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 8/10-Final Contest Day
A hot day today (around 96F) – hot enough to make a moderately stable airmass work moderately well, (though not hot enough to produce cumulus clouds). Good climbs were available [...]
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 8/7-Contest Day 8
A warmer day today, with another dose of quirky weather. One feature near home was wave over cumulus clouds, which allowed many pilots to climb to their best altitudes of the [...]
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 [...]
JWGC 1st Week Wrap Up from Michael Marshall
The flying here is very challenging. The last 4 race days have had a little bit of everything - strong thermals, big gaggles, massive thunderstorms, thick overcasts, and landouts. A lot [...]
John Good JWGC Report 8/2-Contest Day 4
Probably the trickiest day yet at JWGC2019. All forecasts called for thickening mid- and high-level cloud to march into central and eastern Hungary by noon, and a morning view to the [...]
John Good JWGC Report-8/1 Contest Day 3
This was predicted to be the best day yet, with climbs to over 6000’ possible in areas north and west of Szeged. Tasks were set just a bit shorter than the [...]