At Saturday, 21st January 2017, once again in blue lift, the 34th World Gliding Championships in Benella have been concluded in an exciting last competition day. Congratulations to the new World Champions - and to all pilots on our gliders.
Boys, you really made it exciting on the last day and shuffled the scoring quite a bit. From what we heard here in Europe, these were no easy championships and all participants probably expected better weather conditions, more fun, less gaggles and more races.
We now have three new World Champions! Congratulations to Russell Cheethem, Sebastian Kawa and Kilian Walbrou!
Our special congratulations go to all pilots on Schempp-Hirth gliders, who have won several days (more than once in double day wins) and have made us proud, with two vice champions amongst them - and many top-ten positions.
In the 15m Class, Makoto (Mac) Ichikawa won Silver on a Ventus-2a, with a total of five Ventus-2 in the Top Ten.
In the 18m Class, Mario Kiessling from our Kirchheim gliding club Fliegergruppe Wolf Hirth won Silver on his new Ventus, with four of the seven participating new Ventus in the Top Ten. From what we have been told, they have all demonstrated our new flagship very well.
