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Women pilots
by Bill Elliott •
I confess that when I was a beginner I was a bit afraid of my application to the aeroclub. No surprise–there were not any women pilots. It was not easy to fight against stereotypes: men tend to believe that women just want to find a boyfriend or they think that a woman pilot cannot have a successful career. So…
Farewell to Frank Paynter (TA)
by Bill Elliott •
I am very saddened to learn that my friend and mentor Frank Paynter (TA), a long time Soaring Cafe contributor and racing enthusiast has been dealt the terminating blow from the SSA. Their decision from Frank’s email to me summarized is: No contests the rest of this year, no Seniors, no Perry, and no Nationals next year, anything past…
So long, Soaring
by Bill Elliott •
This is (probably – you never know for sure!) my last Soaring Cafe post. Last month, at the Minden 18m Nationals, I was disqualified for ‘unsafe thermalling’ in response to a written complaint from Dennis Linnekin (DL). In addition to being disqualified from that event, I was prevented from competing in the 15m Nationals at Montague.…
FLIGHT MH 17!!!
by Bill Elliott •
With the tragic end of flight MH 17 from Malaysia Airlines above the East of the Ukraine, EVERYTHING seems unimportant. I started this blog a couple of days ago, when the beginning of the 33d WGC was one of the high leveled items for this blog. Now it is all totally unimportant, totally not relevant!!!…
US Sports Class Nationals Practice Day 1
by Bill Elliott •
Greetings from Midlothian, TX, home of the Texas Soaring Association, hosts of this years Sports Class Nationals. I’m here flying a 13 meter Apis. My sister Amy is assisting as my expert crew. We arrived last night after finishing up the Region 10 North contest back at home. I was the CD there and Amy…
The weather-gods took a day off , so did the pilots at the UK 18 m. Nationals!
by Bill Elliott •
Ireland’s First 500km Flight by Kevin Houlihan
by Bill Elliott •
Patience, patience….
by Bill Elliott •
Managing Schempp-Hirth and the “-us”
by Bill Elliott •
Tilo Holighaus talks about Business, Family and Soaring Following the rainy and cold WGC in Finland was a bit dissappointing, compared to the great Grand Prix in France two months ago… While in Finland the teams were talking about saunas, food and football, I couldn’t help thinking back to the pictures and reports which Tilo…