The British All Comers Open 2018 in Feltre, Italy just came to an end. <\/p>\n
Our friend, Kieran Campbell, reports: <\/p>\n
\u201cIn summary, conditions were relatively unstable creating challenging tasking conditions all week. Most tasks started with the field vying for the best spot at (or in!) cloudbase. \u201cSunday saw the first task stopped due to rain at the farthest turnpoint. \u201cMonday’s task proved too difficult for everyone, with the field strewn far and wide across the course, giving the retrieve drivers a busy afternoon. \u201cYuki Sato-Colomb\u00e9 was the only pilot to make the ESS, but with less than 100m AGL, her flight finished very soon after. \u201cTuesday’s conditions looked better but an incident in front of launch, and the resulting helicopter rescue, invalidated the start window. \u201cMoving to Bassano on Wednesday saw 46 pilots make goal, boosting morale considerably. \u201cThursday was binned due to the forecast overdevelopment. Many chose to free fly before it did bubble up, including a dozen of us who landed at the nearby mountain refuge for a light lunch. \u201cThe smiles in the group photo soon disappeared as we were all consumed by heavy rain almost as soon as we’d started our glide back to Feltre. Ten …read more<\/a> <\/p>\n