John Good’s France WGC Report- Sixth Contest Day
Friday the 13th actually worked out reasonably well at WGC2021. We still don’t have a 1000-point day in any class, but for once the weather came in a little [...]
John Good’s France WGC Report- Fifth Contest Day
A strange day today. The weather forecast was the best yet: plenty of sun, higher temperatures, better lift, and a rarity here thus far: cumulus clouds. There was some [...]
John Good’s France WGC Report- Fourth Contest Day
Rather a strange day today. The forecast called for blue conditions, but with better lift than previously. The launch was again delayed: lift in these unfavorable conditions takes a [...]
US Team Captain’s Report- Fourth Contest Day
After getting the new turnpoint file loaded and checked we attended to Pilots meeting which included the weather brief. The forecast called for an early start and we would [...]
US Team Captain’s Report- Third Contest Day
This morning was a busy one as the organizers issued version 2 of the waypoints files. They had to be loaded and checked. We had some equipment problems that [...]
John Good’s France WGC Report- Third Contest Day
Much more sun, but another day of short tasks, late starts and plenty of outlandings. Conditions were blue and very weak until mid-afternoon. At last the 15-Meter class (first [...]
US Team Captain’s Report- Second Contest Day
This is the second day of the contest but the first day of flying a task. As previously reported the task did not launch until 3:30 PM. Club Class [...]
John Good’s France WGC Report- Second Contest Day
A quick note today, as I’m just back from helping retrieve Sarah Arnold, who was among 22 Standard-class pilots unable to complete their relatively short task today. The forecast [...]
John Good’s France WGC Report- First Contest Day
Today was WGC2021’s first scheduled contest day. 95 gliders were duly assembled, ballasted with water (except for Club class, where disposable ballast is not allowed) and gridded at the [...]
John Good’s France WGC Report- Opening Ceremony
Welcome to central France and the 36th World Gliding Championship. That was the essence of several (mercifully brief) speeches given in both French and English (and broadcast over a [...]