As I said on Tuesday, the forecast for Wednesday was vaguely promising, with a trough looking like it would sit very close to us but potentially far enough away that it wouldn’t cause too many problems. Over the past few days though, this trough’s forecast position changed to the point where it now looked like it…
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Rain Day 3 at Cordele – Region 5 South
by Bill Elliott •
Man, this is getting old! Here we sit, again, under gray skies at Cordele, with nothing to do but watch the clouds roll by, every so often with a small, tantalizing area of clearing. The big news at today’s morning pilots meeting is that two additional competitors (Enrique Mertins and Steve ???) asked if they…
Cordele, Georgia Region 5 South—Rain Day
by Bill Elliott •
UK Open Class Nationals, 15m Nationals, Lasham Regionals – Day 3
by Bill Elliott •
Both Nationals were scrubbed around 16:30. Again, the 150 km minimum for tasks appears to be the reason why these guys couldn’t fly as the weather windows have just been too small. The Regionals A Class (there are two classes, A and B) was set: Ilsley – Hungerford North for 103 km. They launched at 16:55, with most people starting by 17:30. There were seven finishers, two of those competing hors concours, the official winner being Julian Hitchcock flying a DG-1001M at a speed of 76.1km/h. He leads the Regionals by 14 points from John Taylor (ASG-29) and Colin Hunt (Ventus 2cT).
UK Open Class Nationals, 15m Nationals, Lasham Regionals – Day 1
by Bill Elliott •
Classic UK Comp weather today. Fog on the airfield as we prepared the glider (I’m crewing for one of the Open Class pilots), with briefing at 10:30. No task was set, and a fairly hideous looking weather forecast sheet for the day was distributed (see the Day 1 Photos). It looked like there could be…
Congrats to Chip Garner and the DuckHawk Team on U. S. 15 Meter Nationals Win!
by Bill Elliott •
The Soaring Café congratulates Chip Garner, the 2012 U. S. 15 Meter Class champion, who bested his countrymen at May’s contest in Mifflin, Pennsylvania. We also congratulate Greg Cole and his team at Windward Performance, for providing the brand new DuckHawk sailplane that Chip flew to victory in Mifflin.
Soaring-salut from Terlet!
by Bill Elliott •
The Dutch National gliding championships are at this stage in Arhem on the National Gliding Center Terlet. Interesting to see is how many of the WGC pilots now prepare for the comps . Mac Ichikawa from Japan flew Fatraglide and rushed to Hahnweide to fly there as well and with succes as he won 3 of the 4…
First Photos from Mifflin, US 15m Nationals
by Bill Elliott •
Hammerwetter ! Money!
by Bill Elliott •
The Bailout Decision-Are You Ready?
by Bill Elliott •
I am privileged, as are many others, to participate in several online groups that have a shared interest in soaring. A few months back, a discussion on the ASW-20 Yahoo group was initiated about the proper way to jettison the canopy in that particular model if a bailout was needed. The discussion went back and…