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Chilhowee Cross Country and Team Flying Camp

by Bill Elliott • September 8, 2012

99 Soaring Fans, This is Bravo Zulu 7 September 2012 Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday were flying days. So the camp was completed as planned. Cloudy mornings preceded clearing to partly cloudy by 1300. Wednesday and Thursday could be characterized as challenging since the ceilings were below 4000 feet MSL and the thermals were generally light. …

by Bill Elliott • September 5, 2012

The new version of the Sporting Code, Section 3 Gliding, to take effect on 1st October 2012, is now available on the IGC section of the FAI website. There are a number of new provisions as approved by the IGC Plenary meeting in March.

by Bill Elliott • August 26, 2012

The 2013 Women Soaring Pilots Association (WSPA) seminar will be held July 8-13 in Moriarty, New Mexico. For more information see www.womensoaring.org .

by Bill Elliott • August 5, 2012

The ‘AvWeb’ emag recently posted an article from Oshkosh in which they mentioned that Delorme had demoed a new firmware upgrade to their InReach satellite tracker (similar to SPOT’s tracker, but it uses the truly world-wide Iridium constellation instead of Globalstar) that supports position reporting intervals as low as 2 minutes. This would be really good…

by Bill Elliott • July 23, 2012

On July 19, 2012, Pilar Muñoz Lopez of Spain flew her Discus BT over a triangular course of 750 km (466 miles) at a speed of 117.25 km/h (72.86 mph) to set European records in the General and Feminine categories in both Open and 15 meter classes. Task: Bar – Guadalupe – Ad Beas – Ad Sotos – Bar (all in Spain).

by Bill Elliott • July 13, 2012

Our readers will soon begin to see more and more posts related to the 2012 World Gliding Championships to be held in the in Uvalde, Texas from July 28th through August 19th. The official site can be found here. The Café will have several reporters on the ground as well as incorporating RSS feeds from…

by Bill Elliott • July 8, 2012

A beautiful, successful seminar at Chilhowee Gliderport in Tennesse has come to an end We had 35 registrants, 28 of them actively flying. It was great to see how many couples and families participated The age span of the participants was between 12 and 76. Several were power pilots going for their glider rating. In…

by Bill Elliott • July 6, 2012

We have all been eagerly awaiting this. Naviter’s first Android app with a similar iOS app to follow immediately after Apple approves it for the AppStore. It’s an IGC flight file recorder and its name is SeeYou Recorder. It’s free. And it’s actually an IGC flight recorder on steroids.

by Bill Elliott • July 1, 2012

SoaringNV will be holding a Silver Badge Cross-Country Camp from Monday, July 23rd through Friday the 27th. The camp is designed to help the badge seeking glider pilot gain the skills, knowledge, and judgment required to safely and successfully fly cross-country.

by Bill Elliott • June 27, 2012

June 26, 2012 We experienced gusty turbulent conditions on Tuesday at the WSPA annual seminar at Chilhowee Gliderport in Benton TN. The temperatures were a few degrees cooler than the previous day, which made it easier to be at the flight line all day. The ridge, plus a few thermals, starting working for us mid-afternoon. …