HELLO, from Alphen where it is wet, gray and windy—more autumn than spring.
Splendid weather to follow the GP-ACTION on my laptop in my warm study, though I must admit that I miss the action at a field, the interaction with the pilots, crews, organizers and locals and just a shout “Hi Ritz!”
The Florida Sailplane Grand Prix has been designed to bring back the good old days of racing. Over the past few years, grand prix racing has been rapidly gaining popularity worldwide. Following requests from many sailplane enthusiasts, there will now be a series of weekend Grand Prix style races at Seminole Lake Gliderport in Clermont, Florida. This…
The mountain on which “it all started” is getting really busy these days, preparing for another interesting event: After the huge success of Grand Prix Glider Races in many countries around the world, OLC now launches its first Glider Race – applying Grand-Prix rules. This new contest format was invented several years ago to gain…
A new promotional video has been put together for Sailplane Grand Prix in the Andes, Planetaire AB, 2010. Written, Directed, and Produced by Peter Newport www.SailplaneGrandPrix.com (DVD is available for purchase on the website) Read our review of this DVD here. This promotional cut includes new footage from the full DVD including beautiful air-to-air video…
The [2011] Aussie GP Qualifier has just been completed at Lake Keepit, in North-Eastern New South Wales. The aircraft included a big group of ASG 29s, plus the two JS1s that now live here, and also a Nimbus 3DM which flew hors concours for the fun of it. After the ridiculously wet season we have had here, it was my first chance to compare the ’29 to the JS1 in some real weather.
The 2011 Australian Qualifying Grand Prix is over with Bruce Taylor earning 38 total points with his JS1 Revelation. Over the 5 contest days Bruce dominated the qualifier by claiming 1st, 6th, 1st, 1st, and 2nd daily standings. The field of 8 sailplanes included two JS1 Revelations (one flown by Bruce and another flown by Brad Edwards who…
This post marks the beginning of a new category, Great Soaring Videos, for the Cafe that we hope will be enjoyable. Sean Fidler posted a link to this one on RAS last week. As he said, This is a great one. It is shot in up to full screen 1080i so it is by far…
