No report from yesterday because we didn’t fly. It rained during the pilots meeting and by the end of the meeting, CD Hutch called the day. Leah and I enjoyed a tour of the USAF museum up in Dayton. We returned to Caesar Creek in time to hear JimBob Slocum tell us all about how…
Schulgleiter “SG38” at Eutingen Airport (Germany / Baden-Württemberg), Summer 2014 That’s how to feel freakin Free!
Well the forecast this morning was pretty encouraging. We were given a 2hr TAT to the east and then south and back. There was a wind out of the south forecast in the 10-15 mph range but with cu forming around grid time we were optimistic. We have the Region 6 contest here now and…
A fine week of soaring from Ephrata airport exploring the cascade mountains and flat lands of eastern Washington. A gorgeous HD video of the June 2014 soaring encampment at Ephrata, WA. Sent to the Café by Chris Ungermann
A couple of days ago, I got the chance to sit with Rick Walters and add his local knowledge of Minden landout options into the ‘unofficial’ Minden database. Rick has been flying here forever, and knows many of the off-field landing sites by their first names (literally – I kid you not!). He has many…
I confess that I am experiencing a new feeling: I tend to be stubborn. Yes, I am willful and I want to reach my goal; especially, when it is so close! I’m also a real perfectionist, but not always in a positive way. I wanted to do my stuff again; however, I didn’t know that I shouldn’t have sat in…
Once again I don’t think anyone was too inspired by the forecast this morning. Weatherman John Lubon said it was going to be blue blue blue, unless a crazy thermal was heated up enough to make it up to the lofty altitude of nearly 7000 feet. So, we all expected solid blue. What most of…
Qualifying GRAND PRIX in France The qualifying Grand Prix in France flown from Rennes Saint Sulpice is over and the winner is Christophe Ruch, who started on “lucky Friday the 13th” with 42 points whilst runner up Christophe Abadie had 28. They had then, 7 days out of 7 and tasks between 103 km and…
Leah and I arrived at the beautiful Caesar Creek Soaring Club last night for the 1-26 Championships. For those unfamiliar, the 1-26 Champs are the only outlet in the US for one design sailplane racing, are organized by the 1-26 Association (www.126association.org), and feature competition among only Schweizer 1-26 gliders. With only 23:1 book performance…
ARTE presents “Riding the Winds” For those who haven’t had the chance yet to watch this, here is just a quick link to a very informative movie a friend (BTW not a pilot…) just submitted to me. You will meet Klaus Ohlmann at his home airfield and together with the Mountain Wave Project’s members exploring…
