If you’re a regular visitor to the Café, participate in Condor virtual contests, read Soaring magazine, or fly in U.S. competitions, you surely recognize the subject of this interview. Frank owns a Ventus 2bx and is one of the most active competition pilots in the U.S. Frank is also an accomplished user of the Condor soaring flight simulation software and spends 200 to 300 hours per year competing in virtual races when he’s not flying real gliders. He co-authors the ‘Condor Corner’ column of Soaring magazine and is the roving contest reporter for the Soaring Café. We caught up with Frank at the April, 2013 GTA (Georgia-Tennessee-Alabama) race at Puckett Field near Eagleville, Tennessee and asked him about his pre-soaring background, what drew him to soaring and to competition in particular, his experiments with team flying, and his experience with FLARM in U.S. soaring competitions.