On Fri, 03 Jul 2020 00:57:23 +0000, Michael Opitz wrote:

At 14:59 02 July 2020, Bruce wrote:
On Thursday, July 2, 2020 at 7:34:14 AM UTC-7,
wrote:
Can you provide a link? Only thing I found was Matthew Modine film
which
doesn't seem to be what you describe...

https://smile.amazon.com/Wind-Matthew-
Modine/dp/B088PWYZ6B/ref=sr_1_1?
dchild=1&keywords=wind&qid=1593701614&s=instant-video&sr=1-1

It's about losing America's cup and winning it back from Australia,
and
has a short scene with gliders. Good watch for those who enjoyed
the 12
mtr yacht racing with a little glider flying thrown in.


I was flying on the USA team at Benalla in January, 1987 at the WGC.
Perth is on the other end of the country from Benalla and 3 time zones
behind, so we'd hurry up after landing, turn in our documentation, and
go to the motel real quick to watch the last half or so of the day's
America's Cup race on live TV. Good times for us..

....and I was in the British Free Flight team for the 1983 World Champs,
flying F1A towline gliders at Goulburn at the same time.

Goulburn is a small town more or less midway between Sydney and Canberra.
All the teams were accommodated at the Goulburn Agricultural College,
which had a good bar and excellent food. We'd fly all day (practise days,
warm-up competition competition and then the Worlds) and had a good,
convivial time in the evenings before going back to our small, 3/4 person
room for another case of beer while we watched the America's Cup racing.
TV on again next morning to see who'd won before heading down for
breakfast and out to the flying field.

Matt Gewain won F1A for the USA, The British Team picked up 1st in F1A.

Halcyon days...


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