Bulgarian National Gliding Championship – Blagoevo 2023
Weather surprises and competitive spirit
Despite the difficult weather conditions and prolonged rains, August started with good weather which gave hope for the successful organization of the National Gliding Championship scheduled between August 6th and 12th at Blagoevo Airport.
The days leading up to the championship showed promising conditions and flights of almost 300 km.
Unfortunately, a sudden change in conditions with a passing front destabilized the atmosphere during the first days of the competition, canceling the official warm-up day and the first 2 competition days due to strong winds and precipitation.
The first flying and racing day was August 9th.
The sky looked promising with well-formed cloud cover and light wind.
The task for the day was in an “hourglass” style – a race to a goal with 5 points and a total length of 200 km.



The competitors showed an interesting race throughout the day and struggled with the seemingly good conditions. First for the day was Samuil Kazakov with 821 points.
The second race day – August 11th…
…was marked by strong overshadowing which forced 3 of the competitors to perform out-landings. The only one to complete the task and again first for the day was Samuil Kazakov.


The third and final day of competition was August 12th.
The 188-km task in 7 points was completed by all competitors relatively quickly due to the very good weather conditions with a high base and strong thermals. The fastest of the day was Ivelin Kalushkov.




After a week filled with adverse weather conditions and 3 difficult tasks, the final standings looked like this:
1. Ivelin Kalushkov
3. Todor Simeonov
Due to late final processing of the results of the 2nd task, a change occurred in the final ranking between the 3rd and 4th place of Nikolay Stoyanov, which were separated by only 1 point. Todor Simeonov ranks third in the official ranking.
Congratulations to the champions!
The organizers would like to express their gratitude to all helpers and sponsors.
The winners received awards from Naviter SeeYou #pilotexcellence , LXNAV, SkySight, the medals were made by Fidoks Heating & Fidoks Bulgaria.
Thank you to the organizers: Aeroclub Ludogorie, Blagoevo Airport, SkyLark, Bulgarian National Aero Club
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