About a month ago Sebastian Kawa and his Everest Gliding team returned to Pokhara’s airfield afoot the Himalayas. While the Polish expedition took a Christmas break in their home country the ASH 25 Mi had spent the shortest days of the winter in Nepal. Sebastian Kawa is now busy checking out the soaring conditions around…
And no worries—they are available! A great goal flight was made last Wednesday by Tony Condon in the Std. Cirrus, departing from Wellington, OK in the USA: 517 km, and arriving at De Queen, Arkansas and with that he topped the OLC list! As he said,”Spring Go South! ( http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=3486851 ) Quite a flight today. A cold front…
AIR Avionics produces the AIR Glide suite of interconnecting varios, flight computers, sensors, and displays for the soaring pilot’s cockpit. We hope you enjoy Marc’s introduction to the AIR Glide family of products.
We were wowed by the craftsmanship and elegant handiwork that obviously went into creating this classic World War II training glider. And so, we decided to feature it here in all its glory.
The Schweizer 1-26. Everyone has flown them at least once. They are legendary for their lovely handling and their ease to train solo students with, but the 23:1 glide discourages anyone from taking them as a serious sailplane. Or do they? Most people don’t realize that the little potato bombing 1-26 is the best cross-country…
We hope you enjoy this series of video clips, which highlight the vendors, clubs, organizations and commercial operations that had booths in the exhibit hall at Reno, as well as the beautiful sailplanes that were on display.
It’s spring here in Holland. As you know, the meteorological spring started on March 1 and I can tell you … it REALLY started. Early spring it is, very early indeed, it even feels and smells like spring! People did not walk in the streets in Amsterdam where I spend a few days, but they “skipped,” they…
I knew Gordo was truly a wave flying virtuoso, but I didn’t realize he was also very good at teaching this esoteric art. That’s a rare combination and an opportunity I didn’t want to miss.
Mark Mocho who flies with the Albuquerque Soaring Club recently sent out a link to the introductory trailer for “CloudStreet: Soaring the American West”. About half a year ago Soaring Café had first introduced the ambitious project – a video documentary slated for release later this year on the American Public Broadcasting System (PBS). Mark…
As part of our post-convention coverage of SSA2014, the Café is pleased to present a short video interview with Tilo Holighaus. Tilo is co-owner and manager of Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau, one of the most successful glider manufacturers of all time. World class sailplanes with names like Cirrus, Ventus, Discus, Nimbus, Quintus, and most recently, Arcus, come…
