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Euroglide 2010 June 21 - July 3
Total 2328 km starting in Eindhoven the Netherlands through Germany, Switserland and France, back to "Axel" in The Netherlands.
Good gliding conditions remained during the first few days, although not always perfect.
On the 4th day, 2 motorgliders and a turbo finished on Axel, matching the Pamela and Gerrit Kurstjens "4 day" record of edition 2002.
This Euroglide had a very positive atmosphere and indeed is a record breaking edition: 56 participating teams of which 95% completed the task.
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Euroglide 2008 June 23 - July 5
This time Euroglide revisited the Czech republic, by "rounding Praha". On day 8, 27! teams finished on Malden (the Netherlands),
followed by 10 teams on the two successive days. Only two minutes separated number one and two in the Motor class.
On average, weather conditions were good to excellent and (again) this edition supercedes its predecessors:
33 of the 41 teams (80%) finished the race according to regulations.
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Euroglide 2006 June 12 - June 24
The 2006 edition of the Euroglide had all aspects of a genuine gliding race.
The weather ranged from excellent to dry convection with a low base and days with developing thunderstorms.
Two new records: 40 participating teams and the 60% of the teams were able to finish the race according to the rules.
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Euroglide 2004 June 28 - July 10
For the first time in its history, Euroglide did not pass through France, but mainly through Germany.
A record number of 38 teams accepted the challenge.
Perfect weather on the first two days enabled most teams to cross 800 km.
Thereafter, each km had to be struggled for. 13 teams made it back to Eindhoven and many others had
less than 200 km to go on the final day of competition.
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Euroglide 2002 June 24 - July 6
A polygon with turnpoints in France, the south and center of Germany had to be flown.
In total 28 gliders took off from Eindhoven Airport on June 24. The first 4 days, the
weather was superb and the first teams already completed the trip!. In the second week
a consistent train of cloud and rain-areas from the west pinned down 6 teams.
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Euroglide 2000 June 12 - June 24
For the first time in the Euroglide history, it was decided to go to the east first.
Almost half of the 30 participating teams were able to complete the full task of 2125 km: Eindhoven (NL), Lusse (GER), Issoudun (FR), Dahlemer Binz (GER), Eindhoven.
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Euroglide 1998 June 18 - June 28
We decided to prolong the succes of the Super Triangle and chose not to go that far south into France,
but more to the east instead. Turnpoints: Pont sur Yonne (France) and Roudnice
nad Labem (Czech Republik). 18 participating teams. |
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Euroglide 1996 July 18 - July 28
Unlike the previous two editions, the task of the 1996 edition was a Super Triangle.
We chose the turnpoints Angouleme in France and Wasserkuppe in Germany. 14 teams participated.
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Euroglide 1994 June 24 - July 3
The task was the same as the year before: an out and return to Nogaro, in the south of France.
15 teams accepted the challenge.
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Euroglide 1993 June 12 - June 20
The first Euroglide was sponsored by IBM.
The task was an out and return to Nogaro, an airfield at the foot of the Pyrenees.
21 teams participated.
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