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Finnish Aeronautical Association (FAA) and Airiston Varjoliitäjät is welcoming you to the 2017 Finnish Open XC League Round 3 competion at Oripää in Finland. Airfield is located in the middle of beautiful Finnish countryside surrounded by forests, lakes and fields.

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Flying site

Oripaa airfield is located in south western Finland approximately 50 kilometers northeast of Turku and approximately
180 kilometres north west of Helsinki. Airfield is dedicated to sports aviation. Take-off method is towing.

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  • 23 Pilots max allowed
  • 1 Countries presented
  • ✅ All certified wings allowed
  • 🏆 FAI Status = CAT 2 🏅
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Prize funds and scoring categories

  • Overall
  • Overall female
  • Sports class ( EN-C or lower class)

Event info

Finnish Aeronautical Association (FAA) and Airiston Varjoliitäjät is welcoming you to the 2017 Finnish Open XC League Round 3 competion at Oripää in Finland. Airfield is located in the middle of beautiful Finnish countryside surrounded by forests, lakes and fields. Terrain provides good thermal conditions and flatland XC flying throughout the season.

Event is part of the Finnish Open XC League 2017 that is a series of 3 separate weekend competitions that will be held between May and July. Take off method in all of the competitions of the league will be towing and type of tasks will be "Elapsed time".

Flying site

Oripaa airfield is located in south western Finland approximately 50 kilometers northeast of Turku and approximately
180 kilometres north west of Helsinki. Airfield is dedicated to sports aviation. Take-off method is towing. All pilots are expected to master tow launches.
There are pretty good facilities at the airfield. Mobile phone network coverage is good.

Flying season is from May to September. Long midsummer days provide plenty of opportunities for XC flights and tasks up to 100 km. Cloud base in summer is typically 1500-2200m. From July to August there is an increased risk of overdeveloping clouds. Terrain at the airfield is usually very dry, which may induce some dust devils from time to time. Midday conditions in the summer can be sometimes strong. Generally the thermal strength is in range on 4-6 m/s.
Thermals start developing around 10 a.m. being strongest around the midday. At summer time one can expect to find light lift even as late as 7 p.m.

You can view some XC flights from Oripaa at http://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights-search/?filter[point]=22.75107%2060.87067&list[sort]=pts&list[dir]=down

Take off - 60.869984, 22.752005 - 101 m (331 ft) ASL.
Take-off method is towing. Towing direction depends on the prevailing winds. Surface at take off is gravel.

More information about the airfield http://lentopaikat.fi/en/oripaa-efop

Selection and entry fee

Registration opens 24th April 2017 16:00 (UTC). Places will be allocated according to the time of the registration.

This page is for the Round 3, Oripää: First selection to the competition will be made 22nd May. The organiser will send e-mail to the selected pilots on 22nd May containing message "To pay". The payment of 85 euro must be in the Clubs account by the 20th June.

IBAN: FI49 1652 30000 17213

After this deadline the post registration payment will be 125 euro.

Prize fund and scoring categories

Open; Open female; Sports class (EN-C or lower class).

General schedule

July 28, 2017
09:00 - 10:00 - Official Registration and equipment inspection
July 28-30 2016
Contest flying days
July 30, 2016
19:00 - Prize-giving and closing ceremony

Daily schedule

09:00 - Headquarter opens
10:00 - Meet Director / Task and Safety Committee meetings
10:30 - Pilots' briefing / Previous task official results / Task definition
11:30 - Take-off window opens
16:30 - Scoring office opens
22:00 - Provisional results

Accommodation and Activities

Accommodation available at:
http://www.kossintila.fi/
http://www.vihreakolmio.com/
http://www.krapuranta.fi/

How to get here

32500 Oripää, Finland
Oripää Finland

Plane

Most international flights land at Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport, which is located in Vantaa, 18 kilometers to the north of the central Helsinki.

Car

It takes about 2 hours to get there via 120 and 213 highways - 160 km.

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Organizers

Finnish Aeronautical Association
Helsinki-Malmi Airport
FI-00700 Helsinki
Tel: (09) 3509 340
Fax: (09) 3509 3440
e-mail: sil@ilmailuliitto.fi
http://www.ilmailuliitto.fi/
jukka laakso
Meet Director, Organizer
+358 40 7717 227
alexanderlaakso@hotmail.com
Juho Komulainen
Coordinator
+358 44 506 33 09
jkomulainen@gmail.com

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Tasks and results

Task 1

28 Jul, 2017

49.2 km — Elapsed time

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Task 2

29 Jul, 2017

49.3 km — Elapsed time

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Task 3

30 Jul, 2017

34.0 km — Elapsed time

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