US Team Captain’s Report- Third Contest Day
This morning was a busy one as the organizers issued version 2 of the waypoints files. They had to be loaded and checked. We had some equipment problems that [...]
US Team Captain’s Report- First Official Practice Day
Yesterday the first Official Practice Day was a rainout. No attempts were made to fly. Today things were a bit more optimistic. The days have started out chilly in [...]
US Team Captain’s Report – Arrived in Montlucon
Everyone has arrived here in Montlucon. Tomorrow is the first day of unofficial Practice but our team will devote most of the day going over gliders, avionics and other [...]
US Team Captain’s Report- Traveling to France
We are on our way to France. Sean Murphy (15 Meter) and his Crew Paul Wheeden arrived a few days ago and picked up his JS3. Tim Taylor (15 [...]
36th World Gliding Championships
Montlucon-Gueret, France August 4 - 20, 2021 #USTeamFrance2021 MEET THE TEAM CONTEST NEWS VIEW ALL NEWS Contest Website [...]
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, [...]
2017 Junior Camp and Contest has ended
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, [...]
January 14th
A post-cold-front day at Benalla. The front cleared through the area overnight, sweeping away yesterday’s cloud and rain, and we woke to clear skies and much cooler temperatures (today’s high [...]
Crew Talk with the 15M Fellows
Competition at the International level would be impossible without an able person dedicated to a certain pilot: the “crew”. The level of expertise and competence of the field of competitors, [...]
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 [...]