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Sorry, I did not realize that the Waypoints have not been on the website. Now you find them in our download section or with the link below.

The weather reports did change slightly. The organizer will decide about sunday tomorrow.

Saturday: As usual in such kind of (humid and warm) situation, the different models show different prognosis … COSMO7: pretty pessimistic COSMO2: Shows more or less normal day-weather: Clouds developing pretty early, but ok ALARO: Similar to COSMO2 GME-COSMO EU (Regtherm): lots of high clouds, weak thermal development In the sum we believe, that regardless of high and middle clouds a task will be possible. Sunday: The wind turns to NW and N, all the humidity will be pushed towards the northern side of the alps. Personally I don’t believe, that a task will be possible. The decision is delayed to tonight, because we like to follow the development some more hours. Infos about the Swiss Cup Saturday: http://www.psctitlis.ch/aktuell/152-swiss-cup-engelberg-6-bis-7-juni-2015.html Important: Pls. calculate small traffic problems because of the Strongmen Run.

The weather will not be as nice, as it looks, because of a lot of humidity. Saturday: - cumulus will rise up at noon - Congestus in the afternoon - small possibility of rain in the afternoon, evening - no problem with winds At the moment I would think, that a task is possible. Sunday: - early development of congestus, early possibility of showers I don't think, a task will be possible. Decision will be made Friday noon.

Unser Car hat den Berg fast nicht geschafft. Dafür freuten wir uns auf den 77km-Zickzacktask inkl. Flachland. Tiefe Basis auf 1500m, viele Piloten um und in den Wolken. Teils bereits im Startschlauch Regen, den wir Schweizer lieber umflogen und damit teils Zeit verloren. Nach dem 2. Wendepunkt auf dem Weg ins Flache dann doch gestoppt. Rangliste noch ausstehend.

We had a great flight on Satruday as we were able to fly with the wind from Salève to Villeneuve! More than 20 pilots reached the goal and we had good fun in train on the way back:-) For today, we wanted to "play" in the flatflands in front of the Salève as some cumulus already appeared at 10.30am announcing a promising day. Unfortuntately, the South-West came stronger and earlier than expected even in low altitude, so we canceled the task for safety reason. Hope all pilots enjoyed this event as much as much we did and we are looking forward to seeing you next year. See below the ranking (the complete rankings are attached below). Overall: 1/ Jan Sterren - Ozone Enzo 2 2/ Pascal Walker - Ozone Enzo 2 3/ Marco Vergari - Nova Triton 2 Female: 1/ Daniela Iseli - UP Trango XC3 2/ Yael Margelisch - Niviuk Icepeak 7 3/ Gabriela.Mettler - Niviuk Peak 3 Sport class: 1/ Marco Vergari - Nova Triton 2 2/ Andreas Nydegger - UP Trango XC3 3/ Reynald Mumenthaler - Nova Triton 2 & Jacques Vuffray - Nova Mentor 3 Cheers, Reynald

Hello everyone, if the regtherm is right, we will have a great day tomorrow:-) See below. I added few waypoints (you can download the new file with the link below) just in case we decide to fly with the wind. This is typically the type of condition where local pilots will fly towards Villeneuve.... See you tomorrow. Cheers, Reynald

Hi everyone, we checked the latest weather forecast and we believe that we can run tasks on Saturday and Sunday. It will count for the Swissleague. Weather info: See below the maps for more details. We should have, on Saturday, some South-West Wind going down during the afternoon and turning to North West. North West is the best wind to race along the Salève and in the flatlands in front of it as it creates some confluence. We might have some high level clouds but still enough sun to have good thermals. Sunday looks good as well. Waypoints and map: You can download the waypoints and the map by using the link below Logisitic: - Meeting point: Centre vol libre Genève, Route de Bossey 21,1256 Troinex, Google map link - Inscription: from 9am to 10.30am at the meeting point (see above) - There is a possibility to install your tent on the landing area to spend the night (the club will organize Dinner for those who want, you will need to register for this during the inscription) We are looking forward to welcoming you in Geneva! Don't forget: we have a big airport near by, so please check airspaces;-)

Yesterday it was looking very humid for Saturday. Now the wether reports look much better (not only for Geneva). The organizers just toplanded to check the weather and make the decision: Final decision for Saturday will be done tomorrow, Friday at 12 o clock. Now the organizers will fly until dark :-). We wish them a nice sunset flight and a good landing!

Hi everyone, it is still quite early to have a reliable weather forecast for the coming weekend but so far, the models look good for the Swiss Cup in Salève. We will provide more details related to the weather tomorrow night (Thursday) and we will confirm the event either on Thursday night or on Friday noon. Meanwhile, you can already download below the waypoints and the map. We hope to see all of you this weekend. P.S: have a look to the airspaces around Geneva, we have a big airport which is not that far;-)

Schön, weil die Thermik angenehm ist, schwierig, weil es viel Schatten hat, und man nicht weiss, ob man Nord- oder Südseitig fliegen muss. Urs Schönauer, Michi Küffer und Philippe Steinger, wie auch einige weniger Namhafte Piloten sind den schwierigen Bedingungen jedenfalls schon zum Opfer gefallen. Die ersten sind im Goal (Truttmann, Roschi, Studer ua). Superprovisorisch könnten die ersten sein: 1 Trutmann 2 Studer 3 Morgenthaler 4 Emanuelle Zufferey ! 5 Ewald 6 Roschi Wir machen am Abend ein Update der Rangliste.

Lots of clouds, but good thermic conditions up to 1800m. We go to Grenchenberg, Take Off: 7.39120, 47.22279 We have a special Postauto to bring us up to the Take Off. Meeting points: Solothurn Bhf 9:32 (Postauto Extrafahrt, Hr Flury) Or 9:45 at P2 Oberdorf (P2 is 100m below the Cable Car Station Oberdorf, next to the Landing Field. 7.49563, 47.23449)

Es fehlen noch einige downloads. Hier aber mal eine Zwischenrangliste. Gratuliere, Urs! 1.Urs Schönauer 02:00:17 70.46 km 2.Stephan Morgenthaler 02:00:26 70.46 km 3.Christoph Trutmann 02:00:35 70.46 km 4.Alfredo Studer 02:01:08 70.46 km 5.Michael Maurer 02:02:28 70.46 km 6.Markus S. Wicki 02:02:32 70.46 km 7.Patrick von Känel 02:02:57 70.46 km 8.Jan Sterren 02:04:26 70.46 km 9.Michael Rohner69.38 km 10.Mario Pfister69.20 km 11.Emanuelle Zufferey69.17 km 12.Adrian Seitz68.60 km 13.Markus Roschi68.45 km 14.Albino Malli67.80 km 15.Nanda Walliser67.74 km 16.Yanick Lettry67.06 km 17.Bernie Hertz61.53 km 18.Christoph Dörn59.96 km 19.Dan Morand57.39 km 20.Simon Zwiebel53.21 km 21.Reynald Mumenthaler45.89 km 22.Philipp Steinger45.78 km 23.Marco Vergari42.21 km 24.Jörg Ewald41.01 km 25.Nicole Leuenberger29.08 km 26.Philippe Ruchti11.60 km 27.Andreas Nydegger10.88 km 28.Django Hegglin10.45 km 29.Michel Kopp2.02 km 30.Nico Figini0.78 km 31.Lukas van Egmond0.00 km 32.Tom Payne0.00 km 33.Christian Nagy0.00 km 34.Marco Cortesi0.00 km

We decided to stay at Jura, but we go to Grenchenberg. Take Off: 7.39120, 47.22279 We have a special Postauto to bring us up to the Take Off. Meeting points: Solothurn Bhf 9:32 (Postauto Extrafahrt, Hr Flury) Or 9:45 at P2 Oberdorf (P2 is 100m below the Cable Car Station Oberdorf, next to the Landing Field. 7.49563, 47.23449)

Später Start um 14:45 und Luftstart um 15:15. Die Strecke ist einfach zu schildern (Tavanne - Schwengimatt und zurück), aber nicht einfach zu fliegen. Der Nordwind ist nicht sehr stark, und (mehr oder weniger unangemeldete) Schichtwolken auf 4000m schatten das ganze Gelände ab. Das Gleiten im Luf ist aber sehr gut und so scheinen dennoch einige gut unterwegs zu sein (17:40: die ersten haben die Schwengi geholt). Update später. Man betrachte aber das Livetracking!

Looks ok :-)

Meeting point: Train Station Oberdorf 11:45 Timetable Train: Departure Solothurn 11:32 Arrival Oberdorf SO 11:46 Parkings are to be paid. Map and Waypoints: See the Links below. I will bring printed maps. NO UPLOAD, NO DOWNLOAD Download your igc-file to: In case of problems you can mail me the igc-file. Arrival at Röti 13:00 (after 20 minutes walk) Take off 14:00 We plan to fly a task at the north side, something like - Take Off Weissenstein B10 (with radius to Röti) - Balsthal (Schwängimatt B06) - Tavannes (S06) - Balsthal (again: Schwängimatt B06) - ESS at Weissenstein B10 - Solothurn Bhf (new TP B40 - its in the wpt-file) - Landing L04 TAKE YOUR EQUIPMENT FOR THE NIGHT - WE WILL GO TO OGO (IF IT TAKES PLACE) OR MAKE A SECOND TASK AT JURA

Swiss Cup OGO ******************* Saturday is canceled, decision for Sunday will be made Saturday noon. As it looks now, it will be „on“. Swiss League Cup ********************* Saturday: Maybe we make a task in the Jura. Because we have to fly „North“, I have to check different opportunities. Decision will be made around 15 hour. Sunday depends on decision for Saturday… - if we are in the Jura, we move to OGO - if we cancel Saturday, OGO will not count for Swiss League Cup (because it will be a nice, but not a very good task) Sorry for the confusion … Meteo Ebenalp/Wasserauen: Samstag Basis erst um 16 Uhr über Startplatz 1600m Sonntag Mini-Frontdurchgang in der zweiten Nachthälfte, Bewölkung lässt im Verlauf vom Tag nach, dank der Westströhmung rechnen wir mit einem hübschen Nachmittag. „schon“ um 14 Uhr wird die Basis auf 1800 sein und auf 1900 steigt.