The WGC Managment has a special announcement for all pilots and team captains. Through the diligent work of WGC Managment member Mark Huffstutler, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has notified us that they will issue a Blanket Special Fligh…
2012 WGC Uvalde
Updated WGC 2012 Uvalde Control Points
by Bill Elliott •
The 2012 World Gliding Championship at Uvalde TX updated Control Point files are now posted on John Leibacher’s Worldwide Soaring Turnpoint Exchange website here. They were updated on April 28th, 2012. The control points are different from those used p…
Preparations
by Bill Elliott •
4D gets a polish before shipping to the USA on 18th May.Yes, these are the undercarriage doors..:)
This contest will be wired!
by Bill Elliott •
Thanks to the folks at Southwest Texas Junior College, Uvalde TX campus, and their IT department, both hardwired and wireless internet service will be available to teams and their crews for the contest. Plans are well underway to deploy a wireless…
SPOT Tracking at WGC 2012 Uvalde TX
by Bill Elliott •
Contest management has worked out an agreement with Hawke Tracking LLC (Mark Hawkings) to allow on-line tracking with SPOT devices through the wgc2012uvalde.com website. Information is available to Pilots through their on-line entry account under the l…
On-line Contestant Area
by Bill Elliott •
The management team of the WGC 2012 Uvalde TX is asking that all pilots review their email for an invitation to the on-line Contestant Center Area section of the website. If you have not received this email invitation you should contact Andrew Dignan a…
Update to Pilot & Aircraft Requirements and Bulletin #1
by Bill Elliott •
The Pilot & Aircraft Requirements Document revision 2.2 has been release to replace to revision 2.1. The first official Bulletin #1 has also been added. Both documents can be download from the Documents and Downloads page.
Australian Gliding Team Uvalde 2012 2012-03-24 18:14:00
by Bill Elliott •
Great day yesterday: The 15m team did a fantastic job of sticking together and came home the winners. Really good exercise in team comminication and focus! Everyone is heading home now. Many thanks to all: our Team Captains, our Squad organiser Greg Sc…
Saturday – last day
by Bill Elliott •
Some of the pilots left last night to head home. The remaining pilots have been set a Grand Prix task in teams of 3 with the score of the slowest pilot being counted. So we have a team of Allan Barnes in GG, Lisa Trotter in IIC and Peter Trotter in PNL…
Friday
by Bill Elliott •
Today they have set a Grand Prix task with a 3000′ finish to allow a second lap.Gliders are gridding now and we expect the first launch around noon.Overheard on the radio yesterday I think we should leverage that street – had to be a banker :-)Also hea…
