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Juli
13, 2006
Juli
3, 2006
May 29, 2006
The first round (29/30.4.) has been
scored: the winner is Albuquerque Soaring (USA).
With an excellent speed sum of 343.49 km/h, the Americans secured a
clear victory in the first round in the history of the IGC-OLC World
League,
followed by the FG Schwäbisch Gmünd (Germany) with 325.31 km/h and
SG Lenzburg (Switzerland) with 314.45 km/h. The complete scores can be
found here:
http://www.fai.org/gliding/igcolcwl2006-1
We apologize for the fact that the scoring is
rather slow at present. The reason is
that it has to be done by hand until a software solution becomes
available in June.
For further information, please contact the OLC
Specialist Axel Reich (OLC-Specialist and
IGC Vice-President):
axel.j.reich@t-online.de
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aerokurier Online-Contest International 2006 |
OLC-Classic |
FAI-OLC |
Please submit your flights for a national OLC FIRST. The flights will automatically be copied into the OLC-International. Pilots on holiday submit for the national OLC of the country where the flight takes place. |
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INFOS
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September 12, 2006
Press
Release IGC-OLC World League 2006
The first Season of the IGC-OLC World League has been
succesfuly accomplished.
Despite the bad weather in Europe in spring and
August, all participating Clubs of the 10 National Leagues managed to
score during all 19 rounds, between 29th
April and 3rd
September 2006.
The IGC-OLC World League is an multi-national decentralized soaring competition sanctioned by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) that runs in conjunction with the Aerokurier Online-Contest for 19 consecutive weekends during the Northern Summer season. Club members flying from their Club's home airfield on the competition weekend days are scored on an optimized 2.5 hour sprint task, all in gliding flight, with the finish altitude no lower than the start. The longest cross-country distance flown in 2.5 hours is handicapped by the glider's performance index to generate a handicapped average speed. The top three club member's speeds are added to get the club's speed score for the weekend round. Each club is ranked by total speed in their home country, then the top 5 clubs from each country are entered in the international scoring for that round. Scoring is similar to Formula-One, with each higher finishing position worth one additional point for the round. Scoring is totaled at the end of the season to declare the overall winner. (Explanation Courtesy of Doug Haluza SSA-OLC Administrator ) We are honored to declare the winning local Clubs/Teams 2006 (total scoring after round 19/ Final Score):
During this first season, the following number of clubs qualified for the IGC-OLC World League: 22 US clubs, out of 72 clubs 27 German Clubs, out of 31 clubs Premier League + 498 clubs secondary league 15 Italian clubs, out of 18 clubs 14 Swiss clubs, out of 33 clubs 16 Canadian clubs, out of 17 clubs 18 Netherland Clubs, out of 27 clubs 13 Finish Clubs, out of 18 clubs 30 Czech/Slovakian Clubs, out of 56 clubs 7 French Clubs, out of 7 clubs 16 Austrian Clubs, out of 23 clubs >>> A total number of 800 local clubs competed in this season! Detailed scores of each round inclusive links to all flights can be found on www.fai.org/gliding/olc on the FAI-Gliding site and through a link on the OLC server www.onlinecontest.org . We hope, that this first worldwide Club League encourages additional Clubs from other countries to take part next year. Additional National Leagues can be created, by contacting the administrator of the OLC or the FAI-Gliding OLC Specialist. Axel Reich, OLC-Specialist & IGC Vice-President Source: IGC |
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August
2, 2006
500th Duo Discus
On Monday the 25.7.06 we have delivered the 500th
Duo Discus to the Glider Club LSG Wolfenbüttel. After intensive
operating briefing, Brigitte Holighaus and Hans George Berger handed
over the glider to Rainer Heyer and Gerd Glawe of the LSG Wolfenbüttel.
 500 Aircraft of one type is a respectable number which makes us very
proud. Since the beginning of last year, the Duo Discus x has been
available with improvements in many areas. Improvements such as a sprung
undercarriage, winglets, cockpit comfort and more effective air brakes
have been realised and will continue to keep this aircraft at the
highest technical level well in to the future.The "DUO" has many friends and there is hardly a club in Germany which does not proudly call an aircraft like this one of their own. It is not only the top performance which is convincing yet it is much more than that. One would put the docile flight characteristics at the forefront, which makes this a real ‚feel at home aircraft', the others praise the manoeuvrability and agility which make flying on the ridge and in the mountains much more easy and relaxed. These simple flight characteristics were the motivation not just for a few clubs to introduce this two seater into their training role and thereby take advantage of this remarkable spectrum with a single aircraft. The Duo Discus tolerates the harsh club life with ease and the easy ground handling is a relief for the members. Furthermore, the aircraft has been available for a few years already with a sustainer engine, known as the ‚Turbo'. The opportunity of buying a price and weight favourable ‚Turbo' is being realised by many clubs and private aircraft owners. The simple operation reliability and minimal maintenance have, amongst other things, have made this favourite Schempp-Hirth engine installation a sales hit. Source: Schempp-Hirth |
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SSA-OLC
Reaches 100 Claim Day Milestone!
The SSA-OLC reached a new
milestone of 100 valid flight claims for a single day on July 1, 2006.
Participation in the SSA-OLC has been growing steadily, and this is
further evidence of the increasing popularity of decentralized soaring
competition in the US. It also shows that the validation process is not
a serious obstacle to participation, despite some difficulties earlier
in the season.
The SSA-OLC Committee
continues to monitor the situation with validation failures in the US,
and is being pro-active in addressing them. We have also added helpful
notes to the English OLC web pages identifying common problems with OLC
claims, and explaining how to correct them. Most of the validation
problems now are related to known issues, with either defective or
unapproved hardware, or improper procedures for filing the claim. The
overwhelming majority of participants continue to get flight claims
scored with validation.
The SSA-OLC is the US
national division of the aerocourier Online Contest (OLC). Pilots make
flight claims by uploading the data file from a secure GPS logger that
documents the flight performance. Additional info is entered by the
pilot in a web form to document the flight claim. The claim is verified
and scored automatically by computer in near real time. The pilot's
score is then immediately added to regional, national, continental, and
international scoring, available for viewing in real time. You can
access the SSA-OLC at: http://www.ssa.org/members/contestreports/OLC.htm
If you are a glider pilot
in the US and would like to know how to participate in the SSA-OLC, or
if you need help with OLC problems you have had in the past, please
contact the SSA-OLC committee by email: olc <at> ssa <dot> org (convert
the symbols to get a standard email address). If you are already an OLC
competitor, please encourage others to participate where you fly.
Hopefully, with your help, we will surpass 200 claims in the US on a day
in the near future.
Doug Haluza
SSA-OLC Administrator
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WinPilot has been certfified for OLC flights A good news for all WinPilot users: WinPilot flight computer software has been certified for use in OLC-classic contest. Valid flight logs recorded by WinPilot will be shown after claiming with the 'blue V button'. A certified GNSS flight recoder is still required for powered gliders (self-launch and sustainers), FAI-OLC and OLC league. Sierra Skyware Inc., the maker of WinPilot joined the Segelflugszene / OLC community and helps with it's annual fee to keep OLC free of charges for the competitors worldwide. The WinPilot logo has been added to the OLC banner. Many thanks to WinPilot and welcome to the OLC family. Your OLC-Team |
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Gliding weather forecasts for Europe There is available a new source of gliding weather forecasts for Europe. Wetter-Jetzt is a german provider of high quality weather forecasts. We, the meteorologists behind the service, are pilots ourselves (glider, balloon, microlight and aircrafts) and fly gliding competitions as well as cross country. Since 10 years, we provide weather information to german glider pilots. This spring, we set up our new service platform, so that we can now provide europewide forecasts. The forecast charts show pilots e.g. the development of thermals, cloud base or potential flight distance for the comming four days.
The "ALPS" region, including
most of Italy, is *free of charge* for the next weeks.
UK and Ireland region is also
*free of charge* for the next weeks. The site is available in english and german language. French is in preparation.
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US Glider Clubs Lead IGC-OLC World League!
The consistently good
soaring weather in the western US, and some blisteringly fast 100+ mph flights, have
put two US glider clubs on top of the IGC-OLC World League after nine
rounds of competition. Albuquerque Soaring in NM has a
commanding lead with 149 points, and Black Forest Soaring
of CO is in second place with 118 points, 37 points ahead of the third
place club from Germany. The US Clubs have 5 of the top 8 spots with
Warner Springs Gliders of CA placed 6th, the Ridge
Soaring Irregulars of PA ranked 7th and The Soaring
Society of Boulder in CO holding 8th.
The IGC-OLC World League is
an multi-national decentralized soaring competition sanctioned by the
Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI)
that runs in conjunction with the aerokurier Online-Contest for
19 consecutive weekends during the Northern Summer season. Club members
flying from their Club's home airfield on the competition weekend days
are scored on an optimized 2.5 hour sprint task, all in gliding flight,
with the finish altituide no lower than the start. The longest
cross-country distance flown in 2.5 hours is handicapped by the glider's
performance index to generate a handicapped average speed. The top three
club member's speeds are added to get the club's speed score for the
weekend round. Each club is ranked by total speed in their home country,
then the top 5 clubs from each country are entered in the international
scoring for that round. Scoring is similar to Formula-One, with each
higher finishing position worth one additional point for the round. Scoring
is totaled to the end of the season to declare the overall winner.
Round 10 begins this
weekend. You can participate by claiming your flights in the OLC. All
national and international scoring is automatic, so there is nothing
else to do. To claim your flights, all you need is an approved logger in
your glider, and web access to process the claim. For more info,
including links to detailed rules, see the SSA-OLC web site at:
You can follow the IGC-OLC
World League scoring at:
You can also get more info
on the Soaring Society of America and its participation in the OLC by
email to:
olc <at> ssa <dot> org
Doug Haluza
SSA-OLC Administrator
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IGC-OLC World League |
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May 3, 2006
IGC-OLC World League
OLC Specialist Information
to Delegates and NAC's April 30th, 2006
Dear Friends,
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April 24, 2006
OLC-League
kick-off in 10 OLC countries During 19 weekends the OLC clubs will fight for their ranking. Points are assigned according to the Formula 1 principle. During last years team competitions, we experienced, that the winners got their points primarily on weekends with mixed or even bad weather conditions, so the competition will remain exciting up to the last round. As the OLC league is a club competition, only those flights will be scored, departing from the home airfield of each club. Here You can see which home airfield is associated with Your club. If You do not agree with our choice of your home airfield please give us a note to help@onlinecontest.org and we will change that accordingly. This change is only possible before the first round starts. For several clubs, flying at big airfields with many different clubs it might be a good idea to build one team consisting of all the clubs at this particular airfield, (like it was done already at Königsdorf or Unterwössen or Oerlinghausen) to claim their flights with a better chance for a good score in the league. This will of course be valid for all OLC scores, so these teams must be defined before the first round and all pilots must switch to these teams in their competitors data. It is not possible to score individual results for a certain club but for a different team in the league. The OLC team wishes all teams good luck and good weather conditions! |
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April 12, 2006
OLC-League is expanded to
some more countries |
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10.4.2006
Good news for all users of
CAI types 10, 20 & 25 All flights, that were claimed and affected by that problem, are already revalidated! Your OLC-team |
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6.4.2006 Once more: Cambridge 10, 20 & 25 |
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http://www.seeyou.si/thankyou.php?fname=cai_dos_patch.exe
After you have installed the patch,
the procedure to claim your flights to OLC is this:
Source: SeeYou
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Source: StrePla |
StrePla Information
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5.4.2006
Problems with Cambridge
flightrecorders |
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All 1000k flights in Africa
and Australia at a glance |
2.4.2006|
Perfect
information on OLC from Doug Haluza Many thanks to Doug Haluza! |
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US-Seniors Contest results
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OLC infos from the IGC |
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26.3.2006 OLC-Server unavailable Last Friday and Saturday all three (!!!) nameserver of our provider in Switzerland suffered heavy hacker attacks (DoS).We hope this problem is meanwhile resolved. Thank you for your understanding. |
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Hello, greetings from Finland. I wish to thank you on behalf of Finnish Gliding movement for all the good work with OnLineContest and especially the OLC-League that you made available also for Finland in 2005. We have now obtained a trophy for that and it is really interesting for the clubs because the winner gets it for one year and gets it's name on the base of the trophy. The trophy is awarded in the Annual Meeting. Last year we had the League started at quite short notice but nevertheless we had an article in Federation's Aviation magazine and as result more clubs and pilots got interested. If you look at the results the three best clubs were separated only by one point so it was quite close. In the future the aim is to use the trophy and the League also for promoting the gliding for the public. Best reagrds, Antti Koskiniemi Vice Chairman Gliding Section - Finnish Aeronautical Association |
13.3.2006|
FLARM is OLC approved
FLARM Technology created the conditions for documentation of OLC-Classic
flights by means of FLARM devices. IGC files generated by
FLARM Version 3.0 or later are approved for claiming OLC valid flights.
Whether the IGC file is valid or
not, can be checked in the
Info window of each
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¡Un saludo a todos los participantes! El OLC
2006 acaba de despegar, y hay más de una novedad. El OLC 2006 presenta diversas modificaciones en comparación con el OLC 2005:
Existen dos niveles de validación:
Quisiéramos hacer hincapié sobre todo en el último punto, que naturalmente es aplicable a todos los OLC nacionales y que sirve para asegurar la calidad de la documentación en el OLC a largo plazo. ¡Os deseamos muchos vuelos exitosos y sobre todo seguros durante la temporada OLC 2006!
El equipo OLC |
23.11.2005|
Zdravime všechny! OLC 2006 zacalo. Obsahuje mnoho novych vlastnosti a nektere zmeny. Dekujeme Vam vsem pilotum po celem svete, kteri jste prihlasili sve lety do OLC 2005. Vyznacne jste prispeli k uspechu OLC, ktere se cim dal tim vic stava portalem dokumentovanych plachtarskych vykonu po celem svete. Vice a vice zemi se pripojuje s vlastni narodni OLC a vice narodnich Aeroklubu se rozhodlo pristoupit ke spolupraci s OLC a nabizi svým clenum decentralizovanou soutez. Nejnovejsi prirustky v letosnim roce jsou nasi partneri ze Soaring Society of America (SSA) a Gliding Federation of Australia, stejne jako nova narodni OLC pro piloty v Israeli, ktera byla iniciovana Sportovnim vyborem Israelskych plachtarskych klubu - vitejte. OLC 2006 nabizi oproti roku 2005 tyto nove vlastnosti a zmeny:
Tento postup zajisti dlouhodobe kvalitu letovych zaznamu z NEschvalenych GPS zapisovacu. Prejeme vsem mnoho bezpecnych a uspesnych letu v OLC-Sezone 2006. Vas OLC-Team
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22.11.2005|
Ciao a tutti!
L'OLC 2006 è
partito.
L'OLC 2006 offre alcune nuove caratteristiche e alcuni cambiamenti rispetto all'OLC 2005:
Ciò
garantirà una lunga durata alla qualità delle registrazioni di volo con
registratori GPS non approvati.
La squadra dell'OLC. (Translation Carlo Faggioni, Italy) |
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And we are specially proud that the Soaring Society of America wants to
cooperate with the OLC and is ready to finalize the project with a
'Memorandum of Understanding'.
