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La Motte du Caire June 23rd 2013

At precisely 7.34am on one of the longest days of the year the sun clears the mountain and strikes our tent. Soon it is too hot to stay in bed so the morning ritual begins; a wash and shave followed by tea and discussion of the day’s plans in the shade of a tree. …

Interesting EGC, unfortunately with a black edge!

With 7 days of flying in a row, the organisation set a well deserved day-off for the EGC pilots in Vinon on Monday. Not always the easiest circumstances due to the weather and lot’s of high mountains, where you have to be alert ALL the time; a good decision. Certainly when pilots in the evening of…

The Café Has a New Look!

As most of you have no doubt noticed, we’ve made a few changes to the Café this month—well, actually more than a few. Bill has racked up scores of hours in behind-the-scenes machinations that we hope have made the Café more visually appealing, easier to navigate, and more responsive. Our goal has been to make…

What a nice SUNDAY!1000 km. from Holland!

  What a day last Sunday !!! At 10 AM, I could see clouds popping up already and I felt during the day the cold but strong wind from the thermals here in Alphen. Looking in the evening at the OLC , it indeed was a great day! Cloud Streets till late in the evening, […]

5th April – North Coast Cliffhanger

I was listening to the radio on the way to the gliding club and that old Baz Luhrmann song was playing, you know the one, dishing out life advice by the bucket load and advocating the wearing of sunscreen. Anyway there is a line of that song which goes, “Do one thing everyday that scares…

Swimming with a Shark

I felt the cold clammy hand of fear on the last Friday of April 2013. It wasn’t an irrational fear, like “oooh there is something under the bed” or a nervous fear like standing up to give a presentation; it was from the grim realisation that I had flown myself into a hole with no way out. I know my last article started by alluding that we should do one thing everyday that scares us, as some motivational way to grow and become a better person but I think, on this occasion, I might have taken that notion a bit too literally.

1000 km in a Standard Cirrus in Thermals in Europe!

What about  1000 km. in a Standard Cirrus!? It was flown last Thursday  and believing in the weather forecast from TOP METEO, Michael Ebel flew it and had the day of his life. As I heard from my Lasham friends Alix and Roy, who happened to be there it was shivers all over. Here is […]