Aerobattle 2016

Due to a terrible forecast for tomorrow, the first comp day (23 August) is canceled. Waterbattle 2016 will move to Dushantsi dam for canoeing.
We hope to have better flying days till the end of the week.
The opening ceremony will be at the main square in Chelopech village (9h, 23/08). It will be held in traditional Bulgarian style – with music and bread. Everybody is welcome!
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Поради лоша прогноза, първият състезателен ден (23 август) се отменя. Водна битка 2016 се мести на язовир Душанци за кану и каяк.
Надяваме се за повече летателни дни до края на седмицата.
Церемонията по отриването ще бъде на площада в с. Челопеч (9ч, 23/08). Ще се проведе в традиционен български стил – с музика и погача. Всички са поканени!

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Всеки, участник във "Въздушна битка" ще получи застраховка, която включва транспортиране по въздух и планинско спасяване. Застраховката е предоставена от #ЛевИнс и е включена в таксата участие.

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Every participant in Aerobattle will be insured, which includes transport by heli and mountain rescue. The insurance is provided by LevIns and is included in the entry fee. Visit https://airtribune.com/aerobattle2016/blog/insurance for more info and requirements regarding the insurance.

Blog | Aerobattle 2016 Competition latest news and live tracking.

The 2016 aerobattle welcomes the flying knights of the Balkans and beyond who will cover great distances over the local mosaic of mountains, hills, valleys and flatlands - a true playground for the true air warrior. Join us! Follow us! Aerobattle 2016 will be National Championship of Bulgaria and is going to take place in August from 23th till 28th at Zlatitsa, Bulgaria. Sky-camp and Free Dimension paragliding clubs combined with all Bulgarian pilots welcome you to this great event!

Aero Battle 2014 National paragliding championship and pre-world cup cross country discipline, Bulgaria 2014

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Aerobattle pilots attended the closing ceremony this morning and then they went flying. Turns out training day and free-flying day are of the most excellent conditions.

A great flying day. Finally, on the final day, 8 pilots reached the final, completing the whole task. Although the cloud base was at the take-off, the wind, not being strong, helped the pilots on their 39,5 km way to Dupnitsa.
Aside from the finalists, we had 3 fly&hiking pilots, forming the huge triangle – New Zeland, Japan, Bulgaria. Hope they had a great day.

*Album photos taken via Garmin VIRB HD.

Task four was mostly in the flatlands and the 63 km mission was set against the wind. Once again the points were hard to reach – two pilots, Yassen Savov and Valery Tzvetanov, landed at the final without completing the whole task.

We had a 53.2 km task won by Yassen Savov, who was short to the final by 500 m. There were 4 turn points: the first one was Mechit peak, the second one – Yastrebets take-off, the third and fourth turn points were located in the valley of Samokov – Dospey village and Belchin Bania, the goal was set at Samokov.

Conditions were difficult: blue sky, inversion at about about 2 400 m and broken weak thermals. Patient working through the ridges was the right tactic.