It's saturday and the Stubaicup starts for real. Many paragliders found out the weather in the Stubaital was very flyable, so the sky was very crowded this day. On friday there were around 600 registered flights, today I think it must be over a thousand starts. There were some nice massive constructor-flights, some acro flights, the Renegades and some speedflying. Weather is sunny, not too cold, but we have still some backwind at both starting areas, just like yesterday. This day was very instructive, it wasn't easy to land together with another 10 or 20 gliders at same flight level. This day I made 4 flights.
It's sunday and the Stubaicup ends today. Temperatures are a little bit colder, we have still that same backwind on the mountain which means that we must give extra speed to get a nice lift off. In Austria they use to say "gaz geben" Wink This day I tried the high start at Schlick 2000, that's about 1000m above landing field and the starting area is much smaller than the boulevard at the Elfer where you can start with 20 gliders at the same time.
Many paragliders are queueing to start from Kreuzjoch (Schlick2000). After preparing my gear, I will have to wait for at least one hour before I can start. Same problem with the wind here, some are missing their start, others hit the small trees under the start and have to work hard raveling out their gear. This was worthwile waiting for starting here, a beautiful view on the Stubaital, the Elfer and the surrounding mountains. This is the best flight from the weekend for sure. I will make again 4 flights today and the counter for my first Stubaicup ends on 11... just like the Elfer-mountain.
It's Monday and we are leaving home, the weather looks still good in Neustift and most paragliders left home yesterday evening.
I want to thank all participating pilots, constructors, test pilots, the people of Neustift and the whole Parafly-team for making this event a massive succes. Special thanks to Lena for support.
Enjoy the pics!
Pic 1: How do we fix this? Technical instructions by Hannes
Pic 2: With a little help of my friends (Thanks Bart!)
Pic 3: This will take at least 3 or 4 hours...
Pic 4: Maidenflight
Pic 5: Elfer-start
Pic 6: Elfer-start (2)
Pic 7: No comment
Pic 8: Mass-launch
Pic 9: ...
22-01-2008, 02:22 geschreven door Primaxx 
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