Mückenputzer
"Sailplane wings are designed to be extremely efficient but the smallest amount of contamination from bugs or rain can degrade the performance up to 10 points.... In areas [...]
A demonstration of kid’s training gliders at Pocuini
"Here's how soaring gets started here in Lithuania..... Endless cable loop runs from one end of the kids training runway. Tow cable attaches to the "shoe" and allows the [...]
Day 1 from Mike Westbrook & Tim McAllister
Traveling from Pocuinai Airfield to Poland on contest day 1.... "Team IF and YU representing the USA on Day 1 of the WGC placed 18th and 19th out of [...]
John Good report – July 31
The first competition day of WGC2016 arrived with mostly overcast skies and a dubious weather forecast: We were told to expect low clouds early and high clouds (thick cirrus) plus [...]
2016 WGC ~ 30 July Report
At a World Gliding Contest, the final day before the start of competition is traditionally not a flying day. All pilots are expected to have done enough practice flying to [...]
From Mike Westbrook’s cockpit today
"Day 0 - A quick final practice flight prior to the opening ceremonies later this afternoon The team is ready to race!", Mike Westbrook Because the weather has not [...]
2016 WGC ~ 29 July Report
Weather did not break our way today – Pocuiani had low cloud and occasional light rain through mid-afternoon. At the morning briefing a practice task was set, optimistically hoping to [...]
Walk-About Pocuinai style
Today Standard Class pilot Bob Fletcher and PG crew chief Jose Ignacio Otero decided to eschew the local weather and see the local area on foot! In the words [...]
2016 WGC ~ 28 July Report
At one point forecasts seem to suggest that today would offer decent soaring (which no doubt most here would welcome). It was not to be: rain began around 8:30, was [...]
Scrutineering-what is that?
One of the pre-competition requirements at the world championship level is scrutineering. The scrutineering or technical inspection is carried out to verify that the sailplane complies with the rules [...]