Fly-Pink Cup 2015 ( Women Competition )

Ferrara, Italy,   30 May 2015 – 7 June 2015

Champions

Mixed
1 873 Elizabeth Sparrow 4,649
2 57 Margherita Acquaderni 4,538
3 P Viktoria Vadaszi 4,085

8th June

You can visualize prizegiving’s photos in Soaringspot gallery and through the facebook page: AEROCLUB VOLOVELISTICO FERRARESE! See you next year in Ferrara!

 

Written by: clara bartolini on 8 June 2015 at 20:35.

7th June - 19,30pm

With today's flights the ranking is completely changed. Today it was important to start immediately as soon as the starting line opened, so, there were good climbing values everywhere. Gliders who started the task later  had to swich on the engine or to go for outlanding. Unfortunately several competitors entered in forbidden area. We are waiting all the files arrive in the scorer office and then the contest director will proceed to the awards ceremony. Clara  
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Written by: clara bartolini on 7 June 2015 at 17:27.
Edited by: clara bartolini on 7 June 2015 at 17:30.

7 June - 12pm

This morning at the briefing the contest director announced the awards ceremony for this evening at 8.00pm. Weather forecast are not as good as yesterday, it is expected light winds from the east that reaches 20 knots at high altitude. The cloud base is at 1400m and QNH is estimated at 1020. Right now we are beginning  to form beautiful cumulus, but to the east they are congested
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Written by: clara bartolini on 7 June 2015 at 10:31.

6th June - 7,30 pm

Only one outlanding  in this beautiful day for gliding! There were cumulus and fumulus, some thermals were very weak, others were on average 1.5 m/s. Some gliders were at 1700m on the start line and even at the last turning point there were good values of climb that allowed easy and fast returns to the airport. As you can see from the photos, there were also 5 gliders that landed at the same time in the sunset: a beautiful show!  
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Written by: clara bartolini on 6 June 2015 at 17:23.

6th June - 4pm

Today at 2.00 pm takeoffs were finished, thanks to the competition’s organization and to the hard job of 7 towing planes that in one hour and a half, have always flown all the 70 gliders.  
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Written by: clara bartolini on 6 June 2015 at 14:39.

5th June

Today, June the 5th, gliders started again to fly in Ferrara’s competitions. There are about 15 outlandings because of the difficulties for dry thermals, especially in Ferrara's area, and because of the fast changing conditions. Instead, in the west and north zone of the task there were cumulus and climbing values around 2m/s. Clara
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Written by: clara bartolini on 5 June 2015 at 18:11.

2 June - 10 pm

Today the sky was really beautiful, as we can see in the photos! Thermals were around 2 m/s with a ceiling at 1500, as announced. Almost all drivers returned to their houses and their jobs. They will be back to Ferrara for the weekend: the competition will be again on Friday 5th, Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th. YOU CAN FOLLOW THIS COMPETITION ALSO ON FACEBOOK at "AEROCLUB VOLOVELISTICO FERRARESE" Clara  
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Written by: clara bartolini on 2 June 2015 at 20:12.
Edited by: clara bartolini on 2 June 2015 at 22:06.

2 June - 13pm

Weather forecasts for today are better than previous days, with some more cumulus and ceiling at about 1500m.  
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Written by: clara bartolini on 2 June 2015 at 10:49.
Edited by: clara bartolini on 2 June 2015 at 22:04.

1 June - 8pm

Today it was a real beautiful gliding day! Many pilots showed satisfaction about  weather conditions. Thermals were up to 2 m/s. For some gliders, however, it was hard to complete the task! This is gliding: you have to be in the right place at the right time! ;-) Clara  
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Written by: clara bartolini on 1 June 2015 at 17:59.
Edited by: clara bartolini on 2 June 2015 at 22:05.

1 June - 12am

In the photo gallery you can see the award ceremony of yesterday’s winners. Tonight we will have a party here at the airport, thanks to the excellent organization by the Aeroclub! Here is a photo of today's task of class Unica and Fly Pink: a real challenge! The expected weather conditions are better than yesterday with weak southerly wind and thermal activity without the presence of cumulus. YOU CAN FOLLOW THIS COMPETITION ALSO ON FACEBOOK at "AEROCLUB VOLOVELISTICO FERRARESE" Clara    
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Written on 1 June 2015 at 09:56.

Latest winner

1. Elizabeth Sparrow 63.77 km/h
2. Viktoria Vadaszi 61.07 km/h
3. Zarina Bagaeva 55.91 km/h
Updated: 09/06/2015, 20:23

Latest task

Task 7, 7 Jun 2015
Task distance: 170.70 km
Updated: 09/06/2015, 18:23

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