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Most of the gliders got into eyesight distance from Rayskala, but the area shaded by the stratus layer reached Hameenlinna, 35km out. Clouds were hanging lower than usual. Despite the sometimes incredible glide ratio of the modern sailplanes, nobody came home in the 15m class. The land area between Rayskala and the last soarable weather was backwoods. According to the preliminary results, the longest flight was performed by Martti Koivula, VB, FIN. Differences between the pilots were minuscule, as none came home and most of them landed out in a very small area around Hameenlinna.
Standard class was exciting also to that sparse public that had gathered to see the homecomings. There was a thick stratus flowing over the field area from the southwest already when standard was being towed. It looked inevident all gliders could be towed to have equal changes before the weather deteriorated too much. Luckily both starting points were moved to the east from Rayskala to making starting easier. However, stratus was broken somewhat and the pilots were able to head east for their 404km task. Some unlucky guys landed out almost to the farthest turn point near Kouvola and even behind it. The majority was able to continue the route towards Rayskala. Hard times were ahead again when pilots already had Rayskala in sight. The French span Julien Henry, DA and Laurent Aboulin, EB, surprised the audience that almost had given up hope by their splendid finish in tight formation almost at 1900 hours local DST. The task was demanding and it took them almost five hours, yielding to an average speed of 87,3km/h which is good compared to the conditions.
Half an hour after the French the finish line was crossed by the two Italians, father and son, the Brigliadori. They had found some cloudlets possibly generated by the lake breeze not taking them high, but lifting surprisingly well. The Italians felt that the task was set to the best possible area. There were thunderstorms in the north and the south was cleaned by the sea-breeze, which caused some outlandings on the 2nd turnpoint. Some Finnish pilots blamed the competition directors for a too long task.
Tapio Savolainen
Competition Director
FINAL RESULT FOR DAY 6 04-06-95 Pre-European Standard Class DAY- C- DAY- TOTAL- PL SCORE NO NAME COUNTRY GLIDER TYPE RESULT PL SCORE =========================================================================== 1 1000 EB Aboulin Laurent F LS-7 87,01 km/h 6 3951 1 1000 DA Henry Julien F Discus 87,00 km/h 1 4160 3 979 LB Brigliadori Leonardo I LS-8 77,90 km/h 3 4073 4 978 RB Brigliadori Riccardo I Discus a 77,25 km/h 2 4132 5 910 P1 Ichikawa/Drake JPN Discus B 393,7 km 35 2527 6 866 FS Nuotio Vesa FIN LS-7 374,9 km 16 3212 7 860 3Y Weiss Herbert D Ls-8a 372,0 km 4 4066 7 860 A2 Pankka Asko FIN Discus w 372,0 km 5 4054 9 840 IU Sorri Juha FIN LS-7 363,7 km 7 3896 10 828 AT Taimioja Antti FIN Discus w 358,4 km 8 3878 11 820 LH Lukes Jan CZE Discus 354,8 km 10 3649 12 815 PP Ruotsalainen Jouko FIN ASW-24 352,8 km 24 2915 13 810 57 Harju Ky sti FIN SZD-55 350,6 km 39 2239 13 810 BX Pirtola Jouni FIN Discus 350,6 km 26 2836 13 810 YJ Nurminen Raimo FIN Discus 350,6 km 25 2874 16 808 40 Fergnani Michele I Discus 349,7 km 19 3058 17 804 L3 Krejcirik Petr CZE Discus 347,9 km 23 2925 18 793 AY Koivunen Tero FIN Discus 343,3 km 36 2511 19 784 LS Tihula Kimmo FIN LS-4a 339,3 km 29 2679 20 780 CA Vainikka Juha FIN LS-7 337,6 km 27 2790 21 768 GF M nkk nen Kai FIN LS-7 332,5 km 21 2963 21 768 AW Vesterbacka Kaj FIN SZD-55 332,3 km 40 1909 23 765 EI Peltola Juhani FIN LS-7 331,1 km 34 2564 23 765 HB Hirvola Harri FIN ASW-24 331,1 km 17 3190 23 765 W7 Ahllund Hans FIN LS-7 331,1 km 11 3437 23 765 C6 Teronen Olli FIN LS-4a 330,9 km 22 2928 27 753 YZ Lehtonen Esko FIN ASW-24 325,8 km 14 3268 28 739 1E Soubrier Eric F Crystal 319,8 km 9 3658 29 737 DS Hatara Pertti FIN Discus 318,8 km 13 3319 29 737 PK Pulkki Kimmo FIN LS-4a 318,8 km 18 3162 31 731 CF Pajunen Vesa FIN SZD-55 316,3 km 20 2979 32 727 JO Forssten Jarmo FIN Discus w 314,8 km 31 2648 32 727 JW Salokannel Ismo FIN SZD-55 314,8 km 28 2749 34 610 D3 Lehtinen Esa FIN Discus 263,8 km 33 2614 35 571 EP Taipalus Jukka FIN ASW-24 247,3 km 37 2479 36 351 EH Kiiha Timo FIN SZD-55 151,7 km 12 3384 37 344 55 Tuviala Harri FIN SZD-55 149,0 km 32 2619 38 338 30 Ollikka Esko FIN Discus 146,2 km 38 2291 39 328 JH Horma Heikki FIN Discus 142,0 km 15 3266 39 328 KM Aalto Matti FIN SZD-55 142,0 km 30 2650 41 0 II M ki Pentti FIN ASW-24 Not airb. 41 70 Approved by:___________________ Program SFT Version 5.25
15m Class
FINAL RESULT FOR DAY 6 04-06-95 Pre-European 15m Class DAY- C- DAY- TOTAL- PL SCORE NO NAME COUNTRY GLIDER TYPE RESULT PL SCORE =========================================================================== 1 1000 VB Koivula Martti FIN LS-6b 429,1 km 3 3917 2 988 JJ Julin Jari FIN LS-6c 424,1 km 4 3831 3 979 MA Asikainen Mikko FIN ASW-20 387,1 km 21 3431 4 960 HM M kel inen Reijo FIN LS-6c 412,1 km 12 3609 4 960 RR Ericsson Ronny S LS-6c 412,1 km 13 3595 4 960 TU Uoti Tapani FIN LS-6/18WL 412,1 km 7 3808 4 960 WS Sucksdorff Martti FIN LS-6/18WL 412,1 km 6 3814 4 960 Z21 Vincent-Genod Daniel F LS-6c 412,1 km 9 3716 9 958 GT Gostner Thomas I Ventus 2 396,7 km 1 4337 10 946 YT Lappalainen Kari FIN Ventus c 406,1 km 8 3740 11 945 KK Kuusela Kai FIN Mosquito 405,6 km 5 3816 12 934 RC Hoyeau Frederic F LS-6c 400,6 km 2 3962 13 927 SL Bernard Eric F LS-6a 397,9 km 20 3460 14 910 PH Haikonen Juha FIN ASW-20B 390,6 km 18 3471 14 910 RD Leinikki Visa-Matti FIN ASW-20 390,6 km 14 3590 16 888 JM M enp Jouko FIN LS-6b 381,1 km 10 3676 17 885 HY Helminen Jukka FIN ASW-20B 379,6 km 19 3470 18 882 AL Lehto Antti FIN LS-6b 378,4 km 11 3671 19 881 PM M kel Pekka FIN PIK-20D 378,1 km 16 3579 20 840 FU Tolvanen Veikko FIN LS-6c 360,3 km 17 3473 20 840 HK Korhonen Hannu FIN LS-6b 360,3 km 15 3587 Approved by:___________________ Program SFT Version 5.25
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