Superstitious and religious folks will often try and find a reason for things to happen the way they do. They insist that not only in the afterlife will your deeds be tallied up and judgment rendered, but also here on Earth can you count on some score-keeper in the sky to keep a close watch…
Another historic OLC year has ended, historic as although this year has been a week shorter, the numbers have been rising again. More than 115,000 flights uploaded, over 32 million kilometers flown by almost 15,000 pilots. Ten days ago Howard Banks who flies with Moriarty’s League winning club told us that their US OLC-club contest…
For some time past I was thinking about the aerotow course but as I had a surgery I have just started to learn it at the end of July. This was the beginning of the summer camp in our aero club. Unfortunately the weather was bad here as it rained almost every day. Saturday was the…
Pictures by Thomas Boettcher The northern European summer of 2014 is now almost over, maybe one or two more nice weekends in September, maybe another thermal flight across the northern German countryside?Then we will have to travel far for soaring adventures on ridges, in waves or in southern thermals. While the sun is setting much…
As a die-hard glider pilot, you surely read the story about the VGC Rally in Arnborg [Denmark] by Bill Batesole and shared by Elke in the CAFE. It turned out as I heard, to be a fantastic event, a huge happening with 420 people sitting for dinner on the Danish evening and lots of spectacular…
If you know about this kind of race already, you can skip this first paragraph and jump down to make out the results. If not, here’s a quick explanation of the League idea: OLC’s League was invented as an opportunity for clubs to score speed-points during the Northern summer months and enjoy some soaring together…
The Tetra-15 is the first glider built as part of the HP-24 project. Brad Hill was the builder. Brad has a good track record of building gliders. He has also built a Russia and an Apis. The first flight of the Tetra was in January of 2012. Since then Brad has put around 500 hours…
Monday evening, 6pm. It’s August and central Germany is experiencing rain and cold temperatures for around a week already. I guess autumn is coming early this year. I just returned from my summer vacation in Savoy/France the Sunday before (I’ve been hiking) and my dirty laundry is piling up in front of me. Actually I wanted to…
Report for the GTA race at Monroe, GA August 23-24 A Class Cumulative Score Rank Points ID Name Glider 1 1999 FS Silva, Fernando ASW-27 2 1933 BZ Mittell, John ASW-27 3 1759 H6 Ruf, Chris 303 Mosquito 4 965 FP Pin, Francois ASW-27 5 915 DL Linnekin, Dennis ASW-27 B Class Cumulative Score 24-Aug-14 23-Aug-14 Rank Points…
One sunny Wednesday-afternoon, right when the Northern German record summer of 2014 had started, Bill Batesole, his wife Annie and dog Roscoe randomly picked an airfield north of Hamburg to start their trip which ended after four sunny weeks in Arnborg, Denmark at the 42nd Vintage Glider Club Rally. Bill, who had just volunteered to…
