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Roman Mracek becomes Czech Champion
Petr Krejcirik and Martin Hrivna on places 2 and 3
ASG 29 pilot Roman Mracek wins the Czech Championships 2016 in Moravsca Trebova with a comfortable margin of points. This competition was the final rehearsal for the European Gliding Championships at the same place next year.
Petr Krejcirik (ASW 22 BLE) and Martin Hrivna (ASG 29 E) followed in places 2 and 3. With Danes Grula (5th), Anne Ducarouge (7th) Jana Treslova (9th) and Takeshi Maruyama (10th) another four Schleicher pilots placed among the top ten.
More information: Gliding CZ
Victory in the Italian Grand-Prix
Three ASG 29 pilots on the podium
Peter Hartmann (AT) has won the Italian Grand-Prix 2016 in Varese. Together with Mike Young (GB) in second place and the local hero Luciano Avanzini (I), another two ASG 29 pilots were on the winner’s podium.
More information: Italy SGP 2016
Katrin Senne wins at Hockenheim
German Women’s Championship
Katrin Senne
The German Women’s Championship took place this year in conjunction with the 38th Hockenheim gliding competition. At the same time it served as the qualification competition for the 2017 World Women’s Championship. learn more
Johnny R. Jensen Danish Champion
Jan Walther Andersen wins the clubclass - Peter Eriksen in second place
Johnny R. Jensen
Outstanding weather conditions at the 2016 Danish Championships at Arnborg.
A total of nine competition days were flown, some with very high average speeds.
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ASG 29 Pilots in front at the Hahnweide
Simon Schröder wins the 18m Class
Simon Schröder
Again this year the Hahnweide competition proved a very successful one for ASG 29 pilots.
Within a competitor field which included international pilots, Simon Schröder was already able to take the lead on the second competition day and maintained this position right until the end. learn more
2016 Polish Open Class Championships
Barszcz, Matkowski and Centka on the podium
ASG 29 pilot Jakub Barszcz is the new Polish Open Class champion. Second place went to our Polish representative Christoph Matkowski in his ASH 31 Mi, followed by Janusz Centka with an ASG 29 E. learn more
Louis Bouderlique wins the Spanish Grand Prix
Two ASG 29 pilots on the winner’s podium
ASG 29 pilots achieved excellent placements at the 2016 Spanish FAI Sailplane Grand Prix in Cerdanya.
The ASH 30 Mi has received its Type Certificate
Open Class self-launching two-seater
After the ASG 32 Mi, the EASA has now also type certifiated the Open Class self-launching ASH 30 Mi two-seater.
With the completion of last years extensive test flight program and all the necessary documentation and manuals, designer and project leader Martin Heide was finally able to accept the ASH 30 Mi type certificate. learn more
Achieving Optimal Performance for the Competition Season
Maintaining Gliding Performance with little Effort
In addition to doing the necessary maintenance and technical work on their sailplanes for the coming season, many competition pilots also carry out performance optimization work at the same time. This way the outstanding performance of modern sailplanes can be easily retained. learn more
Rex and Noelle Mayes take over US Schleicher Dealership
A big „Thank You“ to John and Linda Murray
John Murray, Uli Kremer, Rex Mayes
The 2016 US Soaring Convention in Greenville provided not only an opportunity to show new developments in the Schleicher product line-up with five motorgliders (ASG 29 Es, ASH 30 Mi, ASH 31 Mi and two ASG 32 Mi) , but also to introduce Rex and Noelle Mayes as the new US representatives for the famous sailplane manufacturer. The location of the US Schleicher representative has now changed from eastern US to California.