They kept the best for last . With 7 days the glass is still half full not half empty.My glass will be full in a minute ,needed that!!! Here is my story of the last day of the WGC in Rayskala. The last briefing, the last launches, the last tasks from this 33d WGC. It…
WOW, a real good day. Finally they all can see and ” taste” what soaring in Finland means. What a pity there is only ONE day to go! But better leave Finland with the memory of the great flights from the last days the sauna fun and the comradely. The rest will be forgotten soon.It…
“Day cancelled for all classes, sauna recommended for anti-freeze”. “Eat. Sleep. Grid. Repeat..” ” A nap is recommended” Some quotes from the 33d WGC in Finland,where it seems they have a record-cold-summer,the coldest since 50 years, just when the soaring world visits them for some good WGC- flying, over an inspiring beautiful country with lakes…
pictures by Christoph Klein Christoph Klein, the German glider pilot, who about a year ago had developed a web page for European glider pilots to find out about camps and activities on glider fields throughout the European summer, has now tried the trip himself. In his special Standard Jantar, equipped with a unique sustainer engine,…
When you are normally ” sitting” on the news,like I do, certainly news from an FAI WGC, , it’s weird to come back home and to have NO CLUE ,what has happened. You can’t read quick enough to see who are on top and how many days they have flown. Back from my one week…
Three weeks after their maiden dual flight the Raymonds now tried a first cross-country flight in their new machine. On June 21st Eric Raymond sent out an e-mail reporting: “Irena and I just returned from an overnight trip in our new plane, our first experience traveling in it. We set our goal to be easy,…
Qualifying GRAND PRIX in France The qualifying Grand Prix in France flown from Rennes Saint Sulpice is over and the winner is Christophe Ruch, who started on “lucky Friday the 13th” with 42 points whilst runner up Christophe Abadie had 28. They had then, 7 days out of 7 and tasks between 103 km and…
Le Grand Prix final à Sisteron 2014 a fait époque: 8 jours de compétition sont pas mal pour une compétition Européenne?! La tension deviendrait de plus en plus grande, jour par jour.
The exciting Grand Prix Final of 2014 in Sisteron is not just history, it is historic: 8 days of soaring weather – maybe not all of them perfect. But still this is quite a sensation for European conditions! The excitement became bigger and bigger after every contest day, and when last morning had broken six…
Young Meets Old – Project K8 From time to time you stumble over something really special and that right in front of your door. That kind of describes how I found out about those 3 people. Now, in the gliding world “right on the front porch” is probably a far stretched term, but living at least in…
