Our Swing team pilots keep on getting better. Torsten Siegel was on the winners’ podium as third place-getter in the Swiss Championships, and Peter Neuenschwander notched up a win in the final task. Both pilots were flying new WRC prototypes, so that the performance of the wings could be tested against tough competition. And this went very well for the two pilots!
“The first task was fairly challenging in the brisk north wind and was nearly called off. Nevertheless, we persevered and this allowed us to test thoroughly the stability of the WRC protos in turbulent conditions”, Torsten told us. He was particularly pleased that the new proto which Petsch was flying demonstrated very good features. “The glider is really very stable”, Petsch also confirmed, and he flew to victory in the last task. “The conditions were very weak and the task was only short. Despite this, it was evident that the proto I was flying with the new profile has excellent climb characteristics”, Petsch reported to us. While Torsten was alongside Alex Hofer and Stefan Morgenthaler on the podium at the award ceremony, Petsch received a “healthy” check for his task victory. Our two Swing team pilots were pleased most of all about the fact that clear progress is evident in the development of the new competition gliders. We are eager to see further results. The required score of 800 points for a valid Swiss Championships was not reached in Flims, so the competition will enter its second round in Fiesch in 4 weeks.
Our congratulations to Torsten and Petsch!!!