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Hi all, I am looking for a gently used T2C144 for this season. If you have one please email me lbunner@aol.com.

I think of you all frequently and was scouring my hard drive looking for ways to lower my usage and ran across this write up of a flight from the Pulpit over a decade ago. Can it really be that long? One out of every five weeks I have to be on call for work which means I must be within 50 minutes of...

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i just read the report. Thanks for sharing. I too have gone back to the training hill. I think John M wondered what I was doing there until he saw my first couple of launches anyway. Great exercise and excellent tips from JM.

Danny, can you share what the pilots use for live casting?

2012 U2 145 in excellent condition with only 30hours on it. It has the Litestream speed bar and downtubes and comes with wheels. The sail is clean and crispy (red and black) with a mylar upper surface. It has the upgraded sail cut for improved handling. At loose VG it handles super easy and lands li...

Hi all, the Green Swamp Sport Klassic will be held at Quest (now Wilotree Airpark) in Groveland, FL from March 18-24th. This is a mentored competition for pilots who want to learn about flying Race-to-Goal tasks. Pilots will be grouped into teams that will be led by experienced competition pilots ea...

Walt et al. thanks for sharing. This will make us all safer.

Thanks for the cudo's guys! We did indeed have an excellent week. There were no injuries (except perhaps to my ego), no significant glider damage and alot of happy faces from around the world. The weather cooperated which allowed all to enjoy the air and countryside around Wisconsin and Illinois. Kn...

Hi Bacil, I am glad you are okay. It is obvious that you have internalized the what, how and why of your mishap and I am certain that you know how to prevent this in the future. I would like to hear more detail on the launch sequence, specifically about wind direction and speed, your initial launch ...

Wow, what an awesome response from the CHGPA! Can't wait to fly with you all again!

My point was more geared toward eliminating distractions that impact ones ability to fly. Eliminate the need to pee for a few hours by modifying your liquid intake or fight the urge. I am certain we all have fought the urge on many occasions for longer periods than this. This was meant to be constru...

Hi all, Kris Grzyb, Greg Dinauer and I are putting on an aerotow competition in Whitewater, WI from June 4-10th. We will have a sport and open class race to goal format. It will be run similar to the East Coast Championships that Highland held for many years. The conditions in Whitewater are remarka...

Awesome flights! Glad you kept it safe Mark. Wave at Woodstock does appear to occur more frequently than other sites in the area. With the technology today isn't it possible to predict wave days? Surely, experienced pilots in the valley whether they be sailplane, HG or PG have developed a method for...

I've been flying for 42 years now. My 'career' has had its ups and downs over the years, driven by poor decisions on my part that resulted in damaged body parts and/or glider parts and also driven by the loss of close friends (too many most recently). Fleeting thoughts have entered my mind that perh...

2017 T2C 144 upgrades include full carbon leading edges, UVODL04 on the bottom surface and leading edges, UVODL06 on the top surface, speed battens, raked tips, carbon keel stinger and black anodized downtubes. The custom sail has bright yellow batten pockerts, black tip undersurface with bright yel...

Not only did he make goal, he won the day finishing the task in 3 hrs 9 minutes!! The best thing is that he went from bombing out on the previous task to first on this day; a real stud!!!

Greg Sessa flew over 100 miles today on a tough task. The first leg was 45 miles in a crossing tail wind followed by 55 miles downwind to the town of Spur east of Lubbock. Hopefully he will provide some details as it was interesting terrain that he flew over. Congratulations Greg, awesome job!!

Nice video. What software are you using to edit? Do you have a tracklog of the flight that you can send me?

Nice flight. the Doarama was pretty revealing. You'll want to watch that a number of times to get all of the learnings out of that flight. Again, well done.

Enjoyed the video and following along on GE to see where you were at. Man, one more climb!

Awesome, my adrenaline is flowing just hearing about the challenging tasks you selected. Having flown the area a number of times I can only imagine how technical the days were. Congrats on pushing the limits in central PA.

Based on the number of mistakes involved, Makes one question whether the pilot was ready for a mountain launch. iPhone not set, harness not on properly, flying too slow, not focused on flying the glider, not following preflight instructions.... Perhaps some introspection on the observers is in order...

I heard the challenge boys had an outstanding weekend at Jack's and 501. Someone please write it up for the rest of us! IGC files would be even better. Does Charlie have the results on a separate website somewhere?

The Pulpit, The Sac, Jack's Mtn and Woodstock all offer excellent XC opportunities and thus would be good sites for an RTG task. I know Charlie has been thinking of this for several years and now due to unfortunate circumstances it may happen. I like the idea of giving this a shot as many pilots on ...