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Mikulášský Vraní slet 2024

Mikulášský Vraní slet 2024

Dear friends, we are happy to invite you to our traditional Vraní slet, this time in the beautiful spirit of Nicholas, and...

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Petr
Polách

Fly with by paragliding I started in 2010 and 4 years later on bagel. I am dedicated to free flying and competing in overflights. In addition, I am an instructor of both rogal and paragliding.

I am trying to develop our environment for flying within LAA association and unions paragliding a hang gliding. Sometimes I write for you in Pilot magazine.

Achievements

Petr
Kostrhun

Cross country paragliding team pilot. In 2023, a participant in the World Championship, from which the Czech team took 4th place.

Peter, better known as Bone, thanks to his dad's approach, he has been paragliding since a young age and can be said to have been "weaned" by Rana. Thanks to the years spent with a parachute above his head, he gained a lot of experience and joined the national team.

Achievements

  • 1st place German Open 2023
  • 8th place World Cup in Spain 2023 (Pegalajar)
  • 3rd place World Cup Turkey 2023 (Aksaray)
  • 32nd place at LA 2023 World Cup
  • 4th place in the Nations competition at LA 2023 World Cup

Jiří Krajča

I started flying in 2009 paragliding and a year later I switched to powered airplanes. Later also on rogalo. I have been in the team since 2012, when I was the first team leader at the World Cup in Spain. I am also the first graduate of the successful young talents program, at that time under the baton of Ivo Lengála. Youth gone and so I took over the scepter and pass on the experience to other young talents. I lived in the UK for 8 years where I was an ull instructor, teaching Brits to fly and also extended my pilot's license to general aircraft. I build, repair, maintain and manufacture accessories and accessories for sport aircraft. I am also an instructor and test pilot. Biggest achievements: multiple champion of Europe, world, republic in AL1 single-seater category and also one title in Great Britain in rogels.

Achievements

Air athlete LAA CR 2023

2022 – World Champion from WMC Hosín

2021 – Champion of the Czech Republic in the SAL1 category and winner of the NPPT

2020 – Champion of the Czech Republic in the SAL1 category and winner of the NPPT

2019 – European Champion from EMC in Ignalina in the SAL1 category

2018 – World Champion from WMC Nagykanizsa, cat. SAL1

2017 – European Champion from EMC in Nagykanizsa, cat. SAL1

2017 – Champion of the Czech Republic in the RWL1 category

2016 – 3rd place at the MČR in the RWL1 category

2015 – 3rd place at the EMC European Championship, Kruszyn, cat. SAL2

2015 - 1st place British Microlight Championshop 2015 - RWL2

Vlastimil
Vachtl

I started paragliding in 2007 with Jarda Čermák in Rana. It was great from the first flight. My first competition in precision and in paragliding in general was the World Cup race in Germany in 2014, where I happened to be. I messed up a lot and missed the last place by a little bit. Apparently, only a competitor who was injured finished behind me.

However, I was interested in the group around Tomáš Lednik and so I stayed with paragliding precision.

Achievements

  • 2018 – 6th place, European Championship, Kobarid, Slovenia
  • 2019 – 3rd place, Asian Championship (test event), Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan
  • 2020 – 1st place, Championship of the Czech Republic 2020
  • 2020 – 1st place, in the overall standings of the year of the ACC Czech League
  • 2021 - 2nd place, World Championship, Prilep, North Macedonia
  • 2021 – 1st place, in the overall standings of the year of the ACC Czech League
  • 2022 - 3rd place, European Championship, Sibiu, Romania

Petr Jonáš

He started his competitive career on ultralights and participated in the Petr Tuček Navigation Cup and the Czech Republic Championship with the Young Sports Talents program. He flew the crew with his wife Lucia for seven years, and in 2017 together they won the title of European UL flying champions in the RAL2 category. His flight logs have so far settled at 550 hours with ultralights and 450 hours with general aviation aircraft. However, Petr is also active in competitive flying as far as his organization is concerned - for example, he was the sports director of last year's successful FAI World Championship in UL flying in Hosín. Undoubtedly, one of the highlights of his sports aviation career is the gold medal from this year's 23rd FAI World Rally Championship in the crew with navigator Marko Velát, where the entire Czech team shone at the same time. Petr was also a member of the board of the Association of UL flying LAA ČR for 5 years.

Achievements

  • World Champion in Air Rally 2023 and 2018 (GA) in the crew with Marko Velát
  • European Champion 2017 in UL category RAL 2
  • Champion of the Czech Republic 2020 in aerobatic flying category Intermediate