International Polish Open Class

My next contest before Worlds is in Poland.
I leave Toronto on May 5th, fly to Poland then drive to Germany to pick up glider from factory then back to Jelenia Gora Poland. On Saturday I plan to install instruments and do first flight on brand new ASG 29. For the next couple days I will stay here to adjust to new time zone and do some flying. From May 12th I will be in Leszno where Internationals starts May 15th. Record number of 74 pilots are registered for the contest. Polish contest attracted over 20 international pilots from Austria ,Italy , Germany, Hungary, Japan ,Ireland , UK and Canada. Most of them will be flying in 2010 Worlds as well. It looks like we will have taste of Worlds in Leszno as we have top worlds pilots flying contest including current world and European champions. It will be one of highest IGC ranked contest after Worlds. For more information about contest and future results visit contest site. http://smpo2010.gliding-leszno.pl/index.php?lang=en

First Contest in 2010

Region 5N in Perry SC was the first contest of the season April 17- 24 th.
We had 7 days in row of flying, great training before worlds.
Very competitive 18m class with US team members flying as well.
Link to contest report and results.

http://www.ssa.org/members/contestreports/ContestResultsDetail.asp?id=2134

WestJet Fundraiser

Thanks to SAC Director John Mulder, Westjet has donated two system wide passes for the Canadian Team to use as a fundraiser for the 2010 World Championship in Szeged.

For a donation of $25 to the team you can enter a draw for the prizes below.  A donation of $40 enters you twice in the draw:

First Prize (valued at $4600):
One return trip for two people to any WestJet scheduled destination (did you know WestJet flies to Hawaii?)  The trip must take place before June 20, 2011 and certain dates are excluded such as Christmas and New Year holidays, School breaks, Easter and statutory holidays.

Second Prize:
$250 Gift Card for Birks Jewelers.

Other Prizes:
• 2 x Bushnell Powerview Binoculars
• Leather Palm Pilot Case
• 2 x Pedometers
• 3 x Stainless steel water bottles

To make a donation talk to one of the Team Members, Dave, Jerzy or Willem.

You can also order via email to:  dave "at" sosaglidingclub "dot" com

The draw will be held on 20 June 2010 at the Canadian Nationals in North Battleford, Saskatchewan.

Odds of winning are 1 in 250

Entry List is Final

The contest website has posted the final entry list and since we entered only one pilot per class, all three Canadian pilots are in this time.

There is a total of 150 pilots in the contest from 34 different countries.

• The 15 Meter class has 53 entries
• The 18 Meter class has 51 entries
• The Open class has 46 entries

As previously announced,

• Dave will fly an ASW-27 in the 15m class
• Jerzy will fly and ASG-29 in the 18m class
• Willem will fly an Antares 20E in the Open Class

Ottawa Soaring Seminar

This past weekend the team members participated in a Soaring Seminar in Ottawa.  The seminar was attended by 46 pilots from the Ottawa and Montreal area clubs and a small contingent made the drive from the Toronto area as well.

Dave made a presentation on Weather Forecasting from Internet sources including the relatively new XC Skies soaring weather website.
Willem presented Macready Theory as applied to the inter-thermal and final glide modes of flight
Jerzy presented techniques to optimize cross-country speed while on task.

The seminar was well received by all who attended and many took away new concepts to apply in improving their own cross-country flying.

Thanks to all who attended.