Dear friends, I am sitting in the shade of the RV trying to get back into my regular writing pace and share with you the fun we have here. First the winners for yesterday: XG – Jerzy, P7 – Gary, … Continue reading →
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The 18 m Nationals or Being on the other side of the fence
by Bill Elliott •
Good afternoon from BHSS in SC! Everybody is thankful to see some good weather coming our way, as the last week’s weather made us all think about not flying. But fluffy clouds started showing up this morning and we all … Continue reading →
HAHNWEIDE edition 47, “more of this please”! A few nationals! Soaring in Japan.
by Bill Elliott •
Finally a real nice weekend for pilots in most parts of Europe, Japan and the USA. The weekend-off was definitely NOT a weekend-off for glider pilots. On Saturday 1468 flights were added on the OLC and on Sunday even more; 2381 amongst them 24/24 from Japan and 121/170 from Holland, which is rather special. Germany enjoyed…
It wasn’t the year for KLIX, next year can only be better! And …much more,…maybe too much!
by Bill Elliott •
The Qualifying Sailplane Grand Prix started yesterday [May 4] in Langtora in Sweden and after a few mostly cancelled practise days due to the weather they continue till May 11. Host is the Stockholm Soaring Club and the CD is well known pilot Ake Pettersson. 20 Pilots were allowed, only 5 showed up / had time, amongst…
Royal Dutch Handover! May 1st! Still Plenty of Libelles in the Air!
by Bill Elliott •
May 1st today! April 30th was a hectic Day of Labour, certainly for those who are cleaning Amsterdam after the celebrations. What a day it was yesterday, SUNNY AND DRY for all national and international visitors in Amsterdam. After more than 100 years we have a KING and were/are grateful for what the Queen has done in […]
Flying the ASH-25 with Kempton Izuno
by Bill Elliott •
Getting the chance to fly dual cross country with an experienced pilot in a real XC machine like an ASH-25 is a rare opportunity, so when I got the call from Kempton Izunoasking if I was available to attempt a XC mission from William Soaring Center to Crater Lake, OR, the only answer possible was,…
11 out of 13 days with good, to very good soaring at the FCC 2013 in Prievidza! Not bad!?
by Bill Elliott •
With 11 out of 13 days , even 2 days with tasks over 500 km. you can say it was a GREAT competition there in Prievidza for the 119 pilots flying for the Flight Challenge Cup Gliding 2013 !!! When I left you on Wednesday , they were ready for over 500 km. flights. It turned out […]
New 2012 FAI Annual Report just out !
by Bill Elliott •
The FAI has released a new publication, the 2012 FAI Annual Report, designed to present the most notable achievements, developments, facts and challenges of the past year. It is meant to be a reference book for all those who are interested in air sport…
Simplifying the Sporting Code for Gliding: Parts 1 and 2
by Bill Elliott •
The Sporting Code Committee have issued Part 1 (minimum course distances) and Part 2 (single OZ) of the Committee’s thoughts on Simplifying the Sporting Code. We appreciate the responses we have been getting, and look forward to further feedback. &nb…
…Life- is- good- weather! Prievidza after 8 days and today …a 580 km task!
by Bill Elliott •
The soccer competition in Alkmaar between AZ and PSV was great fun! Loved it! “Grabbed” straight away by the Mascots … and the PSV players warming up for the match. The Good Better Best day was not in the order I thought, in my last blog, as the best day last weekend was clearly on SATURDAY , […]
