Great weekend at Keiheuvel Airport, even with some rain, it was just pleasure! No doubt about it. Thanks to all over there, for making us SO welcome! LÜSSE Back to the normal blog-style again and time to look at the Lüsse Nationals where German standard and club pilots are still busy with the comps. We…
From Doug L-L (President of GGC):Today was a beautiful sunny day at Pendleton, starting out with clear blue skies which were later adorned with scattered cumulus clouds. Runway 26 was in operation and the wind was not too strong but brisk enoug…
KEIHEUVEL BELGIUM Restaurant to the left and caravan park to the right. Huge “ runway” in the middle. What a paradise Keiheuvel is!!!! And such lovely people. The airfield is in the middle of trees and white sand, the caravan park under the trees and a high quality restaurant, meeting -place for everybody, on side. It feels so…
Last words about the JWGC with 2 French and 2 Czech pilots [ “we” fly in pairs nowadays!] in the top 3 and a Swiss and Dutch pilot [ very proud on Peter and all who accompanied him through the years to this success] , it was a nice mix of countries , with this time not…
After Sunday, we swept past Kansas and are only 650 km behind Winnipeg… 37th and climbing. 134 flights by 16 pilots… Yay us!Instead of floating around the field, why not go down to the St Lawrence Seaway and watch the freighters go by from 5,000′?
And it gets better… That only counts the Canadian km. If you select “North America” – all, we have 26,537 km, and sit at #38 of 190 clubs… With 1,200 km today, we can pass Kansas Soaring Assoc and Winnipeg!The ‘kilometrage’ in the US is Nick’s cont…
From Ron Smith (Z7):Nick B. flew his LAK 17 405 km, Ulli W. flew his ASW-20 379 km, I flew the LAK 12 354 km, Martin L. flew the GGC ASW-24 293 km, Roger H. flew his SZD-55 296 km, and Dan D flew his SZD-55 195 km. Although they did not log their km…
Well, the glider came apart quickly and after three trips to bring all the pieces home, the task of reassembly began. I could go on but I think the following video clip is a better description of what was involved in “reassembly”…..
Well, the glider came apart quickly and after three trips to bring all the pieces home, the task of reassembly began. I could go on but I think the following video clip is a better description of what was involved in “reassembly”…..
The club participates in an “online contest”, where logs from secure data recorders are shared with other glider pilots (onlinecontest.org – select Gliding, then, Canada, then, ON/QC). Gatineau now has logged over 20,000 km of cross-country flyin…
