John Good’s Report for WWGC Closing Ceremony
We are back from the closing ceremony, where top performances were recognized and medals, trophies & prizes presented to winners. In a very proud moment, Sarah Arnold stepped onto the [...]
We are back from the closing ceremony, where top performances were recognized and medals, trophies & prizes presented to winners. In a very proud moment, Sarah Arnold stepped onto the [...]
A tricky day today. The morning weather forecast made it sound simple: a weaker version of yesterday, with good conditions confined to the area south and west of home. There [...]
Back to some good racing weather – with cumulus clouds, light winds, minimal dust, good lift and good speeds. It was also cool, with a high temperature around 95 F [...]
Not the day we were hoping for. Tomorrow has been announced as a rest day, with International Night scheduled for tonight. This much-anticipated event gives each team the chance to [...]
A more complicated and difficult day today, but one that worked. Once again the forecast offered good thermal conditions with cumulus clouds, followed by an early end to the day [...]
A “lake Keepit Day” today - a term used by locals to describe a day with good lift under “honest” cumulus clouds, good visibility and no issues standing in the [...]
A much better day today, featuring less smoke, more cumulus clouds, and tasks over mostly friendly terrain. Conditions never reached “booming”, and the day ended a bit early with easterly [...]
A more difficult day today, especially for Club Class. The forecast said very hot, very blue (except well to the southwest) and a possibility of lift shutting down around 5:30 [...]
Report for 4 Jan 2020 – by John Good A good day to start our competition - which is to say frightfully hot (around 106 F) and mostly blue. But [...]
It’s Opening Ceremony day of the 10th Women’s World Gliding Championship, at Lake Keepit in New South Wales, Australia. Practice flying is done and – other than a short ceremony [...]