championships

Successful precision hover flying in heavy wind conditions

EC120 Hover ParcoursThe first competition, called precision hover flying, took place yesterday at Eisenach-Kindel airfield in Germany as the first part of the 13th World Helicopter Championships. It was a successful competition in heavy wind conditions.

The 13th FAI World Helicopter Championship will begin officially with the opening ceremony on 13th of August 2008, at 19:00pm (local time) at Eisenach-Kindel airport, Germany.

The main events will take place from Thursday to Sunday, beginning with precision flying at 08:30 am thursday morning.

The offical program highlights are:

Wednesday, 13th August 19:00 pm - opening ceremony
Thursday, 14th August 08:30 am - precision flight
Friday, 15th August 10:00 am - navigation flight
Saturday, 16th August 10:00 am - slalom flight

The local press in Germany followed an invitation of CIG president Mr. David Hamilton and the German Helicopter Club to visit the event of the Open German Helicopter Championships in Eisenach, Germany.

The German Helicopter Club, represented by Mr. Pit Schöffler, held a presentation about the upcoming event and gave an overview about the competition.

The reporters had the opportunity to ask questions about the event. Mainly they were interested in the media events like Fender Rigging, Slalom, Postman, Hover flights.

The Open German Helicopter Championship 2007 will be held on August 30th to 2nd of September at Eisenach-Kindel Airport (EDGE) in Germany.

The championship is organized by the German Helicopter Club.

Please find more information about the Open German Helicopter Championships 2007 at www.deutscher-hubschrauberclub.de