{"id":1415,"date":"2013-09-09T16:32:58","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T14:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/?p=1415"},"modified":"2013-09-09T16:32:58","modified_gmt":"2013-09-09T14:32:58","slug":"18th-fai-hot-air-balloon-european-championship-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/2013\/09\/09\/18th-fai-hot-air-balloon-european-championship-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"18th FAI Hot Air Balloon European Championship 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a246cb021816c9f476ac16cb834b7362\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-2865779868887008\";\r\n\/* Android box *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"1345074415\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/logo2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1416 alignleft\" alt=\"18th FAI Hot Air Balloon European Championship 2013\" src=\"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/logo2.png\" width=\"262\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a>The European Championship started yesterday with a <del><em>boring<\/em><\/del> long General Briefing. The 2nd European Championship run with the CIA loggers but without a big advantage. The director,\u00a0Mathijs R. De Bruijn decided to use GPS altitude instead of baromeric. The second surprise was no 2D just 3D scoring only. A pilot mentioned on the General Briefing:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;They are forcing pilots to fly in windy conditions in area with many powerlines as low as possible. This is not about pilot skills, this is very, very unsafe. I have no idea why we cannot have 2D scoring.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Me personaly don&#8217;t understand why they step back in the time. These loggers are worked very well on many Events in different countries with different scoring software and scorers.<\/p><!--CusAds0-->\n<p>I start to use the FAI loggers at very beginning and never had any problem. We didn&#8217;t have any issue\u00a0with the loggers during the Czech Nationals a month ago too and I&#8217;m sure the FAI loggers are working well!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1418\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC5897.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1418\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1418 \" alt=\"I'm participate here with my Czech freinds as the team manager.\" src=\"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC5897.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC5897.jpg 625w, http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC5897-300x244.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#8217;m participate here with my Czech freinds as the team manager.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We got a\u00a0spectacular Opening Ceremony after the General Briefing with dancers and airshow without welcome drink and food.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC5900.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1419\" alt=\"_DSC5900\" src=\"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC5900.jpg\" width=\"5352\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC5900.jpg 5352w, http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC5900-300x45.jpg 300w, http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC5900-768x115.jpg 768w, http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC5900-1024x153.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC5900-1200x179.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5352px) 100vw, 5352px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MdB set three tasks today morning: HWZ, HWZ and JDG. It happened little bit windy condition but most of the pilots could reach the MMAs. The provisional results are available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.debruijn.de\/results\/2013\/pnlk\/results.htm\">here<\/a>. The afternoon briefing is cancelled because the rainy and windy condition.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1420\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2013-09-09-05.45.07.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1420\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1420\" alt=\"Nice sunrise before the first flight\" src=\"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2013-09-09-05.45.07.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2013-09-09-05.45.07.jpg 625w, http:\/\/balloon.hu\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/2013-09-09-05.45.07-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nice sunrise before the first flight<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The weather forecast promise the next flight for tomorrow morning. 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