January 14th
A post-cold-front day at Benalla. The front cleared through the area overnight, sweeping away yesterday’s cloud and rain, and we woke to clear skies and much cooler temperatures (today’s high [...]
January 13th
A non-flying day today, and rather a strange one (as befits Friday the 13th). From yesterday evening we were under a severe weather warning, told to expect possibly damaging winds [...]
Crew Talk with the 15M Fellows
Competition at the International level would be impossible without an able person dedicated to a certain pilot: the “crew”. The level of expertise and competence of the field of competitors, [...]
January 12th
It was another severely blue day at Benalla: I doubt even a wisp of cloud was seen on course by any pilot in any class today. Fortunately, the lift was [...]
January 11th
No problems with cloudy weather today. You can find it well to the south and far to the north, but the Benalla task area was almost completely blue. Which is [...]
January 10th
Competition began today at the 34th World Gliding Championship – but it was not a day deemed especially satisfying by many. The large area of cloud that gave us rain [...]
January 9th
This was to have been the first official competition day at WGC2017, but the weather wouldn’t have it. Benalla this morning sat squarely in the path of a large stream [...]
January 8th
I had a notion of sleeping late this morning. We’ve reached the end of a busy practice period for WGC2017 in Benalla, Victoria, Australia and today is the Opening Ceremony [...]
Teamwork……
A flat tire for 5E prior to the launch and the response from the crews epitomizes the team's efforts for a world championship....from Paul Weeden's perspective...... "and so.. we [...]
US Team briefing from a Champion
1/3/17: The US team had a special briefing with 4 time world champion Ingo Renner. Ingo graciously shared some insights to the Benalla area and tips and tricks for flying [...]