PWC Switzerland - Fiesch Cup

• 24/05/98 - Task 5 - Probably the best day, Christian Tamegger is winning the task and the comp!!! 

• You can download all results tables (.TXT), it's openable by excel.

Compˇtition & PWC tables

Task 5

• 23/05/98 - Task 4 - A good day, no wind, strong thermals, as Fiesch should be !  A technically difficult 63 km task around Fiesch where a lot of pilots made a wrong decision and lost a lot of points at the general ranking.

One last task will be run on sunday.

Task 4

• 22/05/98 - Task 3 - Another day with a strong northerly forcast with the strong valley winds expected in the Fiesch valley by the early afternoon. A short and simple task of 38 km was set with a last landing time at 14.15. The organisation constantly monitored the increasing valley winds from many points surrounding the flying area to ensure the safety of the task. At 1.33 when 85 pilots were alrady in goal, the task haad to be cancelled due to gusts of 50km/hr entering  take off. Landing at the official goal continued to be safe and thanks to the new pwc rule those 85 pilots in goal keep their pwc points, although the task in invalidated for the Fiesch  PWC competition.

  Task 3

• 21/05/98 - Task 2 - With weaker conditions but with thunderstorms threatened in the afternoon, the task set was a short 44km race to the official goal in Fiesch. Although short the task offered an interesting choice of routes for the leg back towards Fiesch. The front group, led by Robbie Whittal, chose the less direct route returning to the southern side of the valley after the turnpoint to the north of Brig. An excellent time of 1hr30min for Rob Whittal who the previous day landed near the goal field under his reserve!

  Task 2

• 20/05/98 - The day task is cancelled in the air. Some north wind, a very hot valley, cold air from the glaciers : the cocktail was too strong even for the best pilots. Some took 11m/s instantaneous, 9m/s integrated on 30s. About ten pilots were able to reach the goal of this 100km long task.

• 19/05/98 - First day of the competition, and first valid task. It was a very fast run of 47,6km. The 35km between the start point and the goal were covered by the best pilots in only one hour!!... Bumpy conditions at take off, but very strong thermals (sometimes around 8m/s) and very high cloudbase (3700m). Pilots where flying on the south sides of the valley between Fiesch and Raron. The area of flying is very spectacular because of the impressive Aletsch giant glacier. Finding the good option to win was nearly impossible today. Valley option, high mountain options didn't make any difference and the final ranking came from the tactical risks that pilots took during the last km. Incredible final glide to the goal (65km/air for the best glider). More than 60 paragliders were crossing the line in ten minutes.  

• See the map of today's task on Cygnus site

Task 1