Marfa, Texas 1970 The first World Soaring Contest in the USA.

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Second Grade Reading Unit 6 – Story 1

Advertisements

Let's Go Fly a Kite Music by Richard M. Sherman Words by Robert B. Sherman.

Compiled by John McFarlane 10 th November th November Slides Duration 1:55 minutes Version V.01.

Abuela Vocabulary Words flock group of birds glide harbor soared swooping fly smoothly without effort place where ships dock flew high flying downward.

COOPERATION & COMPETITION Babe Didrikson Read Aloud, Unit 1.

Kolstad Kids at WJGC Issoudun, France August 5-18, 2001 Text and photos by John H. Campbell, SSA Youth Committee.

One Great Soaring Day in July… NTSB Identification: DEN05LA CFR Part 91: General Aviation Accident occurred Saturday, July 09, 2005 in Moriarty,

Fasten your seatbelts A small plane takes off from an airport and rises at an angle of 6° with the horizontal ground. After it has traveled over a horizontal.

 When was rugby invented?  Who invented rugby?  How many points dose rugby get?  What do they do before the game?  I am going to tell what do they.

DRAMA OF THE AGES FLY THROUGH HISTORY WITH THE ANCIENT BOOK 22. CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS.

The Snowy Owl By: Abryana. Description Coloring: Size: Physical Characteristics: Source # 4 Male: Pure white Female: Brown spots, white Large owl! 53.

Atmosphere. The layer of air that surrounds Earth Atmosphere.

Edit the text with your own short phrase. Move the sparkles as you like. The animation is already done for you; just copy and paste the slide into your.

Soaring in the Wild Wild West Presented by Burt Compton©

Getting Ready For Competition.

Renaissance Technology/Architecture By: Dean Girardo, Nicolette Waldron, RJ Maroon, Rose Schuchard, Galvin Courtney, Lizzy Cimilluca, Margaret Ribardo,

 I The game  II Gameplay  III Champions  IV A game… Not only !

Site Surveys Presented by Burt Compton Concept of the Soaring Site Survey... Based on the Swedish Soaring Federation mandatory Site Survey program.

Posting Flights to OLC (that means Online Contest)

Horizontal Vertical Primary, secondary, tertiary texts Intertextuality.

LOOKOUT A PRESENTATION BASED ON TEXT FROM THE BRITISH GLIDING ASSOCIATION, THE GLIDING FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIA,AND THE GLIDING CLUB OF VICTORIA IN THE.

College of Engineering and Computer Science Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering SAE AeroDesign East Competition May 4 – 6, 2007 Faculty.

Expanding the Spanish Empire In the 1680s the Spanish built several forts, missions and settlements in what is now Texas in order to keep French traders.

Some of the best books of  &mid= A23D2FC75CD A23D2FC75CD7.

THE WHITE HOUSE Made by: Destiny A.. THE COOL HOUSE (WASHINGTON D.C.)

Glider Flight Simulation CLGC Spring 2009 Seminar Scott Manley – CFIG, Tow Pilot Trace Lewis – Private ASEL, Glider (Silver, 5 State Records) Scott Manley.

Amelia Earhart Lauren King September 12, 2011 About Amelia: Born on July 24, 1897 Lived with her grandparents until age 12 Married to George P. Putnam.

What is it about..? Hey there ! As you coud guess, this diaporama is about the 2012 Olympic Games. I am going to present you different much expected athletes,

Photos from the Second Annual St. Olaf Olympics October 20, 2007 (co-sponsored by the Society for Ancient History and the Delta Chi chapter of Eta Sigma.

Picture Talk Using pictures to make claims: What conclusions can you draw from the picture? What evidence in the picture supports these conclusions?

BIBLE BOXING The Presentation. Introduction Bible boxing is a friendly competition between churches or parishes similar to Jeopardy or Family Feud. It.

By Thomas Wuertzer. Above the wing fast moving air creates low pressure they are curved on the top.

What is Soaring/Gliding?  The First Controlled flight (Wright Brothers, 1902)  Gliders (Sailplanes) are airplanes without engines  They stay aloft by.

THIS IS With Host... Your VoyagerWrights Doolittle & Extra Info Navigation BoldfaceOther Facts 100.

John F. Kennedy From YNU foundation John F. Kennedy was born into a rich, politically connected Boston family of Irish- Catholics. He and his eight siblings.

A Flight Test Evaluation of The Sinha Wing Performance Enhancing Deturbulators Richard H. Johnson – 1/2/07 Flight Testing Funded by Dallas Glider Association.

George Washington Father of our country. Who is George Washington? George Washington was our 1 st president.

Click me -> Best of soccer The graph* to the right shows the Top 10 Soccer Teams, Players, Goalkeepers, and Tournaments. *Based on statistics.

Mount Rushmore of Active NFL Quarterbacks. What Makes a Good Quarterback A Winner A Leader Intangibles Toughness.

U.S.A Travel: Which landmarks do you want to visit? Mount Rushmore The Grand Canyon Statue of Liberty The Golden Gate Bridge My favorite

John F. Kennedy From YNU foundation John F. Kennedy was born into a rich, politically connected Boston family of Irish- Catholics. He and his eight siblings.

The Scientific Revolution I. Scientific Method 1. Test and record results 1. Test and record results a. Advances in: a. Advances in: -chemistry -chemistry.

Game City In this project you will learn the basics of visual programming to start creating your own games. The tool you will be using to do this is Microsoft.

Captains Who can forget last year’s Barr Cup? The victorious captain celebrates the caddy’s winning kick at the 18 th Dolescum celebrating with the Barr.

The Fall of Icarus. Icarus Icarus was an ancient Greek boy His father was Daedalus, an artificer, or artist Daedalus gave Icarus wings made of wax so.

Collecting Information The English Project 11 th Grade.

HISTORY OF FLYING svob. Jakub Zoula. First: from the start to the Flyier I (Wrights) Second: First military using and ”Golden Age“ 1914 – 1945 Third:

Canada Winter Games Project History of the Games First Canada Games was held in Quebec City in The popularity of the games paved the way to.

Produce Pilots, Advance Airmen, Feed the Fight BLAZE 14th Flying Training Wing Col Nichols 14 FTW/CC.

基督再來（一）. 經文： 1 你們心裡不要憂愁；你們信神，也當信我。 2 在我父的家裡有許多住處；若是沒有，我就早已告訴你們了。我去原是為你們預備地去。 3 我若去為你們預備了地方，就必再來接你們到我那裡去，我在那裡，叫你們也在那裡， ] ( 約 14 ： 1-3)

race tie spectators swimmer Barcelona 巴塞罗那 Thompson 汤普森 freestyle 自由泳 swimmer 游泳运动员 close adj. 接近的，亲密的 spectator 观众，旁观者 adv. 紧密，接近 up and down 上上下下 race.

Look and remember 1. Magic hat 2. The price is right 3. Who wants to be a millionaire 4. 1 vs Are you smarter than a 5 th grader 6. Guess the.

Anti-Bullying Week Age Assembly/Session

Wings Like Eagles Everlasting God, Creator of the earth You do not get tired You do not grow weak.

Battle of the Books Just What is It?

PREMIER LEAGUE SOCCER season Saturday, August 12th to Sunday, May 13th

First Place Annual Meeting Theme: “Water – How can TSSRM Lead it’s Stewardship” -A Reflection on Riparian Health- Donnie Lunsford.

The lifting power of air

Knowledge Connections

Слайд-дәріс Қарағанды мемлекеттік техникалық университеті

.. -"""--..J '. / /I/I =---=-- -, _ --, _ = :;:.

Physiological factors in glider aerobatics

Tunnelling Through Time Learning Objective: Use a range of tools and materials with growing confidence A Century’s Memories.

II //II // \ Others Q.

I1I1 a 1·1,.,.,,I.,,I · I 1··n I J,-·

How Can I Win Tickets? Select 8 books in your AR level

What is Battle of the Books?

. '. '. I;.,, - - "!' - -·-·,Ii '.....,,......, -,

Jordan Vogt Roberts The Master of Various Genres Director.

Trigonometry – Bearings – Bingo Method

Presentation transcript:

Marfa, Texas 1970 The first World Soaring Contest in the USA

Mount Livermore 8,350’ msl Mount Livermore 8,350’ msl

“The Sun Ship Game” a film by Robert Drew, 1969

The “Sun Ship Game” - the 1969 US Nationals at Marfa George Moffat’s Cirrus “B” with extended wings

George Moffat George Moffat was a sailboat racer at international level in the 1950's before he began flying sailplanes for records and competition in the 1960’s – the “Golden Age” of high-performance soaring. George Moffat was a sailboat racer at international level in the 1950's before he began flying sailplanes for records and competition in the 1960’s – the “Golden Age” of high-performance soaring. He has been US National Soaring Champion in all three classes, and was World Open Class Champion in 1970 and He has been US National Soaring Champion in all three classes, and was World Open Class Champion in 1970 and George's recent book “Winning II” is the new Bible for serious soaring pilots. George's recent book “Winning II” is the new Bible for serious soaring pilots.

Burt & Kathie Compton Marfa Gliders, west Texas