JWGC-Szeged: “Thanks” & Photos from Noah Reitter
"I learned an incredible amount at the 2019 JWGC and I'd like to thank all of you, it would not have been possible without your support." Most of all, I'd [...]
JWGC-Szeged: Closing thoughts from Michael Marshall
I finished the JWGC on a strong note. Saturday was our last flying day with reasonably strong but seriously blue conditions. I started with the gaggle and flew with the [...]
John Good JWGC Report 8/8-Contest Day 9
Widespread morning cloud was accompanied by considerable skepticism that flying would be possible today. We duly gridded all gliders on the possibility that a clear area approaching from the west would [...]
John Good JWGC Report 8/6-Contest Day 7
We had another dose of weird weather today. The key feature was an unusual line of lift, probably controlled by wave generated by interaction between low-level southerly winds and the upper-level [...]
John Good JWGC Report 8/5-Contest Day 6
A difficult and eventful day today. At the morning pilot briefing, we were told to expect the best weather of the contest – and when the tasks were displayed, we learned [...]
John Good JWGC Report 8/4-Contest Day 5
A challenging day today, with post-frontal weather that produced some very good lift and some difficult areas, with spreadout, light rain and then dead skies on final glide. In the [...]
John Good JWGC report-7/26
Today was the final scheduled practice day at the 11thJunior World Gliding Championships, in Szeged Hungary. The practice week has gone well here: All four US pilots have good gliders that [...]
John Good – 12 August
The final day of JWGC2017 brought strange weather. Somewhat against probability, most pilots managed to complete a short task, which provided a much better ending to our competition than three [...]
Noah Reitter – JWGC Updates and Pix
8/12 Final Competition day and a long wait for the launch Noah - Team USA Noah's pic of JP getting ready for launch "Here we go! [...]
John Good – 5 August
Another decent soaring day in Pociunai – our second in a row. Unfortunately, it had some traps, and one of these caught our three US Team pilots. We have post-frontal [...]