January 8th
I had a notion of sleeping late this morning. We’ve reached the end of a busy practice period for WGC2017 in Benalla, Victoria, Australia and today is the Opening Ceremony [...]
John Good report – August 14
The closing ceremony is in the books, and the 34th WGC has been declared Official. The contest was something of a French triumph, with 4 of the 9 podium positions [...]
John Good report – August 13
The final scheduled day of competition at WGC2016 unfortunately didn’t happen. With bright sun in the morning we were surprised to receive an announcement that gliders should not be assembled [...]
John Good report – August 12
For pretty much the first time during this contest, Pocuiani enjoyed a beautiful morning and a brilliant weather forecast. The air was clear and crisp (overnight low was around 43 [...]
John Good report – August 11
Today began with more grim weather – and a near riot. I’m happy to say that both situations saw improvement by the end of the day. After substantial overnight rain, [...]
John Good report – August 10
Morning weather fooled us today: we awoke to sun and mostly blue skies. But clouds quickly marched in and all forecasts said to expect much more. They were correct: thickening [...]
John Good report – August 9
This was perhaps the toughest day yet. It involved assembling, gridding and launching 110 gliders (more than a few multiple times) only to see every one fall to earth in [...]
John Good report – August 8
Another struggle with weather today, this time moderately successful. Wind was forecast to be a big issue: it would be southwest and strong all day. Tasks had all classes headed [...]
John Good report – August 7
This was a day to try hard for a valid task - we’ve been sidelined too often by tricky weather patterns. We did try, and hard – but failed. It [...]
John Good report – August 6
Another tough weather day today – with flying cancelled at the morning pilot briefing due to low cloud, rain on the way, and generally grim conditions. Northeastern Europe is in [...]