high performance soaring
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March 31, 2022
The genesis of this article was an email question, sent in by a new XC pilot to an XC program panel where I was a mentor. The writer wanted to know if his club’s new acquisition of a higher performance single place glider might mean that newer XC pilots like him could participate in a Regional contest with a plan for “airport hopping” on tasks and thus avoid the challenge
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September 03, 2020
Gliding. It’s a spectacular sport as we all know, one that has many facets, one that can be shared amongst our peers, one that can give us endless joy & freedom from the world below. What I love about our sport is that you can enjoy it any way you please, local soaring, joy flights with the public, aerobatics, cross-country soaring, racing or records – it’s limitless & it’s exciting.