The Dutch make a show of their online competition
The online Netherland National is ongoing on online, and it is really fun to follow!
Interview of Clément Corbillé and Ludovic Mondésert who did a “Tour de France” in glider.
In our series, the TopMeteo pilots, we interviewed Clément Corbillé and Ludovic Mondésert, two French glider pilots about itinerant gliding.
May newsletter
Soon, we will all be flying again! www.topmeteo.eu The coronavirus seems to be more and more under control and a lot of countries are thinking about releasing their stay at home order. It means that, soon, we will all fly again! Some of us already do! Are you ready? Waiting for your area to open up, please […]
Interview of Martin Morlet: Exploration and Long distance paragliding flights
In our series “TopMeteo family pilots”, here is an interview with Martin Molet who, with friends, explores new spots around the world …
1.400 km over the Kalahri
As co-pilot of Simon Briel, Bernd Fischer reaches 1,400 km from Bitterwasser…
Klaus Ohlmann hunts for soaring records again!
On 13.12.2019 Klaus Ohlmann flew from Zapala in Argentina with 2.831 km his third largest flight so far. The visible satellite image of the GOES-16 weather satellite shows very nicely the waves …
Almost 600km at 232 kph Olc speed
Bernd Goretzki and Reinhard Schramme flew almost 600km at 232 kph OLC speed! It must be one of the fastest flights in thermal.
Precipitation and Soaring Climatology in Germany 2019
The amount of precipitation is a good placeholder for getting information about the soaring conditions in a specific region.
Bernd GoretzkiThe seventh 1,000 km flight in 2019
In an earlier article, we had Bernd Goretzki tell us how he approaches the planning of the 1,000 km and 1,000 point flights. Here you can read how the flights and the interview continue!
Convective Line in the Weather Radar
On 07.08.2019 a cold front crossed the south of Germany at noon. Within the compact, closed clouds of this front there was a linear development of precipitation.
May newsletter
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Interview of Martin Morlet: Exploration and Long distance paragliding flights
Klaus Ohlmann hunts for soaring records again!
The seventh 1,000 km flight in 2019
Convective Line in the Weather Radar
Weather for six flights over 1.000 km
We check our predictions ourselves
GAFOR of the DWD
AERO 2019 VFR flight conditions
The structure of the thermals
In my diploma thesis I examined the logger data of the German Championship in Lüsse. At that time, loggers were still brand new and had just supplanted the barographer and the camera.
