After a long day of soaring the waves between Nevada and Wyoming, Gordon and Hugh landed the Duo Discus at the Casper Natrona International Airport near Casper, Wyoming.
I used the new LX Zeus during the European Gliding Competition (EGC) in Ostrow when it was installed in my Standard Cirrus. Once it was installed, I was very pleased, with the impression it created with its airliner type layout and particularly the labeled push buttons that made the system very user friendly for me.
Many of you know that world record setter Klaus Ohlmann recently flew over Mt. Everest in a sailplane—but have you seen the video? If not, here’s your chance. Enjoy!
What a great way of living! Still being fit enough at age 81 ,to start a glider course and still being in good health and tough enough, to go solo!Remarkable! Was, like many others,impressed with this news ,shared by the Chilhowee Gliding Association where Sarah Arnold is with her husband Jason,the owner,mechanic, instructor and tuggy.…
We are delighted to inform Café readers that the Winter, 2013 issue of Bungee Cord, a quarterly publication of the Vintage Sailplane Association (VSA), has been published. We invite attendees at the upcoming SSA Convention in Reno, who are interested in vintage or classic sailplanes, to stop at the VSA booth in the exhibit hall and meet us.
You play with a silent, invisible and illusive force. You try hard to do what the birds do easily. It is completely absorbing, commands all your attention and skill. You work, but in a calm, peaceful and rewarding way detached from the material world in an almost dreamlike environment. Kings may have their sport, but soaring is a sport of the gods and they kindly allow us mortals to share in it.
A while back, I had read that a nearly 700 lb (315 Kg) sailplane equipped with an all-electric FES (Front Electric Self-launching) system had demonstrated serious climb rates (around 400 fpm, or 2 m/s) as well as multiple launches on a single charge; and I remember thinking at the time: “This is the future: All the advantages of self-launching and self-retrieving without any of the drawbacks of retractable pylon-mounted propellers or IC (Internal Combustion) engines.”
Time to look ahead at the 33d WGC for club, standard and 2 seater [20m] class. After spending a few { working-}holidays in Finland at Rayskala, as TC [EGC], steward [EGC], editor [JWGC] and crew, I think it is nice to share with you some moments from our visits, to bring you in the mood,…
Translated from a German article by Katharina Milke Oh, no! This is nothing to be scared of. The “German Witches” are neither mean nor dangerous… They simply love to fly. On their brooms? No, they are using sailplanes, just like you and me! Two weeks ago the German women glider pilots held their 40th annual…
Today,…weather…. related to sport/ soaring and our soaring mates . I was very much impressed with the devastating conditions one of our soaring mates is dealing with cause of the terrible drought in the Southern part of Queensland in Australia.Sharing what Bruce Taylor and his wife Anita and a lot of other farmers are getting…
