Love great pictures and here is one to start the blog with, shared by Emmo Koetje who flew with Jeppe over Leeuwarden in Friesland [the North of Holland] . We were blessed in the beginning of October, with nice weather, with temperatures up to 22 dgr. not bad for fall.But in a couple of days we […]
Ready for the WEDNESDAY-news straight from my “office” in Holland. Now straight… is a bit much said, as I am late!!! Problems with my laptop again; the user profile service did not accept me on my own laptop. Could not do a thing! The PC doctor just left and it took him an hour to get…
Krzysztof Wiercioch Flying a Std. Jantar 2 photo by Luke Szczepaniak
We, here in Holland, had a “try out” of the National Air Games at Teuge last Sunday [ only one day] and they turned out to be a success even with the tough wind. It showed that several air-sports can operate from ONE field, also here in Holland. Due to the wind, balloons and parapentes could not…
Great weekend at Keiheuvel Airport, even with some rain, it was just pleasure! No doubt about it. Thanks to all over there, for making us SO welcome! LÜSSE Back to the normal blog-style again and time to look at the Lüsse Nationals where German standard and club pilots are still busy with the comps. We…
Last words about the JWGC with 2 French and 2 Czech pilots [ “we” fly in pairs nowadays!] in the top 3 and a Swiss and Dutch pilot [ very proud on Peter and all who accompanied him through the years to this success] , it was a nice mix of countries , with this time not…
JWGC by Rob Life continued in Leszno with happy moments and frustrations as Aussie TC Beryl mentioned about Friday’s flying and logistics. Ailsa’s crew ,Kerry and Swaantje helped out the first week and Ben young top-Aussie-pilot arrived “late” from Australia to be her crew from now on. ” A frustrating day with an undercarriage problem for…
It has just been a few weeks that the European Gliding Championships in Vinon took place. Now, the airfield in Southern France has to cope with the results of a mini-tornado that hit the area yesterday around 05:30 in the morning, causing excessive damage to planes and buildings. Local media reports that the wind speed…
OSTROW Arrivals on one of the 5 first good days with Jeroen Verkuijl. As shared on FB . With Issoudun over and most pilots from Europe back home, we can look again at the EGC where they did not fly over the last couple of days. Yesterday was “practise rigging and de-rigging” ,as I…
ISSOUDUN from above and a last THANK you to MARK PAL for sharing his great pictures with us. Unbelievable those 2 last days of the WWGC. Women “fighting” against the wind and each other. Were the first 8 days in retrospect just easy -going for most, the last 2 days mostly in the blue and…
