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 !
Tag Archive for racing
Sebastian Kawa: “A fantastic competition!”
by Bill Elliott •
Thanks to our European contributor, Helge Zembold, for this insightful interview with Sebastian Kawa, who won this year’s European Gliding Championships in the 18 meter class. We congratulate Sebastian on this, his latest in a series of great victories.
Grand Prix Racing for the Rest of Us
by Bill Elliott •
This is a cropped but close translation of part of an article published March 27, 2013 in the OLC Magazine in German. “The argument can be made that traditional glider racing rules are such that spectator interest and involvement is near zero. Complex rules that are not relatable by the lay person and technical details that take substantial time to sort out delay daily racing results for hours if not until the next morning. Whoever comes home first from a contest flight is most likely not involved in the decision regarding the day’s winner.”
Flying in the Seniors; Take Two
by Bill Elliott •
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…
Invitation to Finnish Open Nationals and Club Class Trophy
by Bill Elliott •
Gliding club Nuorisoilmailijat invites you to the Pre-WGC in Club, Standard and 20-m Multi-seat Classes. The competition will be organised in conjunction with the Finnish Open National Championships flown in Standard, 15-m and 20-m Multi-seat Classes.
Chilhowee Cross Country and Team Flying Training Camp
by Bill Elliott •
99 Soaring Fans, This is Bravo Zulu I am reporting from Chilhowee Glider Port, home of Chilhowee Soaring Association, http://chilhowee.com/ Like others, I too doubted that the weather would hold good enough for a contest this past weekend, but I arrived Friday afternoon to prepare for the Region V contest and planned to stay over for…
GP:Live App—WGC 2012 Edition Up and Running
by Bill Elliott •
GP:Live allows you to follow WGC 2012 in near real-time. You can see who’s where and how your pilots are doing relative to the other competitors. It also features the latest contest news snippets and commentary, all conveniently on one page.
Chilhowee Gliderport to Host Region 5 West and XC/Team Flying Camp
by Bill Elliott •
Sarah Arnold, who owns and operates Chilhowee Gliderport near Benton, Tennessee, informs us that Chilhowee will host the U. S. Region 5 West contest in conjunction with a cross country racing and team flying camp during Labor Day week, September 1-9, 2012.
Region 6 South At Caesar Creek
by Bill Elliott •
Thunder and lightning started the day very early. It also rained quite hard for about an hour, just after dawn. The sun followed the clouds and as good soaring pilots, we all came out of our nighttime hiding places and began assembling gliders. The 10:00 pilot’s meeting provided the essential information for the day’s task and…
2012 U.S. Open Class Nationals Update – Day 1
by Bill Elliott •
The winner for the day was the Arcus flown by Rick Walters & Pete Alexander. The task was to fly from Minden to Hilton Ranch to Benton and then a free turnpoint. They flew 283 miles at an average speed of 81 MPH. Rick reported that they were slow to make it to Hilton Ranch, as the conditions were weak, but after that it was good. Blue thermals all day, and they were never below 13,000 feet MSL. They continued to Boundary peak. He said the best soaring was from Mount Grant to Lucky Boy Pass.
