Tilo Holighaus talks about Business, Family and Soaring Following the rainy and cold WGC in Finland was a bit dissappointing, compared to the great Grand Prix in France two months ago… While in Finland the teams were talking about saunas, food and football, I couldn’t help thinking back to the pictures and reports which Tilo…
Tag Archive for Germany
Super Saturday – Spring Soaring in Northern Germany
by Bill Elliott •
DG-Flugzeugbau : The Composite Evolution continues
by Bill Elliott •
Some days ago DG sent out their latest newsletter – a great way to keep in touch and inform customers and friends. Everybody has probably heard about Jim Payne’s and Dennis Tito’s record breaking flights from Argentina and Minden, NV. The US-Air Force is flying DG 1001 as well, others prefer the single seated DG…
New Ideas for the New Year – Let’s go… Media!
by Bill Elliott •
How to create Public Interest in Soaring On both sides of the Atlantic Ocean most media only pick up negative stories about air sports. I hate to see that in public our beloved hobby has quite a negative image. While living in the United States I regularly found articles about crashed planes in my local…
Canola Fields around Lübeck: YouTube Video by Hans-Werner Grosse
by Bill Elliott •
The German soaring community is delighted to find some first videos published by the master of long flights! Hans-Werner Grosse and his wife Karin are currently taking advantage of the long Northern German winter to put their video material online. The first movie is a 3-minute film without words showing the pretty and bright yellow…
Cloud Streets make for Spring Feelings in Northern Germany
by Bill Elliott •
Last weekend a huge Scandinavian high pressure area helped to push away the grey, low-lying clouds further to the South and glider pilots in Northern Germany could enjoy an unusually blue sky dotted with pretty white clouds. Despite the calendar which already calls for fall, it looked a lot more like a spring day. On…
A Fall-Season-Tradition: Young German Glider Pilots demonstrate their Skills
by Bill Elliott •
The German soaring community has established this nice tradition for the youngest glider pilots (ages 14 to 24): A fun contest at the end of the season, where they get together and compare their skills. No, they do not go cross country but get a chance to demonstrate precision gliding in front of a jury:…
Green Speed Cup 2013
by Bill Elliott •
Eleven Teams will be launching today at the Green Speed Cup on Strausberg’s airfield, east of the German capital Berlin. The Green Speed Cup’s jury is looking for the pilot and the glider which uses the least amount of energy to fly the fastest. The 2013 Cup is already the third competition of this kind,…
A “Scottish” Practice Week for German Women Pilots
by Bill Elliott •
Pictures by Mirja Klicks The German female pilots practiced in Scotland? Why not, some pilots perform fast and big wave flights in the Scottish Highlands… But no, the German women pilots met in Thuringia, on the plateau of Jena’s airfield for their second training in 2013. Usually a very good area for extended cross country…