Pre-European Gliding Championships, 1995, Räyskälä, Finland


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I got this directly from Finland. Courtesy Heikki Leppanen.

Day 5

Martti Koivula speeded to the day victory

Martti Koivula, VB, from Hämeenlinna speeded the 15m class 221km task at an average speed of 122km/h in the fifth competition day of the Pre-European Gliding Championships in the warm, sunny Räyskälä. After two very difficult stormy and rainy days the competitors finally got the chance to enjoy decent soaring conditions. Thunderstorms that had been forecasted for today played hide and seek outside the compe- tition area. Good thermals and high cloud base gave competitors the speed of a swift and most of them finished at over 100km/h.

Thomas Gostner, GT, Italy, still leads the 15m class followed by Frederic Hoyeau, RC, France. In domestic 15m class the second is still Kai Kuusela, KK, Finland, flying a Mosquito. He is fourth in European Championships, 15m class.

In standard class the fastest on their 229km task was seasoned Italian, Leonardo Brigliadori, LB, 116.3km/h. Vesa Pajunen, CF, carries a GPS -based locator equipment which tells his position, direction, speed and height as well as his average speed, average lift/sink to the PC located in Räyskälä. Nauku (a nickname for Vesa) has taken part in the design and implementation of the system which, if becoming common, makes it very much easier for the public to follow the competition. The drawback is the high price of the equipment and some range problems experienced at Räyskälä also.

The third in standard class was the son of the day winner, Riccardo Brigliadori, RB, from Italy. His father has belonged to the world top pilots for decades. Riccardo is well on his way to challenge his father.

Herbert Weiss still firmly leads the standard class in the total results, though he has Asko Pankka, A2, Finland, right on his heels...

The coming Saturday will be a rest day. The next task will be assigned on Sunday, should the weather allow it.

Tapio Savolainen Competition Director PS. The scores are not here because it is over +28 degrees Celsius outside and this is sent from a cabin where there is simply too hot for the laptop diskette drive to work, it seems.

Standard Class

FINAL RESULT FOR DAY 5  02-06-95   Pre-European Standard Class

DAY-      C-                                           DAY-        TOTAL- 
PL SCORE  NO  NAME              COUNTRY GLIDER TYPE    RESULT      PL SCORE
===========================================================================
 1   586  LB  Brigliadori Leonardo I    LS-8          116,56 km/h   5  3094
 2   560  RB  Brigliadori Riccardo I    Discus a      113,84 km/h   4  3154
 3   556  CF  Pajunen Vesa         FIN  SZD-55        113,38 km/h  22  2248
 4   528  AY  Koivunen Tero        FIN  Discus        110,47 km/h  37  1718
 5   526  GF  M nkk nen Kai        FIN  LS-7          110,28 km/h  23  2195
 6   522  A2  Pankka Asko          FIN  Discus w      109,85 km/h   2  3194
 7   517  1E  Soubrier Eric        F    Crystal       109,37 km/h  11  2919
 8   514  EB  Aboulin Laurent      F    LS-7          109,01 km/h   9  2951
 9   513  DA  Henry Julien         F    Discus        108,92 km/h   3  3160
10   512  40  Fergnani Michele     I    Discus        108,85 km/h  21  2250
11   508  AT  Taimioja Antti       FIN  Discus w      108,39 km/h   7  3050
11   508  EI  Peltola Juhani       FIN  LS-7          108,35 km/h  36  1799
13   507  IU  Sorri Juha           FIN  LS-7          108,26 km/h   6  3056
14   505  YJ  Nurminen Raimo       FIN  Discus        108,05 km/h  27  2064
15   497  EH  Kiiha Timo           FIN  SZD-55        107,21 km/h   8  3033
16   494  P1  Ichikawa/Drake       JPN  Discus B      106,96 km/h  38  1617
17   481  L3  Krejcirik Petr       CZE  Discus        105,54 km/h  25  2121
18   480  EP  Taipalus Jukka       FIN  ASW-24        105,49 km/h  34  1908
19   468  3Y  Weiss Herbert        D    Ls-8a         104,19 km/h   1  3206
20   467  LH  Lukes Jan            CZE  Discus        104,07 km/h  12  2829
21   461  HB  Hirvola Harri        FIN  ASW-24        103,47 km/h  16  2425
21   461  YZ  Lehtonen Esko        FIN  ASW-24        103,43 km/h  15  2515
23   459  55  Tuviala Harri        FIN  SZD-55        103,30 km/h  20  2275
24   458  FS  Nuotio Vesa          FIN  LS-7          103,15 km/h  18  2346
25   453  LS  Tihula Kimmo         FIN  LS-4a         102,68 km/h  35  1895
26   443  BX  Pirtola Jouni        FIN  Discus        101,62 km/h  28  2026
27   439  JH  Horma Heikki         FIN  Discus        101,12 km/h  10  2938
28   433  PP  Ruotsalainen Jouko   FIN  ASW-24        100,59 km/h  26  2100
29   421  30  Ollikka Esko         FIN  Discus         99,25 km/h  32  1953
30   417  CA  Vainikka Juha        FIN  LS-7           98,82 km/h  30  2010
31   412  PK  Pulkki Kimmo         FIN  LS-4a          98,30 km/h  16  2425
32   408  DS  Hatara Pertti        FIN  Discus         97,89 km/h  14  2582
33   392  JO  Forssten Jarmo       FIN  Discus w       96,24 km/h  33  1921
34   372  D3  Lehtinen Esa         FIN  Discus         94,19 km/h  31  2004
35   371  KM  Aalto Matti          FIN  SZD-55         94,02 km/h  19  2322
36   333  C6  Teronen Olli         FIN  LS-4a          90,08 km/h  24  2163
37   313  57  Harju Ky sti         FIN  SZD-55         88,01 km/h  39  1429
38   290  JW  Salokannel Ismo      FIN  SZD-55         85,53 km/h  29  2022
39   215  AW  Vesterbacka Kaj      FIN  SZD-55         75,12 km/h  40  1141
39   215  W7  Ahllund Hans         FIN  LS-7           71,40 km/h  13  2672
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 5 02-06-95 Pre-European 15m Class DAY- C- DAY- TOTAL- PL SCORE NO NAME COUNTRY GLIDER TYPE RESULT PL SCORE =========================================================================== 1 529 VB Koivula Martti FIN LS-6b 121,35 km/h 3 2917 2 504 AL Lehto Antti FIN LS-6b 118,45 km/h 9 2789 3 496 Z21 Vincent-Genod Daniel F LS-6c 117,54 km/h 11 2756 4 463 GT Gostner Thomas I Ventus 2 113,78 km/h 1 3379 4 463 RC Hoyeau Frederic F LS-6c 113,73 km/h 2 3028 6 445 RR Ericsson Ronny S LS-6c 111,75 km/h 16 2635 7 433 JJ Julin Jari FIN LS-6c 110,29 km/h 7 2843 8 420 TU Uoti Tapani FIN LS-6/18WL 108,88 km/h 6 2848 9 417 FU Tolvanen Veikko FIN LS-6c 108,49 km/h 17 2633 10 416 WS Sucksdorff Martti FIN LS-6/18WL 108,39 km/h 5 2854 11 406 HM M kel inen Reijo FIN LS-6c 107,28 km/h 15 2649 12 400 HK Korhonen Hannu FIN LS-6b 106,56 km/h 12 2747 13 396 RD Leinikki Visa-Matti FIN ASW-20 106,05 km/h 14 2680 14 378 YT Lappalainen Kari FIN Ventus c 103,99 km/h 8 2794 15 376 KK Kuusela Kai FIN Mosquito 103,85 km/h 4 2871 16 371 PH Haikonen Juha FIN ASW-20B 103,20 km/h 19 2561 17 357 HY Helminen Jukka FIN ASW-20B 101,57 km/h 18 2585 18 345 PM M kel Pekka FIN PIK-20D 100,22 km/h 13 2698 19 343 JM M enp Jouko FIN LS-6b 100,03 km/h 10 2788 20 334 SL Bernard Eric F LS-6a 98,97 km/h 20 2533 21 330 MA Asikainen Mikko FIN ASW-20 98,48 km/h 21 2452 Approved by:___________________ Program SFT Version 5.25

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