At this morning’s pilot meeting, Most Excellent Contest Chief Meteorologist, Dan Gudgel, briefed that the Uvalde racing task area underlies an air mass that is moist and possibly moistening further. This moisture, combined with a phenomenon he re…
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"The Real Deal," Day 5
by Bill Elliott •
Keeping you out of the loop is not my job! But yesterday I got the chance for a flight with the Sniffer (widelyreferred to as “Sniff-tastic” here in the U.S. Team room), so I didn’t get the chance to post. However, I did get to see mos…
SS Ground: Hannes Linke on 1991; Mennonites on Soaring
by Bill Elliott •
At the U.S. Team Party, Hannes Linke, Competition Director of the 1991 World Gliding Championship in Uvalde, reminisced about setting tasks at that contest with Judge Hal Lattimore and Wally Scott. Judge Lattimore, SSA President, had directed many com…
More WGC Photos
by Bill Elliott •
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Uvalde Is No Vacation in Greece
by Bill Elliott •
In Alice Munro’s short story, “Runaway,” a character muses on a recent vacation in Greece: “At first I was bewildered. It was so hot. But it’s true about the light. It’s wonderful. And then I figured out what there was to do, and there were just these few simple things but they could fill the…
The Concordia Wins Day 3!
by Bill Elliott •
Very fast is right!!! Watching the scores being updated on the screens at the Big Tent, I had to rush to a computer to quickly update. Congratulations to Dick Butler for taking the day! THE CONCORDIA WINS DAY 3! And all of Team …
Day 3 Finish!
by Bill Elliott •
Butler is back and very fast…first report is 154 kph (92.5 mph)! Tabery, Elliott, Ittner and Seaborn are home and ZL is on final glide now. I wanna to see a score sheet!
More From Competition Day 3
by Bill Elliott •
Hannah Weissenbuehler here, helping the U.S. team to keep you all updated! It’s “the real deal day 3” here in Uvalde. With longer tasks today than yesterday. Another speed task today, and all of ‘our boys’ have set out on task! …
US Soaring Team 2012: Uvalde 2012-08-07 14:53:00
by Bill Elliott •
6 August 2012–Uvalde is No Vacation in GreeceIn Alice Munro’s short story, “Runaway,” a character muses on a recent vacation in Greece: “At first I was bewildered. It was so hot. But it’s true about the light. It’s wonderful. And then I fi…
Competition Day 3
by Bill Elliott •
Well, yesterday was a bit more like it.The 15 Meter guys, ZL and A8, have launched and checked in on the Team frequency. From the weather brief at today’s pilot meeting: The high that dominated our weather has drifted west to the four corners are…
