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feed Italian Nationals - Bora causes strong NE winds (2016/8/13 16:24:56)
Our patience is being tested at the Italian Nationals. Day after day, the weather forecast predicts the winds to die down the next day, but the Bora keeps blowing strong and it looks like we will only have had 2 tasks... Yesterday, we were sent up t ...

feed Italian Nationals, Task 1 (2016/8/9 16:25:05)
The 2016 Italian Nationals are held in Sigillo, in Umbria, central Italy. Sigillo lies at the foothills of Monte Cucco, a special place in hang gliding because of the top landing options and the well known laminar conditions in SW winds, which allow ...

feed Christian Ciech is our new European Champion (2016/8/1 16:52:39)
The final day of the Euros was comparable to the 2 days before. A high risk of overdevelopment and thunderstorms in the mountains surrounding the valley. The task committee was again forced to keep us away from the mountains and to make the task sho ...

feed 2016 Euros, Day 10, Task 7 (2016/7/29 16:22:41)
Task 7 was a 120 km task around the valley , dodging the overdevelopment (OD) areas in the mountains around the valley. The OD started soon, while we were waiting under a big dark cloud to start the race. The start gate shouldn't have been any later ...

feed 2016 Euros, Day 9, Task 6: Bomb out... (2016/7/28 16:00:06)
A bomb out and a re-flight for me yesterday. I started 20 minutes after the last start gate, so it was going to be very difficult to get a decent speed along the task, due to the 20 minutes handicap and having everybody 40 minutes ahead on course li ...

feed 2016 Euros, Day 7 & 8: Rest days (2016/7/27 16:42:40)
Days 7 & 8 had thunderstorms, so we didn't fly tasks. We went for some swimming in the Ochrid lake and visisted Ochrid. Yesterday started with a CIVL meeting to talk about some general issues with some interested pilots and after that there was more ...

feed 2016 Euros, Day 6, Task 5 (2016/7/27 16:12:21)
Task 5 was a 145 km task around the valley . Matjaz, Sasha, Mario and I had the most relaxed wait for the start gate at 2000 m above the valley. Others were being thrown around in turbulent thermals above the mountain. That was already a good start ...

feed 2016 Euros, Day 5, Task 4: GPS issues again (2016/7/24 14:06:58)
We had a 120 km task yesterday, which took us more into the mountains (more to the North and visiting the Predistil mountain). The race started in a good position for me, but I soon found myself low after coming back from the first turnpoint. A slow ...

feed 2016 Euros, Day 3, Task 2 (2016/7/22 3:07:27)
Frustrating flight today. We had a 120 km task around the valley and I had the same issues as yesterday. Low most of the time and not finding any good thermals to take me to a safer altitude. Knowing that most people you were with at 80 km all made ...

feed Tweeting (2016/7/21 15:29:55)
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feed 2016 Euros, Day 2, Task 1 (2016/7/21 15:24:40)
Yesterday, we had an 85 km task around the valley, see the Airtribune results page . I started the race to enthusiastically and soon found myself scratching rather low in the valley. I lost time, never got really high after that and struggled my way ...

feed 2016 Euros, Day 1 (2016/7/20 4:54:51)
The task was canceled due to variable launch conditions. It was the right thing to do. If not, half of the pilots would have had a great flight and half of the pilots would have landed below launch. There's no need to have this kind of lottery, we s ...

feed Crossing the Dachstein (2016/7/14 6:32:10)
This one doesn't need a lot of text. Five Belgians crossed the Dachstein :-) Congrats Pavel, Koen, Michel and Bart! Here's a raw edit:

feed Bringing a Moyes Matrix Race harness to the DHV meeting (2015/10/16 17:25:22)
I'm going to spend this weekend at the DHV Hang Gliding Meeting in Southern Bavaria . It will be nice to meet with so many flying friends again :-) I'll also be bringing an almost brand new Moyes Matrix Race harness, belonging to a friend of mine. H ...

feed Epic day at home (2015/8/23 17:01:55)
Wow, while being in Macedonia for the pre-Euros, there was an epic flying day in the low countries and Northern Germany. Dirk Ripkens and Reinhard Pöppl flew a 350+ km flight from Trier, landing south of Nürnberg. Congratulations to both! Sauber!

feed Krushevo, pre-Euros, day 4, task win again :-) (2015/8/22 14:25:38)
Based on the weather predictions, we set a 125 km task in the morning. But on launch, it soon was evident that things looked more complicated, so we decided to enlarge some cylinders and reduce the task to 105 km. And that turned out to be quite a t ...

feed Krushevo, pre-Euros, day 3, task win :-) (2015/8/21 14:25:24)
Day 3 started with rain in the morning and almost everyone was already giving up the idea of having a flying day. Briefing was delayed until 11:30 and because the sun started to appear at that time, we went to the Treskavec launch on the west side o ...

feed Krushevo, pre-Euros, day 2 (2015/8/20 15:48:36)
The weather predictions for day 2 called for weaker conditions and almost no thermal activity in the valley. So we thought a rather short 80 km task would probably be hard enough. The predicted SW winds also meant that we needed to take off rather s ...

feed Krushevo, pre-Euros, day 1 (2015/8/19 15:47:35)
Yesterday we set a 124 km task, based on an optimistic weather forecast. Immediately after launching, the conditions were clearly weaker and more turbulent than expected, but I was confident that the conditions would improve rapidly. Turned out I wa ...

feed Record flying in Spain, abort plans? (2015/7/9 15:22:05)
Now, this sucks. For 2015, I planned to do less competition flying and focus more on pure XC flying, trying to get the max out of a day. And the coming week should have been perfect for that. A week in Southern Spain, based with the Frenchies at Cac ...

feed Flying with the Belgians in Annecy (2015/4/14 17:05:56)
We're having great times right now. Our group, 15 pilots strong, is flying the Annecy area and we're lucky enough to have great flying conditions. The idea is to fly together and do some XC-flying. The area is outright beautiful, with snow capped mo ...

feed 2015 Worlds: a statistic (2015/3/13 16:46:41)
Everybody's always asking what the best glider out there is. And there are many factors which play a role in that, such as pure glide performance, handling or just the fun you get when flying it. But, now, after the worlds, we can finally calculate ...

feed Heading for the Aeros Winter Race (2015/3/9 5:38:23)
I still have a few holidays which have to be used soon, so the Aeros Winter Race is the perfect solution to that problem :-) Except that my harness and glider aren't back from Australia yet. They are currently in Egypt and should be home in 2 weeks ...

feed Dreaming of the main Alpine Ridge (2015/2/2 4:59:43)
While checking out options for the Belgian Nationals (20th - 26th of July), I came across a movie of Anton & Artur , who cross the main ridge by passing by the Grossvenediger. I've seen it before, but hang gliding sure doesn't get much better. Spect ...

feed Forbes 2015 Movie (2015/1/20 3:04:13)
By now, everybody knows that we had the greatest time in Australia. And Gijs captured that feeling in his movie about Forbes 2015:

feed Forbes 2015 - Final Task (2015/1/8 17:19:29)
We had a great day out today. A 115 km task was set and the thunderstorms allowed us to complete the task. There was only one big one 30 km N of goal, but we never got into trouble. I raced for dear life today and overcooked it near the first turnpo ...

feed Quick note on task 4 and 5 (2015/1/8 7:40:48)
Task 4 was a 255 km task to Gunbar (50 km short of Hay). There wasn't much wind and I lost a lot of time being low early in the task. Made it to goal together with 28 others which is definitely a strong performance for the group. Lots of people with ...

feed Day at the pool (2015/1/5 20:22:44)
Yesterday we had storms and today would have been flyable, but the paddock was too wet to be able to tow us up. So we spent a nice day at the pool. Tomorrow is expected to be a big day.

feed Forbes 2015 - Task 3 (2015/1/5 6:54:23)
Task 3 brought us the fastest air I've ever flown. 30-40 km/h winds with 4-5 m/s thermals ensured the 192 km task was undercalled. Johnny made goal in 2,5 hours (75 km/h average), I arrived 5 minutes later in 14th place , resulting in 5th overall . ...

feed Forbes 2015 - Task 2 (2015/1/3 7:51:22)
The task committee couldn't have created a better task yesterday. RASP predicted thunderstorms in our area and our task slalomed 50 km through the Cu-Nimbs (thunderstorms clouds) into the most perfect soaring skies for the last 100 km. The race went ...

feed A quick note on the first task (2015/1/2 7:49:21)
The first task was 130 km 'hook' task (70 km downwind, 45 cross and 15 upwind). My launch was quite rough, hitting a thermal at 100 m above the ground, which forced me to release from the tug. But it was good enough to thermal up to 2500 m above the ...

feed Forbes 2015 about to start (2015/1/1 8:33:44)
The 2015 Forbes flatlands comp is about to start. We have a 130 km task to start with. Cumi's are predicted, so that should make everybody happy :-) The last two days we had some good practice flying. The day before yesterday was spent using tuning ...

feed Remembering (2014/7/21 15:28:49)
One year ago, an exceptional hang gliding pilot left us. Rest in peace, Luis.

feed 5 Days to go! (2014/7/15 15:01:17)
5 Days to until the start of the 2014 Belgian Hang Gliding Nationals . Let's hope the weather gods play along!

feed Pre-worlds accident report (2014/5/11 21:15:37)
The Pre-worlds accident report has been published (also published on the OzReport ). As you know, I stopped flying that competition after 2 tasks because I thought it was too risky. The reports mentions Winds were shifty, and landing zones small and ...

feed Task 3 - Decided to land (2014/3/5 2:05:53)
I've aborted task 3 after 20 minutes in the start cylinder. There are many contributing factors, but the bottom line is that it didn't make sense anymore to me. To be more specific: The terrain is too high to my liking. We land our gliders at 1800 - ...

feed Busy days - 2 tasks done (2014/3/3 22:34:22)
It's busy here in Mexico. We head for launch at 9 AM and yesterday we were back at 8 PM, so it's hard to keep you updated... But, we had 2 tasks until now. The first was a 108 km out and return task which took us to the foothills of the Nevado de To ...

feed Mexico - First days (2014/2/25 22:44:32)
Glider transport is always a bit tricky and I'm happy to report that my glider has arrived well and without major issues in Mexico. I feared the worst when they instructed me to go back to the departure hall after I had already been waiting for half ...

feed Lufthansa takes gliders (2014/1/16 3:39:28)
Not a lot of airlines take gliders. The British are regularly using Virgin Atlantic and I just found out (thanks to Gordon and Regina) that Lufthansa takes them as sports equipment as well. Not cheap (400 Euros for an intercontinental out-and-return ...

feed No 2014 Euros - what a shame! (2013/12/14 8:24:45)
Today, the FAI announced that the 2014 European Championship is canceled . What a shame! We lose an opportunity for a great comp. Not sure why it has been canceled. On the other side, it seems that we will finally be able to pick a week for the Belg ...

feed Flying the Moyes Litespeed RX4 (2013/12/9 6:50:15)
I've now flown a season with the Litespeed RX4 after changing from the Combat and I love flying it, so it was about time to write about the glider. Where to start? Well, the obvious bit: the RX is quite different from the Combat. Less span, less asp ...

feed RASP model for Pyrenees (2013/11/17 19:44:26)
Anyone planning on flying the Pyrenees? Good to know there's a RASP model !

feed Nice video by Nils (2013/9/25 14:38:21)
Nils produced a nice video about the 2 weeks flying in Ager this summer (Belgian/Catalan Open and British Nationals). Have a look:

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