Another dusty and windy Good afternoon from the WGC!It was quite a trip getting to the grid and back today, due to that same wind as yesterday that is busy picking up all the dust and blinding us. Against all obstacles, the launch went on safe and in g…
Another dusty and windy Good afternoon from the WGC!It was quite a trip getting to the grid and back today, due to that same wind as yesterday that is busy picking up all the dust and blinding us. Against all obstacles, the launch went on safe and in g…
15 m task updated!After carefully discussing, the WGC task setter group decided to make a chance to the task in order not to have too many pilots in one area at the same time – the first turn point has been eliminated:15m Class:LaPalomaGlassRanchU…
Rick Walters is on site now and we were chatting about 2012 WGC Speeds. Per Rick: “The fastest flight after 10 days of competition has been Peter Harvey’s. His speed of 161 kph on day 7 is the equivalent of Ron Tabery’s speed of 100 mph at la…
Good morning! Countdown continues – Day 3 just starts in Uvalde for all of us.The staff of volunteers running the competition have a lot of surprises up their sleeve for the last 3 nights here – food, drinks, parties, prizes – stick around the big whit…
Yesterday a small area of moisture up the Rio Grande provided a local area of cumulus SW to NE over Uvalde. Farther to the SE it was dry and blue. Lift altitudes restricted competitors to generally less than 7000ft. through 16:00, thereafte…
Good afternoon after the most challenging launch we ever had here!When arriving at the airport this morning the participant countries flags were fully extended in the wind. Nothing bad so far in normal conditions, but if you decide to go on the gr…
A shot of moisture from the Rio Grande Valley brought some low cumulus late morning continuing still at launch time that was not evident in the morning models. Weathermen still expect it to dry out.
Sitting on the grid here at Garner Field waiting for launch to begin momentarily. Unexpected for day 10, clouds fill the sky all around from view of the airport. The first open class pilot just launched, and all the crews are slowly beginning to scat…
Sitting on the grid here at Garner Field waiting for launch to begin momentarily. Unexpected for day 10, clouds fill the sky all around from view of the airport. The first open class pilot just launched, and all the crews are slowly beginning to scatte…
