2022 WGC Hungary John Good Report
Today marked an end to trouble-free weather and straightforward soaring. Plenty of wind, extensive clouds and even some wave effects produced the first “shake up the score sheet” day at [...]
JWGC Pilot Report
The first Official Day: Right from the get go the whole airport was just a-buzzing with energy. I myself, was bounding with enthusiasm. My captain and crew were taking care [...]
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 [...]