3rd FAI World Sailplane GP final in Santiago, Chile

[Charlie Papa]

Dear Friends
Happy New Year to you all.
Tomorrow the 2nd of January 2010 will be the first day of the 3rd
FAI World Sailplane GP final in Santiago, Chile.
The races will be transmitted live on the Internet with commentary in
English and Spanish allowing gliding friends the world over to join in
the excitement of the races. The race coverage includes an interactive
chat channel allowing friends and competitors to talk with each other
and send questions directly to the pilots.
Live coverage is linked to the Competition web site which will contain
regular news and results. http://www.grandprixchile.org/
We would like your help in publicising this event for Gliding so
please forward this message to your clubs, colleagues and gliding
friends.
The final will be on Saturday the 9th of January providing an
excellent opportunity for clubs to organise a race evening with big
screens or briefing room computers to watch the racing and join in the
party.
The race is scheduled to start each day at 3:00pm local time in Chile
which is 19.00 in Europe a perfect time for evening viewing.
Widening the audience for our wonderful sport is very important for
it’s future, you can help by spreading this news amongst your friends
and contacts.
Thanks for your help and please send us your feedback to help us
improve the Gliding race presentation.
Regards.
Brian Spreckley

[JMR]

On Jan 1, 10:07*am, Charlie Papa > wrote:
> *Dear Friends
> Happy New Year to you all.
> Tomorrow *the 2nd of January 2010 will be the first *day of the 3rd
> FAI World Sailplane GP final in Santiago, Chile.
> The races will be transmitted live on the Internet *with commentary in
> English and Spanish allowing gliding friends the world over to join in
> the excitement of the races. The race coverage includes an interactive
> chat channel allowing friends and competitors to talk with each other
> and send questions directly to the pilots.
> Live coverage is linked to the Competition web site which will contain
> regular news and results. * *http://www.grandprixchile.org/
> We would like your help in publicising this event for Gliding so
> please forward this message to your clubs, colleagues and gliding
> friends.
> The final will be on Saturday the 9th of January providing an
> excellent opportunity for clubs to organise a race evening with big
> screens or briefing room computers to watch the racing and join in the
> party.
> The race is scheduled to start each day at 3:00pm local time in Chile
> which is 19.00 in Europe a perfect time for evening viewing.
> Widening the audience for our wonderful sport is very important for
> it’s future, you can help by spreading this news amongst your friends
> and contacts.
> Thanks for your help and please send us your feedback to help us
> improve the Gliding race presentation.
> Regards.
> Brian Spreckley

I will be in Santiago on a layover and will take and post as many
photos as I can. Maybe my wife will buy me an HD video camera early
for my birthday.
I arrive on the morning of the 6th and leave the evening of the 7th,
so it's only 2 days that I am there. Wonder if I just jinxed myself
and my flight will now cancel!!!
Justin Rizor

[Frank[_12_]]

<shameless commercial plug for Hawke Tracking LLC>

What, no real-time SPOT tracking? ;-)

TA

[Ole[_2_]]

How does this live tracking work?

When I go to http://live.adventuretracking.com/GliderCompetition I get
a message saying "you will need to follow thw instructions to install
the Google Earth plugin ...ERR_CREATE_PLUGIN". When I press "OK" the
message close, but nothing else happens.

Regards

Ole

[rosy[_2_]]

On 2 Sty, 16:44, Ole > wrote:
> How does this live tracking work?
>
> When I go tohttp://live.adventuretracking.com/GliderCompetitionI get
> a message saying "you will need to follow thw instructions to install
> the Google Earth plugin ...ERR_CREATE_PLUGIN". When I press "OK" the
> message close, but nothing else happens.
>
> Regards
>
> Ole

You ought to go to Google site http://earth.google.com/intl/en/download-earth.html
Step by step install plugin.
But, unfortunately, GP organiser has problem to service spectators

R..

[Dan[_4_]]

On Jan 2, 3:06*pm, rosy > wrote:
> On 2 Sty, 16:44, Ole > wrote:
>
> > How does this live tracking work?
>
> > When I go tohttp://live.adventuretracking.com/GliderCompetitionIget
> > a message saying "you will need to follow thw instructions to install
> > the Google Earth plugin ...ERR_CREATE_PLUGIN". When I press "OK" the
> > message close, but nothing else happens.
>
> > Regards
>
> > Ole
>
> You ought to go to Google sitehttp://earth.google.com/intl/en/download-earth.html
> Step by step install plugin.
> *But, unfortunately, GP organiser has problem to service spectators
>
> R..

Spectacular coverage today! Both video and chat worked well.

[Ole[_2_]]

On 2 Jan., 21:06, rosy > wrote:
> On 2 Sty, 16:44, Ole > wrote:
>
> > How does this live tracking work?
>
> > When I go tohttp://live.adventuretracking.com/GliderCompetitionIget
> > a message saying "you will need to follow thw instructions to install
> > the Google Earth plugin ...ERR_CREATE_PLUGIN". When I press "OK" the
> > message close, but nothing else happens.
>
> > Regards
>
> > Ole
>
> You ought to go to Google sitehttp://earth.google.com/intl/en/download-earth.html
> Step by step install plugin.
> *But, unfortunately, GP organiser has problem to service spectators
>
> R..

Thanks, got the software in place but am still unable to see the
tracking, probably due to the problems you mention.

Regards

Ole

[Andy[_1_]]

On Jan 3, 3:30*pm, Dan > wrote:

>
> Spectacular coverage today! *Both video and chat worked well.

You must have been early to connect. I was never able to.


Andy

[lanebush]

Let me say that the webcast today was outstanding with a very exciting
race. This contest is on the cutting edge of the sport. With the new
technology there is the potential to draw in spectators and future
sponsors. Finally the world can enjoy the excitement of our sport.

If you were not getting the audio try closing and reopening your
browser tomorrow. Race coverage started at 1:00 pm eastern with start
at 1:30 pm. The total coverage was about two hours.

Lane

[Paul Remde]

Hi,

I enjoyed following the race too! Very cool!

I couldn't get the live tracking to work yesterday or the day before, so it
was nice to get it working today. They seem to be working hard to improve
it.

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.

"lanebush" > wrote in message
...
> Let me say that the webcast today was outstanding with a very exciting
> race. This contest is on the cutting edge of the sport. With the new
> technology there is the potential to draw in spectators and future
> sponsors. Finally the world can enjoy the excitement of our sport.
>
> If you were not getting the audio try closing and reopening your
> browser tomorrow. Race coverage started at 1:00 pm eastern with start
> at 1:30 pm. The total coverage was about two hours.
>
> Lane

[Andreas Maurer]

On Mon, 4 Jan 2010 14:55:22 -0800 (PST), lanebush
> wrote:

>Let me say that the webcast today was outstanding with a very exciting
>race. This contest is on the cutting edge of the sport. With the new
>technology there is the potential to draw in spectators and future
>sponsors. Finally the world can enjoy the excitement of our sport.

Indeed.

But if I compare the number of very bad and fatal accidents to the
very limited number of gliding Grand Prix competitions that have taken
place so far, I'm starting to feel sick.

In my humble opinion the Gliding Grand Prix kills way too many people.


Best wishes for 2010
Andreas