No Free Rides: Keeping Mice out of your Sailplane
In a recent issue of Coffee Time, we requested members to respond to Adrian Nye’s question: How about something about mice - how to keep them out of the cockpit? [...]
Retention Ideas for Clubs
Join us for the Cross-clubs brainstorming Zoom meeting – Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. ET for 90 min. Make a 10‑minute welcome call and assign a buddy for every [...]
SSA Rules Survey and Election Announcement
Starting today, 3 October 2025, the voting for a seat on the Rules Committee will commence. There are 4 elected members of the rules committee that serve a 4-year term. [...]
New WeGlide League & Online Competition
The SSA is excited to announce a new league and online competition structure for the US, launching Oct. 1, 2025, in partnership with WeGlide! This collaboration brings a pure speed [...]
Simulation-based Online Flight Training Experience (SOFTE)
Simulation-based training offers a dynamic and risk-free approach to learning complex skills and procedures. Whether training to be a surgeon or maintaining proficiency as an airline pilot, simulation-based training is [...]
2025 Junior Program Update
In a recent conversation, SSA vice chair, Geoff Weck provided an update on the Junior Committee’s grant and scholarship program. As with many other activities, the program slowed down during [...]
Team USA Report – WGC Day 14 – Final Report
Weather was good today – perhaps a bit better than forecast. Tasks were – as expected on the final day – moderate: 3-hour Area tasks for all classes. All US [...]
Team USA Report – WGC Day 13
A difficult day with long tasks, more than half of which were not completed. The forecast was for decent lift under cumulus clouds that might dry up by late afternoon. [...]
Team USA Report – WGC Day 12
WGC2025 enjoyed its best weather of the contest thus far – though you could be excused for not expecting this based on morning forecasts, and indeed not until pilots were [...]
Team USA Report – WGC Day 11
A decidedly better forecast today. The front that brought rain has wandered off well to the east, leaving Tabor with cool temperatures, sun, and moderately unstable air productive of thermal [...]