The US Southwest Soaring Museum in Moriarty, NM, will hold an Open House on June 9, 2007, to celebrate its first anniversary of operation. The Vintage Sailplane Association (VSA) and Experimental Sailplane Association (ESA) will be meeting at Moriarty June 7-10 and there will be a model sailplane...

I hope to have a dedicated soaring forecast web site up today or tomorrow for Parowan and will be on site myself from Sunday through the end of the contest. Anyone wanting a personal forecast there can track me down at my RV (look for the weather station). Dave Leonard is very helpfully running a...

Pilots on the US competition ranking list will (or have) be receiving a request for donations to the SRA. The return address envelope was supposed to be to the SRA Treasurer (Roy McMaster) but something went astray and the SSA office became the destination. If you wish to send your check directly...

The annual SSA/SRA Pilot Opinion Poll is open at http://adamsfive.com/survey/surveys.php. The poll closes on October 18. You are eligible to participate if you're on the US Pilot Ranking List (basically if you've flown an SSA-sanctioned contest in the past 3 years). Please take a few minutes to...

US Competition Pilots The annual SSA Rules Committee election is underway at http://adamsfive.com/survey/surveys.php. Everyone on the SSA Pilot Ranking List can vote. Candidates for the 4 year term are John Cochrane, John Godfrey, Richard Maleady, and Tim McAllister. Current members are Dave...

The period for nominations has been extended until August 22 (it was supposed to close July 1, but we haven't received any nominations yet).The annual Rules Committee election will take place online from September 1 to 15. The position held by Dave Mockler is up for election. Dave is not...

Newly posted on the SSA website are the proposed Contest Rules changes for 2007 and the minutes of the November 2006 SSA Rules Committee meeting. The proposed Contest Rules changes are subject to approval by the SSA Board of Directors in Feb 2007. As always, constructive comments are...

The final OLC League rules were just posted to the OLC web site: http://www2.onlinecontest.org/olcphp/olc-i.php?olc=olc-i The OLC League is a new feature for the US, and several other countries. It is a speed competition between clubs with different leagues for each country. It has been run in...

The final OLC League rules were just posted to the OLC web site: http://www2.onlinecontest.org/olcphp/olc-i.php?olc=olc-i The OLC League is a new feature for the US, and several other countries. It is a speed competition between clubs with different leagues for each country. It has been run in...

The annual pilot poll for the US contest rules is open at http://adamsfive.com/survey/surveys.php The poll is open to pilots on the SSA pilot ranking list and closes on Nov 14. The Rules Committee relies heavily on the poll input to steer the Rules making process, so please give us your...

The scheduled national contests at Caesar Creek have been cancelled due to local conditions and weather projected for the contest period. Virtually every field in the area has standing water. Access to the airport is limited due to flooding. Given this situation, the CCSC organization, in...

And today the big dogs ate. Two US team pilots beat the field by 5 mph. A 340 mile racing task was called in the shape of a bowtie with the last point 100 miles from home. Another US Team dog holds on to first place by a half a turn. We launch at noon taking quick climbs to a rising base at 5500'....

The upcoming Standard Class Nationals and World Class Nationals scheduled to begin at Hobbs, NM are ON. There has been a change in contest management and Charlie Spratt will be the CD. The new sponsor is the Llano Estacado Soaring Society, which has just negotiated an agreement to lease the...

Hello Race Fans... R here to report on the US Standard Class Nationals being held on Texas Soaring Association wonderful gliderport. TSA (660') is located just outside Dallas TCA with all of the bottom half of Texas available to our delight. TSA is an amazing club with over 200 members and a 300'...

Good lord, who invented this torturous sport. The only fun part was the line finish. So, here we go. A 300 mile assigned task that took us across Bush Ranch twice. The first leg 100 miles SW into a quarter headwind that took the mortal pilots a couple of hours followed by a right turn for a 60...

Sorry I’m late.....ate Italian at Mo’s with EA , PG and wife Pat, and crew Steve. Good food. A place where you BYOB. Great day today for most. Good vis, lift, clouds, bases. But to be on top one had to push on the stick. I forgot that part. A 3:30 TAT S, NW, SE, NW with a southerly wind 10-15....

Hey hey....looks like I have competition with Walt reporting on Day 3... TSA put on a left over cookout with plenty of BBQ, Burgers, and Hot Dogs with all the sides to go around. Beer of course and Ice Tea. Then I got side tracked with Rich Owens (999pts today) telling me about all the fighter...

Here we go race fans.....Day 2 Hoo boy....we had to earn our pay today. Another TAT in the shape of a square, running south a bunch into a 5 mile ring called West, right turn West a bunch more into a 15 mile ring,...you get the idea. After dumping our water on the grid and doing the elephant walk,...

With a stiff breeze out of the north, the fleet was launch about 12:50 pm with the gate opening at 13:46. 6+ kt climbs out the top were the norm with most everyone starting quickly feeling that the day would soften around 16:30 to 1700. The first run was out to the WSW into a scattered field of...