Frauke Elber of the Women Soaring Pilots Association (WSPA) informs us that WSPA is raffling off ‘Spirit of Flight,’ a beautiful sculpture that was on display in their booth at the SSA convention in Reno.
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YVONNE LOADER – Aviation achievements
by Bill Elliott •
Rudolf W. “Rudy” Mozer: September 27, 1929 – February 25, 2014
by Bill Elliott •
2014 GTA Race Series Kicks Off in March
by Bill Elliott •
Payne and Boettger on Wave Flights Today!
by Bill Elliott •
More Historic Videos from the Black Forest Gliderport [Video]
by Bill Elliott •
SOARING COUNTRY Black Forest Gliderport (1972) [Video]
by Bill Elliott •
This is a 16mm movie made at Black Forest Gliderport in 1972 and has been lost until I was sent a VHS copy. I digitalized and posted it on YouTube for historical purposes. Black Forest closed in 1985 and the original films disappeared along with the buildings. Little signs remain and the land is now…
Green Airsports Honored with New Environmental Award
by Bill Elliott •
The FAI Environmental Commission (EnvC) has established the Angelo d’Arrigo Diploma, a new FAI environmental award which aims at recognising and promoting major contributions in the field of environmental and sustainable development, in accordance with the development of a philosophy and a vision of sport aviation that increasingly wants to be respectful of the environment…
Gliding in The World Games
by Bill Elliott •
The Aero Club of Poland is very active in promoting the idea of “olympic gliding”. The Polish foundation “Smyki na start” whose main goal is promoting engineering and technology among youngsters together with Aero Club of Poland and Warsaw University of Technology are co-operting in order to convince the organisers of the IWG in Wroclaw…
Wings Over Arabia: A Gliding Expedition Across Saudi Arabia
by Bill Elliott •
Editors’ Note: This article is based on a press release by Guy Cross, announcing publication of the book Wings Over Arabia by Roger Harrison. Mr. Cross is General Manager of Medina Publishing. Wings Over Arabia is the first-hand account of an historic and often dangerous gliding expedition over the wild and desolate deserts, massive dormant…