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10th FAI World Gas Balloon Championship Event Officials Competition Director Deputy Director Safety Officer Steward Chief Observer Public Relations Officer Meteorologist Internet Jury President Jury Member Jury Member Launch Master Event Director Organising Club Thomas Fink, GER Florian Fuchs, GER Volker Löschhorn, GER Josef Starkbaum, AUT Dave Bramwell, GB Uschi Kirsch, GER Jens Öhmichen, GER Christian Michel, GER Jean Claude Weber, LUX Mary Anne Stevens, CAN Arno Sieger, GER Klaus Schmöhl, GER Marita Krafczyk, GER Bitterfelder Verein für Luftfahrt e.v.
10th FAI World Gas Balloon Championship List of Participants Comp Nr. Nation Pilot Co Pilot Observer Balloon 2 USA Mark Sullivan David Levin 4 BEL Bob Berben Luc van Geyte 5 UK Janet Folkes Dave Morgan 6 BEL Ronny van Havere Philippe de Cock Dieter Haring (AUT) Nancy van Huffel (BEL) Claude Weber (LUX) Marnix Dobbelaere (BEL) D-OWML D-OBYN HB-BJS OO-BCX 7 GER Astrid Gerhardt Dominik Haggeney Jean Lorang (LUX) D-OWNT 8 UK Tom Donnelly David Sutcliffe Sylvia Meinl (GER) G-BWOK 9 I Enzo Cisaro Giovanni Aimo 11 GER Peter Krafczyk Uwe Schneider 12 SUI Theres Hügli- Trummer Max Steiner Raluca Gruin (AUT) Matthias Weigelt (GER) Hans-Jörg Fröhlin (SUI) I-OECM D-OWBA HB-BZH 14 FRA Dr. Thierry Villey Eric Hallosserie Jörg Pfeiffer (GER) F-BSGN 15 GER Wolfgang Oberloher Paul Oberloher 16 GER Wilhelm Eimers Markus Pieper 17 GER Bepperl Höhl Günter Oberseider 18 AUT Gerald Stürzlinger Helmut Meierhofer 19 FRA Xavier Waymel Jean-Michel Francois Tobias Anzeneder (GER) Rudy Paenen (BEL) A. Mattausch/ Bernhard Mohr (GER) Brigitte Fouache (BEL) Dagmar Hultsch (GER) D-OWBL D-OWBI D-OCOL D-ORZL F-GEAC
10th FAI World Gas Balloon Championship 2004 Total Results Rank No. Competitor Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Task 4 Task 5 Task 6 Task 7 Total Average 1 11 Peter Krafczyk/Uwe Schneider (D) 959 649 875 683 904 975 974 6019 859,9 2 7Astrid Gerhardt/Dominik Haggeney (D) 333 1000 988 619 556 950 1000 5446 778,0 3 2Mark Sullivan/David Levin (USA) 1000 400 913 681 937 840 533 5304 757,7 4 4Bob Berben/Luc Van Geyte (B) 467 759 535 627 975 993 860 5216 745,1 5 16 Wilhelm Eimers/Markus Pieper (D) 953 631 893 1000 533 400 544 4954 707,7 6 6Ronny Van Havere/Philippe De Cock (B) 533 533 267 629 83 954 974 3973 567,6 7 19 Xavier Waymel/Jean-Michel Francois (F) 818 467 400 682 742 467 360 3936 562,3 8 5Janet Folkes/Dave Morgan (GB) 929 200 133 400 1000 267 812 3741 534,4 9 15 Wolfgang Oberloher/Paul Oberloher (D) 400 623 1000 150 217 864 467 3721 531,6 10 18 Gerald Stürzlinger/Helmut Meierhofer (A) 636 587 817 150 83 133 821 3227 461,0 11 9Enzo Cisaro/Giovanni Aimo (I) 217 267 283 467 400 741 333 2708 386,9 12 12 Therese Hügli-Trummer/Max Steiner (CH) 644 333 467 150 560 333 133 2620 374,3 13 17 Bepperl Höhl/Günter Oberseider (D) 200 903 533 200 133 133 67 2169 309,9 14 8Tom Donnelly/David Sutcliffe (GB) 83 100 133 533 467 533 167 2016 288,0 15 14 Thierry Villey/Eric Hallosserie (F) 17 100 83 150 333 133 200 1016 145,1 14.09.2004 10:21 Final Event Director
10th FAI World Gas Balloon Championship Task Data: Task 1: Judge Declared Goal (R15.2) Marker blue R15.2.2: a) 51 26,3 N 11 49,50 Pink Target as close as possible to crossing in map. b) Scoring period 07:00 10:00 Flight 1, Thursday 9th Sunrise BTF 06:27 loc Sunset EDDF 20:01 loc Launch period: Task 2: Task 3: R15.6: Long distance with time limit (R15.6) Marker white a) 8 hours Timing starts from release of marker blue and ends with release of marker white. Take care that an official sees one of the markers. Fly on (R15.7) Marker red R15.7.1: a) 20km b) 40km Scoring period for task 3 ends at 20:00 06:00-07:00 Active PZs PZ1 + no flight above FL95 Next Briefing: See official Notice Board provisional 10.09.2004, 12:00 loc Remarks: Debriefing starts Friday 0900, list with Slots on the official noticeboard, or with appointment by phone Met info and observer appointment see separate sheet. ATC info: Before entering Leipzig Airspace D contact Leipzig Tower on 121.1 Before climbing above FL 50 or entering Leipzig Airspace C D green contact Berlin Radar on 124.17, Transponder Code 3672
10th FAI World Gas Balloon Championship weather information Date: Sept. 9th 2004 General Situation: High with center over Denmark. Upper ridge over eastern France. Over Germany no fronts, no clouds, no precipitation development: The center of the High moves until sunset to Poland thermics: start 08.00 UTC max hight 4000 ft AMSL end 17.00 UTC morning over day evening Bitterfeld Frankfurt Aachen surface temp 9 C 20 C 16 C wind surface 050-070/4-7kt 060-100/10-15G20kt 090-110/8-10G15 kt after thermics 2000 ft 060/10kt 080/15kt 120/20kt 3000 ft 050/10kt 100/20kt 130/20kt 5000 ft 010/15kt 120/15kt 160/15kt 7000 ft 010/15kt 120/10kt 160/10kt 10000 ft 020/25kt 090/10kt 170/10kt EDDP EDDK QNH actual 0250 UTC 1033 QNH prog 18 UTC 1025 sunrise 4:27 UTC sunset 18:08 UTC Metar 090150 EDDP 06005kt CAVOK 09/05 Q1033 NOSIG= TAF 090110 EDDF 04008kt CAVOK= Jens Oehmichen DWD Leipzig
10th FAI World Gas Balloon Championship Flight 1 - Observer allocation Pilot Number Name Observer Number Name 7 Astrid Gerhardt 50 Dieter Haring (AUT) 16 Wilhelm Eimers 51 Nancy van Huffel (BEL) 15 Wolfgang Oberloher 52 Claude Weber (LUX) 17 Bepperl Höhl 53 Marnix Dobbelaere (BEL) 6 Ronny van Havere 54 Jean Lorang (LUX) 19 Xavier Waymel 55 Sylvia Meinl (GER) 11 Peter Krafczyk 56 Raluca Gruin (AUT) 4 Bob Berben 58 Matthias Weigelt (GER) 18 Gerald Stürzlinger 59 Hans-Jörg Fröhlin (SUI) 2 Mark Sullivan 61 Jörg Pfeiffer (GER) 5 Janet Folkes 62 Tobias Anzeneder (GER) 8 Tom Donnelly 63 Rudy Paenen (BEL) 9 Enzo Cisaro 64 Alexander Mattausch (GER) 12 Theres Hügli-Trummer 65 Brigitte Fouache (BEL) 14 Dr. Thierry Villey 66 Dagmar Hultsch (GER)
10th FAI World Gas Balloon Championship 2004 Task Results Task 1 Judge Declared Goal R 15.2 Results in meters Rank No Competitors Result Points Penalties Points Remarks 1 2Mark Sullivan/David Levin (USA) 8,70 1000 1000 2 11 Peter Krafczyk/Uwe Schneider (D) 57,70 959 959 3 16 Wilhelm Eimers/Markus Pieper (D) 65,00 953 953 4 5Janet Folkes/Dave Morgan (GB) 93,60 929 929 5 19 Xavier Waymel/Jean-Michel Francois (F) 227 818 818 6 12 Therese Hügli-Trummer/Max Steiner (CH) 435 644 644 7 18 Gerald Stürzlinger/Helmut Meierhofer (A) 445 636 636 8 6Ronny Van Havere/Philippe De Cock (B) 568 533 533 9 4Bob Berben/Luc Van Geyte (B) 1114 467 467 10 15 Wolfgang Oberloher/Paul Oberloher (D) 1242 400 400 11 7Astrid Gerhardt/Dominik Haggeney (D) 2058 333 333 12 9Enzo Cisaro/Giovanni Aimo (I) 2555 267 50 217 R12.9 13 17 Bepperl Höhl/Günter Oberseider (D) 6258 200 200 14 8Tom Donnelly/David Sutcliffe (GB) 177599 133 50 83 R12.9 15 14 Thierry Villey/Eric Hallosserie (F) 197372 67 50 17 R12.9 P= 15 14.09.2004 10:21 Final M= 8 RM= 568 W= 8,7 SM= 533 Event Director
10th FAI World Gas Balloon Championship 2004 Task Results Task 2 Long Distance with time limit R 15.6 Results in kilometers Rank No Competitors Result Points Penalties Points Remarks 1 7Astrid Gerhardt/Dominik Haggeney (D) 232,7 1000 1000 2 17 Bepperl Höhl/Günter Oberseider (D) 228,4 903 903 3 4Bob Berben/Luc Van Geyte (B) 224,3 809 50 759 R 10.8 4 11 Peter Krafczyk/Uwe Schneider (D) 217,2 649 649 5 16 Wilhelm Eimers/Markus Pieper (D) 218,6 681 50 631 R 13.5 (FL95) 6 15 Wolfgang Oberloher/Paul Oberloher (D) 216,1 623 623 7 18 Gerald Stürzlinger/Helmut Meierhofer (A) 214,5 587 587 8 6Ronny Van Havere/Philippe De Cock (B) 212,1 533 533 Warning R 13.5 (FL95) 9 19 Xavier Waymel/Jean-Michel Francois (F) 204,3 467 467 10 2Mark Sullivan/David Levin (USA) 182,3 400 400 Warning R 13.5 (FL95) 11 12 Therese Hügli-Trummer/Max Steiner (CH) 170,2 333 333 12 9Enzo Cisaro/Giovanni Aimo (I) 167,4 267 267 13 5 Janet Folkes/Dave Morgan (GB) 0,9 200 200 14 8Tom Donnelly/David Sutcliffe (GB) no Result 100 100 15 14 Thierry Villey/Eric Hallosserie (F) no Result 100 100 P= 15 14.09.2004 10:21 Final M= 8 RM= 212,1 W= 232,7 SM= 533 Event Director
10th FAI World Gas Balloon Championship 2004 Task Results Task 3 Fly On R 15.7 Results in percent Rank No Competitors Result Points Penalties Points Remarks 1 15 Wolfgang Oberloher/Paul Oberloher (D) 0,19% 1000 1000 2 7Astrid Gerhardt/Dominik Haggeney (D) 0,49% 988 988 3 2Mark Sullivan/David Levin (USA) 2,40% 913 913 4 16 Wilhelm Eimers/Markus Pieper (D) 2,90% 893 893 Warning: Signature Observer Sheet 5 11 Peter Krafczyk/Uwe Schneider (D) 3,35% 875 875 6 18 Gerald Stürzlinger/Helmut Meierhofer (A) 4,82% 817 817 7 4Bob Berben/Luc Van Geyte (B) 11,96% 535 535 8 17 Bepperl Höhl/Günter Oberseider (D) 12,01% 533 533 9 12 Therese Hügli-Trummer/Max Steiner (CH) 17,13% 467 467 10 19 Xavier Waymel/Jean-Michel Francois (F) 17,43% 400 400 Warning R 10.7 (Speed on Retrieve) 11 9Enzo Cisaro/Giovanni Aimo (I) 26,41% 333 50 283 R12.9 12 6Ronny Van Havere/Philippe De Cock (B) 26,60% 267 267 13 5 Janet Folkes/Dave Morgan (GB) No Result 133 133 14 8Tom Donnelly/David Sutcliffe (GB) No Result 133 133 15 14 Thierry Villey/Eric Hallosserie (F) No Result 133 50 83 R12.9 P= 15 14.09.2004 10:21 Final M= 8 RM= 12,01% W= 0,19% SM= 533 Event Director
10th FAI World Gas Balloon Championship Task Data: Flight 2, Saturday 11 th Task 4: R15.5: Long Distance within a Boundary (R15.5) Marker red a) All German Boundaries Distance will be measured to CLP Rivers are out of bounds Sunrise EDDB 06:32 loc Sunset Olstyn 19:01 loc Launch period: Task 5: Task 6: Task 7: R15.2: Judge Declared Goal (R15.2) Marker light blue a) all valid goals in Poland west of 15 30 E. b) no targets displayed (obviously) Fly on (R15.7) Marker white R15.7.1: a) 10km b) unlimited You may declare up to 3 goals R15.5: Long Distance within a Boundary (R15.5) Marker dark blue a) Boundary of Competition Area Distance will be measured to CLP Scoring period for all tasks ends at 19:00 or 17 hours after take off, whichever is the earlier. 01:15-02:30 Active PZs PZ1 from 06:00 loc No flight above FL 95 in Germany Next Briefing: See official Notice Board provisional 12.09.2004, 19:00 loc Remarks: Debriefing starts Sunday 1600, list with Slots on the official noticeboard, or with appointment by phone Met info and observer appointment see separate sheet. ATC info: All balloons set Transponder 0021 and monitor Berlin Radar 124.17. First and last balloon contact Berlin on 124.17 after take off. In case Radio contact in Germany is lost, contact Warshaw Radar on 134.92 at FIR boundary.
10th FAI World Gas Balloon Championship weather information Date: Sept. 11th 2004 General Situation: High with center over Rumania. Low over Ireland. A week coldfront passes Bitterfeld at SA 10 UTC. In the morning increasing cirrus. Afternoon in Poland 5 to 7 okta altocumulus in FL 80-120 and 2 to 5 okta Stratocumulus in 4000-5000 ft. Light showers possible. Thunderstorm very unlikely. freezing level: FL110 thermics: start 08.00 UTC max hight 2000 ft AMSL end 14.00 UTC night over day evening Bitterfeld Bydgoszsz Olstyn surface temp 13 C 20 C 18 C wind surface 180/6-8kt 200/10G20kt 210/12 kt after thermics 2000 ft 240/25kt 210/18kt 240/24kt 3000 ft 270/20kt 240/23kt 250/24kt 5000 ft 260/15kt 250/23kt 260/25kt 7000 ft 250/15kt 250/20kt 260/27kt 10000 ft 240/20kt 260/25kt 260/27kt QNH EDDP 2120 UTC act 1018 hpa QNH Olstyn 17 UTC prog 1013 hpa sunrise EDDB 4:32 UTC sunset Olstyn 17:01 UTC Metar 102120 EDDP 16010kt CAVOK 16/06 Q1018 NOSIG= TAF TAF 102207 EDDB 17006kt CAVOK= 100018 EPWA 20006kt CAVOK PROB30 TEMPO 0306 5000 BR BECMG 0709 18011KT= Jens Oehmichen DWD Leipzig
10th FAI World Gas Balloon Championship Flight 2 - Observer allocation (Vers. 2) Pilot Number Name Observer Number Name 19 Xavier Waymel 50 Dieter Haring (AUT) 2 Mark Sullivan 51 Sylvia Meinl (GER) 7 Astrid Gerhardt 52 Claude Weber (LUX) 16 Wilhelm Eimers 53 Marnix Dobbelaere (BEL) 11 Peter Krafczyk 54 Rudy Paenen (BEL) 17 Bepperl Höhl 55 Nancy van Huffel (BEL) 15 Wolfgang Oberloher 56 Raluca Gruin (AUT) 8 Tom Donnelly 58 Matthias Weigelt (GER) 5 Janet Folkes 59 Hans-Jörg Fröhlin (SUI) 9 Enzo Cisaro 61 Jörg Pfeiffer (GER) 4 Bob Berben 62 Tobias Anzeneder (GER) 12 Theres Hügli-Trummer 63 Jean Lorang (LUX) 6 Ronny van Havere 64 Bernhard Mohr (GER) 14 Dr. Thierry Villey 65 Brigitte Fouache (BEL) 18 Gerald Stürzlinger 66 Dagmar Hultsch (GER)
10th FAI World Gas Balloon Championship 2004 Task Results Task 4 Long Distance within a Boundary R 15.5 Results in kilometers Rank No Competitors Result Points Penalties Points Remarks 1 16 Wilhelm Eimers/Markus Pieper (D) 225,9 1000 1000 2 11 Peter Krafczyk/Uwe Schneider (D) 191,3 683 683 3 19 Xavier Waymel/Jean-Michel Francois (F) 191,2 682 682 4 2Mark Sullivan/David Levin (USA) 191,1 681 681 5 6Ronny Van Havere/Philippe De Cock (B) 185,5 629 629 6 4Bob Berben/Luc Van Geyte (B) 185,3 627 627 7 7Astrid Gerhardt/Dominik Haggeney (D) 189,8 669 50 619 R 12.9 8 8Tom Donnelly/David Sutcliffe (GB) 175,0 533 533 9 9Enzo Cisaro/Giovanni Aimo (I) 173,9 467 467 10 5Janet Folkes/Dave Morgan (GB) 173,8 400 400 11 17 Bepperl Höhl/Günter Oberseider (D) no Result 200 200 12 12 Therese Hügli-Trummer/Max Steiner (CH) no Result 200 50 150 R 12.9 13 14 Thierry Villey/Eric Hallosserie (F) no Result 200 50 150 R 12.9 14 15 Wolfgang Oberloher/Paul Oberloher (D) no Result 200 50 150 R 12.9 15 18 Gerald Stürzlinger/Helmut Meierhofer (A) no Result 200 50 150 R 12.9 P= 15 14.09.2004 10:21 Final M= 8 RM= 175,0 W= 225,9 SM= 533 Event Director
10th FAI World Gas Balloon Championship 2004 Task Results Task 5 Judge Declared Goal R15.2 Results in Meters Rank No Competitors Result Points Penalties Points Remarks 1 5Janet Folkes/Dave Morgan (GB) 70,6 1000 1000 2 4Bob Berben/Luc Van Geyte (B) 96,5 975 975 3 2Mark Sullivan/David Levin (USA) 137,3 937 937 4 11 Peter Krafczyk/Uwe Schneider (D) 171,4 904 904 5 19 Xavier Waymel/Jean-Michel Francois (F) 343 742 742 6 12 Therese Hügli-Trummer/Max Steiner (CH) 535 560 560 7 7Astrid Gerhardt/Dominik Haggeney (D) 540 556 556 8 16 Wilhelm Eimers/Markus Pieper (D) 563 533 533 9 8Tom Donnelly/David Sutcliffe (GB) 4498 467 467 10 9Enzo Cisaro/Giovanni Aimo (I) 105863 400 400 11 14 Thierry Villey/Eric Hallosserie (F) 245501 333 333 12 15 Wolfgang Oberloher/Paul Oberloher (D) 380788 267 50 217 R 12.9 13 17 Bepperl Höhl/Günter Oberseider (D) no Result 133 133 14 6Ronny Van Havere/Philippe De Cock (B) no Result 133 50 83 R 12.9 15 18 Gerald Stürzlinger/Helmut Meierhofer (A) no Result 133 50 83 R 12.9 P= 15 14.09.2004 10:21 Final M= 8 RM= 563 W= 70,6 SM= 533 Event Director
10th FAI World Gas Balloon Championship 2004 Task Results Task 6 Fly On R 15.7 Results in Percent Rank No Competitors Result Points Penalties Points Remarks 1 4 Bob Berben/Luc Van Geyte (B) 0,25% 993 993 2 11 Peter Krafczyk/Uwe Schneider (D) 0,52% 975 975 3 6 Ronny Van Havere/Philippe De Cock (B) 0,82% 954 954 4 7 Astrid Gerhardt/Dominik Haggeney (D) 0,15% 1000 50 950 R 12.9 5 15 Wolfgang Oberloher/Paul Oberloher (D) 1,41% 914 50 864 R 12.9 6 2 Mark Sullivan/David Levin (USA) 2,50% 840 840 7 9 Enzo Cisaro/Giovanni Aimo (I) 3,95% 741 741 8 8 Tom Donnelly/David Sutcliffe (GB) 7,01% 533 533 9 19 Xavier Waymel/Jean-Michel Francois (F) 8,33% 467 467 10 16 Wilhelm Eimers/Markus Pieper (D) 12,14% 400 400 11 12 Therese Hügli-Trummer/Max Steiner (CH) 15,15% 333 333 12 5 Janet Folkes/Dave Morgan (GB) 31,93% 267 267 13 14 Thierry Villey/Eric Hallosserie (F) no Result 133 133 14 17 Bepperl Höhl/Günter Oberseider (D) no Result 133 133 15 18 Gerald Stürzlinger/Helmut Meierhofer (A) no Result 133 133 P= 15 14.09.2004 10:53 Final M= 8 RM= 7,01% W= 0,15% SM= 533 Event Director
10th FAI World Gas Balloon Championship 2004 Task Results Task 7 Long Distance within a Boundary R 15.5 Results in kilometers Rank No Competitors Result Points Penalties Points Remarks 1 7Astrid Gerhardt/Dominik Haggeney (D) 779,5 1000 1000 2 6Ronny Van Havere/Philippe De Cock (B) 774,8 974 974 3 11 Peter Krafczyk/Uwe Schneider (D) 774,8 974 974 4 4Bob Berben/Luc Van Geyte (B) 753,9 860 860 5 18 Gerald Stürzlinger/Helmut Meierhofer (A) 746,7 821 821 6 5Janet Folkes/Dave Morgan (GB) 745,2 812 812 7 16 Wilhelm Eimers/Markus Pieper (D) 696,0 544 544 8 2Mark Sullivan/David Levin (USA) 694,0 533 533 9 15 Wolfgang Oberloher/Paul Oberloher (D) 679,3 467 467 10 19 Xavier Waymel/Jean-Michel Francois (F) 596,3 400 40 360 R 10.13 11 9Enzo Cisaro/Giovanni Aimo (I) 560,2 333 333 12 14 Thierry Villey/Eric Hallosserie (F) 547,7 200 200 13 8 Tom Donnelly/David Sutcliffe (GB) 558,3 267 100 167 R 10.12 14 12 Therese Hügli-Trummer/Max Steiner (CH) 345,9 133 133 15 17 Bepperl Höhl/Günter Oberseider (D) No Result 67 67 P= 15 14.09.2004 10:21 Final M= 8 RM= 694,0 W= 779,6 SM= 533 Event Director