Pre-PWC Drama, Aioleia 2008

150 contest pilots and a similar number of ?fun? pilots were present at the competition.

Cyprus national team was Christakis Ioannou, Nicos Zeniou and Demetris Antoniou.

The weather conditions were almost perfect, and that allowed for a total of 3 competition days. One day was cancelled due to stormy weather, after the pilots had been flying for 85 minutes. The racing days provided strong thermals and high cloud bases and racing was fast as a result, with more than 45% of the pilots in goal.

The first task was 70km, the second 42km due to a stormy weather forecast, and the third 60 km. One task was cancelled after 85 minutes of racing, and did not count in the results.

The organization was excellent in every respect (pilots? retrieval, rescue team, transportation etc). There were no serious incidents and the ones that did happen are not worth mentioning. 

Competition results (PDF)