33rd FAI World Gliding Championships hosted at Leszno, Poland, July 27th – August 9th 2014

In 2014 there will be three World Gliding Championships:

33rd World GlidingChampionships in Club, Standard and 20-M Multi Seat Classes organised in Räyskälä, Finland
33rd FAI World Gliding Championships in Open, 18-meter and 15-meter class hosted at Leszno, Poland
17th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships at Torun, Poland

Sweden will participate at the World Gliding Championships at Leszno, Poland with six teams, two in each of the three classes. This is a presentation of the two teams in Open Class.

Owe Engström and Jim Acketoft are the qualified pilots. They have chosen to fly two-seater gliders which enables the possibility to have a second pilot assisting during the competition.

The Open class is the most prestigious class. The gliders have a wingspan of 28 meters. Performance is amazing with a glide ratio well in excess of 1:60.

General team and glider info

	TP	1P
1. Pilot	Owe Engström	Jim Acketoft
2. Pilot	Bengt Frid	Wilhelm Wendt
Competition Number	TP	1P
Registration	D-KBTP	D-KCTP
Aircraft Type	ASH25 EB28	EB28
Aicraft Manufacturer	Binder, Germany	Binder, Germany
Competion Class	Open	Open
Wing Span	28 meter	28 meter
Glide Ratio	> 60	> 60
Empty Weight	610 kg	590 kg
Max Weight	810 kg	850 kg
Max Speed	280 km/h	275 km/h

1st Pilot Details

	TP	1P
1. Pilot History	Owe Engström	Jim Acketoft
Hometown	Eskilstuna	Ängelholm
Aeroclub	Eskilstuna Flygklubb	Ljungbyheds Flygklubb
Age	57 years	35 years
Flight Hours Gliding	2000 h	600 h
Occupation	Flight Captain	Night Club Owner
Phone Number	+46 704 414 360	+46 73-206 60 33
Email	owe.engstrom (at) me.com	pakopak (at) hotmail.com
Achievements	First and only 1000 km triangle flight in Sweden	National medallist with lowest flight-time ever

2nd Pilot Details

	TP	1P
2. Pilot History	Bengt Frid	Wilhelm Wendt
Hometown	Arboga	Helsingborg
Aeroclub	Arboga Flygklubb	Ljungbyheds Flygklubb
Age	58 years	55 years
Flight Hours	500 h	350 h
Occupation		Engineer
Phone Number	+46 76 820 97 03	+46 70-818 25 52
Email	bfrid (at) telia.com	wilhelm.wendt (at) semtech.se

List with links and comments

Eskilstuna Flygklubb	www.efk.nu
Ljungbyheds Flygklubb	www3.idrottonline.se/default.aspx?id=410661
Arboga Flygklubb	www1.idrottonline.se/ArbogaFK/
33 rd FAI World Gliding Championships	www.wgc2014.eu
Svenska Segelflygförbundet	www.segelflyget.se
Binder Flugmotorenbau	binder-flugmotorenbau.de