Today (Monday Dec 30, 2013) is the last day of the 4-day 2013 Condor Xmas Cup, an online racing adventure in beautiful New Zealand. This is the sixth year of this world-famous soaring contest, hosted by Erik Praznovsky of Slovakia (http://www.virtualsoaring.eu). This year, 157 pilots from 27 different countries entered the event (Just as a comparison,…
Sailplane Racing News
The TA-ification of SZ, Part II
by Bill Elliott •
As just about everyone on the soaring planet knows by now, I managed to crash my beloved Ventus 2bx glider on a mountain in Moriarty last June, miraculously walking away with just a scratch (literally!). Almost exactly one month later (on July 6th) I took possession of Sam Zimmerman’s ‘old’ (2004 model) 15/18m Ventus 2cx…
Hangar packing; wood cutting; licence check
by Bill Elliott •
November 2nd was a busy day around GGC. It was hangar packing day, with the arrival of cars, RVs, boats, and glider trailers… The large hangar was re-arranged for the powered aircraft who will fly until the snow comes. The Puchacz w…
Rainy and chilly
by Bill Elliott •
Six more annual inspections – OR, 55, RM, GP, JCZ, and TR; the Puchacz needs to be put into the trailer for winter storage. Thanks to Steve S for getting us ready for storage.A call for volunteers to help with woodcutting resulted in two people w…
Glider Annual inspections – Thursday, Oct 24
by Bill Elliott •
The gliders we fly are required to have periodic inspections, in terms of time, and hours flown; the most common inspection is the annual inspection. Many pilots back-load their inspections, so that they don’t have to find a mechanic in the most …
2D goes to the Ridge
by Bill Elliott •
With Lake Placid done, I took 2D, my SZD-55, to the Ridge in Pennsylvania, to Tom Knauff’s Ridge Soaring Gliderport. Though the forecast was challenging, it was more or less on the way home (actually, an 8 hour detour…). I arrived on Sunday the…
Sunday October 20th – a good fall day
by Bill Elliott •
From Doug LL: GGC Members:It was beautiful sunny day at Pendleton, with myriads of cumuli floating overhead, and this halcyon picture only slightly spoiled by the seasonal Autumnal winds. Nevertheless a few stalwart pilots ventured aloft, with instr…
Day 2 at Fairfield (US Region 4 North) Contest
by Bill Elliott •
Well, the weather gods smiled on us today at Fairfield, and we got in a great ridge day. CD Erik Mann called a 3.5hour MAT with the first turnpoint at the traditional entry to the ridge system. That was the good news. The bad news was that he also made it a ‘long MAT’ with…
Landout Day at Fairfield (US Region 4 North)
by Bill Elliott •
The day dawned foggy and cloudy, so my plan for the day was to do some Micro-Castle maintenance, and to drive over the mountain to Waynesboro, Pa to physically inspect the area around the High Rock turnpoint. This turnpoint is the entrance to the High Rock transition back to Fairfield, and I wanted to look…
Dan Duclos pictures from Lake Placid Wave and Golf camp
by Bill Elliott •
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