John Good – 6 August
Light rain and thick cloud this morning postponed briefing and grid time, and created much doubt that any task would be possible. But small patches of sun were in view [...]
Light rain and thick cloud this morning postponed briefing and grid time, and created much doubt that any task would be possible. But small patches of sun were in view [...]
Another decent soaring day in Pociunai – our second in a row. Unfortunately, it had some traps, and one of these caught our three US Team pilots. We have post-frontal [...]
Now that’s more like it: a genuine flying day – the first since Sunday - with launches, cumulus clouds, racing and scores. To be sure, it was a 100% outlanding [...]
Another long “grid-squat” today, this time not interrupted by any dangerous weather. We had cooler morning temperatures and a dryer airmass, which felt encouraging. But southwest winds brought a steady [...]
No long grid-squatting session was needed today. We mustered 70 gliders at 11:30 in time for a scheduled noon launch, which (as expected) was soon postponed to 12:30. Sun was [...]
A complex and difficult weather pattern in southern Lithuania today. A front lying east of us was marching north, creeping east, and threatening to overrun Pociunai with troublesome wind followed [...]
The overnight weather forecast for western Lithuania was dire – it spoke of heavy rain, possible damaging winds and even dangerous hail. Most gliders here are left assembled with covers, [...]
In addition to our three pilots, JP Stewart, Noah Reitter, and Daniel Sahzin, Team USA is fortunate to have a stellar support staff. Captain Fernando Silva is a veteran [...]
For the first official competition day of JWGC2017, “pretty good” won out over “rain by noon”. The weather forecast at the morning pilot briefing spoke of weak-ish lift to only [...]
Greetings. Your US Team is on duty at the 10th FAI Junior World Gliding Championship, being held at Pociunai (about 20 miles south of the large city of Kaunas) in [...]