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19th FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship

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Forbes, Australia
05 Jan to 18 Jan 2013

Event ID

: 7407    

Event classification

: First Category Event

Type of event

: World Championship

Disciplines / Task Styles

:

class 1 Cross country

Place

: Forbes (Australia)

Date(s)

: 05 Jan to 18 Jan 2013

Website

:http://www.forbesflatlands.com/


Event Organiser


FAI Member in the Country

USA Pilot Paris Williams
UK Pilot Carl Wallbank
Swiss Pilot Christian Baertschi
Tug Pilot Jim Prahl
Scorer Wesley Hill helping at launch
Slovenian Pilot L-R Crew Polona Jezek & Matjaz Klemencic
Spanish Pilot Pedro Garcia
Safety Director Bruce Wynne-Centre
Russian Pilot Anton Struganov
Red line wins
Presentation Alessandro Ploner (ITA), Manfred Ruhmer (AUT), Corinna Schwiegershausen (GER), Filippo Oppici (ITA)
Presentation Top 10 Mens Top 3 Womens
New Zealand pilot Jonas Lobitz with his father Hagen Bruggeman
Norwegian Pilot Oyvind & Georgia Ellefsen
Line of gliders at launch
L-R Goal Crew Thea OÇonnor & Admin Michelle Taylor
Molly & Bill Moyes with Brendan Sadgrove Opening Ceremony5
Launch Marshal Matthew Te Hira
Liechtenstein Pilot Elmar Christl
Japanese Pilot Yuji Suzuki
Launch Director Greg Cain signals launch open
Hungarian Pilot Balazs Ulyhelyi
Italian Pilot Filippo Oppici
Green line celebrates
Guatemalan Team
Green line celebrates to launch all their pilots first
Goal Photo
German Pilot Roland Wohrle
Goal Marshal Rob Van Der Klooster
German Pilot Corinna Schwiegershausen
German Backpackers help out for the whole competition, gate keepers
day 4 task 3 launch line Forbes Airfield Aerial from Dragonfly (ultralight plane)
French Pilot Mario Alonzi
Finland Pilot Kari Suhonen
Dutch pilot Gijs Wanders & Zhenshi Van Der Klooster
Family photo of all the launch crew after the last pilot launched
Dry land makes lots of dust at launch
Czech Pilot Petr
Crew Wayne Allchin
Competition Director Davis Straub
Crew Shaun Allchin & Hannah Heaney
Canadian Pilot Rob Clarkson
Centre Manfred Ruhmer
Brazilian Pilot Max Turiaco
Belgium Pilot Jochen Zeischka
Bill Moyes and all Tug pilots
Aussie Team Opening Ceremony
Austrian Pilots Michael Friesenbichler & Seppi Salvenmoser
All pilots at the opening ceremony
Hang Gliders in the air
Hang Gliders in the air