The Ephrata Dust Up is a soaring event which is organized by the Seattle Glider Council. The Dust Up is a three-day soaring event in which first-time-competitors take part to get a taste of flying competition while the experienced competition pilots get a chance to hone their skills. This event is informative featuring various seminars…
Hello Pilots, The event is set for 3/12 at NCAR in Boulder, 9AM – 5 PM MST. Webcast: Join the seminar/webinar Saturday 3/12 0900 Mountain Time, GMT-7:00 (you may join 20 minutes early) at SSA Gaggle. We are still evaluating this webinar service for the SSA. It supports Windows and MAC, but not Linux. This…
The Schempp-Hirth site has a nice short post about Gordon’s flight. The article is in German but I find that my browser’s translator works just fine. … We congratulate Gordon on this unusual flight. That this flight was made with a Duo Discus. We are very happy and it shows once more that universal power…
“Bikle Gaggle” Noon to 2:00 p.m on February 26th. Fox Field, Lancaster California. Marking the 50th Anniversary of Paul Bikle’s 1961 World Altitude Sailplane Record Flight. Featuring a static display of Paul Bikle’s record setting Schweizer 1-23E 91893 Serial #30 Point of Contact: Bob Hoey Home Phone: (661) 718-2207 bobh (at) antelecom.net Paul…
Author Bertha Ryan, covers the life of Einar Enevoldson from his childhood determination to fly to his life as a pilot soaring above the earth in every type of aircraft imaginable. Einar Enevoldson is forever connected to the world record altitude flight he and Steve Fossett made to about 51,000 feet, but that is just one of his amazing flights.
The Museum of Flight is organizing Soaring Expo 2011 from 5th March to 6th March 2011. Exhibition of different gliders will be there so be a part of this event and celebration and resolve all your queries and get all the advantageous and valuable information related to soaring. There will be presentations, seminars and lectures…
Einar Enevoldson, who with the late Steve Fossett in 2006 made a record-breaking 50,671 foot sailplane flight in Argentina, has been elected to the United States Soaring Hall of Fame. He will be inducted at a banquet at the National Soaring Museum on Harris Hill, Elmira, NY on May 7, 2011. Enevoldson was a civilian…
Peter F. Girad, a distinguished, well known San Diego aviator passed away on February 12, 2011.He was 92 and was under medication for quite a long time. He was passionate about flying, published technical papers on VTOL flights and he designed sailplanes and gliders ,he too used to enjoy soaring in sailplanes. Read the full…
The National Soaring Museum, on Harris Hill near Elmira, NY, will host its annual Soaring History Symposium on Friday and Saturday, May 6-7, 2011. It will be held in conjunction with NSM’s Annual Meeting and Community Soaring Luncheon on May 6 and the U.S. Soaring Hall of Fame Induction Banquet on May 7. The speakers…
The FAA has thwarted an attempt by officials in Riverside County, California, to ban glider operations from the airport at Hemet, which has been a premier California soaring site for five decades. In 2009, Riverside County officials took advantage of an FBO giving up its lease at the airport to ban glider operations there, citing…
