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National Events (Spain)

XXX Spanish Gliding Championships

Date: from July 4th to 11th
at Santa Cilia de Jaca.
Information:
Club Nimbus de Vuelo a Vela
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Wordwide Events

8th European Gliding Championships

Date: 1 to 16 June 1996
Räyskälä, Finland
Information: Finnish Aeronautical Association (SIL)
Helsinki-Malmi Airport
FIN-00700 Helsinki, FINLAND
phone: +358 0 370 316
fax: +358 0 374 1551

Championship Results

Spanish Results

1997 Spanish pilot ranking

  1. SANCHO AZNAL. José Mª. Máximo Planeo 4468,340 2472,278 5
  2. DE ORLEANS-BORBóN. Alvaro R.A.C.Toledo 3749,620 1816,785 5
  3. LLORENS MUR. Antonio Nimbus/Ayllón 2345,130 1570,649 5
  4. RODRíGUEZ MENCHERO. Ricardo Máximo Planeo 1852,210 1477,958 4
  5. MARTíNEZ-MONEO RICO. Antonio R.A.C.Toledo 1727,180 1178,376 5
  6. GARCíA MARCOS. Javier Fuentemilanos 1427,150 1131,730 2
  7. MATAS UTRILLA. Santiago R.A.C.Toledo 2143,290 1064,180 5
  8. SOLER PALAU. Marcelo Igualada 1106,270 1023,300 4
  9. BROTO MANGüES. Jesús Igualada 1104,000 901,135 3
  10. ANGLADA NIETO. Angel Igualada 1119,000 846,131 3

1996 Spanish pilot ranking

  1. RODRíGUEZ MENCHERO. Ricardo Máximo Planeo 5009,890 2456,587 5
  2. SANCHO AZNAL. José Mª. Máximo Planeo 3996,810 2232,553 5
  3. GRESA VALERO. Juán José Igualada 2763,880 2048,080 5
  4. RODRíGUEZ LáZARO-CARRASCO. Aldo Máximo Planeo 2085,500 1895,720 4
  5. DE ORLEANS-BORBóN. Alvaro R.A.C.Toledo 5606,000 1818,898 5
  6. LLORENS MUR. Antonio Nimbus/Ayllón 9140,320 1777,859 5
  7. SOLER PALAU. Marcelo Igualada 2826,100 1616,177 5
  8. FERNáNDEZ ALONSO. Luís Mª. R.A.C.Toledo 1433,860 1433,860 5
  9. GOMEZ-MIRA GARCíA. Carlos Loreto 1610,160 1359,480 4
  10. MARTíNEZ-MONEO RICO. Antonio R.A.C.Toledo 1728,070 1279,497 5

1996 Spanish Gliding Championships

Club de Vol a Vela d'Igualada-Òdena

The championships were run in excellent weather conditions, although the second day the competition was cancelled due to the formation of huge cumuli deriving into a storm with heavy lighting. Only Pedro Toquero in club class was able to finish the task for the day. The remaining days offered good cumuli with ceilings from 2500m upto 2800m.

Club Class

  1. P. Toquero Vicente. 5000 pts.
  2. Miquel Casadesus i Brugués. 816 pts.
  3. Monserrat Brugues i Brugues. 211 pts.

Standart Class

  1. Marcel Soler i Palau. 5000 pts.
  2. Josep M. Espinós i Soldevila. 589 pts.
  3. Luis Espacio Casanovas. 493 pts.

15 m. Class

  1. Josep Ventura i Salas. 1828 pts.
  2. Wolfgang Knopf. 1803 pts.
  3. Manuel Gil i Palomeras. 1058 pts.

Open Class

  1. Angel Anglada i Nieto. 5000 pts.
  2. Jesus Broto Mangues. 1729 pts.
  3. Juan José Gresa Valero. 173 pts.

1995 Spanish Gliding Championships

Santo Tomé del Puerto

Club Class

  1. P. Toquero. Pirat. 2986.1 points. Club Nimbus.
  2. G. Arce. Twin Astir. 2106.3 points
  3. J. Serna. Astir Club. 1999.6 points

Standart Class

  1. M. Soler. Discus. 3496.7 points. Club Igualada.
  2. R. Montón. Std. Libelle. 2883.6 points. Club Nimbus.
  3. C. Gómez-Mira. Discus. 2700.3 points

15 m. Class

  1. R. Rodriguez. ASW 20. 3831.6 points
  2. J. L. Hernandez. LS 6. 3586.2 points
  3. R. Borobio. ASW 20. 1289.9 points

Open Class

  1. A. Anglada. Nimbus III. 3753.6 points. Club Igualada.
  2. J. J. Gresa. DG600 M. 3340.9 points. Club Igualada
  3. P. Martinez. ASW 17. 3186.3 points

International Results

1995 World Gliding Championships

Omara. New Zeland.

Standart Class

  1. Kuittinen, Markku. Finland. Discus A 8948 points
  2. Spreckley, Brian. UK. LS 8 8758 points
  3. Aboulin, Jaques. France. Discus 8683 points

15 m. Class

  1. Napoleon, Eric. France. Ventus 2 8838 points
  2. Wills, Justin. UK. LS 6 8809 points
  3. Navas, Gilles. France. Ventus 2 8809 points

Open Class

  1. Lynskey, Ray. New Zealand. Nimbus 4 9511 points
  2. Schwenk, Uli. Germany. ASW 22L 9215 points
  3. Schoroeder, Robert. Germany. ASW 22B 9204 points

6th World Glider Aerobatic Championship

Fayence, France Sept 13-23, 1995
  1. MAMISTOV Michail 10647.7861 RA-0121 Swift RUS
  2. MAKULA Jerzy 10603.9014 SP-3587 Fox POL
  3. RACHMANIN Sergei 10489.1730 RA-0121 Swift RUS

Women's Standings

  1. KOLESNIKOVA Nina 9509.5979 RA-0121 Swift RUS
  2. GILLMORE Linda 9377.2580 HB-3138 Swift USA
  3. MARGANSKA Malgorzata 9246.8069 SP-3587 Fox POL

TEAM RESULTS

  1. RUSSIA Points = 31531.2171
  2. POLAND Points = 30632.0211
  3. FRANCE Points = 30575.9586

8th European Gliding Championships

Homologated FAI records

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