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Day 3 at Mifflin 15m Nationals

May 17, 2012

Well, this day was a real downer for me. Landed out on the way to the first turnpoint, only to find out that not only did most of the fleet get around, there weren’t enough landouts to even devalue the day – bummer! I think it’s time to seriously consider a shift to a...
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FLARM update – progress at Mifflin

By Frank Paynter

May 17, 2012

Just a short note to update everyone on the progress of FLARM implementation in the U.S. in general, and at Mifflin in particular. There are now at least half a dozen or so ‘brick’ installations up and running here at Mifflin, and from all reports they are working well. Pilots report 3-5 mile range...
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Contest Day 2 at the Mifflin 15m Nationals

By Frank Paynter

May 16, 2012

Boy did we have a wild day today! Actually, I think we had *several* wild days today, as the weather and the soaring conditions seemed to change minute by minute as the day progressed. The day started with dense ground fog, to the point where I wasn’t quite sure how to find my glider...
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Rain Day 2 at Mifflin

By Frank Paynter

May 15, 2012

True to the predictions by weatherman Richard Kellerman, the day was again cancelled here at Mifflin. However, it wasn’t quite a ‘clean kill’ as Richard put it at the morning meeting, as CD Jackie held out hope by setting an update meeting at noontime, where an up or down decision would be made. In...
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Read About Some Upcoming Changes to Soaring Cafe

By Bill and Rand

May 15, 2012

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 the presentation of the site look and feel, the quality of the content, navigation on the site, daily emails to...
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2011 Bloemfontein South Africa Report, Day #1

By Roy Bourgeois

May 15, 2012

Tuesday 11/22 OK – so much for “I won’t fly until Wednesday”. Today turned out to be a really pretty good day. A new young German pilot did his first 300km (so he bought all the beer tonight) and one of the more experienced fellows did a bit over 400km. My Nimbus got done...
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Concordia: One Photo A Day – May 5th thru May 11th: Dick Butler (DB) is feverishly working to complete the Concordia by summer. He has limited time to provide updates; however, one photo a day is doable. Today's update offers a new form ... 46 comment(s) | 1545 view(s) | posted on May 14, 2012

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Rain Day 1 at Mifflin 15m Nationals: This is Frank Paynter, reporting from lake Mifflin, site of the 15m water gliding nationals, with the Rain Day 1 results. We started the day with the morning pilots meeting at 0930, w ... 0 comment(s) | 427 view(s) | posted on May 14, 2012

Day 1 at Mifflin 15m Nationals: It was a short but eventful competition day today, as CD Jackie and her task advisors raced to get in a task before the encroaching overcast shut everything down. Initially, based on ... 1 comment(s) | 391 view(s) | posted on May 13, 2012

CONCORDIA – SUPERSEGLER: The Soaring Café is delighted to have the privilege of presenting the Concordia Project from inception through design, building and flight testing. Dick Butler, Gerhard Waibel, and ... 8 comment(s) | 381 view(s) | posted on January 1, 2011

Random thoughts about the 15m Nationals: Some random thoughts about the 15 meter nationals here at Mifflin. The contestant list this year is incredible! Chip Garner (CG), perennial standard-class national champion ... 1 comment(s) | 366 view(s) | posted on May 12, 2012

Second official practice day at Mifflin 15m nationals: Well, today was a day of pluses and minuses. On the plus side, the sun was out, no rain in sight, and we were getting occasional climbs to above 8000' msl, and although weatherman Rich ... 1 comment(s) | 363 view(s) | posted on May 13, 2012

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