posted Feb 15th, 2022 - The NSL News posted an update from Germany a few days ago, which explained the changes in the lineup of the national 8-way team, Airbus Oceanside Illertissen. Team captain Thomas Spielvogel confirmed the information and had additional news.

The story also provided a brief overview of the recent events and of the other German national teams. Nothing has changed in 4-way Open, while the situation in 4-way Women has been a little bit more complicated. Three different teams have been competing for the two slots as the national teams at FAI/ISC indoor and outdoor events.

The outdoor situation was not too complicated, as the German Nationals 2021 was the qualifier for the next outdoor world meet this October in Eloy. Skynamite had won the 4-way Women competition in 2019 and were supposed to compete for the German delegation at the FAI Tanay Mondial last year. All German teams withdrew from the event, and last year's national championships were the new qualification event for Eloy 2022.

Meltemi Oceanside Illertissen outscored Skynamite (15.5 - 14.2) and will compete for Germany at the FAI Outdoor World Meet. The new German national team in 4-way Women currently train at Oceanside in California with new team member Andrea Kleinschmidt, who has replaced Susa Serra.

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German Indoor Nationals 2019		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	21,22,G	E,M,Q,A,11	19,7,14	P,10,O,15	H,4,2	B,1,F,J	13,3,5	6,17,C	18,N,20	9,12,16	Total	Avg
1	Jochen Schweizer Arena Airfource	23	38	26	27	25	37	21	28	24	23	272	27.2
2	Oceanside AtomiX/Skydive-Hildesheim	21	34	22	22	24	32	21	26	20	21	243	24.3
3	Skynamite FSZ Saar	19	29	16	20	21	31	19	20	15	21	211	21.1
4	Piteraq	15	29	19	20	15	33	19	19	19	19	207	20.7
5	No Limits	16	28	19	17	17	28	19	20	18	15	197	19.7
6	Hoo Lee Shit	16	23	17	18	18	26	14	19	16	19	186	18.6
7	NeVa FSZ Saar	16	22	17	16	17	27	17	17	14	16	179	17.9
8	Wintertunnel	16	23	14	16	14	26	13	16	9	16	163	16.3
9	SkymaxX	13	22	15	13	14	22	10	14	12	14	149	14.9
10	4 xmpl	13	17	14	14	14	23	13	13	11	15	147	14.7
11	HorschD - FSZ Saar	13	20	15	12	11	21	13	14	11	16	146	14.6
12	Airgrips	13	21	13	14	14	22	13	11	10	12	143	14.3
13	4Motion - Eisenach	10	17	12	10	10	17	9	9	10	11	115	11.5

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Skynamite FSZ Saar - Piteraq at the German Indoor Nationals 2019

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It was more complicated with the qualification of the German indoor teams in 4-way Women. Thomas Spielvogel explained that there has been no indoor competition in Germany since February 2020, when the Jochen Schweizer Arena in Munich hosted the Fly Challenge.

Skynamite's 2019 lineup (Sandra Dederichs, Sylvia Schlaphof, Yasmin Schütte, Janine Tillenburg) won the 4-way Women duel with the new and third 4-way Women team Piteraq (Linda Koeb, Sylvia Maier, Susa Serra, Evangelina Warich) and competed for Germany at the FAI Indoor World Meet 2019.

Neither Germany nor FAI/ISC hosted any sanctioned indoor or outdoor competitions in 2020, and the Fly Challenge in February was the last indoor competition where Skynamite and Piteraq met. Both teams competed with different lineups, and Skynamite had once again the upper hand at the last event before a 2-year break, due to the implications of the corona virus crisis.

However, there were no FAI sanctioned indoor world cups or world meets in 2021, while the plans for the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 in Charleroi this April have materialized.

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Fly Challenge 2020			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		C,D,Q,20	J,4,G,19	18,5,O	F,16,M,10	P,13,21	11,15,17	1,12,2	N,K,L,A,E	B,11,6	3,9,14	Total	Avg
1	Russian Thunder	RU	29	23	24	29	25	21	19	41	25	25	261	26.1
2	Airbus	DE	24	21	22	27	23	19	17	37	24	23	237	23.7
3	CISM Windwerk	CH	29	22	22	28	22	19	18	21	24	22	227	22.7
4	Skynamite	DE	24	16	17	23	19	15	15	28	21	19	197	19.7
5	Piteraq	DE	21	19	16	21	15	15	15	24	19	18	183	18.3
6	Paranodon Futura	DE	19	17	15	20	19	13	14	24	14	15	170	17.0
7	Hoo Lee Rest	DE	17	14	15	21	17	13	11	26	15	17	166	16.6
8	EOS	CH	19	16	12	19	16	13	13	18	15	17	158	15.8
9	Wintertunnel	DE	18	15	12	19	17	14	11	20	16	15	157	15.7
10	Feierabendflieger	DE	19	16	13	20	17	12	11	20	14	14	156	15.6
11	NeVa	DE	16	14	15	18	16	13	9	22	17	13	153	15.3
12	Bazinga FSZ Saar	DE	16	14	10	17	17	12	13	16	14	12	141	14.1
13	Phoenix	DE	16	10	13	17	15	11	11	21	11	12	137	13.7
14	Titten und Bier	DE	13	13	12	17	15	9	11	18	15	12	135	13.5
15	Paranodon	DE	12	12	11	16	14	9	9	15	12	10	120	12.0

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Skynamite FSZ Saar - Piteraq at the Fly Challenge 2020

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Thomas Spielvogel, who is also in charge of indoor competition in Germany, said that he needed clarification in 4-way Women after the long break and with the changes in the lineups of Skynamite and Piteraq. He scheduled a qualification event only for the two 4-way Women teams in January, this time at the second windtunnel in Munich, the FlyStation.

Skynamite had two new team members since 2021 (Shaline Dincher, Katharina Reiß) and would not qualify as the national indoor team any longer with only two returning members (Sylvia Schlaphof, Yasmin Schütte). Piteraq had only one change in the lineup (Petra Jastram, first for original member Evangelina Warich, then for Carola Fietz in 2020) and would be eligible.

However, the qualification event in January would give both teams the opportunity to show their current performance level with the current lineups, and Piteraq won by 22 points. The 22.0 average is close to the highest German 4-way Women average (22.7) that ISB Air posted at the World Challenge 2012.

Piteraq will have a new opportunity to set a new record number in Charleroi, where they will also meet Skynamite again. The rules of the FAI World Cup allow four teams to compete in each event. Piteraq is the only German national team in 4-way Women on the European Championship leaderboard at the same event. Both German teams will compete at the German Indoor Nationals at the beginning of March before traveling to Belgium in April.

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Qualification Germany		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Women	11,12,J	O,9,F,H	8,G,16	A,22,14	Q,21,1	L,M,4,C	6,B,P,15	10,3,20	19,2,7	N,E,17,D	Total	Avg
1	Piteraq	15	43	19	16	19	24	23	17	18	26	220	22.0
2	Skynamite	16	35	17	14	18	21	21	15	19	22	198	19.8

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