The featured image was taken at the 2015 Jr. Worlds in Austrailia and features some of the top pilots under 26. While the US Jr. team was down under, the idea began brewing: Every year, the top countries have events to develop their jr pilots and offer an unforgettable fun experience. Why don’t we?
This summer, the SSA Youth/Junior Committee and Texas Soaring Association will host up to 20 pilots under 26 for a week of training and competition. We welcome experienced juniors into the single seat class (contact us if you need help finding a glider) that will be sanctioned as a super-regionals. If you are new to soaring or cross country flying, consider attending in two seat class where you will fly in a two-seater with an experienced mentor.
July 9 and 10: The training days will consist of ground lessons covering the basics of racing and get new cross country (XC) pilots up to speed on rules. In flight, the single seat pilots will race alongside mentors on practice tasks while the two-seat pilots are introduced to XC flying.
July 11-15: The main competition period will consist of an official SSA sanctioned super regional and daily task/weather briefings and flight reviews. Two-seat pilots will plan to fly at least half of the days (more depending on mentor and glider availability) and single seat pilots will be flying daily.
Keep an eye on this site and the event page (http://juniors.ssa.org/home/events/) for more info!
Questions? Ask them here!