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Eagleville Soaring At The 2012 Tenn Air Show

Eagleville soaring club was present again at the Smyrna Tenn air show May 12,13 2012. This year the Navy Blue Angels performed their flight routine, that amazed the whole crowd. Out tents were set up with 2 sailplanes on hand for the crowd to touch, and even sit inside to see how this thing flies…

Vulture Pair

Photo 611.    Location: Santa Cilia, Spanish Pyrenees Glider: Duo Discus Camera: Panasonic DMC-TZ7 This was taken on Day 3 of our flying  in Spain, with showers to the North (as the picture shows), showers to the South and West and 8/8 out to the East. CuNim saved our day an hour or so before taking this…

African Conditions in Germany

This was sent to the Cafe by Eric Neubronner in Germany.  Looks like a great day! — Ed. Last Saturday we had African conditions in Germany. Cloud Base at approx 3800m, airspace only gives us 3000m . Well, what a pity but still had some nice flights. Here some pictures taken from our Arcus T.…

Cropping Photos

Good cropping can turn a good photo to an excellent one. Think about the photo that you’re taking like your cockpit – there’s no clutter, distractions or irrelevant items. In the same way, your photo should be densely packed with interesting things, and with “empty” space – areas where there is nothing of interest –…

Cloud Levels

Photo 640.   Location: Santa Cilia, Spanish Pyrenees Glider: Duo Discus Camera: Panasonic DMC-TZ7 My Dad and I were in Spain for one week of flying, and after three days of controlled descent, one good day in the blue, and one flight under a CuNim, we were left wanting just a bit more. The morning’s briefing of a…

Lone Ranger

Hi Guys, I’m Dan and I’ll be posting a few of my photographs each week onto Soaring Cafe. Need all the feedback you guys have, so please fire away. If you want to find out a bit more about me, just take a look at my profile page. Photo 613   Location: Santa Cilia, Spanish…