http://soarmilwaukee.com Soar Milwaukee...Damn it! Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:22:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dave K and I had planned to take a trip to South Dakota this weekend and so he had a couple of days off from work. It is hunting season in SD and rooms are few and far between. Our favorite motel in Chamberlain was all booked so we decided ... http://soarmilwaukee.com/2007/10/29/wisconsin-slope-safari-mini-version-10-25-07-thru-10-28-07/ Guys, Michael from AstroWings sent in this report from a flying session at the new Omega Hills slope soaring site in Germantown, WI. Astrowings members flying: Dave Kraemer, Mirko Bodul, Greg Smith, Michael Davidson View From the Top of Omega Hills; About 190 Feet Up. Strong and gusty winds greeted Dave and I around ... http://soarmilwaukee.com/2007/10/29/omega-hills-sloping-10-27-07/ Howdy slope pilots! The long wait is over. Things turned out a bit differently than we'd originally planned but our friends at AstroWings of Wisconsin helped us finally gain access to one of our local "Holy Grail" slope spots. Thanks to AstroWings, and especially Roger Zahn, as well as the ... http://soarmilwaukee.com/2007/10/11/new-southeast-wisconsin-slope-site-orientation-sunday-october-21-2007/ Report by Tracy Brown. Dave and I arrived at the VAM site at 9am well in advance of the pilot's meeting at 9:30. The first thing I noticed was that the site had a permanent steel open sided structure built on a concrete pad with brand new picnic tables. Excellent, Dave ... http://soarmilwaukee.com/2007/09/04/soar-milwaukee-team-at-the-appleton-dlg-contest/ Our friends at Valley Aero Modelers in Appleton, Wisconsin held what turned out to be their 26th annual Appleton Sailplane event on Sunday, August 12, 2007 at Anderson Sod Farm near Appleton, WI. Greg Smith and Dave Kraemer made the trip from Milwaukee with Steve Meyer making the trip from Racine. ... http://soarmilwaukee.com/2007/08/13/soar-milwaukee-guys-at-appleton-sailplane-2007/ Our friends in Appleton, Wisconsin are holding their 25th annual Appleton Sailplane event on Sunday, August 12, 2007. This is a Wisconsin Championship Event. UNLIMITED AND RES CLASSES WHERE: Anderson Sod Farm, Appleton, WI  (7 miles west of US 41 on Highway BB) WHEN: Sunday, August 12, 2007       Pilots meeting at 9:30;   First Round ... http://soarmilwaukee.com/2007/08/01/appleton-sailplane-2007-25th-annual-event/ A trio of hand launch pilots from Milwaukee went to the 1.5 m Summer Fling near Madison, Wisconsin Sunday July 15, 2007 Hosted by the MARCS club the 2007 1.5 m HAND LAUNCH CONTEST was held at Paul’s Turf and Tree Nursery near Marshall, WI. Tracy Brown and Greg Smith, founding members ... http://soarmilwaukee.com/2007/07/17/tracy-brown-emerges-as-king-of-the-fling/ The F3B worlds ended a week of competition this past weekend. Results at the highest level of RC sailplane flying were: 1. Martin Herrig - Germany 2. Andreas Herrig - Germany 3. Fidel Frick- Liechtenstein Team USA had a great showing against the best in the world with the Team earning a 3rd place ... http://soarmilwaukee.com/2007/07/17/german-f3b-teammates-and-brothers-take-1-2-at-f3b-worlds/ The F3B World Championship runs from July 7 through July 14 and is being held in Emmen, Switzerland. F3B is a multi-task thermal glider competition that focuses on three tasks. Duration - flight time of exactly 10 minutes with landing as close as possible to a marking on the ground. Distance - passing ... http://soarmilwaukee.com/2007/07/10/f3b-world-championship-going-on-now/ Several of our club members are avid slope flyers and often have the chance to talk to the general public about our sport. We field all sorts of questions but one we hear pretty frequently is "do those things have motors?" or some variation like "how come the motor is ... http://soarmilwaukee.com/2007/07/09/do-those-things-have-motors/