37th World Gliding Championships – Australia
Narromine NSW, Australia Nov 28 – Dec 16, 2023 #USTeamAustralia2023 MEET THE TEAM CONTEST NEWS VIEW ALL NEWS Contest Website Contest [...]
US Team Captain’s Report- Final Day
The 36th World Gliding Championships are in the bag! I am really proud of this Team’s performance over the last three weeks. Our pilots flew in very weak weather [...]
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 of outlandings and low finishers. It was notable for Tim [...]
US Team Captain’s Report- Ninth Contest Day
It was a great day for the US Team! Even with a late launch Daniel Sazhin and Tim Taylor turned in awesome results. Daniel won the day in Club [...]
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 forecast was for an unstable airmass, cool post-frontal temperatures and [...]
John Good’s France WGC Report- Seventh Contest Day
We at last enjoyed a day of fairly good soaring weather, which produced the longest tasks, best speeds, and best rate of task completion yet seen at WGC2021. It [...]
US Team Captain’s Report- First Official Practice Day
Yesterday the first Official Practice Day was a rainout. No attempts were made to fly. Today things were a bit more optimistic. The days have started out chilly in [...]
US Team Captain’s Report – Arrived in Montlucon
Everyone has arrived here in Montlucon. Tomorrow is the first day of unofficial Practice but our team will devote most of the day going over gliders, avionics and other [...]
US Team Captain’s Report- Traveling to France
We are on our way to France. Sean Murphy (15 Meter) and his Crew Paul Wheeden arrived a few days ago and picked up his JS3. Tim Taylor (15 [...]
WWGC 2020 Pre-Contest Days
Grid is filling up as the day warms up! First few gliders have launched for the last day of unofficial practice as competitors get ready for the Women's World Gliding [...]