JP Stewart – posts and pictures
8/11 After trying to get a Contest Day We may not have had a contest day today but we had a pretty cool time! First order of business was a [...]
John Good – 10 August
Pociunai enjoyed a sunny, cloud-free morning. But an area of cloud and rain marching northeast from Poland gave poor prospects for a flying day. Yesterday’s mass-landout day put strain on [...]
John Good – 9 August
Our stretch of untroubled weather has come to an end: glider trailers again piled up impressive mileage in Lithuania. Weather issues today included strong southeasterly winds and an area of [...]
John Good – 8 August
For about the first time during JWGC2017, we awoke to perfectly clear skies, with no areas of cloud or troubled weather within hundreds of km of Pociunai. Indeed, the whole [...]
John Good – 7 August
An encouraging weather forecast today, leaving little doubt that some good motorless flying would be possible in Lithuania. This was a welcome change from morning uncertainty. The initial task had [...]
John Good – 6 August
Light rain and thick cloud this morning postponed briefing and grid time, and created much doubt that any task would be possible. But small patches of sun were in view [...]
John Good – 5 August
Another decent soaring day in Pociunai – our second in a row. Unfortunately, it had some traps, and one of these caught our three US Team pilots. We have post-frontal [...]
John Good – 4 August
Now that’s more like it: a genuine flying day – the first since Sunday - with launches, cumulus clouds, racing and scores. To be sure, it was a 100% outlanding [...]
John Good – 3 August
Another long “grid-squat” today, this time not interrupted by any dangerous weather. We had cooler morning temperatures and a dryer airmass, which felt encouraging. But southwest winds brought a steady [...]
John Good – 2 August
No long grid-squatting session was needed today. We mustered 70 gliders at 11:30 in time for a scheduled noon launch, which (as expected) was soon postponed to 12:30. Sun was [...]