Team USA Report – JWGC Contest Day 3-5
Contest Day 3 The first official day 3 was scrubbed (to no-ones great surprise) and we got to spend the afternoon catching up with administrative and household duties while [...]
Team USA Report – JWGC Contest Day 1 & 2
Contest Day 1 After the torrential rain of the practice period had chance to dry out we woke on the first day to light rain. This passed quickly however the [...]
Team USA Report – JWGC Practice & Opening Ceremony
2024 Junior World Gliding Championships, Ostrow, Poland The 2024 Junior World Gliding Championships is the 13th Junior Worlds to be held. It is taking place at the Michaelkow Airfield in [...]
13th FAI Junior World Gliding Championships
Ostrow, Poland July 13 - 27, 2024 #USTeamPoland2024 MEET THE TEAM CONTEST NEWS VIEW ALL NEWS Contest Website Contest Results [...]
Junior CFI-G Scholarship
Awards of $3,000 towards CFI-G training & qualifications (Ages 17-24). September 30 Deadline.
Team USA Report – International Nite Revisited & Smoke Arrives
International Night ~ Revisited International Nite was last night from 7 to about 9 pm with the expectation of flying today. International Nite has each team bring food and [...]
Team USA Report – Got Wind & Smokey Skies?
No task today. Unfortunately, the weather did not go our way today. The weather problems today are: northeast wind 10 - 15 kts gusting to 20+ and smoke rolling [...]
Team USA Report – Got thunderstorms?
No task today.Maybe later today? Contest Management was expecting severe thunderstorms later this afternoon. They wanted to call a rest day in one of the next four days. They thought, [...]
Team USA – Contest Day #3: Double Club Class Landout
The weather forecast called for a low blue day, with 3-4 kt climbs to 4,000 ft (field elevation is ~750 ft), with lift shutting down at 6:30 pm. Club Class [...]
WGC Practice Week Finished – Ready To Race!
Greetings from Narromine, Australia!This is your captain speaking… I always wanted to say that.Team USA is ready to race!Yesterday was the last practice day of the 5 day practice period. [...]