The Contest Director set a short task, but the weather was much better that expected and after an early start, the first two pilots came back archiving a speed of 109 Km/h.
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16th FAI European Gliding Championships: a contest day at last!
by Bill Elliott •
With no flying since Tuesday of last week – you cant count the 40 minutes or so that some were in the air on Sunday – there has finally been a contest day at the 16th FAI European Gliding Championships in Nitra this 26th July.
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A week in Pyrénées mountains
by Bill Elliott •
Again this year a very nice week flying from Santa Cilia de Jaca (Aragon)
Not so far away from the airfield, in France, Pic du midi d’Ossau is a nice sightseeing area.
Everyday so to speak, we were gliding along Canon de Ordessa, south of the famous brèche de Roland.
This area being a nature sanctuary, it was not to be flown directly over. Anyway prey bird such as Vultues, Percnoptère & Gypaètes were flying also outside of the parks ;-)
Sometime cloud where growing a bit too much…
… so that we went sight seing in Navarre.
Several time we flew close to each other for the sake of taking nice photo.
In the “wavelet” the view was all the most stunning.
In return I was taken some nice shots too.
Very nice week, and nice collection of images to be remember during cold winters !
Tracking from Jaca
by Bill Elliott •
During this week in Santa Cilia, I will be carrying my Spot tracker.You may follow were I am flying almost live !See the Spot tracking page.
LS6 winglet project
by Bill Elliott •
It has now been a long thought project : adding up my own winglets to LS6a “AD”.The story of the design and corresponding detailed aerodynamic analysis has been presented during XXXth OSTIV congress in Szeged (August 2010).Here is the presentation.Summ…
LS6, a twin seater ?
by Bill Elliott •
I plan to apply for a STC to use the LS6 as a twin seater…;-)More seriously, the family is now larger, will it be compatible with flying ?
Calcuating Trigger Time
by Bill Elliott •
The last post covered the process of calculate trigger temperature and the mechanics of the atmosphere that are underway as the day heats up and thermals start. Today’s post will cover how to estimate what time the surface temperature will reach trigg…
Calcuating Trigger Time
by Bill Elliott •
The last post covered the process of calculate trigger temperature and the mechanics of the atmosphere that are underway as the day heats up and thermals start. Today’s post will cover how to estimate what time the surface temperature will reach trigg…
Calculating Trigger Temperature
by Bill Elliott •
If you want to fly long distances you need to get going early. The best way to make that happen is to be ready when the thermals start to pop; but how do you know when that will be? Today’s post will address how to determine Trigger temperature. My …
Flying in Spain – 2010 video
by Bill Elliott •
Some nice souvenirs of wave & thermic flying from Santa Cilia de Jaca in Spain.
00:24 : “pic du midi d’Ossau”, from Canfranc
00:55 : Monte perdido & Gavarnie
01:50 : Posets
02:13 : Vignemale’s spanish side
