Monthly Archives: December 2015

It has been a long time since I have crewed for anyone, actually I was 17 crewing for Sean Franke and Dan Ladd. I just spent almost a month crewing for ZR at the JWGC 2015. It was very hot, dry, and dusty in Narromine. But I did learn a few things. Your crew has to stay hydrated all day, flying you at least get to cool off at altitude, but it was relentless on the ground. You have to make sure your

The ClearNav system offers many great benefits; ease of use, reliable, and tactical advantages. These reasons made it an easy choice for the U.S. Junior team flying at the JWGC to build panels and pack them to Australia. The 3 cirrus' we had all had ClearNav's, two of them had CNv. The U.S. Junior pilots were incredible happy with them. Boyd has always used a CAI 302 and has always been impressed with

My winter selection for reading is a mix of learning and entertainment to get me into the racing spirit. Right now we are fully into the racing spirit at Narromine Australia, at the Junior World Gliding Championships. www.jwgc2015.com But for those shoveling snow here

FLARM is a collision avoidance system developed by glider pilots. FLARM warns if there is a collision hazard from terrain (optional), other FLARM-equipped gliders and other aircraft (ADS-B & transponder). It also gives the location of non-threatening nearby FLARM-equipped gliders. FLARM is programmed with intelligence to understand the unique flight characteristics of gliders so it stays quiet