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Finnish Nationals “… storms, storms and more storms”

“…forecast is either for storm, many storms or the whole country covered in storms.” It was waiting on day 3 from the Finnish Nationals in club and standard class flown from Rayskala. Good practice this competition,  specially for the overseas pilots, participating in the WGC starting on June 22. A competitive way  to get to…

Summer 2014 Issue of VSA’s “Bungee Cord”

The Summer 2014 issue of Bungee Cord is distributed to Vintage Sailplane Association (VSA) members and we thought the rest of the gliding and soaring community should know about this special 40-page issue, published in conjunction with the VSA’s 40th anniversary. Summer 2014 Bungee Cord: Table of Contents The editorial by Jim Short discusses “Fine…

Maiden Dual Flight of the Sunseeker Duo

Eric and Irena Raymond report on their First Solar Powered Flight After the recent great news about Schleicher’s latest product, we now discovered another exciting maiden flight that had already happened the day before the ASG 32 Mi’s first launches. In Italy, Eric Raymond who built the first solar-powered two-seater which he had “secretly” test…

Thoughts on Low-Cost Gliding Navigation

Thoughts on Low-Cost Gliding Navigation Ok, before we start a little DISCLAIMER: The following text only represents my personal, subjective opinion and reflects only upon the personal, subjective experiences I gained over the last years, flying club, private and rental gliders in recreational, cross-country and competition flying and is subject to change and in no…

Being part of a wonderful young soaring group

My soaring group teaches me about team spirit and a wonderful sport. It’s great to know that I am part of a team – I’m mean all people who pursue this sport called soaring. These kind of free-time activities teach you how to work as a part of a team and learn to work with people who…

Nice Flight Soaring out of Estrella

Those of us who fly, and in particular, those of us who are fortunate enough to soar, often feel compelled to share our experiences and stories with others. This attitude is vitally important to the promotion of our sport. Camaraderie and a high level of esprit de corps allow these events to happen quite frequently.…

Dutch Nationals 2014 with 701 km Task!

Dutch Nationals 2014 with 701 km Task! Baby girl , “Yes, I do” and dinner during prize giving.      A very special edition, this 2014 CAE Dutch National Championship. exclusive story from historic 701 km. during a Dutch National championship by pilot Rene de Dreu the birth from a gorgeous  baby girl a marriage proposal…

Is it impossible to fly 3 hours?

Is it impossible to fly 3 hours?  The diaries of a beginner woman pilot – mistakes and memories. I started soaring in 2013 and had my first solo in June. Looking back to this period in my life I was so happy that I reached my goal: I can fly a glider. Wow. But what…

Dale Kramer, BMapper, and Windows 7

A month or so ago I was finally forced to abandoned my beloved Dell Precision M6300 laptop running Win XP for a newer ride.  I liked that old laptop so much I actually had two identical M6300 models so I could swap the hard drive from my primary to my backup (or vice versa) in case of…

History written during Dutch National Competition

The did it! The 701 km. task set at the Dutch National Championship was flown by 3 from the 10 participants in this class. Unfortunately “50 shades of grey” spoiled it for 7. What happened? The weather changed earlier than hoped for. After 3 in the afternoon various shades of grey covered the beautiful blue…