It’s all over now and we are all heading home in various directions by various means. Gliders are being towed to ports for shipping and returned to their owners in the four corners of the USA. Our team is dispersing back to Australia and the USA, …
Thank you Andreea!!!
Some reactions from happy readers, making me however humble and shy. —“I can unequivocally say that Ritz, on her own, has “MADE” the WGC 2012 for me. Almost everything I have watched, followed and enjoyed regarding this incredible contest, has been through her blogs and photographs. From the parties and the parades, to…
Nick, ST – Day 13, 18 AugHeavy cirrus to the north and over Uvalde and blue sky with CUs 30 km south. After release I climbed to 5000′ MSL under a small wisp under the cirrus deck, and seeing some small Cus to the east in the sun, I decided to go have …
32nd World Gliding Champions15 Meter Class – Sebastian Kawa POL 11062 points18 Meter Class – Zbigniew Nieradka POL 12170 pointsOpen Class – Laurent Aboulin FRA 12084 points
Winners in 15 m, 18 m. and open class. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! 13.00 ; greetings from San Antonio! Not one drop of rain in weeks in Uvalde and last night it was RAINING, with heavy gusts of wind and thunder and lightning. This morning going to the closing ceremony it still rained, but when it started it just…
Congratulations to everyone for a great competition. Thank you especially to the many volunteers that have made this event possible. It has been my greatest pleasure to be a part of the large team that has done such a wonderful job. Most of us, maybe a…
The closing ceremony happened this morning and new World Champions were crowned.We sat outside in the rain for the closing ceremony. The weather cooperated for the duration of the contest and held off the rain until all the flying was done. …
Well it was a late night last night, so I didn’t get a chance to write about the flight. The weather yesterday had a risk of thunderstorms, as a trough to the north started to pass through the task area, it also spun off a lot of cirrus that move…
Well, I made some bad decisions yesterday, started just behind Jerzy but went a very different path – Jerzy beat me by over 20kph. By far my worst day and so dropped down to 10th overall. A bit disappointing as a reasonable day could have brought me up…
