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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...
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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,...
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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...
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The second race of the Georgia-Tennessee-Alabama (GTA) race series was hosted by the Southern Eagles Soaring club at LaGrange, GA (LGC) airport on April 7th and 8th. Compared with the first GTA race held on March 24-25 at Quitman, GA (see the report by Lane Bush), the weather was very favorable with blue skies...
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From the SSA Website: "Changes to the following flight recorder approvals were approved by the IGC Bureau in October, 2011. GFAC recently agreed to delay the implementation date until October 1, 2012."
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Tennessee State SSA Recordkeeper, Linwood Stevenson reports that Wednesday, April 11th was a banner day for glider pilots flying from Knoxville’s Downtown Island Airport (KDKX). “We had three very nice flights out of Knoxville’s Downtown Island Airport on Wednesday. The Clinch ridge was working northbound, so we had two locals and an Atlanta pilot...
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