Philip Dunlop put together this nice video of his season gliding as a youth glider pilot in New Zealand. They have a fantastic youth glide program there and most of the footage is from their youth training camps in Matamata and Omarama.
Pilots of at all age levels enjoy soaring around the world. Many kids at a very young age run around the house making noises like an airplane with paper airplanes in hand and hope to be a pilot when they grow up. Some kids have the chance to really fly an airplane, or to soar…
Author’s Note: This is a reprint from my club newsletter about a weekend trip to Talihina, OK in February 2013. For more information on ridge and wave soaring in Oklahoma, check out http://talihinasoaring.com/Talihina_Soaring/Welcome.html. The toll booth operators in Oklahoma are getting smart. They wanted to know if I was headed to a glider convention. Jeff…
Thanks to Women Soaring Pilots Association (WSPA) Editor, Frauke Elber for informing us that the February, 2013 issue of ‘Hangar Soaring’ is online.
A group of BRSS members made a strong showing on October 19th and 20th at WDBJ7’s Weather Fest, to educate the general public on soaring and our club. Initiated by Peter Pfortner and organized by JP Stewart, the event was held at WDBJ7’s news studios with over 2,500 school kids on the first day and…
September is usually the last month of the year in which thermal cross countries can be confidently predicted. However, September 2012 was more notable for wave based cross countries, although there were some thermal based ones sometimes assisted by Sea Breeze fronts, as on the 2nd of the month, allowing Derek Taylor in his ASW…
On Saturday September 29, 2012 at Shelbyville Tenn airport eagleville soaring club set up camp on the field, and offered rides to all who would brave flying in a aircraft with no engine. The all day event drew many to the airport to see it all. I had a chance to talk to…
The glorious 12th, the start of the Grouse shooting season on the North Yorkshire Moors, saw a less violent but no less competitive start to Task Week, the annual, internal soaring competition for the YGC’s experienced and not so experienced glider pilots. The week provided 5 task days with 2 days developing very good thermic afternoons…
The Soaring Society of Boulder has enjoyed some recent excellent media coverage. Earlier this month we were featured in the Denver Post. This article was then picked up by the AOPA. This week our community web TV channel, The Boulder Edge, released a video, which presents a positive view of our organization and what we do.
During the Labor Day weekend, about 130 former and present Blue Ridge Soaring Society members and friends gathered at New Castle International near Roanoke, Virginia to celebrate the club’s 50th anniversary. The weather added to the celebration by not providing any soaring weather so that the revelers could fully concentrate on partying.
