Once again I don’t think anyone was too inspired by the forecast this morning. Weatherman John Lubon said it was going to be blue blue blue, unless a crazy thermal was heated up enough to make it up to the lofty altitude of nearly 7000 feet. So, we all expected solid blue. What most of…
ready for day 8. Picture courtesy SGP organizers SISTERON in the Southern Alps 5:30 PM. What a fantastic week it was. Heroic stuff is what Brian called it. So do I. Even today you thought, “It’s in the pocket,” but then they were in “the weeds” and had to dig themselves out. Being first at…
A grand total of 102 gliders and 122 pilots will fly above the beautiful Finnish lakes and forests in hot pursuit of coveted titles of World Gliding Champions this coming summer.
What a great day again! Sometimes a bit scary, then exciting, then just unbelievable … how do they do it? Ingredients today: fast pilots losing in the end because they did not take good lift in between, police to help Bruce get away from the farmers land he landed in, pilots “written off” but returning to the lead! Here is the day for you if you had no time to follow it live. Enjoy!
Memorable flights come in many packages. Some are memorable because they broke a record, others for beautiful scenery, still others were challenging due to the weather or interesting circumstances. By comparison, mine is memorable in spite of the usual criteria. It was not particularly fast, nor high, nor even unusually long. I can’t claim the typical…
What an amazing and exciting flight it was yesterday between Bruce and Nicolas. A farmer from the East Coast of Australia (NSW), used to flying over flat country, and an instructor from St Auban in France, used to the mountains and blessed with the skills to fly them. Loved it. They truly deserved the 10 and 8 points and showed how spectacular our sport can be.
Some thoughts on why you should consider flying a regional contest and how it can make you a better pilot all-around.
It took quite a while before they knew who was the winner yesterday. Penalty points for a too high start … a too early start … a too low finish, all variations passed by. So I thought I’d better look tomorrow and I just did.
They started in Sisteron with day 5 and expectations were HIGH! First launch was at 1.20 PM and the expectation was for a day with thermals, ridge soaring, maybe even wave and maybe some showers–lot of ingredients to make the pilots happy, though the expected 25+ kt wind might be a bit of a “devil”.…
This just in from the SGP … Graham Parker, Mike Young, and Geogio Galetto captured the top three spots in today’s race. Check in later for Ritz’s race blog. Update: @faisgp: Latest news from @Briansgp: It’s currently a dead heat between Parker and Young. Will need a bit more time to come up with today’s…
