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Last Thursday I took the Silent 2 Electro down to Talihina, OK. Wind was supposed to be strong out of the SW and more importantly very consistent in direction and speed up to about 30,000 ft. I self launched about 8:20 am. I immediately got some lift in some weak rotor right next to the...

Starting a new thread...We've been having a great time driving around Europe and seeing new and interesting places. In Slovenia now, waiting for the container to clear customs and be delivered. Then...on to Lithuania! Follow along... Our Blog...

PoA, Some of you may not know, but I recently was selected to represent the United States next summer, in the 13.5 Meter Class World Gliding Championships. I'm fundraising to help me attend the contest, held in Lithuania the first two weeks of August, 2015. I hope that some of you will consider...

Here's a video of one of my friends and I launching our clubs 2-33 behind my Subaru Outback. 2000' rope, we got to around 1000 or 1100 AGL on this launch. Fun and cheap way to get in the air! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvWk9EapaQk

Gordon Boettger and Hugh Bennett are trying again from Minden. This is their first attempt of 2014. Goal is Rapid City, SD. They should be taking off at sunrise in Minden. Here is their Delorme InReach tracking page: https://share.delorme.com/GordonBoettger Walt Rogers is providing weather...

i think I may be looking to spend the night in Farmington, NM or that general area on Tuesday Aug 13. Anyone in the area?

New US foot launch record. Read all about it: http://www.cloudbasemayhem.com/1/post/2013/07/240-miles-deep.html

Kansas Kowbell Klassic 2013 was the saturday before last. I had a great flight and here is the report: The forecast seemed to indicate that downwind was NOT the way to go for distance today. As is often the case on Kowbell, a crosswind or even into the wind flight would probably yield more...

Leah and I spent the last week in Moriarty, NM for the Region 9 Soaring Championships. My sister Amy also joined us as faithful crew. I was flying "Kate" the Standard Cirrus in the Sports (Handicapped) Class. We had a good week in general. We flew 4 of 6 possible days and I finished in 3rd, 3rd...

Attempt in progress from Minden with goal of garden city Kansas. Will be good for new us free distance record if achieved. Regular updates from weatherman via sat phone at WWW.soaringcafe.com and at flightaware.com. N55LK.

i took the Cirrus to oklahoma last weekend for a gathering of about 10 glider pilots from the region. we flew weak thermals on saturday. sunday by noon the ridge was working but i had to land so took my second launch upwind towards another ridge that was making wave. I had an awesome flight...

I'm almost at the end of the line with ideas. As some of you saw on my Facebook, Ol' Blue has decided not to start. Leah drove it last Saturday with no issues reported. Sunday morning it wouldn't start. Not just it wouldn't start but it wouldn't even try to start, would just crank. Engine is a...

Hey Bob you're not old till pigs fly, right??? Hope you have a good one old friend.

For most of this year my friend Matt has been working in my garage on his Standard Austria SH-1. The SH-1 is sort of the pinnacle of wooden glider performance, the last of its breed before fiberglass designs became popular in the late 1960's. The SH-1 was the last of 3 design changes, having a...

I've had the NG-1 out a few times this year, including last weekend here in Wichita where Matt Michael had a short flight in it on Saturday and I flew it on Sunday, also for a short flight. I was still looking forward to a day where we spent more time flying than rigging & de-rigging. Yesterday...

You said you wanted a Diana 2...there is one for sale on Wings and Wheels right now. They go fast but you should see how interesting they are once they are on the ground! We were never quite sure where they were going to end up while watching them land at Uvalde...

The Vintage Sailplane Association is having its annual rally here in Wichita the last weekend of September. There is also an airshow at McConnell that weekend, I guess the Thunderbirds will be there. Not sure why you'd want to see that when there will be lots of vintage glider activity at the...

We're down here at the Texas Soaring Association for the 13.5 meter super regionals, being held along with the Schweizer 1-26 Championships. I flew yesterday but not today. Looks like the weather should improve tomorrow. I'll be doing nightly reports at http://cherokeesailplanes.blogspot.com

Well this year is the 50th anniversary of the Kansas Kowbell Klassic. Full moon was just a day or two ago so this Saturday the 7th is the day. I'll be stepping back down to the Cherokee this year, because Kowbell will be the first leg on my trip to the 13.5 meter super regional contest in...

Yesterday we finally had some unstable air enter our area thanks to outflow from some thunderstorms the night before in NW Kansas. Previous to that it had been HOT but there was a hard inversion at about 5000 ft and the soaring generally sucked. We were all a little surprised that Cu started...