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1.7. First day on XCamp was successfull - weather was better then expected. See dailyscore:)

2.7. Morning after nightly thunderstorm the weather is not good for XC flying - today is rest day.

3.7. Free flying only. Very wet air and expected thunderstorms doesn´t allowed to have a valid day.

4.7. Strong cold front is passing the area and its raining all the day...

5.7. Sunny morning and we go up for a promising day. Unfortunatelly there is overdevelopment and thunderstorm at the take-off area in the afternoon. The day is cancelled.

6.7. Good conditions, 2nd valid task - overall winner is  Michal Brabenec, 2nd place Adam J. Doležal (and 1st place in Hobby, owner of new paraglider from Sky Paragliders), 3rd place Zdenek Hurych. In Hobby category is 2nd Zbyněk Němec and 3rd Alex Raymont from Canada.

See detailed on-line report at PGweb.info 

No tasks, no goals, no windows, no stress...

"Sky XCamp 2007" has the most open and simple format and rules possible. It´s all about free flying XC without stress, in the way you like! The main goal of this event is to enjoy "light competition" meeting with other pilots and free flying on this beautiful south side of Alps. XC beginners will have chance to learn from more experienced pilots and XC experts can push their limits with long flights or train for oncomming Paragliding Czech Open.

Term 1. 7. – 6. 7. 2007 (6 days)
Place: Pieve d´Alpago (Belluno), Mt. Dolada - Italy
Organization: Karel Vejchodsky, PGweb

Basic rules

Briefing with weather report will be held every morning in the office close to the camp. After arrive to the take-off each pilot choose his route and launch time. Turnpoints will not need to be declared before flight and pilot can make decision about route during his flight, according to the actuall conditions. Afer return from the flight the track will be scored. The scoring system is simple and is based on the idea of many XC contest (OLC, PGweb XContest...).

Scoring rules:

Distance over maximum 3 turnpoints: 1 km = 1,0 point

Distance over a circuit (out and back and triangles): 1 km=1,2 points

FAI triangles: 1 km= 1,5 points

Flight will be scored as a closed circuit if the distance between starting point and finish point is less than 5% of the total distace of the circuit.

For the final ranking each pilot will score of three best flights.

The winner of the HOBBY class will receive new tested glider from our general partner Sky Paragliders as per own choice! (except biplace and competition glider). Are you still waiting? :-)

Number of Participants and Registration

!!! The registration is valid only if the full entry fee has been paid, otherwise you are at the waiting list !!!
Maximum number of participants is limited to 100.

Entry Fee

Pilots taking part at Paragliding Czech Open (July 7 - July 13, 2007) can use total special fee 180,- EUR if paid until 1th June!

85,- EUR if paid after 6th June 2007.
Pilots taking part at Paragliding Czech Open (July 7 - July 13, 2007) can use total special fee 215,- EUR if paid after 1th June.

Entry fee includes:

Entry fee should be paid:

• by your credit card or PayPal account:

• by bank transfer:

account no: 1060010723
variable symbol: FAI license number
IBAN: CZ09 6800 0000 0010 6001 0723
account name: Karel Vejchodsky
bank address: Volksbank CZ, a.s., Herspicka 5, 658 28 Brno

SWIFT: VBOE CZ 2X

The payment must be passed to the account before 6th June to qualify for the fee without a late payment surcharge.
For international bank transfers you have to pay all transaction fees (your payment order must be marked OUR).

Processing of Results

Awarded Categories

HOBBY– ranking of participants flying certified gliders of categorie max. Performance, DHV 2-3 or CEN D.

PROFI – ranking of all participants

Registration for the Competition

30. 6. 2006 18:00 – 22:00

1. 7. 2006 08:00 - 09:00

Contact information

email: czechopen@pgweb.cz

phone: +420777560735 (Karel)