Eskilstuna International Open 2008

Eskilstuna, Sweden,   May 18, 2008 – May 24, 2008

Champions

Club
1 H4 Börje Gustavsson 3,117
2 Z4 Jari Hyvärinen 2,175
3 G2 Hannes Wemming 2,017
Standard
1 AJ Steinar Øksenholt 3,185
2 TA Jan-Ola Nordh 3,149
3 CI Ole John Aske 2,947
Meter 15
1 TC Göran Ax 2,092
2 99 Mikael Engström 1,857
3 MR Richard Swanström 1,624
Meter 18
1 DM E/P Sørbye/Osen 2,884
2 UA Tonny Olsson 2,730
3 WH Sakari Havbrandt 2,621
Double Seater
1 DT C/B Andersson/Karlsson 2,393
2 AO J/R Tangen/Lindqvist 2,355
3 NF B/H Orrsäter/Larsson 2,242

20 May: It's time again (now for real)

Towing has started, so let's hope the weather is at least "stayuppable"...
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Written on May 20, 2008 at 8:41 AM.

20 May: It's time again...

and we fly! Again, we distributed AAT's, actually the same task for all classes but with more generous obersvation zones so that the task length ranges from 118.3km to 349.6km. We hope the weather will allow for longer flying. Looks quite OK, right now...
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Written on May 20, 2008 at 7:41 AM.

APRS-tracking

As some gliders have APRS trackers installed, you can follow their flight in almost-real-time via the internet: (Click on "Read more..." to see complete list) Mikael Engström (SE-USB, 99) ASW 27b, 15m Teresa Toivonen (SE-TXD, XD) LS4, Club Jan-Ola Nordh (SE-UTA, TA) Discus 2T, Standard Andreas Kingbäck (SE-UUI, 2K) LS8-st, Standard Sune Liljenstam/Olja Suur-Nuuja (SE-ULP, LP) Duo Discus, 2seat 20m Mattias Hemborg/Páll Einarsson (SE-UUU, 3U) DG-1000T, 2seat 20m Benny Orrsäter/Hans Larsson (SE-UN...
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Written on May 19, 2008 at 7:48 PM.

19 May: Today we fly!

The weather is good, so tasks are set (speed tasks aka AAT's), pilots are towed up, starting lines are open and quite a lot have already started their respective task!
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Written on May 19, 2008 at 10:02 AM.

Gallery: Photos uploaded

Some photos from yesterday, 17 May and today, 18 May (UPDATED)
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Written on May 18, 2008 at 12:15 PM.

18 May: Day cancelled

Today\'s competition day is cancelled due to weather. Next briefing will be at 1000 Monday morning.
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Written on May 18, 2008 at 11:10 AM.

Merged classes: 18m and Open class

The number of competing pilots in the Open class has dropped to 2. We therefore decided to merge Open class with 18m, rather than cancelling. According to Swedish Handbook of Gliding Operations SHB, article 725, section 2.1.4.1, such merger will give all 18m-gliders a common handicap of 116, while all Open class glider will have a handicap of 124. For FAI ranking after completed competition the 18m results will be recalculated as if flown in a true 18m-only class... and the results from Open cl...
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Written on May 18, 2008 at 11:08 AM.

Info: Waypoint files (update)

Some pilots asked for the waypoint list in other than SeeYou's cup-format. We recommend using the waypoints of Open 2004 (click on "Files formatted for ..."). This is essentially the same list and we promise to only make use of waypoints that also have been in 2004's list.
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Written on May 11, 2008 at 5:08 AM.

Info: Air space and waypoint files

We have added air space and waypoint files in our download section (NEW: Swedens airspace in Google Maps). Please note that we have two new sectors around our airfield Ekeby! Avoid sector E-TUNA EAST which will not be opened during the competition.
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Written on May 7, 2008 at 2:43 PM.

Info: Self-briefing documents + FAI sanction

Documents for self-briefing are now available for download. We have also obtained FAI sanction for all competition classes.   
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Written on April 24, 2008 at 6:00 PM.

Latest winner

1. Börje Gustavsson 98.23 km/h
2. Anders Blom 97.51 km/h
3. Hannes Wemming 97.95 km/h
1. Jan-Ola Nordh 123.49 km/h
2. Peter Cutting 123.40 km/h
3. Andreas Kingbäck 122.60 km/h
1. Mikael Engström 129.74 km/h
2. Anders Jacobsson 124.70 km/h
3. Richard Swanström 122.39 km/h
1. Sakari Havbrandt 126.66 km/h
2. Tonny Olsson 125.11 km/h
3. Patrik Dahlman 123.04 km/h
3. Henning Lassen 123.03 km/h
1. J/R Tangen/Lindqvist 115.94 km/h
2. B/H Orrsäter/Larsson 113.33 km/h
3. C/B Andersson/Karlsson 116.14 km/h

Latest task

Task 7, May 24, 2008
Task distance: 191.82 km
Updated: 5/21/15, 6:25 AM
Task 7, May 24, 2008
Task distance: 237.03 km
Updated: 5/21/15, 6:25 AM
Task 7, May 24, 2008
Task distance: 237.03 km
Updated: 5/21/15, 6:25 AM
Task 7, May 24, 2008
Task distance: 295.09 km
Updated: 5/21/15, 6:25 AM
Task 7, May 24, 2008
Task distance: 237.03 km
Updated: 5/21/15, 6:25 AM

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