124.6kph for 35 hours?
It doesn't seem possible does it? But pilot Hans Sterling of the Cape Gliding Club achieved it. It equates to a lot of kilometers (over 4000), which thankfully wasn't all in one flight! It highlights a consistency of weather that implies we can keep doing it.
The location we have is perhaps one of the best in the world for ridge flying, and we have let the cat out of the bag via OLC already. The opportunity is crystal clear: the best site in the world right next to one of the top tourist destinations? Some things need to be made to happen, others happen despite what you do. Razor wire ain't gonna keep them away.
We could do a lot worse than attract additional talent to Worcester - and that would move us towards a 7-day operation which means we can leave Groundhog Days to the inhabitants of Punxsutawny and fly whenever there are good days in the summer. No slight on our unbelievably willing population of tug pilots is intended - where else in the world would you find a tuggie prepared to do a 200km round trip for 30 minutes of flying? Hats off to the tugmiesters.
Someone was rude enough to question the rationale for this blog - good question. We noticed that clubs that manage to attract serious vistors (they are hard to miss - the ones that arrive with containers!) have we-blog-ged daily events where potential visitors can see what the 'locals' are doing without having had to be a member of a mailing list for the last year.
And hence this blog. It is not intended to displace any other communication or organ of the CGC - it is intended to augment and form an integral part of the CGC site that will encourage additional visitors to our field.
A nudge towards 7-days a week.
The location we have is perhaps one of the best in the world for ridge flying, and we have let the cat out of the bag via OLC already. The opportunity is crystal clear: the best site in the world right next to one of the top tourist destinations? Some things need to be made to happen, others happen despite what you do. Razor wire ain't gonna keep them away.
We could do a lot worse than attract additional talent to Worcester - and that would move us towards a 7-day operation which means we can leave Groundhog Days to the inhabitants of Punxsutawny and fly whenever there are good days in the summer. No slight on our unbelievably willing population of tug pilots is intended - where else in the world would you find a tuggie prepared to do a 200km round trip for 30 minutes of flying? Hats off to the tugmiesters.
Someone was rude enough to question the rationale for this blog - good question. We noticed that clubs that manage to attract serious vistors (they are hard to miss - the ones that arrive with containers!) have we-blog-ged daily events where potential visitors can see what the 'locals' are doing without having had to be a member of a mailing list for the last year.
And hence this blog. It is not intended to displace any other communication or organ of the CGC - it is intended to augment and form an integral part of the CGC site that will encourage additional visitors to our field.
A nudge towards 7-days a week.
posted by CGC Reporter at 25.2.05
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