Alphen aan den Rijn Wednesday May 30 2012 ritzdeluy@hotmail.com www.glidinginternational.com www.soaringcafe.com Sorry , in this blog the letters are a bit small. It seems when I copy and paste the news I receive, it takes the format from one of the writers. I have “nothing” in my toolbar to change that. No worries if […]
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Terlet and Ocana ;nice comps!Concordia flies!
by Bill Elliott •
Alphen aan den Rijn Sunday May 27 2012 ritzdeluy@hotmail.com www.glidinginternational.com www.soaringcafe.com pictures courtesy Oedske. I liked this years comps flown from Terlet. Good weather, good pilots and some tension specially in club class with nearly every day a different winner. With 7 out of 10 days, we can for sure NOT complain. Winners in 2 […]
Tough day, specially in club class!
by Bill Elliott •
17.30; It looks like a tough day. In club class 2 daily winners from last week, had to make an outlanding, one after 8.2 km. That’s hard! Also the overall leader from this moment is in a paddock. From the 8 pilots left in this class , 5 outlanded early , one did not […]
Updated! Two days to go at the CAE/NLS Dutch Nationals!
by Bill Elliott •
courtesy;Oedske. Friday morning May 25 2012 9.00 ; Day 5 at the CAE/NLS NK is a fact and I guess day 6 and 7 will be there as well as the weather for the rest of this week looks good, not only for the beach but also for soaring. I told you already that Rob [Looisen] […]
UPDATE: 16.00!20.00!21.30!Day 4.
by Bill Elliott •
As promised back with some more news. 14.00; The CAE/NLS Dutch Nationals will have, as it looks now , a champion not a winner, as this is day 4, which is good as over the last period we have n’t seen too many good days at comps in countries around us. But….First they have to […]
UPDATE: 16.00!Day 4.
by Bill Elliott •
As promised back with some more news. 14.00; The CAE/NLS Dutch Nationals will have, as it looks now , a champion not a winner, as this is day 4, which is good as over the last period we have n’t seen too many good days at comps in countries around us. But….First they have to […]
Good day… all 47 pilots finished yesterday!
by Bill Elliott •
Alphen aan den Rijn Wednesday May 23 2012 ritzdeluy@hotmail.com www.glidinginternational.com www.soaringcafe.com Great picture from Oedske! Finish at Terlet yesterday. It’s Wednesday my normal day to write , so back to the basics. Of course having a look first at the Nationals at Terlet where nobody had to outland and all pilots flew their different kilometers […]
They tried hard…it did not happen!Today it looks it will happen again.
by Bill Elliott •
Flying today …YES picture; courtesy Oedske Osinga Tuesday morning; Unfortunately after postponing the launches, the weather yesterday was still not good enough to fly. Lovely weather for BBQ and…. for what I did… sitting on a terrace in Amsterdam with 23 dgr., but pretty poor visibility. So another cancelled day, a pity, but that is soaring […]
Great long weekend!
by Bill Elliott •
Busy Saturday morning at Terlet. Picture courtesy Bert Kuijper. Monday May 21 2012; As said I try to write EVERY day till the end of the Dutch Nationals. So here we go with some Monday morning news beforte I travel to Amsterdam. In retrospect it is always easy to be the best meteo/tasksetter/CD. A […]
Cancelled !
by Bill Elliott •
Sunday morning!11.11 with some internet problems and a movement from the Thermiekbel to the Hangar . The briefing is over here at Terlet and the day is cancelled due to the expectation of thunderstorms with heavy gusts and hail. For tomorrow it does n’t look to good either , but there is hope ….as from Tuesday […]
