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Wintertime Winch Launching in Switzerland

Winch launches on our snow-covered airfield on January 26, 2013. Our soaring club, SG beider Basel, has its home base on the Fricktal-Schupfart airfield which is located some 20 miles east of the town of Basel in Switzerland. It’s beautifully embedded in hilly landscape. It’s also good starting point for cross country flights to the…

Flying the Glory by Tony Tabart

Thank you to Jo Pocklington for sending us these fabulous photos of the Morning Gloring in Australia.  More about the Morning Glory can be found in our article here.  — Ed. Flying the Glory — October 2012 After hearing stories and seeing photos of the Gulf of Carpentaria Morning Glory, my interest was stirred to…

Photos by Ramy Yanetz

We noticed Ramy’s excellent photos on Facebook and asked him to share some of his favorites with the Cafe readers. We have provided this slideshow to showcase his work. Be sure to use the SL (slideshow) and FS (full screen) buttons to fully enjoy these beautiful images.  Also, if you would like for us to…

Sand Storm at Uvalde During 1991 WGC

Thank you to Markus Gayda for sending us this photo. — Ed. Since the strong dust is often mentioned in the blogs about the current WGC, I thought I would share the attached photo with you. Made during my stay at Uvalde 1991 (i stayed in Austin for half a year as an exchange student…

June at the Yorkshire Gliding Club

As an introduction, the Yorkshire Gliding Club (YGC) was formed in 1936 at Sutton Bank in North Yorkshire, from the amalgamation of a number of smaller local clubs. The hill top site, with a claim to have the best view in all of the UK, has authenticated records of gliding activity from 1906 and today boasts a well-established gliding club that operates all year round except on Christmas Day.