Once again I don’t think anyone was too inspired by the forecast this morning. Weatherman John Lubon said it was going to be blue blue blue, unless a crazy thermal was heated up enough to make it up to the lofty altitude of nearly 7000 feet. So, we all expected solid blue. What most of…
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Mifflin Airport Review
by Bill Elliott •
I apologize for the lateness of this post – I was tied up with repairing my wing wheel, and replacing leaky air tubing on my glider :-(. Anyway, here is my (personal, biased, and more than likely insane) take of the airports/airstrips in the Mifflin contest area. As always, if an airport/airstrip isn’t mentioned, that means…
Day 8 @ Sisteron. Last Day of a Very Successful SGP! AND … the Winner is DIDIER!
by Bill Elliott •
Day 7 @ Sisteron: “Pushing Hard Was Not Good Today”
by Bill Elliott •
What a great day again! Sometimes a bit scary, then exciting, then just unbelievable … how do they do it? Ingredients today: fast pilots losing in the end because they did not take good lift in between, police to help Bruce get away from the farmers land he landed in, pilots “written off” but returning to the lead! Here is the day for you if you had no time to follow it live. Enjoy!
My Most Memorable Flight
by Bill Elliott •
Memorable flights come in many packages. Some are memorable because they broke a record, others for beautiful scenery, still others were challenging due to the weather or interesting circumstances. By comparison, mine is memorable in spite of the usual criteria. It was not particularly fast, nor high, nor even unusually long. I can’t claim the typical…
Day 7 @ Sisteron: But First—Amazing Day 6 with Stars Bruce and Nicolas “Shining”.
by Bill Elliott •
What an amazing and exciting flight it was yesterday between Bruce and Nicolas. A farmer from the East Coast of Australia (NSW), used to flying over flat country, and an instructor from St Auban in France, used to the mountains and blessed with the skills to fly them. Loved it. They truly deserved the 10 and 8 points and showed how spectacular our sport can be.
How Competition Can Up Your Game
by Bill Elliott •
Day 6 @ Sisteron with Highlights from Yesterday! UPDATED!!!
by Bill Elliott •
Day 5 @ Sisteron! “Three Musketeers” – this Time not from France, but from Australia!
by Bill Elliott •
They started in Sisteron with day 5 and expectations were HIGH! First launch was at 1.20 PM and the expectation was for a day with thermals, ridge soaring, maybe even wave and maybe some showers–lot of ingredients to make the pilots happy, though the expected 25+ kt wind might be a bit of a “devil”.…