John Good – 1 August
A complex and difficult weather pattern in southern Lithuania today. A front lying east of us was marching north, creeping east, and threatening to overrun Pociunai with troublesome wind followed [...]
A complex and difficult weather pattern in southern Lithuania today. A front lying east of us was marching north, creeping east, and threatening to overrun Pociunai with troublesome wind followed [...]
The overnight weather forecast for western Lithuania was dire – it spoke of heavy rain, possible damaging winds and even dangerous hail. Most gliders here are left assembled with covers, [...]
In addition to our three pilots, JP Stewart, Noah Reitter, and Daniel Sahzin, Team USA is fortunate to have a stellar support staff. Captain Fernando Silva is a veteran [...]
For the first official competition day of JWGC2017, “pretty good” won out over “rain by noon”. The weather forecast at the morning pilot briefing spoke of weak-ish lift to only [...]
Greetings. Your US Team is on duty at the 10th FAI Junior World Gliding Championship, being held at Pociunai (about 20 miles south of the large city of Kaunas) in [...]
The 2017 Junior Camp and Contest has ended. It was run simultaneously with the Region 3 competition in Elmira. The Junior event was for pilots under the age of 26, [...]
The 2017 US Soaring Team Camp has come to a close. This post is a bit late since the Cordele Nationals started right after the camp. The camp featured "international" [...]
This week in Cordele, Ga., the 3 members of our Junior International Team are honing their skills with other current, previous and hopeful US Soaring Team members. JP FROM [...]
Letter From the US Junior Soaring Team... One way to contribute to help these capable young pilots... and have fun doing it,,, is to take one of the available seats [...]
Participate in the Region 5 North contest from a unique vantage point... Behind one of the competing pilots, in the back seat of their 2 place planes. Great opportunity to [...]