16.00: It looks like the showers have reached the area quicker then expected. 18 M. class called for rain at the first TP, some only had a few drops and a group of pilots seemed to have reached the TP. The sniffer has been just packed in the trailer, due to the expected weather circumstances. One…
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Let’s go!!!
by Bill Elliott •
At 12.15 the sniffer went up, skies look great. “Tow pilots prepare for first launch at 12.30” was the message on the radio. So they do and their engines “roar”. Look at the sky!!!! It’s 12.30 , …….”Sweet Pea” go ahead and all tuggies go to the field. At 12.32 the 32 d WGC in Uvalde started!!!!…
Tasks!
by Bill Elliott •
Tasks today!
A Ripper of a Day??
by Bill Elliott •
Tasks today on Sunday August 5 2012: Open class 628 km. 18 m. 553 km. 15 m. 567 km. Briefing is over and I said a warm hello first this morning to Gerhard Waibel and his wife Tilly from Germany. He doesn’t need any extra introduction. Gerhard Waibel and his wife Tilly! Briefing today! —On…
Good Morning, on Day 1 from the 32nd WGC in Uvalde
by Bill Elliott •
The early birds are on the grid already. It’s 8.15 AM and I just set up my “office” for this first day, always special, always a bit tense, but everybody, pilots and crews are relaxed and ready to go. When I read a book I always read the last pages first. Wish I could do that here;…
Pictures from the Opening Ceremony!
by Bill Elliott •
Mac in his Japanese traditonal clothes arriving at the stadium. Team USA and gorgeous Brenda Seaborne. The stage in the middle with the “HEROES”around it! Eric Mozer and Team USA with crew the audience. The Soaring Café team this week. Next week Rand will be here as well.
Pictures from the Parade! Enjoy!
by Bill Elliott •
Pictures, pictures, and MORE pictures!
Pictures from the Pre WGC party!
by Bill Elliott •
Very busy in the kitchen and the Country and Western Band. Team Russia and part of team Denmark with Arne and his sister and wife in the middle. Dennis the USA TC and the “sniffer”and ….part from team Holland. Belgium pilot Patrick here in 1991 and now and Dutch TC Rene…
What a Morning!
by Bill Elliott •
What a great morning we had!!!! When they do something in Uvalde, they do it good! They closed the highway for an HOUR, pretty special, and all teams were sitting or standing on different vehicles cheered on by the public. The band marched behind it and really, EVERYBODY had fun. Enjoy the pictures in the next blog; they say it all.
Opening Day!
by Bill Elliott •
If the Pre-WGC opening dinner set the standard for this 32nd WGC in Uvalde, we are looking ahead at a fantastic competition. What a great night, fantastic food and a mix of a huge number of pilots, crew, friends and guests from town, as they were invited as well. Wonderful evening—10 out of 10!!!!
