As in my series about “The Seniors” at Seminole Lake, I plan to give you a first-hand look at competition soaring from the point of view of a newcomer, or in my Navy terms, a “Nugget”. This series comes from Perry, SC, home of the premier U. S. soaring event, R5N, as it is known among…
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March 17 at Seminole – A Nugget’s View of the Seniors
by Bill Elliott •
Today closes out a very good Seniors. It was undoubtedly the best flying I have had in gliders. Florin and Andrea did a fantastic job running the Seniors. John Goode was excellent as the Contest Director. He put together some great tasks that challenge us. As for today, I finally beat Doug Jacobs across the finish gate; of course I was in the front seat of MP, his ride for the contest.
JoeyGlide: Day 1…or not
by Bill Elliott •
Since we missed the practice day due to rain, today was a practice day for all of the pilots to attend the pilots meeting, preparing the glider, loading the task into possibly unfamiliar computers. Which was my case and I realized it had been a long time since I used the software that was preloaded…
How to best describe the practice day for JoeyGlide…The bar opened early.
by Bill Elliott •
It wasn’t that bad, only 1 inch of rain during the night, then it rained again in the morning, it looked like a great Uvalde day minus the rain, only we are not in Uvalde and it rained. By noon the ground was dry and around 2 it looked soarable. One brave sole flew the…
Deviations, Part I
by Bill Elliott •
I’ve been torn in my efforts to fly faster lately. For a few years, I’ve been working hard to better follow “energy lines.” I’ve been trying to emulate my buddy Herb Kilian at the Chicago Glider Club, who is regularly wipes us all off the scoresheet by floating along in lift while I bore a…
2010 WGC – Szeged, Hungary Video
by Bill Elliott •
We discovered this video early this week on the AirSports site which provides a very nice overview of the WGC 2010 in Szeged, Hungary. The video contains some nice footage of the town, the airfield, and many shots of the pilots and sailplanes. There are short interviews with the top pilots and winners in each…
