Tag Archive for Sailplane

Ritz – Our WGC Blogger Extraordinaire!

Ritz has been doing an extraordinary job throughout WGC 2012, keeping us all updated on what’s happening at the WGC in Uvalde, almost minute-by-minute. Even better, she frequently adds her personal insights into the mix, based on decades of experience in soaring and her vast network of friends in the sport. Ritz has been heavily…

700K Flight from Poland to Holland

After the Junior Pre-World Contest in Leszno, Poland ended on Sunday 12 August, the Dutch competitors (Jan Willem van Doorn, Stefan Telkamp, Sander Luimes en Nick Hanenkamp) decided to fly back home to Holland on Monday 13 August. They almost made it: Their flight ended at Stadtlohn airfield which is located virtually on the border between Holland and Germany. They covered a distance of almost 700 km, an epic flight!

Concordia First Flight at 800Kg!

DB flew yesterday for the first time with a full load of water — and, still not at gross weight.  I did my best to take some air-to-air photos but this proved to be harder than I thought … or, I’m just terrible at it.  I’ll try again today. The Concordia thermalled and cruised well…

Leigh takes to the skies in Parowan

I got the opportunity yesterday to take an early morning flight in parts of the southern task area of the contest and take a few pix to share.  Think about 40 plus gliders flying over the terrain that you see in this post. We are headed toward Zion Canyon.  The geology of the Zion and…

Day 3 Report

Wednesday, June 27 — “SOLO” in Chilhowee! Busy day here in Benton, Tennessee where hopes and goals soared beyond expectation and three women changed their lives forever by releasing connection to tow while in solo flight.  As any pilot will tell you, that moment of intention to separate from the power source is dynamic and…

Flying Day 3, Thursday 11/24 (Thanksgiving)

The weather here changes so fast. Last night it was really windy and the morning was cold and blowing. But, by the 10 am pilots meeting it had died down and was looking like a pretty good day. We set a 410 km chevron shaped task with the first turn at Westpoint (where we clear…