Other News

Archaeopteryx News from Germany and Australia

by Bill Elliott • April 8, 2014

In March, a team of pilots flying an Archaeopteryx zoomed to the top of the OLC-PHG rankings.

by Bill Elliott • April 7, 2014

Join the fun. Come to the WSPA seminar from July-21-25, 2014 in Arthur, Ontario hosted by the York Soaring Association.

by Bill Elliott • April 4, 2014

Need lift? Try this for more hanger space.

by Bill Elliott • April 1, 2014

Thank you to Frans Guise for these beautiful photos. Spring is here and many are turning their attention to the coming Summer Comps. We hope these photos help get you in the mood. — the Editor

by Bill Elliott • March 29, 2014

On Saturday March 29 I [Gordon Boettger] will be making another distance record attempt along with Hugh Bennett in the Duo Discus sailplane.

by Bill Elliott • March 29, 2014

… OLC offers an interesting new Feature Before joining our club’s pilots meeting this morning I had a quick look into OLC’s news. No record flights yesterday… but I found an interesting new feature called “MeetingPoints” on their website. Pilot meeting, meeting point? A little confused, I tried to find out more and figured that…

by Bill Elliott • March 22, 2014

The 2015 WSPA seminar will be held at SoaringNV at Minden-Tahoe Airport in Minden, Nevada from June15 – June 19, 2015.

by Bill Elliott • March 22, 2014

Thanks to Markus Völter, originator and host of the Omega Tau podcast, for sharing this link to his recent interview with Gerhard Wesp, Development Manager for Avionics at Flarm Technology GmbH.

by Bill Elliott • March 15, 2014

Frauke Elber of the Women Soaring Pilots Association (WSPA) informs us that WSPA is raffling off ‘Spirit of Flight,’ a beautiful sculpture that was on display in their booth at the SSA convention in Reno.