European Gliding Championships 2013
th european gliding championship took place vinonsurverdon france june – june ostrów wielkopolski poland july – july meter meter open class competition flown vinonsurverdon standard club meter multiseat competition way ostrów wielkopolski world class competition cancelled due insufficient number entrant ostrów wielkopolski site provides fairly continuous live video coverage event competition website twiceaday commentator reporting morning usually utc live report done glider launch background focused analysis previous day competition current task evening live broadcast usually pm utc glider landing background carry hot interview freshly arriving pilot team coach competition participant rest time live video streaming airfield professional video crew actively aiming zooming camera point interest one watch airfield event quite closely independently video recording day pretask briefing english promptly posted competition youtube channel meter class winner louis bourderlique france glider ventus meter class winner sebastian kawa poland glider alexander schleicher asg open class winner michael sommer germany glider binder eb vinonsurverdon competition fought mountainous area alp report high altitude wave flying competition mode glider flight utilized thermal ridgeslope convergence subinversion wave competitor reporting unusual season amount rainwet weather ostrów wielkopolski race use epom village michałków airfield located rural setting approximately km nne ostrów proper field grass surface paved runway due prevailing wind often runway used field size x allows emergency landing direction significant approach obstacle occasional pine grove story building well main runway axis airfield vicinity mostly farmland scheduled air traffic little ga activity airfield command ondemand exclusion zone km radius km direction airspace unrestricted g class fl farther away controlled airspace area exist position still allow straight line uncontrolled flight km away field direction epom typical plain terrain gliding center allowing good thermal flight mostly arable land around smallmedium forest water body except wetland south industrial powerplants thermal available within daily task range july typical cloudbase –m m sustained lift m uncommon ostrówepom location place well attended annual gliding competition ostrów glide ″zawody puchar prezydenta miasta″ also th fai european glider aerobatic championship july – august organized ostrów competition organized aeroklub ostrowski – regional chapter aeroklub polski european gliding championship official ostrów location website ostrów location result soaringspotcom facebook event page ostrów location ostrów glide pre egc official website