Tag Archive for German gliderports

It’s a Small World

Or how to spread the Soaring Bug… This one is not a breaking news story, however sometimes the small things in a glider pilot’s life show that it’s worth the effort! We were surprised to have a foreign guest at our small glider port, but let’s start with the beginning of the story: Last Saturday,…

German Gliderports Mutate into Waterports

The Café staff offers condolences to our German friends whose airfields were flooded by torrential rains last week. Here’s an excerpt by Klaus Burkhard of UL-Segelflug.de about the deluge and its aftermath. For the full story, complete with photos of the drowned airfields, click here. While glider pilots in the northern parts of Germany lately had…