We all waited on the grid and after many sniffer evaluations, the day was cancelled; first due to low visibility (volcanic ash!), second the marginal thermal activity, and third ‘it just got to late’.
According to tweets posted on the Web site, the day has been cancelled because of rain in the competition area. The pilots’ meeting will be held at 12:00. Here’s a message from Jason Arnold: “The pilots’ meeting just ended and the day is obviously cancelled with tomorrow in question. Mid and low level clouds are…
Sarah and Francois place 2nd and 8th after the first day of competition at the pre-worlds!
The Pre-Worlds competition for the 2013 World Gliding Championship in Argentina officially begins on January 8th. Aldolfo Gonzales Chaves Aerodrome in Argentina will host the WGC from January 5-20, 2013 for standard, club, and world class gliders. The Pre-WGC will be conducted from the same venue from January 8-20, 2012 in conjunction with the 2012…
As has become standard routine for us here at Musbach, the launch time has been delayed in 15 minute increments from noon, until now at 1430. Meanwhile the sky to the south has turned into a ominous storm. We can hear thunder from the field. Starting to feel that this is totally insane…
Hello Racing Fans, First – apologies for the absence of updates for the last few days – we have been exceptionally busy with some challenging flying (at least we are finally flying!) several retrieves and lots of events here on the airfield. So today, in club class we have a 217.3 km racing task traveling…
Hello racing fans, Today, for now, there are no delays in the pilots meetings, or any of the briefings due to weather as the forecasts are looking good. Standard class has a 258.8 km racing task, and club class has a 238.5 km racing task. Both classes are headed first to the south and then…
Yeehaaw!!!! Both pilots are back and have done fantastically well!!! At the time of this writing, Boyd has the fourth fastest raw speed, but with his handicap finished in 20th pace – still an excellent finish. And, with three flight logs outstanding (I believe two of these are land outs), it appears that our own…
Boyd has just landed back, and is uploading his flight trace for scoring. Reports of 6 land outs in club class….
Racing fans, Despite poor weather forecasts, today we are out and racing as it has turned out to be a lovely afternoon. The club class started on a 2 hour assigned area task at 1426 and the standard class started their 1.5 hour (ha!) turn area task at 1616. The day really started late, but…
