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 – 9 August
Our stretch of untroubled weather has come to an end: glider trailers again piled up impressive mileage in Lithuania. Weather issues today included strong southeasterly winds and an area of [...]
John Good – 5 August
Another decent soaring day in Pociunai – our second in a row. Unfortunately, it had some traps, and one of these caught our three US Team pilots. We have post-frontal [...]
#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 – 30 July
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 [...]
2nd FAI WGC 13.5 Has Ended
Tony Condon and François Pin have completed representing the US Soaring Teams at the 2nd FAI WGC 13.5 2017 competition. Tony won day 8 - congratulations Tony. François Pin [...]