Michael Marshall update from JWGC after Practice Days.
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 [...]
Much Deserved Rest Day ~ And Great Post By Erik Nelson
From 5E: Sunday morning and we managed to sleep in a little. Actually, the Crewton is still sleeping somehow despite full sun brightening her room. Today's a rest day, and [...]
2017 Junior Camp and Contest Summary
Based on the article published in the November 2017 issue of soaring magazine The combined Junior Camp/Contest and Region 3 Contest were held at Harris Hill, Elmira, [...]
Team Updates from Daniel Sazhin
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 [...]
John Good – 12 August
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 [...]
Tony Condon’s posts from the Pociunai JWGC
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 [...]
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 – 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 [...]
#JWGC “Team Members” Pilots and Support
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 [...]
John Good report from JWGC 7/29
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 [...]