Monthly Archives: November 2017

George was analytical in his decision making. "Jo is there a particular reason we deviated that three degrees when on final glide?" was something Jo Davis heard from the backseat of the Nimbus. I am not saying that there are not times that we may wonder because we feel that there is lift or there is a wisp. However, there are many times that we wonder, truly aimlessly. That lack of attention is what

"Stop worrying about those things which you can’t control. Doing so is a complete waste of your energy which could be better spent on a more positive task." Chad Nowak still remembers this important lesson from George. Chad contributes him to becoming a World Champion in the Freestyle category in FPV Drones with the lessons from the camp.

Along with Sports Psychology from last week, you have

Plain Soaring in Australia is a paradise for glider pilots. We paid a nominal fee to cover our meals (where I was introduced to trifle), wonderfully prepared by Maren. We would alternate days flying with George Lee in his beautiful Nimbus 4DM. George, a 3 time consecutive World Gliding Champion, took his retirement with his wife Maren outside Dalby, Australia where they built Plain Soaring and invited

Thermalling in a Slight Slip

Dick Johnson wrote a great article titled "Circling the Holighaus way" Click here and log-in on the SSA website.

At Sky Sailing we teach spins with each student pre-solo. One of the entries we do with students is circling slow, then