It’s Saturday evening, and the 11thJunior World Gliding Championships is officially open. This happened at a short and effective Opening Ceremony, held at the Szeged airfield. All teams gathered in their ‘uniforms’ [...]
Today was the final scheduled practice day at the 11thJunior World Gliding Championships, in Szeged Hungary. The practice week has gone well here: All four US pilots have good gliders that [...]
After two days of flying, Alex and I have decided to stand down today to relax and re-energize. (I think Alex also wanted a day off after retrieving me twice [...]
I flew! I took off in “DA” around 2pm yesterday afternoon on unofficial training day 1. The skies looked good (like good-day-at-Perry good) and I decided to fly the short [...]
This article is all about how I approach flying at new soaring sites and describes what I put into practice during recent visits to the Blue Ridge Soaring Society in [...]
JWGC Final few days and wrap up from Daniel Greetings from Kaunas! The contest is now over and the team has now cleaned up and split up to our [...]
The final day of JWGC2017 brought strange weather. Somewhat against probability, most pilots managed to complete a short task, which provided a much better ending to our competition than three [...]
8/12 Final Competition day and a long wait for the launch Noah - Team USA Noah's pic of JP getting ready for launch "Here we go! [...]
The Final Competition Day-a long wait on the grid, so a Cricket Match! Labas Rytas! Today is the final day of the competition. Forecast is hot and humid, with [...]
The pessimists carried the day today. We awoke to thick fog covering the airfield, which persisted through mid-morning. After a brief dose of sun, mid- and high-level cloud marched in. [...]
