The final day wrap-up at the African Sailplane Grand Prix, from Worcester in South Africa. We announce the winner, peek in at the prize giving, and look back at the week's events.
South Africa has to be one of the best places to glide in the world. This means that it is a great place to hold competitions. Unfortunately though, much like every other place there are far too many prangs. What is worse is that the very best competition pilots are the ones who often have them. The reward of flying on the edge and risk taking is far too great. The gliding movement really needs to get their house in order and try and prevent reoccurence. May I suggest that pranging your glider removes your score in any competition for the competition you are in and in any other for the next year. This won’t stop you flying nor being part of competitions (you can normally fly hors concours) but will penalise risk taking. Far too many national and world champions are no longer with us for bad reasons. Having said that I wish this guy a speedy recovery.
