Well, Charlie called a 3 turn TAT, with # 38-20 miles, # 37-25 miles and #16-25 miles then home. It was for 3 hrs, with a 8,000 agl start height. I didn't hear of any landouts, somewhere around 25-30 took tows. Alot of starts around 1:30 to 1:45, with opens going a little later. Around 5 pm it went...

Started a blog for next years contest season. http://711reporting.blogspot.com/. It will keep the reports better organized for easier contest and news reporting and viewing. Drop in sometime. Several reports are available for reading. You can ge also get auto updates when new reports have been...

Just spoke with Ronda at SSA, I, like some others, haven't recieved the Dec issue,. so I sent an email to her. Seems lke for some unknown reason, ?electronic world we live in', some of us fell off the mailing list. Yet, we are still their when they check the program. If your Dec. issue hasn't come...

Our ramp is filling up fast as our first practice day is tomorrow, June 30th. Pilots meeting is at 9:30 am and we grid at 12 noon. We are expecting nearly a full grid for the practice day. Weather the last week has been warm and blue. It should stay that way until maybe Tuesday when we think we may...

Wednesday, June 6th. Winds, rain and cells moving thur in the am hours. 50 kts at 2000 agl, and high wind warnings this afternoon gave the CD enough information to call it a day at the pilots meeting. Thursday is the last day, and we have 3 contests "in", so need something for tomorrow. Some are...

The cannon was fired, at 10 am and the pilots meeting was called to order. Patty Smith, the contest manager said a brief "HI" and then introducted the CD Dick Butler. Dick explained it was important to be nice to the CD, as he has always been, as someday you may be the CD. Cough, heazeeeeeeeeeeeee....

Have arrived to the blue grass international flying site. Its grrrrrrrr green. Been raining last few days, maybe some in a few more days. Several others have been pulling in today, along with our CD. DB is the CD for New Castle this year. Just heard a few more have just pulled out, so its down to...

Hi folks, I just received a email about online registration.....here it is.........might save you some time, and now its posted on the SSA website........... Contest managers, Your contest that is listed on the SSA website but online registration is currently disabled. This is because I need to...

has been approved by the SSA. Dates July 1, 2007 thur July 7, 2007 with June 30th as practice day. 18 Meter, 15 Meter, Standard, and Sports class. Max. 50 entrants, no water ballast, no elt. Charlie Spratt CD, Tom Pressley scorer, 20 RV spots with electric. Full 7 day contest with no planned rest...

Well folks, I am out here in Warner Springs, enjoying Region 12 South. Today, as you can see on the SSA website, some folks put down some speeds. We even had the towpilots go up in a Grob twin, and end up with 1143 guest points. Ya, they had the best times of their life. When I came...

Sports Class Nationals Day 5. Hard day for some, with landouts, some using substainers, resulting in leaderboard getting shaken up. Very early results 34 is now leading, with KS in second. Tomorrow is last day, could be wet. Day 5 should be posted soon on the SSA website. Thermal tight, Soar...

Rolled into Hobbs several days ago. Yesterday, big thunderstorm early afternoon, with heavy rains and winds. No one flew, several were ready, but we had no towplane. Today, Dick Mockler flew in for afternoon tows. Right now, the sky isn't to promising, but several are ready, if things get better....

Sept. 1st thur 4th WSSA is hosting a Soaring Fiesta in Alamogordo, NM. Come and experience the soaring magic and hospitality of the high desert and mountains of New Mexico. Contact Alwin Kroh @ 1-505-439-6882 or go to WWW.netmdc.com/~geo/wssa.htm web page and follow the link for more information....

Ted, I watched your flight. At the WGC 2006, in the 18 Meter class, AS, would do the same as yours. His logger is a LX( the model I don't know. I have his igc file, and flight properties show it to be a LX.) and the vertical climbs are the same. What Eric says, could be true, as even if the...

Marble canyon, which is up behind my home, got hit with 5-8 inches of rain and hail in less that an hour. A wall of water came out of the canyon, and took out numerous homes. It happened in a very short time frame. Cars were floating down the street, with people still in them. The dry raven that...

Just did some business with Paul at Cumulus Soaring. He evened helped out getting some wiring information for me. When his shipping charges turn out lower, he refunds that amount to you. When I checked out, the charges for shipping were $5.95., But they turned out less, so he refunded that amount...

by John Good, are on the SSA US Team site. His daily reports are keeping us informed as to what is happening at the Worlds. Several other Countries have reporters posting reports on the WGC. SSSA is one. If you find other websites, you might want to post them here, so others can enjoy reading what...

http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/..........shows some good finishes and the story of whats happening between Luke AFB and the contest..........# 711.

Well, since I know Dale Kramer, I had been wondering how he was shown as winning the Sports Class Nationals. See, he's from Canada, so, if you now check again, the 2006 Sports Class Nationals, you will see who the new winner is, and congrats to the top 10. In order, KS, 34, SM, BB, P3, JOY,...

Today, the last day of the Sports Class Nationals, May 25th, was called off due to rain. Congrats to Dale Kramer as he is the winner. All the results are on the SSA web site. 1 4064 K1 Kramer, Dale LS-8 3 837 47.40 51.24 211.29 228.42 2 4035 KS ...