I’m writing this from my Micro Castle at about 9pm, after the traditional burgers and beans welcome dinner here at Perry. Along with the burgers and beans comes a particularly potent brand of beer from the beer truck, so I’m pretty well snockered as I write this (I’m a pretty cheap drunk, so it doesn’t…
John Mittel (BZ) and I have gotten in two good pair-flying tasks this week, but we are sitting on the ground today after an unsuccessful attempt to get a day in. The airmass was just too active today, so each time the clouds started popping, they just went right on up until rain started coming…
Woke up this morning, looked out the window, and realized I had been wrong the previous night about the weather forecast. I thought it was going to be sunny but unflyable. Turned out it was not only unflyable, but cloudy as well :-(. We didn’t get a day in, but the GTA series is kind…
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…
I’m writing this from my Micro Castle at Eagleville, Tenn, USA, site of this weekend’s GTA race. I was talking to my flying partner John Mittell (BZ) last week, and he happened to mention that he was planning to fly at a weekend GTA race in Eagleville, and then meet me at Perry to fly…
I received the following letter from John Good (CD at the recently concluded Seniors Championship) a day or two ago. ————————————————————————— As you know, a number of pilots had issues with your flying at the Senior Contest. The SSA Rules Committee has deemed it appropriate for me to write a letter to the SSA Contest Committee…
Forgive me readers, for I have sinned; it has been over a month since I have posted anything about my Condor Scenery Adventure. Most of that month was spent either getting ready for our first RL contest of the year – the 2013 Seniors Championship at Seminole Gliderport in Florida USA or actually flying in…
Last year in this space I wrote a series of articles about my experiences at the Senior’s competition. Since it was my first ever contest, I thought it would be fun for me, and perhaps interesting to a few people who have never been here. This year I want to try to compare my experiences…
In my February 2013 Condor Corner article in SSA’s Soaring magazine, I talked about John Mittell (BZ)’s and my efforts to teach ourselves team-flying techniques using Condor, modeled after those described by Francois Pin (FP), Bill Elliot (WE) and information John had picked up at the team flying camp held at Chilhowee last year. The…
Seminole Gliderport, Clermont, Florida USA, March 13, 2013 I’m up early this morning, watching the sky lighten to the east. Glider trailers are just starting to come into view out the window. I want to get my glider assembled and down to the grid early today, as BZ and I are at the very back…
