In just a little over a week the first contest practice days will start. Pilots from Australia, South Africa, Denmark, Poland, and Italy are already on the field as their sailplanes show up in containers shiped from all parts of the globe. The weather …
Tag Archive for 2012 WGC
And They Come
by Bill Elliott •
In just a little over a week the first contest practice days will start. Pilots from Australia, South Africa, Denmark, Poland, and Italy are already on the field as their sailplanes show up in containers shipped from all parts of the globe. The weather …
Australian Gliding Team Uvalde 2012 2012-07-15 20:15:00
by Bill Elliott •
Another day of thunderstorms with VERY strong winds and rain this evening. I managed to get in a quick 500km flight. The thunderstorm activity should start to abate from here on so I’m looking forward to the ground starting to dry out as the temperatur…
Australian Gliding Team Uvalde 2012 2012-07-15 13:38:00
by Bill Elliott •
Team Taylor has collected the empty trailer from Baltimore and we are now heading 1500 miles to Houston to collect the JS1 from the container… Starting to get excited!!!
US Team Camp with Brian Spreckley
by Bill Elliott •
In April, the US Team converged on the Chilhowee Gliderport, in Benton, Tennessee. Sarah Kelly Arnold, the gliderport operator and team member, was a gracious host. We were fortunate enough to have Brian Sprekley come to coach us for the week. Twenty-seven years ago Doug Jacobs brought home a World Gliding Championship from Italy. In…
Australian Gliding Team Uvalde 2012 2012-07-14 19:10:00
by Bill Elliott •
Had a couple of days flying, mainly to the northern part of the task area. Challenging as the ground rises more that 1500′ above the Uvalde elevation and it takes a bit longer to kick off up there. Left the glider in the hangar today and I wouldn’t sa…
Australian Gliding Team Uvalde 2012 2012-07-11 11:54:00
by Bill Elliott •
Three days of Monsoonal weather conditions. Straight to thunderstorms. No flying. maybe tomorrow?
Practice begins
by Bill Elliott •
Three flights so far.
Airport Procedures and Ground Movement Plan
by Bill Elliott •
Two more new supplemental documents have been placed on the website. The Airport Procedure document (filed under the Turnpoints and Airspace page) covering many things such as glider tie down and trailer parking, pets (allowed in certain areas), restro…
Control Point and Log File Document Updates
by Bill Elliott •
Two new documents have been placed on the website. The Official Control Point (Rev 7) list (filed under the Turnpoints and Airspace page) with pictures of all the turnpoints and the Flight Log Procedures Document Rev 0 (filed under the Documents page)….
