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Concordia: One Photo A Day – May 5th thru...
First Photos from Mifflin, US 15m Nationals
JS-1 Playing in the Wave
R5N Contest Photos
Dick Butler (DB) is feverishly working to complete the Concordia by summer. He has...
Thank you Leigh Zimmerman for this photos. — Ed.
GORDON BOETTGER was having a fun evening playing in wave near Lake Tahoe and...
I was not able to attend Perry this year due to work conflicts and...
Every year I try to take a gliding vacation and in 2005 I visited South Africa for the first time and just fell in love with flying here. This is my 7th trip and, like earlier years, I will try to send on daily “reports” to friends back home. These daily reports really began...
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The weather in different places in Europe is GLORIOUS!! Yesterday Holland had 4 over 700 km. flights and that means only thermals!!! Today it looks great again. Did we have yesterday pretty much wind and a very COLD one, today is much more pleasant on the ground and for sure also in the air!...
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Choices - as most cross country glider pilots know, life and a good flight are full of them. I was one once a pilot. A number of factors, including advancing middle age spread meant that I haven't been active in the sport for the last 10 years. A subscription to S&G my...
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In February I attended the SSA Convention in Reno and I learned about the Let’s Go Gliding! campaign. This is an extraordinary initiative that can benefit the sport of soaring, especially if all it’s members (or at least the active ones) would get involved and really promote soaring and the campaign. During the convention...
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A pity that during a lot of comps in Europe at the moment the amount of cancelled days equals the days pilots could fly. The Belgian Nationals suffered from this phenomena. The French open class and 2 seater Nationals suffered even more; 3 days flown, 5 days cancelled. Team Sturm won before Gerard Lherm...
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Our goal is to have the best online site for Soaring related articles on the web. We have had a spectacular first 18 months with over 700 posts created and we work hard on...
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Terry Delore flying his ASH 25 Zulu Foxtrot with Yvonne Loader 29/4/12 in Haka valley over Ritchie McCaw country. Video taken at 12,000 feet, hook cloud develops quickly into a funnel cloud at cloud...
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I am privileged, as are many others, to participate in several online groups that have a shared interest in soaring. A few months back, a discussion on the ASW-20 Yahoo group was initiated about...
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This was sent to the Cafe by Eric Neubronner in Germany. Looks like a great day! — Ed. Last Saturday we had African conditions in Germany. Cloud Base at approx 3800m, airspace only gives...
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Good cropping can turn a good photo to an excellent one. Think about the photo that you’re taking like your cockpit – there’s no clutter, distractions or irrelevant items. In the same way, your...
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For Sale: Sage Variometer SV, 80mm asking $500. ...
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The Red Bull Skydive Team recently performed a spectacular performance high in the skies above Austria well worthy of any James Bond film. As part of the project Akte Blanix III, the five-man squadron set off in hot pursuit of two Blanix gliders cruising 4,000 metres above the ground. In one of the most...
From Gorgon Boettger: We’ll be making another distance record attempt in the wave going downwind Thursday, May 3rd, launching at 0530L. Our goal is to get somewhere east of the Rockies. Rapid City, South Dakota would be fantastic. To follow our progress, click on the link below (altitudes will not be shown). Once again,...
Here’s a five minute clip of a Birthday ride in our Duo. The passenger; my 98 year old first cousin. Her brother was a B-29 Aircraft Commander in the 29th bomb group. He was lost on his first mission; the big B-29 fire bombing raid on Tokyo the night of March 9-10, 1945. I...
Well, this day was a real downer for me. Landed out on the way...
Just a short note to update everyone on the progress of FLARM implementation in...
Boy did we have a wild day today! Actually, I think we had *several*...
True to the predictions by weatherman Richard Kellerman, the day was again cancelled here...
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