily. Only the pilots best 4 scores count to the overall result and each day is scored as with a standard task style comp PWC formula 1000pts for the best pilot every day. As in 2005, the event is designed to maximise a pilots flying each day - thus as in 2005, re-flights from anywhere are allowed as many times as a pilot wishes.
For more info please see the event web site or contact the organisation team directly :
manilla-xc-open-2007glidingcontest.org
http://www.schlechtfliegermag.com/bin/news.html?id=516
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