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On Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at 9:51:35 PM UTC-5, Tony wrote:
On Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at 8:45:44 PM UTC-6, JS wrote:
On Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 7:23:49 PM UTC-8, JS wrote:
Everyone is airborne for practice day 1.
http://www.livetrack24.com/events/WGC2017
Jim

The big wings have the small task.
Memories of Nephi.
Jim

launching last i presume?

Congratulations to Sean for winning the day!

There was a mid-air collision in 18m class today. Both damaged gliders returned to airfield. Such routine is this at WGC level that it did not make news anywhere?

On Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 7:13:23 AM UTC-7, krasw wrote:
There was a mid-air collision in 18m class today. Both damaged gliders returned to airfield. Such routine is this at WGC level that it did not make news anywhere?

Indeed...When you have blue days and over 100 gliders "out there" in close proximity, this is really not uncommon at major contests. All you have to do is go back in history and this has happened many times. The very good news is that no one was hurt and the gliders were able to land safely. My guess is that the folks would say that it was definitely an unfortunate event and that safety must be continuously emphasized. In the scheme of the "big picture" of a WGC, it was probably not really considered a big deal and as a result, not mentioned (at least publicly..so far..)....We may hear more later.....

On Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 7:13:23 AM UTC-7, krasw wrote:
Such routine is this at WGC level that it did not make news anywhere?
On Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 7:13:17 AM UTC-8, Renny wrote:
We may hear more later.....

Mentioned in John Good's report.
http://ussoaringteams.org/january-12th/
Jim

Multiple reports about it on Facebook...

On Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 8:22:59 AM UTC-7, Tony wrote:
Multiple reports about it on Facebook...

Including some gaggle pictures and video.

On Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 10:37:11 AM UTC-5, Frank Whiteley wrote:
On Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 8:22:59 AM UTC-7, Tony wrote:
Multiple reports about it on Facebook...

Including some gaggle pictures and video.

I try to be a facebook luddite.

Link(s) please?

-Evan

Not a real fan of Facebook, but here is one link

https://www.facebook.com/SoaringSocietyofAmerica/

Quite a remarkable video of one of the gaggles:
Scroll down to see the post by Matthew Scutter and pics by Sean

On Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 11:33:07 AM UTC-5, Duster wrote:
Not a real fan of Facebook, but here is one link

me, either. Thanks for link.

They are really going out of their way to make the experience unpleasant for non-members. Is there anyway to make that big floating frame go away without having an account?

-Evan

The problem for us Luddites (of facebook) is that you're asked to
register or log in before seeing the information. If you select "Not
Now" the bottom quarter of your screen is blocked by the "Sign UP/Log
In" box. I had a facebook account at one time and was bombarded with
emails/notifications. Since I'm not interested in looking up old girl
friends, I deleted the account. But I continued to get the same email
spam until I blocked the domain.

See out takes from the Southpark episode related to facebook...

THIS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAVQLM7Jf_4
and
THIS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8rcp32eHrQ&list=RDUAVQLM7Jf_4

A total of about 2 minutes

On 1/12/2017 9:33 AM, Duster wrote:
Not a real fan of Facebook, but here is one link

https://www.facebook.com/SoaringSocietyofAmerica/

Quite a remarkable video of one of the gaggles:
Scroll down to see the post by Matthew Scutter and pics by Sean


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Dan, 5J