Thanks to a couple of dedicated guys

Dave Simek (left) mowing the grass in front of SOSA's clubhouse. It's great that Dave came out and pitched in on a non-flyable day, but here's the thing: it was raining cats and dogs at the time, plus he brought his own mower. Poul Hansen (right) got out the weed whacker and noise protection, and joined in the fun. SOSA runs on a lot of volunteer work, much of it everyday tasks such as these. Thanks to Dave, Poul and everyone of you who step up and take care of these otherwise thankless details.

Follow our Canadian Team at the World Contest

Dave Springford, Jerzy Szemplinski, SOSA pilots, are Canada's representatives at the World Contest. Link here to follow their contest blog entries.

Joerg Steiber will report on the proceedings twice daily as of Monday, July 28th here.

The World Gliding Championships, Open, 18M and 15M classes in Leusse, Germany - 2nd to 16th August. Good luck to our team!

FAI World Gliding Championships on in Italy until July 20

The 30th FAI Worlds comprehensive website, which makes following the action easy, can be found here. The link was supplied via Tom Knauff's online newsletter, in which he makes the following observation: "If you go to the world championship web site, it is interesting to observe the starting times for each pilot and team. The French mastered the art of team flying many years ago. Other pilots latch onto the French in particular, but there are also other very productive teams. It is interesting to watch the USA team pilots. They obviously do not team fly. One of the reasons for this is the team selection process makes USA pilots always competing with one another, and team flying is not practiced, or encouraged in USA contests."

Globe and Mail newspaper profiles National Team member Dave Springford

Left: Dave Springford - SOSA president, World Contest pilot, chef.

The Globe and Mail, read across Canada, is one of the country's top news organizations. Reporter and pilot Peter Cheney profiles SOSA pilot Dave Springford prior to the World Glding Championships. The piece contains a great video. Read and see the videos right here.