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 [...]
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 JWGC Captain’s Report
Greetings from a sunny and very warm Tabor, Czech. Today we have spent the day preparing our camp and further refining our equipment. The day was scheduled to be blue [...]
US Team Captain’s Report- Final Day
The 36th World Gliding Championships are in the bag! I am really proud of this Team’s performance over the last three weeks. Our pilots flew in very weak weather [...]
John Good’s France WGC Report- Final Report
Today was a day much like many here, with a difficult forecast, small tasks, a late launch, and plenty of outlandings and low finishers. It was notable for Tim [...]
John Good’s France WGC Report- Tenth Contest Day
Another difficult day, this time with weather that actually beat the forecast. We awoke to low clouds and overcast, which most forecasts said would persist though most of the [...]
John Good’s France WGC Report- Rest Day
Another rest day today, due to a solid overcast of low clouds, predicted to last until at least evening. (And apparently different from yesterday’s solid overcast, which permitted flights [...]
US Team Captain’s Report- Ninth Contest Day
It was a great day for the US Team! Even with a late launch Daniel Sazhin and Tim Taylor turned in awesome results. Daniel won the day in Club [...]