Alphen aan den Rijn Wednesday July 11 2012 ritzdeluy@hotmail.com www.glidinginternational.com www.soaringcafe.com Lots of rain here over the last days, really “bucketing from the skies”! The one-day-competition, Amstelglide Grand Prix , was so lucky with their good weather on Saturday, as on Sunday it was raining cat’s and dogs here!!! It must have been great fun […]
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Issoudun..Ocana..Quarzazate..Uvalde..Gariep Dam..
by Bill Elliott •
Alphen aan den Rijn Sunday July 7 2012 ritzdeluy@hotmail.com www.glidinginternational.com www.soaringcafe.com The Schmelzer family added some new high- lights to their Moroccan holiday, loving every minute of their stay, taking the less good weather days for granted. The exclusive interview with Tijl is to be read in soaringcafe main page left today. Some flights I […]
Quarzazate….Space , Issoudun….and …back on line!
by Bill Elliott •
Alphen aan den Rijn Wednesday July 4 2012 ritzdeluy@hotmail.com www.glidinginternational.com www.soaringcafe.com Bert jr. and Tijl before the start of the 1000 km and after. Pictures courtesy Schmelzer brothers. Back on line after 4 days of more or less desperate trying to find out what was wrong. I “lost ” the “visual” toolbar, but Bill in […]
Pure gliders arrived as well!More news from Quarzazate!
by Bill Elliott •
Alphen aan den Rijn Sunday july 1 2012 ritzdeluy@hotmail.com www.glidinginternational.com www.soaringcafe.com July started today and in 28 days I will be in Uvalde. June by the way was , weatherwise a pretty miserable month in Holland. Also on the OLC not ONE day showed over 2000 flights , while in May we could see a few. […]
Euroglide …12 are back!Quintus!Quarzazate!
by Bill Elliott •
Alphen aan den Rijn Wednesday June 27 2012 ritzdeluy@hotmail.com www.glidinginternational.com www.soaringcafe.com Only 3 days in Husbos during the 18 m. UK Nationals, but at least 2 days more then at Lasham with the open class Nationals. Winner in 18 m. Derren Francis before former WGC participant , Russell Cheetham and winner in 1993 in Borlange […]
Euroglide, the Schmelzer-boy’s and..more!
by Bill Elliott •
Alphen aan den Rijn Sunday June 24 2012 ritzdeluy@hotmail.com www.glidinginternational.com www.soaringcafe.com Courtesy Bert Schmelzer jr. While brother Tijl is ” trying out ” Morocco [Quarzazate] Bert Schmelzer jr. spoils us with his great pictures WITH text, this time flying from Hausen Am Albis to Dachstein[far East] and back; 782 km. click to enlarge […]
Looking back and ahead.And…EUROGLIDE!
by Bill Elliott •
Alphen aan den Rijn Wednesday June 20 2012 ritzdeluy@hotmail.com www.glidinginternational.com www.soaringcafe.com EUROGLIDE, second day , first flying day on tracking system. Glidertracking.com On Monday morning when the Euro glide pilots were ready to go, a big line of thunder-storms heavy rain and wind moved from the SW to the NE from Holland. Also the weather […]
Great holiday back to “work”!
by Bill Elliott •
Alphen aan den Rijn Sunday June 17 2012 ritzdeluy@hotmail.com www.glidinginternational.com www.soaringcafe.com Back home again, and…pretty good weather!!! Holland was less good but the SW coast of Holland gave us all kind of weather and not too much rain. We even had one day with full sunshine. The area is called the Zeeuwse Riviera and they […]
Weird Weather! A Top-day, then Rain Again and So it Goes On!
by Bill Elliott •
I am not joking, but we had last Sunday the same temperature as at Christmas in mid-winter. And Saturday was just gorgeous, for us on the ground and for those high up and flying 750′s and more!
Ladies in Ulm-Erbach! Bayreuth 100 years old!
by Bill Elliott •
Alphen aan den Rijn Sunday June 3 2012 ritzdeluy@hotmail.com www.glidinginternational.com www.soaringcafe.com The ladies , flying the German Nationals , started on their first day in each class with a 2 hour AAT. Not an easy day with several outlandings. In Club class Swaantje Geyer, member of the German Female Team, was 2d with 150 km. in […]
