Due to strong wind and the possibility of thunderstorms the morning flight (31/08/2024) is CANCELED—the next briefing at 17:00 in the briefing room. 

Task 20 is CANCELED. The launch period is prolonged until 19:00. Please answer the message in Leszno 2024 Pilots in the format Pilot # received.

Below you can download an updated PZ list.

Dear competitors,

I just wanted to inform you that a new version of the Balloon Live app is out today. It supports UTM ETRS89. Please, don't forget to update it before the 1st competition flight.

ED

Hi all,

During this event, we are going to use WhatsApp for the recall procedure, to spread competition-related and public information, to provide changes to tasks, etc. 

For this purpose, three WhatsApp groups were created:

Leszno 2024 Public

The Leszno 2024 Public is open to everyone; anyone can join it and share his/her pictures, videos, and messages. 

https://chat.whatsapp.com/EO1lWRnZVTgIDbvO0t3MtK 

Leszno 2024 ED 

The Leszno 2024 ED is closed and used by the ED for sharing important information with pilots. The target teams will use this group to report the corrected coordinates of the targets used in a particular flight if such corrections occur. 

https://chat.whatsapp.com/GqYhzGAQjfoB6N07P3Ocnj

Leszno 2024 Pilots

The Leszno 2024 Pilots Only the pilot, his crew chief, and officials can join this group. Most of the time, the ability to comment will be disabled in this group and only during the flight, and one hour before and after it, it will be possible to write comments, questions, and other important information for the flight. We also will use this group to collect pilot landing messages and pilots' confirmations about receiving important messages.

https://chat.whatsapp.com/L5Un0BoAVgN4KsKxqvbjqD

Maps of the Leszno and Dolsk competition areas plus PZs: Link

* Don't be confused - the Dolsk map has the User Grid, but the calibration is performed using UTM coordinates and the electronic grid is UTM.

This is the PLT file of PZ4 - Motorway. 

All penalties for PZ4 will be calculated against this PLT file.

August 28, Wednesday

10.00 - 14.00 Registration

15.00   General briefing

17.00   Tasks briefing

17.30   The first competition flight

20.00 - 21.30   Refuelling

August 29, Thursday

05.30   Tasks briefing

06.00   The second competition flight

08.00 - 10.00 Refuelling

17.00   Tasks briefing in DOLSK.

17.30   The third competition flight in DOLSK

21.00 - 22.30   Refuelling

August 30, Friday

05.30   Tasks briefing

06.00   The fourth competition flight

08.00 - 10.00 Refuelling

17.00   Tasks briefing

17.30   The fifth competition flight

20.00 - 21.30   Refuelling

August 31, Saturday

05.30   Tasks briefing

06.00   The sixth competition flight

08.00 - 10.00 Refuelling

17.00   Tasks briefing

17.30   The seventh competition flight

21.00 Night Glow

21.30 - 23.00 Refuelling

22.00   Closing ceremony

On behalf of the Leszno Balloon Club, I have the pleasure of inviting your team to the 33^rd ENEA Leszno Balloon Cup, which will take place from 28^th August to 1^st September 2024.

The Competition Centre will be held in Ach to Tu Hotel, 26th Balonowa Street. This time we offer two options of entering our Event, you can choose the option with a Hotel or without it. We offer the hotel "Ach To Tu" for the first 20 crews who will be interested in this option, for the next 6 we have booked rooms at the Airfield Apartments.

Due to close cooperation with Leszno Airfield, we decided to make small changes this year in the schedule of this event. We will organize the Night Glow after the last flight (Saturday night), before the Closing Ceremony. Leszno Airfield will refund 130 EUR of the entry fee for all pilots who participated in the Night Glow.

During the Event, we plan to use the Balloon Live system. That means the pilot is obliged to bring a Balloon Live Sensor and Balloon Live App with him.

You will find the Invitation and the Entry Form attached to this Invitation.

Please, send the filled entry form and payment evidence to me by email (zosiaprawicka@wp.pl). I would be grateful for information about the pilot's choices (with or without a hotel) and how many crew members he plans to have. Also, I collect pilots and balloon photos from those pilots who haven't sent them in previous years or changed their balloon envelopes.

Hope to see you in Leszno.

Best regards,

Zofia Prawicka

Leszno Balloon Club