World Gliding Championships in New Zealand, 1995


Last Update: 11-January-1995
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GPS flight log data added in August, 1995 by http://www.ultranet.com/~tlauck/

This information was sent to me directly from New Zealand by Bruce Hoult.



Weather Forecast Jan 11

Situation: An intensifying ridge lies over the south of the South
Island between high centres over the central Tasman Sea and to the
east of Otago.   An upper level ridge is spreading over the South
Island from the west.

Forecast: Generally fine with cloudy periods and light winds tending
SE.  Isolated light showers possible mid/late afternoon.

Soaring: Moderate easterly developing at Omarama during the afternoon.
Moderate thermals developing by early afternoon.  Localised over
development chiefly in the north and west especially early to mid
afternoon.

Trigger temp approx 16C at 12:30.  Mac temp approx 22C at 1600.


24th World Gliding Championships 1995, Omarama New Zealand	Calculated
110195 22:26
Printed 120195 00:26
Unofficial result Open Class, DAY 3
Wednesday, January 11th 1995
Five point task,  436.7 km
 No Turnpoint         Lat    Long   Head    Dist
  B Benmore           442148 1700000
 16 Garston           452830 1684042 220deg. 161.58km 37%
 19 Glenorchy         445112 1682248 341deg.  72.98km 17%
 18 Glen Lyon         440818 1695224 056deg. 142.65km 33%
 03 Avon Burn         442718 1694212 201deg.  37.72km  9%
 01 Omarama A/F       442906 1695830 099deg.  21.81km  5%

  Day-                                                                  Total-
Pl Score No   Name                            Glider         Result    Pl  Score
 1 1000  YY   Gantenbrink, Bruno  #2     IGR  Nimbus 4    112.36 km/h   4  2623
 2  993  KS   Schwenk, Uli               GER  ASW 22 L    111.91 km/h   1  2941
 3  992  AS   Schroeder, Robert          GER  ASW 22 B    111.88 km/h   1  2941
 4  937  KL   Lynskey, Ray               NZL  Nimbus 4    108.54 km/h   3  2651
 5  855  A    Centka, Janusz             POL  ASW 22 BL   103.65 km/h   5  2403
 6  850  EK   Barrios, Jean Denis        FRA  Nimbus 3D   103.35 km/h   6  2348
 7  802* SS   Tabery, Ron                USA  Nimbus 3    100.45 km/h   7  2344
 8  774* O9   Haggenmuller, Reinhard     AUT  ASH 25       98.75 km/h  11  2084
 9  739  HW   Newfield, Theo             NZL  ASH 25       96.62 km/h   8  2154
10  724  AX   Harrison, Grae             NZL  ASH 25       95.77 km/h  10  2125
11  719  1W   Griffith, Sherman          USA  ASH 25       95.43 km/h   9  2135
12  545  DLB  Bush, Dale                 USA  Nimbus 3     84.97 km/h  12  2062
13  508  WW   Mander, Paul               AUS  Nimbus 3     82.73 km/h  14  2017
14  404  UKG  Giles, Michael             AUS  ASW 22       76.48 km/h  13  2040
15  330  GJ   Milner, Brian              CAN  Nimbus 3       381.2 km  15  1781
* Penalty list
SS   Warning: Below 15m at finish. Incorrect circuit direction.
O9   Warning: Unsafe circuit. Final turn over hotel.
Approved: _____________________  Published at:___________

24th World Gliding Championships 1995, Omarama New Zealand	Calculated
110195 22:26
Printed 120195 00:26
Unofficial result 15-meter Class, DAY 3
Wednesday, January 11th 1995
Triangular task,  367.2 km
 No Turnpoint         Lat    Long   Head    Dist
  B Benmore           442148 1700000
 16 Garston           452830 1684042 220deg. 161.58km 44%
 19 Glenorchy         445112 1682248 341deg.  72.98km 20%
 01 Omarama A/F       442906 1695830 072deg. 132.61km 36%

  Day-                                                                  Total-
Pl Score No   Name                            Glider         Result    Pl  Score
 1 1000  EW   Napoleon, Eric             FRA  Ventus 2    104.93 km/h   6  2620
 2  980  1L   Navas, Gilles              FRA  Ventus 2    103.70 km/h   5  2633
 3  961  GT   Gostner, Thomas            ITA  Ventus 2b   102.47 km/h  18  2267
 4  947  1    Wills, Justin              GBR  LS 6        101.59 km/h   3  2661
 5  939  UKI  Cubley, Terry              AUS  ASW 20      101.10 km/h   8  2537
 6  916  VS   Ghiorzo, Stefano           ITA  Ventus 2a    99.69 km/h   1  2778
 7  881  YL   Edwards, Brad              AUS  LS 6b        97.47 km/h  11  2468
 8  858  KR   Rabeder, Karl              AUT  Ventus c     96.03 km/h  11  2468
 9  852  WO   Janowitsch, Wolfgang       AUT  Ventus 2b    95.70 km/h  11  2468
10  834  LF   Dedera, Milos              CZE  Ventus c     94.52 km/h  17  2300
11  812  K2   Krueger, Wilfried          CAN  LS 6b        93.14 km/h  24  1860
12  811  VV   Obermayer, Hans            GER  Ventus       93.09 km/h  10  2490
13  796  GG   Lherm, Gerard              FRA  DG 800 S     92.16 km/h   9  2533
13  796  ILS  Theisinger, Martin         GER  LS 6cw       92.16 km/h   2  2702
15  779  MX   Hansen, Jan                DEN  Ventus b     91.09 km/h  16  2320
16  770  HP   Grund, Michael             GER  Ventus 2b    90.57 km/h   7  2559
17  767  NL   McPhee, Nigel              NZL  Ventus a     90.38 km/h  23  2097
18  763* KZ   Schmitt, Carlos            ARG  ASW 20       90.09 km/h  30  1238
19  748  7V   Gimmey, Ray                USA  LS 6b        89.14 km/h  14  2365
20  745  R8   Raimond, Steven            NET  LS 6         88.95 km/h  15  2332
21  730  KX   Delore, Terry              NZL  LS 6a        88.05 km/h   4  2654
22  715  OF   Demmerer, Heimo            AUT  Ventus b     87.11 km/h  20  2261
23  666  31   Garton, Chris              GBR  LS 6c        84.02 km/h  22  2176
24  658  YB   Petterson, Oke             SWE  LS 6         83.56 km/h  18  2267
25  657* KC   Polzl, Heribert            CAN  LS 6b        84.61 km/h  21  2199
26  632* PX   Masak, Peter               USA  Scimitar     81.92 km/h  25  1811
27  250  P7   Ittner, Gary               USA  Ventus c       207.9 km  26  1750
28  235  OP   Anderson, Graham           SAF  Ventus cT      195.8 km  27  1427
29  230  PD   Driessen, Pat              NZL  DG 800 S       191.5 km  28  1340
30  228  BM   Reynoso, Mario             ARG  Ventus cM      190.0 km  31   916
31   33  941  Kay, Alister               GBR  LS 6cw          27.6 km  29  1272
32    0  HDM  Jansen, David              AUS  LS 6b               DNF  32   113
* Penalty list
KZ   Warning: Finish line: Incorrect approach lane.
KC   18p - Overweight penalty
PX   Warning: Finish line: Incorrect approach lane.
Approved: _____________________  Published at:___________

24th World Gliding Championships 1995, Omarama New Zealand	Calculated
110195 22:26
Printed 120195 00:26
Unofficial result Standard Class, DAY 3
Wednesday, January 11th 1995
Triangular task,  354.0 km
 No Turnpoint         Lat    Long   Head    Dist
  A Wardells          442924 1695706
 16 Garston           452830 1684042 222deg. 148.41km 42%
 19 Glenorchy         445112 1682248 341deg.  72.98km 21%
 01 Omarama A/F       442906 1695830 072deg. 132.61km 37%

  Day-                                                                  Total-
Pl Score No   Name                            Glider         Result    Pl  Score
 1 1000  LS   Striedieck, Karl           USA  ASW 24       98.30 km/h  11  2457
 2  945  XJG  Taylor, Bruce              AUS  ASW 24       94.80 km/h  18  2353
 3  920  MK   Kuittinen, Markku          FIN  Discus a     93.23 km/h   2  2673
 4  900  N11  Fischer, Peter             GER  Discus       91.96 km/h   5  2611
 5  890  T    Rubaj, Tomasz              POL  SZD-55       91.30 km/h  27  2080
 6  886  L8   Wells, Martyn              GBR  LS 8         91.07 km/h   1  2700
 6  886  Y4   Schramme, Reinhard         IGR  Discus a     91.05 km/h   4  2640
 8  863  80   Davis, Andrew              GBR  Discus       89.56 km/h   8  2542
 9  861* SB   Selen, Baer                NET  ASW 24       90.45 km/h  21  2260
10  850  GP   Spreckley, Brian           GBR  LS 8         88.75 km/h  13  2433
10  850  SJ   Aboulin, Jaques            FRA  Discus       88.75 km/h   9  2532
12  839  V    Demczenko-Grzelak, Bozena  POL  SZD-55       88.05 km/h  34  1781
13  837  24   Achleitner, Guido          AUT  ASW 24       87.94 km/h   7  2547
14  828  KM   Stephens, Lyndsay          INZ  LS 4         87.37 km/h  25  2108
15  799  JO   Janowitsch, Janet          IAS  Discus a     85.49 km/h  41  1062
16  765  XX   Renner, Ingo               AUS  Discus a     83.33 km/h  16  2393
17  760  TT   Karow, Holger              GER  Discus b     83.06 km/h  24  2181
18  753  TD   Van Dyk, Tony              NZL  LS 8         82.57 km/h   3 02656
19  747* PE   Bjoro, Jo-Inge             NOR  LS 7 WL      85.40 km/h  29  1957
20  743  EH   Gerbaud, Gilbert           FRA  Discus       81.95 km/h   6  2595
20  743  BB   Buchanan, John             AUS  Discus a     81.93 km/h  12  2437
22  739  P6   Oye, Stig                  DEN  Discus CS    81.73 km/h  28  2026
23  725  11   Jones, Stephen             GBR  Discus bT    80.79 km/h  17  2375
24  712  SL   Sorri, Juha                FIN  Discus       79.97 km/h  14  2411
25  698  T5   Leutenegger, Simon         SWI  DG 303       79.09 km/h  10  2515
26  683  IM   Lassen, Henning            NOR  LS 7         78.11 km/h  33  1818
27  679  3R   Walters, Rick              USA  Discus b     77.91 km/h  22  2242
28  640  Z9   Nordh, Jan-Ola             SWE  Discus       75.42 km/h  32  1857
29  626  IE   Oakley, Michael            NZL  Discus       74.53 km/h  19  2304
30  593  SG   Stogner, Gregor            AUT  Discus       72.41 km/h  20  2295
31  588  10   Ichikawa, Makoto   #2      JPN  SZD-55       72.12 km/h  31  1929
32  584* IC   Inaebnit, Eduard           SWI  Discus b     71.86 km/h  15  2405
33  565  XN   Stevens, Max               NZL  Discus b     70.62 km/h  23  2231
34  498  CG   Garner, James              USA  Discus a     66.37 km/h  36  1590
35  485  PV   Timmermans, Anthony        TUR  Discus b     56.82 km/h  35  1591
36  398  CH   Hauser, Fridolin           SWI  ASW 24         290.5 km  26  2090
37  257  EP   Siebert, Kai               GER  Discus         187.3 km  30  1955
38  250  RC   Ponte, Claudio             VEN  ASW 24         182.6 km  39  1240
39  220  OZ   Morinaka, Yuji             JPN  DG 300         160.5 km  42   964
39  220  OL   Thomsen, Edvin             DEN  Discus         160.4 km  38  1298
39  220  RN   Jorgensen, Tom             DEN  Discus CS      160.4 km  37  1434
42  215  MU   Bradley, Richard           SAF  LS 4           156.8 km  40  1182
43  130  KA   Ax, Goran                  SWE  ASW 24          94.7 km  43   793
44   20  G3   Sada Salinas, Roberto      MEX  LS 7            14.6 km  44   174
* Penalty list
SB   16p - Overweight penalty
PE   50p - Transiting start point in reverse direction.
IC   Warning: Aircraft on grid with missing equipment
Approved: _____________________  Published at:___________


Günther Eichhorn
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
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Cambridge, MA 02138
USA
617-495-7260
gei at cfa.harvard.edu

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