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Interview with Dr Bernd Goretzki: champion d’Europe OLC

30. November 2020/in News from TopMeteo, OLC - League, TopMeteo family pilots /by Claire Heliot

Bernd, co-founder TopMeteo, is European OLC-plus champion. Find more about his 2020 best flights in Germany and Spain.

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DWD suspends SkyView in December 2020

20. November 2020/in Know-how /by Jon Meis

If You are looking for an alternative …

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Akaflieg Stuttgart

Stuttgart Akaflieg is performing test flights for their tow plane fs35.

18. August 2020/1 Comment/in TopMeteo family pilots, Know-how /by Jon Meis

In 2003, the Akaflieg Stuttgart was looking for an efficient and safe towplane for their club. They quickly realised that the available planes were not ….

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The Dutch make a show of their online competition

26. May 2020/0 Comments/in Live-Stream /by Claire Heliot

The online Netherland National is ongoing on online, and it is really fun to follow!

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Interview of Clément Corbillé and Ludovic Mondésert who did a “Tour de France” in glider.

11. May 2020/in Flight Reports, Flight Reports, TopMeteo family pilots, TopMeteo family pilots /by Claire Heliot

In our series, the TopMeteo pilots, we interviewed Clément Corbillé and Ludovic Mondésert, two French glider pilots about itinerant gliding.

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May newsletter

11. May 2020/0 Comments/in Flight Reports /by Claire Heliot

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 […]

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Interview of Martin Morlet: Exploration and Long distance paragliding flights

26. March 2020/in Flight Reports, Flight Reports, TopMeteo family pilots, TopMeteo family pilots /by Claire Heliot

In our series “TopMeteo family pilots”, here is an interview with Martin Molet who, with friends, explores new spots around the world …

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1.400 km over the Kalahri

5. January 2020/0 Comments/in Flight Reports, OLC - League /by Bernd Fischer

As co-pilot of Simon Briel, Bernd Fischer reaches 1,400 km from Bitterwasser…

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Klaus Ohlmann hunts for soaring records again!

27. December 2019/0 Comments/in Special Weather, Special Weather, TopMetSat, TopMetSat /by Jon Meis

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 …

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Almost 600km at 232 kph Olc speed

13. November 2019/0 Comments/in Flight Reports, OLC - League, TopMetSat /by Claire Heliot

Bernd Goretzki and Reinhard Schramme flew almost 600km at 232 kph OLC speed! It must be one of the fastest flights in thermal.

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DWD suspends SkyView in December 2020

If You are looking for an alternative ...
20. November 2020/by Jon Meis

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.
11. May 2020/by Claire Heliot

May newsletter

Soon, we will all be flying again!



www.topmeteo.eu



The…
11. May 2020/by Claire Heliot

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 ...
26. March 2020/by Claire Heliot

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 ...
27. December 2019/by Jon Meis

The 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!
15. August 2019/by Jon Meis

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.
8. August 2019/by Jon Meis

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).
15. July 2019/by Jon Meis
PFD-forecast two days in advance

We check our predictions ourselves

Already some days in advance the very good gliding conditions for the Tuesday, 2019-05-07, were predicted...
16. May 2019/by Jon Meis
GAFOR of the DWD

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.
15. April 2019/by Jon Meis
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