Satisfactory first rounds

Wednesday 31 October: at last, a real flying day

1^st briefing at 6.30 am with unsuitable weather.

2^nd briefing scheduled for 10, with flights starting at 1 pm, the plan being to fly the last pilots to validate the 1st round of PF1 and propose a second round.

1^st round:

Alexandre MATEOS sets the best time (2 seconds) ahead of Greek pilot Dimitri KOLLIAKOS and Jérémy PENONE (2 hundredths).

Nicolas AUBERT is 4^th, Jean-Emile OULHA 6^th, so all the French are in the TOP 10.

Among the women, Marie MATEOS takes a very fine 11^th place overall: 1^st woman.

Aurélia HALLE flies a flawless course with 15^th place overall, i.e. 2^nd woman.

As for PL1, faced with the wait, the pilots who really want to "let loose" can no longer be held back.

Boris TYSEBAERT, in great form after all his setbacks, flies a very fine course and takes provisional 2^nd place behind the reigning world champion, Poland's BOGDAL.

Yann LEUDIERE achieves a fine 4^th place.

Cyril PLANTON runs into some wind-related difficulties in this round but still takes a good 7^th place in the provisional ranking.

The conditions were so difficult that the reigning Polish champion ended up in the water, fortunately without serious consequences.

2^nd round:

The round proposed for PF1 was interrupted in the face of more difficult weather.

Jean-Emile OULHA takes 2^th place ahead of Jérémy PENONE in an excellent course.

At this early stage of the competition, the staff are satisfied with these first results and with the team's behaviour. Some fine-tuning is still needed; adapting flying technique and equipment to the aerology will be decisive for the rest of the competition.

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Lake Bayoum, Faiyum - Egypt
from 27 October to 7 November 2018