John Good’s France WGC Report- Ninth Contest Day
A strange day today, with lots of struggle & outlandings, along with some very good US Team results. The forecast was for an unstable airmass, cool post-frontal temperatures and [...]
John Good’s France WGC Report- Rest Day
It’s a rest day, so I thought I’d do a brief report on one of our favorite local food sources: Le 23, in the nearby town of Boussac. This [...]
US Team Captain’s Report- Contest Update
The last few days have had some lows, highs, land outs and International night. Friday, Saturday and Sunday all started promising some great soaring. Sunday turned out to be [...]
John Good’s France WGC Report- Eighth Contest Day
Problems again today, this time in the form of a good soaring day collapsing sooner than forecast. All classes were given long tasks to the north (where essentially all [...]
John Good’s France WGC Report- Seventh Contest Day
We at last enjoyed a day of fairly good soaring weather, which produced the longest tasks, best speeds, and best rate of task completion yet seen at WGC2021. It [...]
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 [...]