August 2 Report

The Briefing room was full for the first time on the morning of Day 1. Director of the Competition Vytautas Sabeckis welcomed the pilots from all three classes in English, which was a change for the pilots of the Lithuanian Club Class Nationals.

The weather was forecast to be mostly clear, with a few clouds in the south. The Task was a 318 km Racing Task of four legs, taking the competitors south across the Polish border, then north to a point near the Kaunas prohibited airspace.

The forecast was accurate, and the only cumulus clouds that appeared were just south of the Turn Point in Poland, and thus of no use. The result was a convincing win by Stefano Ghiorzo of Italy (VS), at 79 kph. The winning speeds in the other classes were not much higher. Stefano was followed by the two American pilots, Francois Pin (LB) and Tony Condon (JEN).