MWP- Team

Prof. Joerg Hacker

• born in 1949 in Stuttgart,Germany
• graduated in meteorology, University Bonn
• since 1985 he is living in Adelaide/Australia
• since 1965 glider pilot, ca. 4.000 hrs
• chief scientist of Airborne Research Australia
• runs his High Altitude Aircraft EGRETT
• MWP - chief scientist

mail: jorg.hacker(at)flinders.edu.au                                                            website: www.airborneresearch.com.au

• born in 1965, from Berlin, Germany
• Meteorologist, Humboldt-University of Berlin
• special interest: mesoscale phenomena, aviation meteorlogy
• 1996-2002, 2008 Meteorologist of the German Soaring Team
• 2003/2004 Teamcaptain of the German Team at the Military World Gliding Championships in Rieti/Italy
• Glider licence (incl. acrobatic category), vice-president of an Association of Aviation in Berlin
• participation  as pilot at various regional/national/international championships in France, Russian and Germany
• MWP-project manager, in MWP he is responsible for project-coordination, wx-forecasting, meteorological route optimisation for record flights

mail: Rene.Heise(at)t-online.de                                                                     website: www.falconsview.org

Dr. Wolf-Dietrich Herold

• born in 1951, from Nürnberg, Germany 
• Physicist, PhD from ETH Zürich, 3 Years research scientist at Yale University, last empoyment in particle physics research at Paul Scherer Institute in Switzerland
• Glider license 1971, participation in various regional/national contests in Germany, Switzerland, and USA, ca 2500hrs
• soaring in different geographical and topographical regions generated a strong interest in atmospheric sciences leading to a 9 months sabbatical at NCAR, Boulder, CO to study thundercloud electrification and thermal waves using (motor-)gliders
• in MWP he is responsible for scientific documentation

mail: wolf(at)wolfsview.com                                                                           website: www.wolfsview.com

• born in 1952, from Neustadt, Germany,Dentist
• runs his own soaring operation Quo Vadis in Serres/France
• Glider license 1974, participation in various regional/national contests
• Winner of several national/European championships
• ca. 25,000hrs, record holder 3.008 km -world's longest ever glider flight; 39 world records (as at april of 2009), Flight up to Fireland (pilot report)
• Winner of the Kuettner 2000km Price and Trophy (OSTIV-Award)
• Specialist in wave flying
• MWP- chief pilot, in MWP he will be responsible for flight operations as well as be main player in record attempts.

mail: klaus.ohlmann(at)quovadis.aero                                                       website: www.quovadis-aero.com

• Dr. Andreas Dörnbrack (DLR)
• Prof. Dr. Alfred Helbig (Universität Trier)
• Jürgen K. Knüppel (Bw, DGLRM)
• Dr. Erland Lorenzen (DWD)
• Prof. Dr. Alfred Ultsch (Datenbionik Universität
  Marburg /AKAflieg Frankfurt) : Data Evaluation