Stein Edgar Strandli http://www.strandli.net writes:

Ever since the legendary European Championship in 92, Vaga has
kept the reputation of a very special flying site. The 2006 version of Vaga Open
was no exception. The Nordic and the Norwegian championship and the
International competition Vaga Open 2006 was held last week and the weather and
the Norwegian nature showed itself from its best side.


We managed to have 6 out of 8 competition days. Tasks were between 57 – 92 km.
The average speed on the winners was around 50 -60 kph, very fast for Norway.


Olav Opsanger is the winner of the Nordic and the Norwegian championship. He won
all the tasks during the competition. Olav was very satisfied with his victory
since he has been in 3rd place the four last years in the Norwegian
championship. Bjorn Joacimsen took second and was the biggest element of
surprise this year. He have only been flying for five years and have a little
more than 125 hours in the air in total. Jon Gjerde came third and Nils Aage
Henden on fourth place.


For more daily and overall results see: http://www.vaagaaopen.no


This year we also had a free flyers “spot landing and pylon” competition with 15
participants. The winner was Terje Solberg.


There was also a photo competition and the winner picture was taken by Kjell
Keogh You can see the picture
here. Other pictures are available
here.


In total there where around 100 pilots in the area during the competition. The
Vaga Open 2006 committee welcomes everyone who where there and wishes also other
pilots welcome next year!