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Event info

12th edition of Aeros Winter Race. Aeros Winter Race 2024 is one of the greatest hang gliding competitions with great tradition and normally excellent flying conditions in this part of Europe...

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Flying site

Take-off: Kovk 890m ASL (N 45°53.383254' / E 13°57.033288'), Lijak 582m ASL (N 45°57.816012' / E 13°43.398')

Official landing place: Log pri Vipavi 110m ASL (N 45°52.098084' / E 13°56.082'), Livešče-Šmihelj 65m ASL(N 45°56.

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  • 73 Pilots Confirmed
  • 73 Pilots total registered
  • 180 EUR Entry fee
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  • 70 Pilots max allowed
  • 14 Countries presented
  • 🏆 FAI Status = CAT 2 🏅
  • left before start of event
  • Registration will open on
    08/01 12:00 (Europe/Ljubljana)

  • 🛰️

    The organiser will supply Live trackers to you, for safety and scoring

    Live trackers supplied
  • 🚁

    The region supports helicopter rescues

    Helicopter rescue
  • ⚕️

    There will be medical rescue services at launch

    Medic on takeoff
  • 📱

    The region generally has good phone coverage

    Good phone coverage
  • 📻

    We will be monitoring radios for your safety whilst you fly

    Radio coverage
  • 🛰️

    Live Tracking is MANDATORY in this event to score. The organiser will provide the trackers.

    Live trackers mandatory
  • 📢

    The organisers are using Airtribune for registration, tracking, blogging and to publish scores

    Airtribune blogging
  • 🥪

    There will be daily lunch packs for pilots

    Lunch packs
  • 🗺

    The organisers will give you printed maps at registration

    Maps are supplied
  • 💳

    The organisers will give you an ID card with all the essential items listed

    ID Cards
  • The organisers will have free WiFi available at HQ

    Free WiFi
  • 🍺

    There will usually be goal beers for winners

    Goal beers
  • 👕

    You will receive a tshirt or other welcome gift

    Free gift

Prize funds and scoring categories

  • Overall Class 5
  • Overall Class 1
  • Slovenian

Contacts

Event info

12th edition of Aeros Winter Race. Aeros Winter Race 2024 is one of the greatest hang gliding competitions with great tradition and normally excellent flying conditions in this part of Europe

Flying site

Take-off: Kovk 890m ASL (N 45°53.383254' / E 13°57.033288'), Lijak 582m ASL (N 45°57.816012' / E 13°43.398')

Official landing place: Log pri Vipavi 110m ASL (N 45°52.098084' / E 13°56.082'), Livešče-Šmihelj 65m ASL(N 45°56.832048' / E 13°42.702024')

Selection and entry fee

Entry fee: 180 EUR (if prepayment of 60 EUR is made at least 21 days before the start of the competition), 200 EUR (if the competitor pays on-site without prepayment, or if prepayment is late)
Selection is in the order of prepayment (authorization time).

Transport to take-off: 40 EUR (Capacity will be communicated later. It will be available)
Retrieval: 40 EUR (Capacity will be communicated later. It will be available)
Pilots who have prepaid will have priority over available transport spaces.

Aeros reserves the right to personally invite some pilots of their choice in addition to the max number of confirmed pilots, according to their judgment to raise the quality level of the competition.
Important: to ensure participation in the competition is mandatory to pay part of the entry fee, 60 EUR when registering on the pilot list on this website.

Documents required at registration

  • Issued by your local NAC on behalf of the FAI. You cannot normally compete in an FAI event without one. Contact your National Association (NAC)

    FAI Sporting Licence
  • The organiser requires you to present your National flying licence.

    National Licence
  • You will need to sign an applicaton form at the venue. Usually the organiser will provide it on arrival.

    Signed Application form
  • You will need to sign a waiver or release document to show you understand the risks. Usually the organiser will provide it on arrival.

    Signed Waiver/Release form
  • You will need to provide photo ID on arrival. This could be Passport, Driving Licence or National ID, for example.

    Identification documents needed
  • You must provide the organiser with a copy of your medical, rescue and repatriation insurance. You can purchase Global Rescue cover from Airtribune

    Rescue/Medical Insurance

Cancellation Policy

The 20 EUR refund will take place in case the competition will be completely canceled (not even starting the competition). The refund will be done through bank transfer, the transaction fees are enforced by their transaction fee policy.

Prize fund and scoring categories

Entry fee includes an info folder, souvenir with competition logo, lunch packet, closing ceremony, GPS data management, weather forecast, take-off, and landing fees.

Prizes:

Medals and other practical prizes:
Medals for top 3 - class 1
Medals for top 3 - class 5
Medals for top 3 - Slovenian national championship

General schedule

Competition schedule:
19th March: Registration (17:00 - 20:00 hour)
20th – 23rd March: competition days
23rd March evening: closing ceremony
23rd March: competition day and closing ceremony

In case of reserve date:
24th March: competition days and closing ceremony (only if comp is not valid yet on 23rd March)

Daily schedule

Daily schedule:
9:00 updates or exceptions to the daily schedule are published on the website
10:00 published info about the day's take-off place
10:30 official transport leaves to take-off
12:30: pilots briefing on the take-off
17:00: last landing
17:00 - 19:00: Report back and data downloads
19:30: unofficial results

Accommodation and Activities

https://www.ajdovscina.si/turizem/2012091810132724/TIC%20Ajdov%C5%A1%C4%8Dina%20/
https://www.vipava.si/vsebina/tic
Please contact TIC Ajdovščina (+386 5 36 59 140) or TIC Vipava (+386 51 215 226) for accommodation and activities.

How to get here

Gostilna picerija Anja, Budanje 3c, 5271 Vipava
Vipava Slovenia

Downloads

Waypoint files

Organizers

Klub zmajarjev Maribor

Contacts

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Prize Giving Ceremony 2024

Together we managed to bring another Aeros winter race to the end. Below you can see photos of the best pilots of 2024.

Slovenian

  1. Joze Verbic (222)
  2. Jure Becan (89)
  3. Davide Finzi Carraro (690)

Slovenian results

Overall Class 5

  1. Jochen Zeyher (88)
  2. Norbert Kirchner (726)
  3. Baisch Markus (90)

Overall Class 5 results

Overall Class 1

  1. Marco Laurenzi (300)
  2. Benedikt Braun (44)
  3. Saulius Guobuzas (17)

Overall Class 1 results

Tasks and results

Task 1

20 Mar, 2024

Class 1, Class 5 — 93.6 km — Race to goal

Overall results:
Tracks:

Task 2

22 Mar, 2024

Class 1, Class 5 — 123.3 km — Race to goal

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