GQ 2013 Easter comp hosts, Warwick Gliding Club, were unsure how this year’s competition would be received. The previous host club, Caboolture, had run very successful competitions at Chinchilla and Dalby so the Warwick club took a gamble in relocating the competition to Goondiwindi on the NSW- Queensland border. With just a fortnight to go…
My name is Thanos Papantonopoulos and I am from Edessa, Greece. I am a Captain of The Hellenic Air Force (Avionics specialist) and a rookie Glider pilot who just finished his training and solo’s (20). Right now I am in the process of studying to get my theoretical exams in order to get the “green…
With only hours to go, multiple world champion Sebastian Kawa has given Wings over Sweden the equivalent of race-winning lift. Pledgers opting for the Graffiti reward at the project’s Kickstarter campaign will also receive a signed copy of Sebastian’s superb book “Sky Full of Heat – My Wings”. The upgraded reward, nicknamed Hot Graffiti, gives…
Great to hear from you. I’ve followed and enjoyed the Soaring Café for some time now and the iGlide Give-Away was a great reason to sign up for the regular digest… And I won this week’s drawing – what a wonderful surprise, thank you all. I live out west in Colorado and fly when and…
Wings Over Sweden has almost reached their goal. They have just a few days left and they need your help. Sailplane Grand Prix in the Andes had 20 million TV viewers in 167 countries. More than 60,000 have watched the various 12-minute versions online, and the 3-minute trailer alone has had almost 30,000 views. The…
NEW ERA IN THE AIR CLUB AND OFFICIALLY EDESSAS The joint program of cooperation and Edessa Aeroclub Aeroclub Bitola “Mirco Todorovski” FYROM , Officially launched this week, having signed financing agreements with the Managing Authority of the Programme which represents Greece and the European Union. The NAC Edessa in collaboration with NAC Bitola “Mirco Todorovski”…
There’s a new project on Kickstarter which ought to appeal to anyone interested in aviation. It’s a TV documentary by Planetaire, the people behind the film Sailplane Grand Prix in the Andes. The new project is about the battle for a place in the starting lineup in the Skyrace World Cup, a new format of…
We are pleased to announce this week’s winner and say “Congratulations” to Steve Vihlen! Remember, you must register each week for that current week’s drawing. More about registering can be read here. Below is a nice note from Steve: Hi Bill, Rand and Marc, Wow! what a surprise to find out today that I was…
Wolfgang Janowitsch and Ludwig Starkl have founded a new company “Rent-a-Glider”. Within this renting company, they are organizing a big training event in Kiripotib next November and we have 8 former World or European Champions as our Coaches. Details are below. Flying with the Champions Behind this headline hides a very special training event. Organized…
The inaugural Western Cape Regionals (WCR) was held at Worcester in the fairest Cape in 2012. This event was hosted by the Cape Gliding Club at their Worcester site. (330 39′ 52.37″S, 0190 25′ 02.11″E). The club is roughly 100 kilometres (60 miles) from Cape Town and most of the members are from that city. …
