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.
Weather for six flights over 1.000 km
This year TopMeteo co-founder Bernd Goretzki (PhD in meteorology) is again on the hunt for long distance flights. From Locktow (southwest of Berlin) he has already managed six flights over the magic 1,000 km and 1,000 points limits in 2019 (see OLC).
We check our predictions ourselves
Already some days in advance the very good gliding conditions for the Tuesday, 2019-05-07, were predicted…
GAFOR of the DWD
Sometimes the weather is really tricky. In order to give pilots more security in flight planning, we have included the GAFOR of the German National Weather Service (DWD) as a second opinion on our website.
AERO 2019 VFR flight conditions
VFR Weather forecast for flights to the Aero 2019. From the middle of the week – just in time for the start of the fair – the approach flight conditions improve significantly. Twice a day (morning and evening) the TopMeteo team will keep you up to date meteorologically …
The structure of the thermals
From my diploma thesis (1996)
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.
TopMetSat – reconsidered gliding flight
On 19.08.2018 I took off for a tourist glider flight . This led me from Jena finally to Regensburg. While I was still digging in the warm air in the Vogtland TopMetSat showed me that it was much better developed south of the border to Bavaria. At the Fichtelgebirge I discovered a great Cumulus line in the satellite image at the northern edge of the Danube valley – nothing but there.
Trip to the AirRace, Budapest 2017
Travelling to the RedBull AirRace in Budapest is a great experience. Especially, if you fly there on your own.
Traces of flight on the fog
On the afternoon of November 15, 1818, a jet holdings flies over southern Germany. Between Ulm and Memmingen the plane leaves its contrails at high altitude. They are cast as shadows in the high fog / fog of the Danube valley and the Alpine foothills.
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.
TopMetSat – reconsidered gliding flight
Trip to the AirRace, Budapest 2017
