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Last task: 101km assigned area task!
I was happy to see that we finally got to do a task that the sailplane pilots have done for a while - assigned area tasks! This is a type of task with a huge radius that leaves possibilities into all...
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Work - can be amazing, or: How good is Sun ´n Fun?
If you were wondering what I was up to while all these 200+ km days in the alps passed unused - I could fly the first one (a 175km triangle, as I had to get back home early to prepare for my work...
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Junior and Ladies´ Challenge Greifenburg
I had a few days off from work and decided to volunteer in Greifenburg at the DHV challenge, where we try to improve hang glider pilots performance, help with equipment, and XC skills. Regina was...
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Help for Miguel and his son Patricio
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Corona´s colateral damage
When I heard information about a new virus coming from China in January, I was alarmed to hear that they quarantined cities by destroying highways. Of course I was hoping for the best, but I clearly...
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A new title: German XC champion 2020 (ladies)
Even though I only had about 3 weeks to go flying this year, I managed to cover enough kilometres in the air to get 1st place in our national German XC championship (women)! Without friends and their...
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Even though weather conditions looked more than doubtful, I decided to join my regional championships, Hessenmeisterschaft, in Carinthia. It rained on takeoff, but around midday the rain stopped and it...
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Results and official comp page HM 21
So happy I made goal today! But yesterday, I even won the day! And I thought I´d be last. But it was tough for many to get anywhere.Here you find more photos and the official results. And a new...
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Monte Cucco competition - training for the Europeans!
Comp page and results here! Since Tuesday Flavio Tebaldi and his great team organize the Piero Alberini international competition at Monte Cucco in Umbria, Italy. I decided to go, because my great...
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Day 2 cancelled - strong wind
On the second day, we drove to a different take off. Clouds looked great, but the wind direction for our launches was anything but ideal, also the wind speed was picking up in the valley already....
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Cucco Task 2: 73km around 4 turnpoints
On day three, we went to the Cucco North take off again. The wind had slightly dropped, so a task of 73km to the southeast was set. Again I was stoked to fly to the furthest point with the lead gaggle,...
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Cucco task 3: 120km around 4 turnpoints
On task 3, we saw the best flying conditions of the week, because the wind was weakest. Again we started at Cucco North take off, going quite far to the southeast, then back up into the Gubbio valley,...
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Cucco last task: 150km around 3 trunpoints to Spoleto, and Awards!
Results task 4Results overallSaturday was the last comp day, and we were promised even better weather than the day before. The organizers set an ambitious 150km task - telling us to speed up to be back...
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Back to work
I wish I could have gone to the next competition in Italy too. Marco Laurenzi´s home turf is San Donato di Val comino, about a three hour drive south of Monte Cucco. Higher mountains, beautiful...
View ArticlePorsche x Corinna Schwiegershausen
After a long break, it felt great to get into the air again! I am very motivated to qualify for our open (men´s) national team to join European and World Championships in hang gliding. I need to...
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At Porsche IAA Munich
What a dream! I am invited to present my Red Bull Porsche hang gliding clip and pursuit of my dreams at the international automobile exhibition IAA Munich at the Porsche Open Space! Presenter Sarah...
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Meeting Alvaro Soler at Porsche Open Space IAA 2021
After a great little flight high above Rauschberg with my friend Giergl, I managed to get back to the Porsche Open Space in time to enjoy a live unplugged concert of singer/songwriter Alvaro Soler....
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Free Flying: Aerial Athletes Camp in Argentina!
Winter and covid time has been way too long for my traveller´s heart, so when I got a short notice invitation to join the Red Bull aerial athletes performance camp at Andy Hediger´s AeroAtelier in La...
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German Open at Kandel
From May 24 to May 29, we are flying the international German Open at Kandel in the famous and beautiful Black Forest in the southwest of Germany. 81 pilots from 13 different countries are here to...
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After 3 tasks - Ploner in the lead
Results Class 1Results Rigid WingsDHV PageDespite very low base, a strong wind and a poor forecast, it paid out to stay positive yesterday. We managed to take off safely into a small 45km task. Nobody...
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German Open Awards
It´s been some busy days after the German Open, so I just get to post and write now. Congratulations to Alex Ploner for winning the international German Open at Kandel overall, and also to Dirk Ripkens...
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Wingmen above Landshut
It was great to follow a part of this clip in the making - look at the unreal stunts that my brothers in crime Miles Daisher (US), Marco Waltenspiel (AT), Marco Fürst (AT) and Max Manow (DE) painted...
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Winning worldwide FAI XC Contest!
I was superhappy when I learnt today that I won the international women´s hang gliding cross country FAI championships! Really great pilots with me in all the different hang gliding and paragliding...
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World Championships Krusevo, Macedonia!
I´m excited that after a really long time, we now have an official Women´s World Championship again - thanks to the Macedonian organizers, CIVL, and many really motivated pilots! I only just arrived...
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First task flown at the World Championships
Today got canceled for the weather, yesterday got stopped when I was already in the air, but we flew a great task on the first day. Even if I didn´t get to goal, I really enjoyed the flying a lot....
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