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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Vintage happening at Malden!
by Bill Elliott •
Postillion Hotel Arnhem Friday May 18 320122 ritzdeluy@hotmail.com www.glidinginternational.com www.soaringcafe.com Yes a bit earlier then expectedas too much news does n’t invite to read and too late news is no news. Just visited on my way to Terlet the airfield of Malden and had a look at the brand new 2 storey hangar and the […]
Terlet, Dutch Nationals !Hahnweide!
by Bill Elliott •
Friday May 18 2012 TERLET Dutch National Soaring Center/Postillion Hotel Arheim ritzdeluy@hotmail.com www.glidinginternational.com www.soaringcafe.com The CAE /NLS Dutch Nationals have started on Thursday with 48 pilots in 3 classes. You can follow them on www.nkzweefvliegen.nl and live.glidertracking.com . and on Facebook Facebook pagina and Twitter [Tweets #nkzweef ] ! Young Frank Hiemstra one of the 3 power-figures behind […]
Hammerwetter 19x 1000Km in Europe!!First 1000 k. FAI TRIANGLE from Holland!
by Bill Elliott •
Alphen aan den Rijn Wednesday May 16 2012 ritzdeluy@soaring.eu www.glidinginternational.com www.soaringcafe.com That great weather we had on Saturday turned out even better on Sunday with less wind and a more enjoyable temperature. 3833 Pilots logged their flight on the OLC!!! Great picture by Stan Heerink. Dutch glider pilots were in great spirit, as I could read on the […]
Club Class Masters!And…an extremely good day in Holland!
by Bill Elliott •
Alphen aan den Rijn May 13 2012 MOTHERDAY ritzdeluy@hotmail.com www.glidinginternational.com www.soaringcafe.com A sunny good morning with very blue skies today at 8.30 but clouds popping up at 9.15. Very weird weather here in Holland. Lot’s of rain…great for the garden…but most of the time too cold for the time of the year and then in […]
