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Bernard Eric France
Standard Class
Schmelzer Bert
Belgium
20 m  Multi-Seat Class
Steve Jones & Howard Jones
CUS, Great Britain

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THE TALES OF TWO BOOKS

When it’s raining, read a book!  Take a book like Sebastian Kawa's "Sky Full of Heat" or George Lee's "Hold Fast to your Dreams" and get the best out of the weather!  Read more »
   

ARTICLE: GPS - SAVING COMPETETIVE GLIDING

It's fair to say that a contest like the 33rd World Championships at Räyskälä would be extremely difficult if not outright impossible to organize without the GPS and its loggers. Read more »

article: Site of the First Gliding Olympics

Jämijärvi (or Jämi, for short) is like no other site in the history of gliding.  Even up until today it’s the only one chosen to host Olympic Games in the sport of gliding. Read more »

 

ARTICLE: FASTER AND MORE EXPERIENCED THAN 38 years ago

The pilots flying for the three World Champion titles this summer at Räyskälä are very skilled and full of fighting spirit.  They are also very experienced – at least in comparison with their predecessors to Räyskälä, the participants of the previous World Championships held in Finland.  Read more »

ARTICLE: Getting Ready  -Technical Inspections

One of the pre-competition routines at the level of world championships is scrutineering.  In scrutineering, or technical inspection, each of the gliders is verified to comply with the rules and limitations of its class. Read more »

   

ARTICLE: PIK-20, the finnish star of the 1976 Worlds

There was Finnish winner in the Räyskälä Worlds 1976.  The contest meant a real breakthrough for a Finnish Standard Class glider, PIK-20. All the pilots on the podium flew PIK-20Bs Read more »

DOCUMENT: ANNEX Z

Before the competition everyone should read "Sporting code Annex Z – Competition Rules for the removal of flagsVersion 6.0" Read more »

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 Katja's blog

Sunday, a touching moments in the prize giving ceremony, saying goodbye and cleaning up. This isn't the end of blog yer.

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