18-Meter, Open, and 20-Meter 2-place classes: July 28 – August 12, 2018 in Hosin, Czech Republic
18m Class: Bob Fletcher and Erik Nelson
Open Class: Mike Robison and Dave Coggins
20m 2-place:Heinz Weissenbuehler and Karin Schlösser
Club Class: Boyd Willat and Mike Westbrook
Standard Class: Bif Huss and Jim Lee
15m Class: Fernando Silva and Tim Taylor
Team Captain: Colin Mead
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Photos from US Soaring Teams's post
“Bill Gawthrop (F8) died August 23rd at his home in Northern California. Bill was an avid student, a generous teacher and a gracious competitor…
PWR backseat The last day A little discrepancy between models again. With all of the rain from the night before it was late starting near the..
WGC 2018
WGC Hosin, last official movie from the organizers. Thanks for the memories #ussoaringteams
Latest Contest News
WGC 2018 Wrapup
Final Score Links and Rankings for US Pilots The links below will take you to the official scores for each class. Opens https://www.soaringspot.com/en/35th-world-gliding-championships-hosin-2018/results/open/task-12-on-2018-08-11/total...
Captain’s Report ~ Day #12 (August 11) :: Final Day of Competition
Greeting from the last contest day in Hosin! We woke this morning to the sun poking through the fog. We had quite a bit of rain off...
Rain Day Recap from Facebook
PWR backseat We had a rain day. A real rain day. Our second day of not flying, as they called a no fly day about a week...
Captain’s Report ~ Got Rain? (August 10)
Greetings from Hosin ~ Day #12: Got Rain? Yes we do… This morning we woke to cloudy skies and sprinkles due to a cold front passing...
Day 11 Recap From Facebook
WGC Hosin, Day 11 Aug. 9. A little rain overnight and a bit cooler today. Similar forecast as yesterday with chance of some OD and showers later. Racing tasks around...
Day 10 Recap From Facebook
WGC Hosin Day 10, Hot today and developing slowly. Launch postponed several times but is underway (12:30 local) 3 Hour Area tasks for all classes. #ussoaringteams...
Captain’s Report ~ Day #10 (August 8)
Greetings from Hosin ~ Day #10: Last night was International Night where each team provides food and drink from their country. The US Team put together a...
Day 9 Recap From Facebook
Pete took this photo earlier in the contest Looks like a pretty blue day, right time for DT to...
Captain’s Report ~ Day #9 (August 7)
Greetings from Hosin. Today was the first day the morning briefing started late because the stewards, contest management, and the safety committees discussions ran long regarding the...
Day 8 Recap From Facebook
By Tomek Ciesielski (DT Crew) Our best crew members Ian & Mark flew home after one week of hard work. Many thanks, good luck with the...
Captain’s Report ~ Day #8 (August 6)
Greetings from Hosin! Majority of the US Pilots had flow 10+ days since their arrival. The rest day on Sunday was very much appreciated...
Much Deserved Rest Day ~ And Great Post By Erik Nelson
From 5E: Sunday morning and we managed to sleep in a little. Actually, the Crewton is still sleeping somehow despite full sun brightening her room. Today's a rest day,...
Day 7 Recap from Facebook
WGC Hosin Contest day 7: All classes with 3 hr. 30 min. Area tasks and same turn points after different initial starting points. From the contest site: "THE WEATHER FORECAST...
Captain’s Report ~ Day #7
Captain’s Report ~ Day #7 (August 4) It was announced during today’s briefing that Sunday will be a rest day....
Day 6 Recap from Facebook
WGC Hosin, Day 6 Aug. 3 The rain from last night has dampened the field a bit this am. Currently there are 3 long racing tasks and launch scheduled...
Day 5 Recap from Facebook
WGC Hosin: Day 5 Expecting storms along the way in the afternoon, the organizers have called 3 hr. area tasks for all classes with launch beginning at 11:30 local. #ussoaringteams...
Day 4 Recap from Facebook
WGC DAY 4 morning team meeting. Each morning after gridding the team meets and Capt'n Pete runs through weather, tasking, general info, and pilots comments and concerns. Good info is...
Day 3 Recap from Facebook
WGC Hosin Contest day 3: Blue with some cu on course and racing tasks for all. 11:30 am launch time announced at briefing has been pushed back to 11:45. #ussoaringteams...
Day 2 Recap from Facebook
By Mike Robison On the grid on day 2. We have had a number of technical difficulties with the glider that have been mostly sorted out. Time...
Day 1 Recap from Facebook
Morning team meeting. Pre-grid, getting ready WGC Hosin...
Captain’s Report ~ Day #6 (August 3)
It was announced during today’s briefing that Sunday will be a rest day. I have been posting the daily tasks, launch and gate opening and pilot returns to the...
Captain’s Report ~ Day #5 (August 2)
We woke up to bright blue skies with the loads of humidity in the air. Would we see thunderstorms? The daily briefing...
Captain’s Report ~ Day #4 (August 1)
We awakened to another bright blue sky day without any showers expected in the task area. Unfortunately, showers and thunderstorms showed up in the last couple of turn points which...
Captain’s Report ~ Day #3 (July 31)
We woke up today to bright blue skies without any showers expected in the task area. This should be a better soaring day compared to the first 2 days....
Captain’s Report ~ Day #1 (July 29)
On contest day 1, we awakened to overcast with a very slow moving weak cold front sliding to the east which was predicted to depart the area by early afternoon....
First two days at the 35th WGC in Czech Republic by DT
David Coggins is flying his JS-1 in the Open Class. "Day One, 311Km task: The objective was to team fly with Team mates...
Training week Pilot report: Bob Fletcher
Not often do I find penning a blog a break from a hectic period but today is one of those times. It has been full-on here at Hosin since we...
5E, Erik Nelson remarks on training day 2(July 26) with pix
From 5E: A few scenes from Hosin, where it's starting to feel like everyone's here and the festival is about to kick off. More great soaring conditions today,...
Captain’s Report ~ Official Training Day #2 (July 26)
We continue to have really good soaring conditions this week. The daily wrinkle continues to be the amount and location of the showers and/or thunderstorms in the afternoon. Today was...
Captain’s Report ~ Official Training Day #1 (July 25)
Today another strong day of soaring was expected and the day turned out as forecast. We have been having a wonderful week of soaring and training....
WGC Hosin July 24-Unofficial practice Day from 5E and ARC
A beautiful soaring Day Racing Task distances: Open 650.8 km, 18m 621.2 km, 20m 615.3 km with cu’s up to 6.5-7 k msl Pete Alexander...
Great video from the US Soaring Team in Hosin
https://youtu.be/vnLuiuDueJc https://youtu.be/Ztn7Jra7cKM https://youtu.be/OQQ15jcBl-o
Team Coggins Update
Made it to Hosin Czech Republic on Thursday July 19th. Rather humbling experience when you walk into the main meeting place (hangar) and see your name posted on the...
Captain’s Report ~ Training Day #4 (July 23)
We woke to milky colored skies with good soaring expected until the possible t-storms arrived around 4 pm. Tasks were set and an open grid (first come, first towed) was...
Training Day #2 ~ July 22 Captain’s Daily Report
Greetings from the upcoming World Gliding Championships in Hosin, CZ! US Team pilots and crew have been arriving since last Thursday (July 19) evening....
WGC Hosin, CZ-Mike Robison’s ride, “PWR”
PWR is an ASH 25 EB28. It sports a lengthy wingspan of almost 92 feet. It is self launch capable and has a max glide ratio over 60:1...
Heinz Weissenbuehler & Karin Schlösser
Heinz Weissenbuehler (57) started flying gliders at the age of 14 as a Junior on Harris Hill, Elmira, NY. Since then, he has accumulated more than 5000...
David Coggins
David Coggins was introduced to soaring in December 1981 and joined the Greater Houston Soaring Association (formerly Houston Soaring Association) and the SSA in January 1982. After...
Mike Robison
Mike soloed in gliders in 1997 from Ridge Soaring Gliderport at the age of 18. A Kolstad award winner, he holds a Gold badge with two Diamonds....
Erik Nelson
Raised around airplanes, Erik started flying gliders in 1986 and won his first regional contest at age 16. He flew on the U.S. Junior Soaring Team in...
Bob Fletcher
Bob started flying in Doncaster, UK before university. At university he joined Phil Gaisford on the Nottingham University committee and was instrumental in starting the annual Inter...
Pete Alexander ~ Team Captain
Pete Alexander is a retired Silicon Valley refugee who started flying gliders at the age of 14 at Sky Sailing in Fremont, CA. He flew his first...
