Coppa Internazionale del Mediterraneo, Rieti - 2017

Rieti, Italy,   1 August 2017 – 12 August 2017

August 10 th - Day 9 (Cancelled)

At 2 pm the 18 meter class and open class were gridded on runway 16. At 2,20 pm, after launching 4 gliders, the contest director, the line manager and the chief tow pilot jointly decided to stop the take offs and to cancel today’s task due to exessive and gusty cross wind: 10/18 Kts from west. One of the four pilots in flight then reported that at Monte Nuria (very close to the airport) clouds base was unexpectedly low, whict would have made the task quite challenging to complete.

12 am. An atmospheric perturbation currently over Sardinia and Corsica is approaching the Italian peninsula. It will bring southern winds and initially medium cloudy and high stratified cloud cover. The air in the thick middle and high layers of the atmosphere is very humid and unstable. Strong south wind is also expected so the organization is looking into taking off from runway 16.

Written by: clara bartolini on 10 August 2017 at 08:41.
Edited by: clara bartolini on 10 August 2017 at 15:10.

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