STUBAI TAKES US BACK TO THE ’80S

The Stubai Cup celebrated its 25th anniversary in early March, with a retro-themed flying and testing weekend in Austria’s Stubai Valley. Founded by local school owner Hans-Peter Eller the Stubai Cup was first held in winter 1988 as a glide contest, the still air and high take-off at Schlick 2000 being perfect for it. Since then it has evolved into a festival and trade show. Pilots can fly and compare test wings from one of the many manufacturers that attend, using the fast telepherique up to launch before flying back down to land next to the trade tents. This year 27 manufacturers were in the field, and despite a forecast that threatened a weather write-off pilots managed some nice flying on the Friday. Saturday turned a bit wintry and windy,…

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Cross Country (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2016

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