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The Pilots
Dietmar Weingant
Sales Manager - married, 6 children
Gliding Log: 22 yrs, 2300 hrs
Austrian Champ 1995, 97 2nd 1999. Taken part in last two European
Championships. Holds National record FAI-triangle Club class 760 km.
Barron Hilton cup winner 1999.
Gliding to him is one of the last silent adventures; long distance flying in the Austrian
Alps is one of the most beautiful things.
He enjoys flying in wave and in high mountains, and
dislikes the higher risk of too many gliders in the same thermal.
Herbert Ziegerhofer
Electronic Engineer, married, 2 children.
Gliding log: 28 yrs, 1900 hrs (1400 since 1990)
Competed in: European club class 96, 98
Austrian club class 95, 97 (2nd) 99 3rd
Austrian Distance championship - Club Class (best 3 flights per year)
1st 94, 95, 98
2nd 96 97 99 2000
Holds Gold badge with 2 diamonds, has flown 745km in ASW19.
Comments: “When I was 10 or 11 years old, I wished to fly, since that time the desire
for gliding has grown more and more. On long distance flights I never lose hope of
reaching my home airport, even if the ‘time-table’ says that is is not possible.”
He likes the fact that gliding can be done to an excellent standard over many years.
He dislikes too many aircraft in the same thermal, dangerous and inconsiderate flying.
Heinz Eibel
Teacher, age 49, married.
Flight log: 30 yrs - 2600 hrs glider, 600 hrs power.
Third place national championship 1997, club class; 1st place std class decentralised
nationals.
Gliding is a main part of his life; he likes to persist on his flights, and enjoys
everything about gliding but leaving the airfield, dislikes the winter season.
Team Captain --
Kurt Graf
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