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Minden Wave Camp 2012

Above all, Minden is known for wave conditions.  Wave camps of yore boasted scores of gliders, a hundred pilots, and dozens of diamond badges.  Crowds were so big that lectures and meals were held in a conference room at the local casino.  Since 2009, SoaringNV has worked to revive the Minden Wave Camp tradition. This…

Robert Spielman Makes Longest OLC Flight on 11 March

Source—OLC Magazine: On March 11, 2012, Robert Spielman of Air Sailing Nevada, launched from the Minden-Tahoe Airport in a SparrowHawk and made the longest flight in the OLC world competition for that day. Robert logged 898.8 km in six legs for 1105 points and averaged 133.6 kph. Congratulations, Robert! At this writing, Robert is 2nd in the U.S. OLC competition, only 24 points behind the leader, Robert Templin of Aero Club Albatross.

Yet Another (!) U.S. Record Wave Flight by Boettger and Bennett

Well, they’ve gone and done it again! The Dynamic Duo, a.k.a., Gordon Boettger and Hugh Bennett, drove Hugh’s Duo Discus to yet another U.S. distance record on Wednesday, April 20th. This is the third record set by the indefatigable pair in the past two months and the longest distance flight posted on the OLC for the current season.

Nice post about Gordon Boettger’s recent flight

The Schempp-Hirth site has a nice short post about Gordon’s flight.  The article is in German but I find that my browser’s  translator works just fine. … We congratulate Gordon on this unusual flight. That this flight was made with a Duo Discus.   We are very happy and it shows once more that universal power…