Gerhard Waibel sends the Soaring Cafe his first hand account of the maiden flight of the Alexander Schleicher ASH 30 Mi. We look forward to hearing more about the ASH 30 Mi and wish the AS Team all the best and much success.
In a healthy safety culture, one who makes a grievous error is encouraged to tell his/her horror story many times over, give a short speech in front of his peers and write an article for the club’s newsletter as penance and a lasting reminder to never make the same mistake again. Most people have responded…
We found this nice article about the wave in Argentina: In a field where science and adventure sports meet, the team of the Mountain Wave Project (MWP) (mountain-wave-project.com) is trying, in connection with the scientific section of the Organisation Scientifique et Technique du Vol à Voile, to carry out targeted research on internal gravity waves…
On February 15, 2011, Gordon Boettger and co-pilot Hugh Bennett launched Hugh’s Duo Discus from Minden, Nevada and contacted mountain wave lift. When they landed back at Minden nine hours and 19 minutes later, they had flown 744 miles to claim a U.S. multiplace record for distance around three turnpoints. Not satisfied with that achievement,…
[Editor’s Note: On February 24, 2011, the soaring community and the world of atmospheric sciences lost a pioneer when Joachim Küttner passed away. Joachim was a bold, innovative, and indefatigable explorer of the atmosphere. His interests and contributions to science and manned spaceflight were wide-ranging and legendary. Wolf D. Herold, a sailplane pilot and atmospheric…
Die Schwäbische Alb, früher auch Schwäbischer Jura genannt, ist ein in Baden-Württemberg und mit seinen Ostausläufern auch in Bayern gelegenes, sich von Südwest nach Nordost hinziehendes Mittelgebirge in Süddeutschland. Sie ist eine durch Erosionseinflüsse zerteilte Hochebene, die nach Nordwesten durch einen sehr markanten Steilabfall begrenzt wird, hingegen nach Südosten sanft abdacht und dort ins Alpenvorland übergeht.
Soaring Expo 2011 is also celebrating Women History Month. The program is honored with the presence of two space exploration pioneers on March 5, 2011, Wally Funk, the legendary commercial pilot and flight instructor and Nagin Cox part of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity program. For more detail, you can go to article here.
Almost a century ago, on October 24, 1911 to be exact, Orville Wright soared for nine minutes and 45 seconds, heralding the first extended soaring flight and a flight that was intentionally planned to be a soaring activity. On the weekend of October 21 – 24, 2011 this flight (a record that lasted almost 10…
Enjoy the interview with Bruce Cooper, who flew a new world record in a double seater Nimbus 4 DM, on December 25 2010, from Bariloche in Argentina with French pilot Jean Marie Clement; 1.650 km. triangle. It took them 15 hours and 38 minutes. Bruce is from the UK, is semi-retired as airline pilot, owns an ASW27 and as he says, “we go a long time back”!
I’ve had the “opportunity” to be the pilot of a powered aircraft that suddenly turned into a glider a few times in my life. (Incidentally, none of those engine failures were in my current aircraft, so don’t be shy to come flying with me.) I love flying, but it’s never been anything like the free-as-a-bird, gentle-breeze-in-your-hair feeling I dreamt about as a kid.
