I’m sitting in my Micro-Castle here at the Tullahoma GTA (Georgia-Tennessee-Alabama) race site, on Saturday July 5, waiting for my brain to wake up and smell the coffee. Tullahoma regional airport (KTHA) is a great soaring site, with lots of ramp space for assembling gliders, huge runways with at least two separate grass runways, and a…
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Tullahoma, Tenn Contest Database Review – Part II
by Bill Elliott •
Following the procedure developed during my Perry airport review (see https://soaringcafe.com/2014/03/perry-wagener-sc-airstrip-review-part-ii/), I started by importing the 2014 ‘tullahm1.csv’ file (Comma-separated-variable) into Excel. I prefer using an Excel file because Leibacher can handle it directly, and because there is a converter(https://www.earthpoint.us/ExcelToKml.aspx) that can convert a properly organized Excel file to KML, which can then be viewed in Google…
GlidePort.aero Live Tracking, Flight Analysis and Visualization App
by Bill Elliott •
A test version of the GlidePort.aero live tracking, flight analysis and visualization app is available at http://glideport.aero! A few highlights of what’s new: * Rich flight analysis and visualization Upload your IGC flight tracks to re-play, analyze and view them in 2d and 3d, and to share them with others. * High-resolution mobile tracking Spectators…
Sunseeker Duo’s first XC-Flight
by Bill Elliott •
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,…
1-26 Championships Wrap-Up
by Bill Elliott •
Harris Hill pilots go to the World Gliding Championships
by Bill Elliott •
The excitement was palpable when our club found out that Harris Hill pilots Karin Schlosser and Heinz Weissenbuehler, Jr. were selected to represent the United States in the 20 meter Multiplace Class at the World Gliding Championships in Finland. Nicknaming themselves Team ARC for the Arcus T glider they are flying in the contest, we…
Day 2 Try 4 at the 1-26 Championships
by Bill Elliott •
1-26 Championships Day 2 Try 3
by Bill Elliott •
Reint Veldkamp is the June Monthly Photo Contest Winner
by SC Admin •
July Photo Contest — Cast Your Votes
by SC Admin •
It is time to start voting! The highlights of the Rules regarding voting are: Voting by registered Café members will determine the top 10 photos each month. Registered members can cast one vote per photo each day. You can vote for as many photos as you want each day. The Café editors will review the voting and award a…