meteoblue sponsors an online gliding competition

Winter time in the northern hemisphere is usually not the season for gliding. In order to bridge the winter, and to avoid falling out of flying practice, the Air Sport Club of Hattorf am Harz (Germany), organised an online gliding competition.

The competition was held in the "Condor 2" software, a highly realistic gliding simulator. Participation was free of charge, and aimed to maintain good relationships with other clubs and pilots, improve one's strategies and skills, exchange experiences, and to have fun. In addition, the best pilots have been rewarded with prizes to increase the motivation and ambition of the participants.

meteoblue was happy to support the eager pilots in their fight for victory. We offered a?point+?subscription as a prize, since point+ is an essential tool in the gliding community. It provides access to specialised features such as?thermal forecast,?air meteogram,?trajectories,?Stueve and sounding or?cross-sections. Besides these aviation-specific features, point+ also includes advanced weather information such as the?7-day meteogram, various?weather maps,?ensemble forecasts?or our?weather archive?available since 1984, and much more.

The competition was held over two weeks, from 2023-01-27 to 2023-02-12. During this time, 51?participants?from 14 nations competed for the main prize – a point+ subscription.

The flight competition comprised 8 scoring days with flights from?Reutte?in Tyrol (Austria), and back. The last flight of the competition was from Reutte via Switzerland to?Varese?in Italy. The next round is expected to take place there in autumn this year. Realistic weather conditions posed several challenges to the participants. However, this realism and the demanding conditions for the pilots increased their fun factor and made for a successful competition. The competition's winner was the pilot with the pseudonym "Frog Kermit" from Rhineland-Palatinate. He/she can now look forward to using our aviation-focused (and other) point+ features for the “real” aviation season starting soon.

Suppose you also want to test or train your flying skills. In that case, we recommend using the?Microsoft Flight simulator, which uses historical and real-time meteoblue weather data for the best possible realistic flying experience.

We were happy to support the Hattorf Air Sport Club!