Team Captain, John Good has been a member of the US Team at many World Gliding Championship event.
He has served as crew, Team Captain and daily report author numerous times. John has served on the US Team Committee, the Contest Rules Committee, chaired the Contest Committee, and the Hall of Fame Vetting board. He has received an SSA Exceptional Achievement Award several time and is a member of the United States Soaring Hall of Fame. He was the Deputy Championship Director/ Task-setter at the 2012 WGC in Uvalde, Texas and brings a wealth of international rules knowledge as Captain.
John is an active competition pilot and flies a Discus 2 and Duo Discus.
NEWS ABOUT JOHN
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]