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
Team USA Report – WGC Day 1
The first competition day of the 38th World Gliding Championships in Uvalde TX featured genuine 'Uvalde weather'. For the [...]
John Good’s France WGC Report- Final Report
Today was a day much like many here, with a difficult forecast, small tasks, a late launch, and plenty [...]
John Good’s France WGC Report- Tenth Contest Day
Another difficult day, this time with weather that actually beat the forecast. We awoke to low clouds and overcast, [...]
John Good’s France WGC Report- Rest Day
Another rest day today, due to a solid overcast of low clouds, predicted to last until at least evening. [...]
John Good’s France WGC Report- Ninth Contest Day
A strange day today, with lots of struggle & outlandings, along with some very good US Team results. The [...]
John Good’s France WGC Report- Rest Day
It’s a rest day, so I thought I’d do a brief report on one of our favorite local food [...]