Sometime in the last 20 years or so, I became the unofficial ‘custodian’ for my home club’s waypoint database. I think it all started when I kept failing to find a nearby airstrip that was in our database, and on the FAA sectional.
Tag Archive for Contests
Perry (Wagener, SC) Airstrip Review, Part II
by Bill Elliott •
Perry (Wagener, SC) Airstrip Review, Part I
by Bill Elliott •
Authors Preface: As many of you have already discovered, I password-protected this post so I could show it to Al Tyler and get his input before making the review public. This turned out to be an epic mistake, as Bill Elliott was apparently deluged with complaints and/or requests for access (sorry Bill!). So … I’m…
2014 GTA Race Series Kicks Off in March
by Bill Elliott •
Region 5 West at Chilhowee
by Bill Elliott •
This Region V West contest was a very demanding one. It required the best of every pilot. My congratulations to those who topped the field, they did an exceptional job of reading the weather and finding the energy lines. Fernando Silva came in first, Frank Paynter second, and Mamad Takallu third. All very experienced contest…
“Wings Over Sweden” Pilots in Competitions
by Bill Elliott •
Early this year, the Café published a announcement from the creators of a Kickstarter project called “Wings Over Sweden,” which sought crowd-funding to begin a TV documentary on sailplane racing. As backers of the project, we just received a project update from spokesman Andrew McQuiggan and would like to share it with our readers. We…
Florida Sailplane Grand Prix – USA
by Bill Elliott •
The Florida Sailplane Grand Prix has been designed to bring back the good old days of racing. Over the past few years, grand prix racing has been rapidly gaining popularity worldwide. Following requests from many sailplane enthusiasts, there will now be a series of weekend Grand Prix style races at Seminole Lake Gliderport in Clermont, Florida. This…
2013 Canadian National Soaring Championships – Epilogue
by Bill Elliott •
2013 Queensland State Gliding Competition
by Bill Elliott •
Once again Warwick Gliding Club is organising the Queensland State Comps in Australia. Come to fly in the beautiful Darling Downs area. Please go to our registration webpage and enter your info on the registration form. You won’t be disappointed !
The Pribina Cup 2012 is over
by Bill Elliott •
The last day of the Pribina Cup 2012 competition was cancelled!
After five days of flying, the winners of the Pribina Cup 2012 are: The winner in Club class was Roman Mracek. A well know Czech glider pilot who won this year’s Pribina Cup 2012 ve…