(apologies to Marty Robbins & El Paso!) Out in the South Texas town of Uvalde There was a contest of racing sailplanes They came from all over to fly at this contest All for a trophy, not profit or gain US team Butler & Tabery & Willet Flew open class with their elegant wings Elliot…
Tag Archive for 2011 Pre-World Gliding Championships
Team flying at Uvalde: lessons learned.
by Bill Elliott •
I want to start this post with a disclaimer, for fear it might be censored ;-). I’m a reasonably good racing pilot, but I was just barely off the bottom of the score sheet at the Uvalde pre-worlds, and had never tried team flying before. These are my personal thoughts based on flying with the…
WE Report, Day 7, UvaldeGlide/PWGC
by SC Admin •
P7 and I had a good day yesterday and are currently tied for 2nd Place overall. Brad Edwards (JS1) and Jerzy Szemplinski (XG) are close behind. You can view the results here. The weather yesterday brought us considerable consternation as there was a cirrus deck to the the north and east and Dan Gudgel said…
WE Report, Day 6 PWGC/Uvalde
by SC Admin •
Day 6 is in the bag and I am quite disappointed. It always amazes me how on the days I feel like I did good, someone seems to “smoke me”. And, several people did as I finished 6th for the day and gave up too many points dropping to 4th overall. The weather forecast suggested…
Updated: 2011 PWGC/UvaldeGlide Photo Galleries
by Bill Elliott •
Day by day photos for the contest. Visit each day for more great photos.
WE Report, Day 5 PWGC, Uvalde
by SC Admin •
We have had the day off today as a rest day. I arrived 3 days early: drove two days, flew two days, repaired a flat tire on the main gear on the next day, and then competed five days — I guess I was ready for a rest day. Today’s chores included laundry, lots of…
Aussie team invades Uvalde
by Bill Elliott •
Usually only a few of the Aussie WGC team elect to go to the pre-worlds – the prohibitive costs of shipping to/hiring in Europe & the less than ideal conditions are not huge attractions … but for Uvalde, with its reputation for Aussie-like conditions & being the site of the only Aussie born world champion’s…
Uvalde Weather, Day 5
by Bill Elliott •
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Day 5 at Uvalde
by Bill Elliott •
Contest Website (15/18m) Contestants (15/18m) Contestants (Open Nationals) SPOT Tracking At the morning meeting, CD Ken Sorenson announced that tomorrow (Thursday) would be a rest day. I, for one, am more than ready for a rest day, and I have a three-turnpoint task already called. The first turnpoint is at the micro-castle with a chance to sleep past…
Uvalde Weather – Day 4, 9 Aug 11
by Bill Elliott •
Dan Gudgel’s professionally prepared weather forecast (and afternoon report) for contest day 4, Monday, August 4, 2011.
