Skydog Sports

Florida Trip March 2018

The 2018 Green Swamp Sport Klassic

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Green Swamp Challenge Photos & Stories Friday March 23, 2018

 Friday March 23, 2018 and Maureen and I go to Quest Air to take photos at The Green Swamp Sport Klassic. I set up my T2C and at one pm Jon Thompson tows me up and into a nice thermal at the north end of the field and I take it up to 3 grand and go searching for others and get down to 900 feet but finally catch another thermal and take it up to 2,800 feet. I am able to bobble around for a total of 51 minutes and the view with sixty gliders below waiting to get the day started at two o'clock was amazing. As I landed the comp pilots were taking off and Maureen and I grabbed cameras and were able to catch most of the take offs. Many of the comp pilots were able to get up and away with only a few coming in for relights. It will take me a few days to go through the many photos and post them here.

Photos Below

Zac Majors Rides My Electric Bike

Zac Breaks Down the New WW Sport III

 

Skydog Bob Over The 2018 Green Swamp Sport Klassic Take Off  Line Up

 

Dual Towing

 

Janica in the Green

 

Lots Of Gliders

Everywhere

 

Oded Kalir - Set Up

Oded Helps Skydog With Jon Thompson Towing

 

1002

 

Gliders In The Shade

Oded

 

Bobby Bailey Cruising In For A Sweet Touchdown

 

1003

Double Tow

 

1004

 

Janica - Green

 

More Gliders

And More

 

 

1006

 

1007

1008

 

Janica

 

Take Off Line

Skydog On Approach

 

1010

 

1011

 

1012

 

1013

1014

 

ILYA RIVKIN

 

Maureen and Lana

Spinner

 

1016

 

1017

 

Skydog Landing

Line Up

 

1018

 

1019

1020

 

1021

 

Nathan Contrares

Nathan Contrares

 

1024

 

Photo by ILIA RIVKIN

 

Lionel Lopez - Saturn

 

1026

Nathan Contrares

 

1028

 

Rick Hines - Canada

 

1030

John and Heather Simon - Aeros Combat

 

1032

 

1033

1034

 

ILYA RIVKIN

 

Bob Going For The Camera

1036

 

Russell Brown

 

Johny Durrand Jr. - Moyes Gecko

 

1038

1039

 

Eric - Willowtree Partner

Soham Mehta - WW Sport 2 - 155

 

1042

 

Larry Bunner - WW T2C

 

1044

 

Jon Thompson

 

1045

 

Eric Kriner

 

1047

 

Russel Brown

 

Jon Irlbeck

 

Evgeniya Laritskaya

 

1051

 

Chris

 

1053

1054

 

John Simon - Aeros Combat

 

1056

 

1057

Gliders

 

John Alden - WW U2 145

 

Matt Pruett - WW U2 145

 

Eric Kriner

 

1061

 

Soham Mehta - WW Sport 2 155

 

1063

Skyfull

 

Mitch Shipley - WW T2C 144

 

1065

 

1066

Eric - Willotree Partner

 

Larry Bunner - WW T2C 144

 

Bobby Bailey

 

1069

Eric - Willowtree Partner

 

1071

 

Ken Kinzie - WW T2C 144

 

1073

1074

 

Ken Kinzie

 

Richard Milla - WW U2 145

 

1076

1077

 

Richard Milla - WW U2 145

 

1079

 

Moon at 2 PM

1080

 

Sky Full

 

Davis Straub

 

1081

 

Mike L'Enfant - Northwing Freedom

 

1083

 

Mike

 

1085

 

1086

1087

 

1088

 

Andrey Solomykin - Aeros Discus

 

Soham Mehta - WW Sport 2 155

Soham Mehta - Landing WW Sport 2 155

 

1092

 

1093

 

1094

 

Willie VanCaulart

 

1095

1096

 

1097

 

1098

 

Sun Spot

Samai Watching Take Off

 

1100

 

1101

 

1102

 

Mike Asel

 

1104

 

Greg Dinauer - Aeros Combat

 

Nathan Contrares

 

Bob Filming

1107

 

Nathan Contrares

 

1109

 

1112

 

1113

 

Mike Duffy - WW U2 145

 

Yvonne, Sue and Sami

1116

 

1116

 

Maureen, Lana and Sue

1117

 

Janica

 

Bill Gottling

 

Heather Simon - Right

David Fynn

 

1122

 

Christian Ciech - Mentor

 

Nathan Contrares

 

Mick Howard - Mentor

 

Nathan Contrares

 

Spinner

Jeromy Armstrong

 

1128

 

1129

 

Maureen and Lana

Sun Streak

 

1130

 

1131

 

Tom Lanning

Lana And Maureen

 

1132

 

1133

 

Nathan Contrares

1135

 

Nick Casi

 

Belinda and Rich Kowouski

Eric, Heather, ? and Sami

 

Oded Kalir

 

1139

 

? ? and Joel Frohlich

 

Manfred Radius And  1141

1142

 

Skydog Bob Ready To Land

Green Swamp Challenge Photos On Sunday March 18, 2018

The Skydog Report

Green Swamp Challenge Photos & Stories Sunday March 18, 2018

 Sunday March 18, 2018 a foggy morning and Maureen and I are off to Quest Air to get some shots from the Green Swamp Challenge as this will be the first day of competition. We arrived at Quest at 9:30 expecting to get some face shots and that maybe by eleven o'clock we may get some take off shots but we later found that they were starting take offs ay 2 pm and I wanted to fly at Wallaby as my glider is set p there so we got our face shots and went back to Wallaby. I got ready to fly and at 2 pm Mikey Barber was ready so we started a line of eager pilots and Kate from Lookout Mt Tenn. was one of them. The competition pilots would likely be arriving at Wallaby just after three so I was ready with two Gopro cameras on my glider. I was off first with Mikey right behind and then Brian Jackson and a few others. Malcolm suggested that Kate wait until later in the day as it was pretty rowdy at 2:30. The cumulous were abundant and the lift was strong and rasty but I hung on and reached 4,747 feet ato and was getting sucked up hard trying to keep below the base. I did manage to get down to a safe level at 4,200 feet and we all zoomed around near base. I was fortunate enough to film three large birds either mating close by or maybe just being playful. After an hour or so I started to see comp pilots coming from the west along Hyw 33 so I headed west to meet them and the farther I got to the west the more kept coming. I was lucky enough to keep well above them as they were driving hard to get to Wallaby in good time. I was able to get some video of many of the Comp. pilots arriving and landing. After 1 hour and 40 minutes I was whipped and landed and was greeted my more than 20 pilots in the Wallaby Ranch Landing area. It was a great day for the first day of the comp and there were many happy faces at Wallaby Ranch this evening. Maureen captured many landings and Happy Faces Below. We also have some Arial video and it will be available later.

Green Swamp Challenge Photos Below

Sunday March 18, 2018

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Arrival at Quest Air For The 2018 Green Swamp Klassic

 

Landing At Wallaby Ranch

 

Task Board

 

Crystal Wolfe, Max Kotchouro, Beth and

Natalie  Kotchouro

Christian Ciech

 

Rob Skinner

Finnegan, Maureen and Willie

 

Retrieval

Oh So Many Gliders

 

Crystal Wolf

Oded Setting Up

 

Rob Bunner

Dragonflies

 

Oded Kalir

Maureen Grant

 

Christian Ciech

 

Tandem

Oz Report Headquarters

 

2004

 

Windy

Pete Lehman

 

Greg Dinour and Friend

Charlie Tyrone

 

Audrey and Stella

Thor Froh and Stella

 

Dave Aldrich - Wills Wing Wild Man Photographer

 

Davis Straub

Mark Dowsett on Right

 

Rick Hines

Andrey Solomykin

 

2008

Audrey and Rich Westmoreland

 

"NEW"  Wills Wing Sport III

 

Audrey

Mitch ?

 

Set-Up

 

Stella Pooch

John Simon and Jim Prahl

 

John Alden

Rob Skinner and Friend

 

Sue Bunner

Belinda Boulter

 

George Adams

Evgeniya Laritskaya

 

Janica Schmanica

Charlie and Friend

 

 and Jon Thompson

2014

 

Larry Bunner and Dave Aldrich

Zac Majors

 

 

2015

2016

 

Tandem

Jim Prahl - Tug Pilot

 

Rick Johnson

Mike Duffy and Friends ?

 

Dave Lopez and Honey

2018

 

Oded Kalir and Zac Majors

2019

 

2020

Ken Kinzie

 

Jimmy Kolynich

 ? and Cliff Rice

 

Maureen Grant Photographer

Lionel Lopez and Honey

 

Belinda's Flowers

Dragonfly

 

Tim Delaney and Mike Duffy

Rosie and Maureen

 

Tim Delaney

Pete Wall

 

George Adams and Jimmy Kolynich

Willie VanCaulart and Charlie Tyrone

 

2025

2026

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Skydog Bob

 

2027

 

2028

 

Mick Howard

 

2030

 

Two Vultures Come in Close

 

2031

 

2032

 

Willie VanCaulart

 

Mick

 

2034

 

2035

2036

 

2037

 

John Simon - Aeros Combat

Bob Below

 

Oded

 

Vulture - White Head - Maybe it is a Bald Eagle?

 

2039

 

2040

2041

 

Kenny & ?

 

Willie VanCaulart

 

2042

Brothers Bob and Gavin Grant

 

2043

 

2044

 

2045

 

Kenny

 

2046

 

2047

Kenny

 

John Simon - Aeros Combat

 

2049

2050

 

2051

 

2052

Ken Kinzie

 

Skydog Bob and John Simon- Aeros Combat

 

Skydog Bob

 

2054

 

Kenny

 

2056

 

Chistian Ciech

 

2058

Ken Kinzie

 

Chistian Ciech

 

Three Vultures - One has a White Tail

 

Oded Kalir

 

Oded

 

Max Kotchuro - WW Sport 2 155

 

White Tail

 

Oded Come First In Topless Class

 

Vulture

 

Oded

 

2061

 

Oliver and Malcolm - Right

Maureen, Willie, ? and John Simon

 

Max Kotchouro - Tochdown

 

Kelly, Gavin and Maureen Grant

John Alden

 

Davis Straub

 

Mick And Larry

Tim Delaney - WW Sport 2 155

 

Max Kotchouro - First Place Winner - Kingposted Class

 

Larry Congrats Fabiano

Mick Howard

 

Oded, Paul and Beth

George, Rosie, Willie and Jimmy

 

Davis Straub

 

2067

2068

 

2069

 

Oliver, Laurie, Malcolm and Friends

Dave Goes For a Close-Up

 

Ken Kinzie Can't Decide

Audrey

 

2071

 

Rob Skinner

Evgeniya Laritskaya Tug Pilot and Retrieval

 

2072

 

2073

2074

 

2075

 

2076

Dave Aldrich Catching The Action

 

It's A Race  2078

 

Davis Straub Loading Up

Gord, Deb, Maureen, Kelly and Brother Gavin Grant

 

Larry Bunner

 

Lee Silver Ecstatic To Come In First Today

 

Lee Silver - First Place King posted Winner For The Day

 

Davis Straub Loads up and we are expecting to have a few windy days so I expect that flying will resume on Thursday March 22, 2018. See Ya Then

 

Photos Below The Stories