Tag Archive for World Gliding Championships

Special FAA Bulletin for Pilots & Captains

The WGC Managment has a special announcement for all pilots and team captains. Through the diligent work of WGC Managment member Mark Huffstutler, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has notified us that they will issue a Blanket Special Fligh…

Updated WGC 2012 Uvalde Control Points

The 2012 World Gliding Championship at Uvalde TX updated Control Point files are now posted on John Leibacher’s Worldwide Soaring Turnpoint Exchange website here. They were updated on April 28th, 2012. The control points are different from those used p…

This contest will be wired!

Thanks to the folks at Southwest Texas Junior College, Uvalde TX campus, and their IT department, both hardwired and wireless internet service will be available to teams and their crews for the contest. Plans are well underway to deploy a wireless…

SPOT Tracking at WGC 2012 Uvalde TX

Contest management has worked out an agreement with Hawke Tracking LLC (Mark Hawkings) to allow on-line tracking with SPOT devices through the wgc2012uvalde.com website. Information is available to Pilots through their on-line entry account under the l…

On-line Contestant Area

The management team of the WGC 2012 Uvalde TX is asking that all pilots review their email for an invitation to the on-line Contestant Center Area section of the website. If you have not received this email invitation you should contact Andrew Dignan a…