5.30: Back home from Amsterdam, but TOO late to see the finishes; they were early today! I noticed that Graham had won by a nose on Mike. He won by a hair’s breadth. EXCITING! In points the difference is more–TWO!
Speeds around 150 km/h! 3 PM: This is the continuation of blog 1 from today. As you can see on the pictures of the Aussie team, the weather improved (this is looking N), the wind slowly blew the “rubbish” away and all pilots and crews were called to go to the grid. The task…
During the final of the Grand Prix in Sisteron, I try, on request, to shine my Ritz-light daily over what happened. Here is the news from the practice days and day ONE!
For the last few decades the soaring team of Klix has been organizing this competition for all gliding classes. As the WGC takes place this summer at Leszno in Poland, which is near by, a lot of pilots participated in the competition also for training reasons.
… and awesome weather in parts of Europe! This blog is a bit long, but there is SO much news. ENJOY it! Great weather, but also disappointing weather, comps and Nationals,… With a HIGH over the North sea the predictions for this weekend were more than hopeful. Yesterday it proved to be true, now in…
This article first appeared in in SoaringNZ Magazine. SoaringNZ is the official journal of Gliding New Zealand (GNZ). It is published quarterly and distributed to all GNZ members.
Author’s Note: This is a reprint from my club newsletter about a weekend trip to Talihina, OK in February 2013. For more information on ridge and wave soaring in Oklahoma, check out http://talihinasoaring.com/Talihina_Soaring/Welcome.html. The toll booth operators in Oklahoma are getting smart. They wanted to know if I was headed to a glider convention. Jeff…
Recent Android mobile phones such as Samsung’s Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note 2, and Google’s Nexus 4 have built-in barometric pressure sensors, GPS, and compass capabilities. In other words, you have […]
BTLinkPublishing is pleased to announce that Kai Gertsen’s book “Desperate to Fly” was awarded the 2012 Joseph Lincoln Award for “outstanding contribution to the sport of soaring through the use of the written word.” “Desperate to Fly” is part memoir, part instructional handbook with Kai’s manuals on Cross-Country Soaring, Off-Airport Landings and his clear and important manual on Spinning included as appendices.
99 Soaring Fans, This is Bravo Zulu 7 September 2012 Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday were flying days. So the camp was completed as planned. Cloudy mornings preceded clearing to partly cloudy by 1300. Wednesday and Thursday could be characterized as challenging since the ceilings were below 4000 feet MSL and the thermals were generally light. …
