I admired Bruce yesterday. As you have read in my blog, he flew most of the short, difficult and slow race alone. Here is his story…
Day 3@ Sisteron
by Bill Elliott •
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FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix 2014
by Bill Elliott •
The FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix 2014 is underway at Aéroclub International de Sisteron in France.
Updating the Caesar Creek Soaring Club Waypoint Database
by Bill Elliott •
Sometime in the last 20 years or so, I became the unofficial ‘custodian’ for my home club’s waypoint database. I think it all started when I kept failing to find a nearby airstrip that was in our database, and on the FAA sectional.
Perry (Wagener, SC) Airstrip Review, Part II
by Bill Elliott •
In consultation with Al Tyler and Sam Zimmerman, I have come up with the following plan to tame the wild-and-woolly Perry database ;-).
Perry (Wagener, SC) Airstrip Review, Part I
by Bill Elliott •
Authors Preface: As many of you have already discovered, I password-protected this post so I could show it to Al Tyler and get his input before making the review public. This turned out to be an epic mistake, as Bill Elliott was apparently deluged with complaints and/or requests for access (sorry Bill!). So … I’m…
2014 GTA Race Series Kicks Off in March
by Bill Elliott •
The first Georgia-Tennessee-Alabama (GTA) Race of 2014 is coming up! On March 29th and 30th, the Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama Racing Association will host their first race of 2014 in Bainbridge, GA (KBGE).
Region 5 West at Chilhowee
by Bill Elliott •
This Region V West contest was a very demanding one. It required the best of every pilot. My congratulations to those who topped the field, they did an exceptional job of reading the weather and finding the energy lines. Fernando Silva came in first, Frank Paynter second, and Mamad Takallu third. All very experienced contest…
“Wings Over Sweden” Pilots in Competitions
by Bill Elliott •
Early this year, the Café published a announcement from the creators of a Kickstarter project called “Wings Over Sweden,” which sought crowd-funding to begin a TV documentary on sailplane racing. As backers of the project, we just received a project update from spokesman Andrew McQuiggan and would like to share it with our readers. We…
Florida Sailplane Grand Prix – USA
by Bill Elliott •
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…
2013 Canadian National Soaring Championships – Epilogue
by Bill Elliott •
T he Nationals have come and gone and we should all be proud of what we as a club have accomplished. By all accounts, this year’s Nationals was a great success (in spite of the weather challenges). We showed the Canadian soaring community the spirit that is GGC. A special thank-you goes out to MSC…
