We moved in time ONE hour ahead this weekend ; SUMMERTIME, BUT summer is still far away. The 50thiest lustrum of the ZES , last Wednesday was one big feast of recognation. One thing was evident; we surely got […]
Happy Easter!
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Scandinavia wakes up! Tornado-story..updated! Nitra welcomes over 100 pilots end of this week!
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The pilots from AKAflieg Frankfurt have settled down for their Wave Research Camp in Spain, since March 18; at LACerdanya.
A junior aviator day! 17th FAI EGC in Poland! Calcinate!
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ALPHEN AAN DEN RIJN SUNDAY MARCH 24 2013 ritzdeluy@hotmail.com www.soaringcafe.com www.glidinginternational.com Good morning on this sunny Sunday morning here, but freezing cold. Not a lot of time anymore so here is an important reminder , for those who are interested and have not read it yet, this next invitation-mail for the 17th FAI EGC in Ostrow […]
Icy soaring conditions, give pleasure as well!
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ALPHEN AAN DEN RIJN WEDNESDAY MARCH 20 2013 ….the astronomical SPRING or ….autumn down under, starts…. ritzdeluy@hotmail.com www.soaringcafe.com www.glidinginternational.com NOT that we FEEL that spring is about to start here. With a cold easterly and temperatures up to 8 dgr. LOWER than the average 10 for this time of the year, it seems we long […]
Nostalgia-1988- EGC-video! Ridge soaring from Brown Field !
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ALPHEN AAN DEN RIJN Sunday March 17 2013 ritzdeluy@hotmail.com www.soaringcafe.com www.glidinginternational.com What a lovely video produced by Finnish TV about the EGC in 1988!!!It brings back so many good/sweet moments and nostalgic ones, as running around with camera’s and barographs. Familiar faces from Klaus Holighaus , Ernst Gernot Peter , Karin Lysakowski and her dad […]
Wings over Sweden project goes ahead.
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ALPHEN AAN DEN RIJN WEDNESDAY MARCH 13 2013 or 13-03-13 ritzdeluy@hotmail.com www.soaringcafe.com www.glidinginternational.com This ,by the Australian Soaring Center from Corowa sponsored container for the Dutch team flying in Argentina, arrived last weekend back from Chaves. All gliders in good order, meaning this WGC is finished now !! Evaluation and a reunion normally follow later and than,……… […]
The repair of a broken ARCUS fuselage! Wings over Sweden,…only a few hours to go for a YES!!
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Alphen aan den Rijn Sunday March 10 2013 ritzdeluy@hotmail.com www.soaringcafe.com www.glidinginternational.com Sunday today, maybe no important jobs for you to do , so time enough to look at the next video, that is ,…when you have not seen it yet. This video, just under 20 minutes, is MORE than worthwhile to look at. It is made […]
Pelagia Majewska Medal 2013 is for Maria Bolla. And, the past,…. with a story about the Bridge and Rhine!
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Alphen aan den Rijn Wednesday March 6 2013 ritzdeluy@hotmail.com www.soaringcafe.com www.glidinginternational.com The last words about the PLENARY, specially for the younger people. Like me you might not know too much about the winner of the Majewska award but, ” between us girls” we always find extra news, to honnor a lady deserving such an award, in […]
Searching for whales in a duo discus! Perlan Project News!
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Alphen aan den Rijn Sunday 03-03- 2013 ritzdeluy@hotmail.com www.soaringcafe.com www.glidinginternational.com Back from Papendal and back to the “normal” blogs. More stories about Papendal in todays “soaringcafe”, with the pictures from Jiri ” hanging on the ceiling”. Received a nice mail from Jarek from the Geelong Gliding Club flying from Bacchus Mars in Australia about “WHALES […]
03-03-2013, last news from Papendal before I leave!
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10 AM; What a splendid evening we had yesterday. A bit excited ,like on a school trip and after the good and quick meeting with for nearly everybody good results , [at lot of applause yesterday afternoon before it was over!] we drove to Nijmegen the oldest town from Holland and than to Malden the […]
