Flightpaths from Bavaria-Glide / Racing Class

Some pilots at the pre-worlds "Bavaria-Glide" were very fast, others needed a lot more time to accomplish the tasks. What role did their route decisions play in this game? What made some pilots fast, what slowed others down? Are there tricky areas in the competition area of the next World Gliding Championships at Bayreuth?

The data from the GNSS-flightrecorders will tell you the secrets. They are now available as IGC files which can be anlaysed with software like Strepla (look at the result monitor for examples), CAL and Flight Planner 4 (screenshot on mainpage of "Site").

The files of every pilot are put together in one ZIP-file for download. Every IGC-file is in the general form "CS-DD.IGC", where CS means the contest and DD the flying day. At average the files are 200 to 400 kB big. The list presents the pilots in the order of the final result after nine contest days.

Rk. Pilot Plane Nat. CS Points
1 DEDERA, MILOS VENTUS 2 CZE VV 6993
2 EDWARDS, BRAD ASW 27 AUS CH 6596
3 KAY, ALISTER VENTUS 2 GBR K1 6456
4 THEISINGER, MARTIN ASW 27 GER WT 6398
5 MEUSER, WERNER VENTUS 2 GER WM 6373
6 KREJCIRIK/LOU VENTUS 1 CZE LF 6216
7 TACKE, THORSTEN VENTUS 2 GER 1G 6118
8 WILLS, JUSTIN LS6/W15 GBR 1 6086
9 TERMAAT, RONALD DG-800S NED XT 6024
10 SCHMID, BERND VENTUS 2 GER I7 5998
11 HAUSER, FRIDOLIN VENTUS 2 SUI H 5931
12 GOSTNER, THOMAS VENTUS 2 ITA GT 5865
13 TAYLOR, BRUCE ASW 27 AUS VW 5857
14 TROTTER, PETER LS6/W15 AUS AB 5849
15 GHIORZO, STEPHANO VENTUS 2 ITA VS 5843
16 NAPOLEON, ERIC VENTUS 2 FRA EW 5829
17 TRUNK, HERMANN VENTUS 1 SUI LT 5758
18 MEMMERT, DIETHER VENTUS 1 GER 45 5718
19 PETTERSSON, AKE LS6/W15 SWE BI 5626
20 AX, GOERAN ASW 27 SWE TC 5481
21 LEMBLE, KLAUS DG 800S SUI LE 5464
22 BAUMANN, ANDREAS LS-6a SUI BY 5303
23 BODE, TASSILO ASW 27 GER VB 5295
24 ARONSSON, BENGT LS6-b SWE ICK 5286
25 MARUI, MITSURU VENTUS 2 JPN 71 5244
26 HANSEN, KRISTIAN VENTUS 1 DEN 55 5159
27 BREITENFELDER, JÜRGEN LS6-c/15 GER KK 5152
28 RASMUSSEN, ARNE LS6-a NOR HY 5121
29 BRECKEL/BARTH ASW 27 GER 27 4968
30 VAN BREEMEN, MARC VENTUS 2 NED II 4856
31 TABART, TRACEY VENTUS 1 AUS XY 4642
32 KUIJPERS, FERDI ASW 20C NED KP 4590
33 LANGELUEDDEKE, KLAUS ASW 24 GER 63 4076
34 RENDLA, TOMAS ASW 20C CZE A9 4066
35 KOSAR, JOZEF VENTUS 1 SVK LI 3943
36 GALETTO, GIORGIO VENTUS 2 ITA Y 3941
37 THALER, MIHAEL DG-600 SLO MT 3791
38 ZIMMERMANN-L., PETRA LS8 GER CP 3239
39 WEINREICH, GISELA LS 6/W15 GER WX 2968
40 BARROIS, JEAN DENIS SZD-56 FRA BB 1854

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Last updated November 27, 1998