A midair collision between two 15-Meter class gliders happened at around 15:30, about 30 km southwest of Uvalde. Loius Bourderlique of France (glider FB) was able to fly back to Uvalde and land safely. Peter Hartmann of Austria (glider PC) b…
Since this is being widely reported elsewhere and to reassure everyone ….There has been a mid-air collision between two 15m gliders on task. Both pilots are fine. One landed back at the field and one bailed out.Australian pilots are not involved and …
The United States team operates at a disadvantage, compared to other countries, because United States contest rules specifically forbid team flying. Most U.S. pilots have not flown collaboratively with a teammate until they reach the world competition …
Stratus in the morning has given way to widespread cumulus with FEW sky covering over the the entire Uvalde tasking area. By 1530CDT some contestants were rounding the turnpoints in the Hill Country northeast of Uvalde. Cloud bases were around 7000 fee…
Good morning on Day 12 at the WGC!Today I had an earlier that usual start, delivering donuts to the weighing and ground operation crews. I was able to see these people working starting 7:30 in the morning and I will tell you all about it with pictures …
Mmmmmmm – a new cunning plan today ….
Wx. should be uniformly good over entire contest site with no significant threat of sea breeze intrusion. Launches a little earlier and probably blue initially, but good cu development later. Racing tasks for all classes using N. task area early …
Nick, ST – Day 11, 16 AugA late starting day with slowly rising cloudbase is the prediction. 2-3 knots to 5500′ in the blue is what I find after release.I sample lift in a few gaggles, but find nothing much, and gliders are milling around waiting for t…
Today, it was expected that convection would start late and finish somewhat early so we had a relatively short 3:30 area task. The 18 m class was second on the grid, and our gate opened around 3 pm. With an expected end of convection before…
Drying from the strong temperature inversion did indeed mix drier air and dissipated the morning stratus field around Uvalde. However, temperature forecasts right on-trend and thermal altitudes initially low just after launch. Around 1500CD…
