WGC 2006 Operational Procedures

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WGC 2006Operational Procedures
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Ekeby Airfield
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Glider parking
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Grid during practice days

• Each class will get own rows at grid
• First grid will close at a time given at briefing
• Second grid will be open for 20 minutes after
  last launch in the first grid
• Free grid positions at the second grid
• First launch in the second grid will start 15
  minutes after closing the second grid
• Third grid will open for 20 minutes after last
  launch in the Second grid

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Grid

• The calculated launch time for each class is
  about 15 minutes
• Each class will get own rows at grid
• No specific launch order within a class
• Start gridding at the last row and closest to the
  grid signs
• There will be different grid opening times for
  the classes to make the gridding process smother

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GRID 28 May 2006
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Class Rows 18 m ABC 15 m DE STD FGH Open IJK

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Launch 05
Gliders Relanding
Towplane landing
Launch
Launch
Grid
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GRID 28 May 2006
RWY 23
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Class Rows 18 m ABC 15 m DE STD FGH Open IJK
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Towplane landing
Launch
Gliders Relanding
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Self launch 05
Tower
700 m
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Self launch 23
700 m
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• Opening of start line
• To all competitors in the xx class, last
  ordinary tow has departed, the start line will
  open in 20 minutes at XXXX
• To all competitors in the xx class, the start
  line will open in five minutes at XXXX
• To all competitors in the xx class, the start
  line is now open

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Airspace
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2750 STD
2750 m STD
Ekeby
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Arrival

• Arrival 10 km Comp.no 10 k
• direct landing or speed finish
• Answer Comp. no RWY XX in use
• Arrival 2 km Comp.no 2 k
• direct landing or speed finish
• No Answer

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Finish 23
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Finish 05
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Speed Finish 05
Speed gt 180 km/h
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Direct Landing 05
Speed lt 180 km/h
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SPEED FINISH

• It is not enough to have sufficient energy for a
  safe pattern!
• You must also have some spare energy for
  collision avoidance!

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Non-stopping area
Non-stopping area
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Non-stopping area
Non-stopping area
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Landing after speed finish

• Speed finish with full circuit is prefered
• Taxi at low speed towards parking area at pilots
  discretion or make a long landing
• Land at the southeast boundary
• Never land inside a moving glider
• Stay in the glider if a 4-wheel MC arrives to tow
  you off the runway

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Direct landing

• Landing with full circuit is prefered!
• Make a long landing
• Land at the north-west boundary of the runway
• Stay in the glider if a 4-wheel MC arrives to tow
  you off the runway

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FLIGHT SAFETY

• Look out
• Make safe out landnings
• Look out
• Dont press it to hard
• Look out
• Leave the thermal 100 m below the cloud base
• Look out
• Your flight is not over when you have passed the
  finish line
• Look out