Gliding titles go to former champions

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33444, 28 January 1974, Page 32

Gliding titles go to former champions

'.X.Z. Press .Association—Copyright* ADELAIDE. H. Reichmann, of West Germany, and G. Moffatt, of the United States, both former title-holders, won the world gliding standardclass and open championships respectively at Waikerie during the week-end.

Reichmann, aged 33, a school teacher, flew an experimental LS2 glider, built in Germany for Australian conditions. The glider will be returned to the German factory for checking. Reichmann on Saturday competed against 38 competitors on a 247-kilometre triangle, finishing third. It gave him sufficient points to defeat the Australian hope, 1. Renner, by 27 points. In the open class, G. Mof-

fat, in a Nimbus 2, established himself as one of the great glider pilots. He finished in third place on Saturday, and his winning margin on aggregate points was one of the biggest in a work! gliding championship. Moffat and Reichman won; their section at the world : championships in 1970. N.Z. PILOTS Of the New Zealand: entrants, R. Gordon finished fifth in the standard-class aggregate, with 9056 points, and A. Cameron was sixth, I with 8887 points. In the final [day's flying, Gordon was [fifth in his class, scoring 891 [points, and Cameron was thirteenth, with 820 points. [ln the open class, the New! [Zealander, A. Timmerman, , was fourteenth, with 857 [points for the day, but was [not placed in aggregate ; points. Results: I Open class, 294 km triangle.— 18. Zegels (Belgium), 118.8 kilo-1 (metres an hour. 1000 points I: K. Holighaus (W. Germany).; 116.3, 972, 2; Moffat, 114.6. 952. 3; I J.-P. Cartry (France). 113.4, 940. 4; R. Johnson (U.S.), 113.0, 935, 5; S. Kluk (Poland), 112.8. 932. 6. Aggregate points.—Moffat 10,637 points, Zegels 10,227, H. W. Grosse (W. Germany) 10,061. Cartry 9958, Holighaus 9745, F. Ragot (France) 9396, G. Ax (Sweden) 9250, Johnson 9215, A. Haemmerle (Austria) 9190. .1. Delafield 9124. 19 metre cup, aggregate leaders.—Haemmerle 1. M. Viitanen |(Finland) 2, G. Burton (Britain)! 3. ! Standard class. 248 km triangle. I —F. Kepka (Poland). 111.0 points.: 1 1000 k.p.h.. 1; S. Walczak! /Poland). J 07.4, <j66. 2; H. Reich mann (W. Germany), 106.2, 951, 3: ID. Webb (Canada). 103.1 910. 4: [Gordon. 101.6, 891, 5; A. Petters-' [ son (Sweden), 101.4. 883. 6. I .Aggregate points.—Reichmann 9325. I. Renner (Australia) 9296,' 9266. B. Fitchett (Britain); 9138, Gordon 9056. Cameron 8887, . Wujczak 8820. Greene 8418 Kah-| Irens (W. Germany) 8.390. G Andersson (Sweden) 8367, |