The team are currently at Lake Keepit for Squad Week. The schedule is very full with morning discussions, a task briefing, a competition task, a debrief and an evening discussion.The Australian pilots who will be competing in Argentinian next January a…
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Concordia: An Interview with Dick Butler
by Rand Baldwin •
During our visit to Dick Butler’s workshop on February 19th, Dick graciously accepted our request for an interview. He talks about the status of the project and a few of the many remaining items that have to be tackled before Concordia debuts on the world stage in July.
First Post
by Bill Elliott •
The Australian team would like to welcome you. We’ll keep you posted as events unfold.
Uvalde Song
by Bill Elliott •
(apologies to Marty Robbins & El Paso!) Out in the South Texas town of Uvalde There was a contest of racing sailplanes They came from all over to fly at this contest All for a trophy, not profit or gain US team Butler & Tabery & Willet Flew open class with their elegant wings Elliot…
Team flying at Uvalde: lessons learned.
by Bill Elliott •
I want to start this post with a disclaimer, for fear it might be censored ;-). I’m a reasonably good racing pilot, but I was just barely off the bottom of the score sheet at the Uvalde pre-worlds, and had never tried team flying before. These are my personal thoughts based on flying with the…
Day 8 at Uvalde
by Bill Elliott •
Contest Website (15/18m) Contestants (15/18m) Contestants (Open Nationals) SPOT Tracking I’m writing this from the McDonald’s in Uvalde on the morning of August 15. The 2011 Uvalde pre-worlds is over, and I’m getting ready to pack out and head for Llano. We had an amazing run of great soaring weather here, and some fantastic flying by our current…
WE Report, Day 7, UvaldeGlide/PWGC
by SC Admin •
P7 and I had a good day yesterday and are currently tied for 2nd Place overall. Brad Edwards (JS1) and Jerzy Szemplinski (XG) are close behind. You can view the results here. The weather yesterday brought us considerable consternation as there was a cirrus deck to the the north and east and Dan Gudgel said…
Uvalde Weather, Friday and Saturday
by Bill Elliott •
Friday’s Weather Briefing Uvalde Weather, Day 7, Fri 12 Aug 2011 View more presentations from Glider Pilot Saturday’s Weather Briefing Uvalde Weather, Day 8, Sat 13 Aug 2011 View more presentations from Glider Pilot
Day 7 at Uvalde
by Bill Elliott •
Contest Website (15/18m) Contestants (15/18m) Contestants (Open Nationals) SPOT Tracking The morning assembly and ballasting routine was almost pleasant this morning – temps in the 70’s and enough of an overcast to keep the sun from melting everything as soon as it cleared the horizon. However, by morning meeting time it was evident that we had a problem…
WE Report, Day 6 PWGC/Uvalde
by SC Admin •
Day 6 is in the bag and I am quite disappointed. It always amazes me how on the days I feel like I did good, someone seems to “smoke me”. And, several people did as I finished 6th for the day and gave up too many points dropping to 4th overall. The weather forecast suggested…
