The Minden Soaring Club (MSC) has announced that it will again be offering youth scholarships to encourage youths between the ages of 14 and 21 to help finance flight and ground instruction in preparation for obtaining a private glider rating.
If you’re interested in the German ultralight soaring scene, we strongly recommend Klaus Burkhard’s site. UL-Segelflug.de was launched in early 2013 and already has attracted thousands of readers.
SoaringNV will host a wave camp April 5-9, 2014. The goal of this camp is to train glider pilots to safely and successfully fly in wave conditions. For the experienced wave pilot, the camp is a chance to meet like-minded pilots, mentor glider pilots new to wave flying, and get some time in Minden Wave.…
One of the pilots in our local soaring club was surprised to discover that he was sharing a thermal with an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).
At sunrise on 17 January, we are planning on launching in the Duo Discus glider from Minden at sunrise and aiming for Rapid City, SD as our goal, a distance of over 933 miles. Below is a link to the map with our position updates every 5 minutes.
The February, 2014 issue of Hangar Soaring, a monthly publication of the Women Soaring Pilots Association (WSPA), is online. According to Hangar Soaring editor Frauke Elber, WSPA is the most active and visible Division in the SSA with a membership spanning the globe. Please help us to stay that way and encourage more women to…
Thanks to John Koch for sending us a link to this video, which features the maiden flight of the first ASH-30Mi to enter Australia. This gorgeous open class machine is based in Corowa, NSW. We’re all envious, John!
On February 1st Klaus Ohlmann reported the first solo soaring flight above Mount Everest. In an e-mail that was quickly distributed around the world he explains: “In a measurement flight near Lukla I stopped the motor. Nearly no wind below 6000 m, difficult thermals. Between Pumori and the entrance of the Khumbu Glacier smooth lift…
Klaus Ohlmann is back in the Himalayas: On January 28th 2014 he and his copilot Jona Keimer found breezy but perfect conditions to cruise along the highest mountain on Earth. Using wave and ridge lift the Stemme S 10 climbed up to 29,000 feet msl and soared into the heart of the Himalayas. Equipped with…
A few days ago, on January 23rd, the Mountain Wave Project (MWP) accomplished a first flight over the Himalayas in one of their Stemme S 10 equipped with a special camera to take high-resolution pictures of the highest mountains and deepest gorges on Earth. The goal is to model 3-D-pictures of remote mountainous regions to…
