2022 WGC Hungary John Good Report
We are winding down our WGC rest day, feeling suitably well rested and eager for more flying. Today’s weather pretty well justified the decision not to attempt a task: as [...]
2022 WGC Hungary John Good Report
A good soaring day today, ahead of a cold front approaching from the west. We have just returned from International Night, where teams offer food & drink emblematic of their [...]
2022 WGC Hungary John Good Report
We had a favorable weather forecast today, featuring a good airmass that needed only moderate solar heating to produce good thermal lift. We awoke to clouds that were confidently expected [...]
JWGC Pilot Report
After the previous day’s successful albeit slow flight, I made it my goal to try and follow/ fly with other people today. It didn’t take me long to find a [...]
2022 WGC Hungary John Good Report
Yesterday’s cold front was one of the notably courteous kind (rare, in my experience). It arranged to pass Szeged late enough yesterday to allow all pilot to complete their tasks, [...]
JWGC First Official Practice Day
Captains Report: Good Afternoon from Tabor, Czech. Today was the first official practice day of the contest and I feel both Team USA and Contest Organizers did a great job. [...]
2022 WGC Hungary John Good Report
Today’s forecast predicted challenging condition in the form of a cold front approaching from the northwest. With luck it would hold off just long enough to allow short-ish tasks that [...]
2022 WGC Hungary John Good Report
Today’s conditions produced the first scores at WGC2022 – and a high percentage of task completions (two 18-Meter pilots “ran out of day” and came up just short). The absurdly [...]
2022 JWGC Captain’s Report
Greetings from a sunny and very warm Tabor, Czech. Today we have spent the day preparing our camp and further refining our equipment. The day was scheduled to be blue [...]
2022 JWGC First Non-Official Practice Day
Tom's thoughts: 2022 JWGC and from the Czech Republic. David and I rose to a perfect morning and soaring day here in Tabor. The plan was to fly the glider, [...]