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Recent Updates to the USA
Soaring Team Web

If you are a frequent visitor to the US team web site this is the place to start. All the most recent additions to the site are listed for easy access.  

Date US Soaring Team Web Site Updates
06/12/07 Reworked site again for better management and added team reports archive here
08/10/06 Reworked the entire site to update for 2008 and the combination of classes and venues.
05/10/06 Created new Reports pages for Sweden...
07/05/05 Updated Team Day reports for the 05 Junior WGC in the UK.
06/01/05 Completed revision of team web site to match the recent changes in the SSA site...
02/06/05 Completed Team Archive...
12/30/04 Added Team camp page here...
11/14/04 Revised team eBulletin sign up and list management functionality here
10/21/04 Added more formal news briefs on home page, included Club Class report on Team Committee page.
08/01/04 Updated the design of the team web site to more closely match the look of the new SSA site. Added the new Team Press Room
07/22/04 Added Sugarbush Camp page
07/18/04 Updated Champs and Team History page
07/18/04 Added Junior Camp page
05/30/04 Updated Multi-Class team page and removed WGC coverage from Poland and added day reports for Club Class in Norway.
04/26/04 Updated all team pages with better navigation links, developed Team Junior List including sign-up page.
02/10/04 Update to U.S. Team Committee Page, Team News and posted revised team selection plus draft for Team Policies and Procedures.  See Team Committee page.
01/14/04 Updated Team News page here
01/14/04 Added SSA Team Booth page for 2004 here
09/30/03 Added U.S. Team Committee disclosure documents on Committee page here
07/22/03 Added Multi Class coverage of 28th World Gliding Championships here
06/03/03 Added the Junior and World Day Reports page
03/04/03 Reworked Team Task Force page and created a U.S. Team Committee page.
02/07/03 Reworked many of the organizational pages and cleaned up text.
02/07/03 Morphed Team Task Force page into U.S. Team Committee page.
01/14/03 Added U.S. Team "Tips From The Team" page here.
01/13/03 Junior team page updated.
12/11/02 Fixed merchandise links and reworked merchandise order form.
11/13/02 Reworked the team merchandise page.
11/09/02 Added 2003 Team Sweepstakes page.
09/18/02 Added Pre-World Report from Poland here.
09/01/02 Added the US Feminine Class web page - here.
08/29/02 Reworked US Team Calendar with the help of John Leibacher to reflect US team selection criteria.
08/01/02 Major rehash of site with Club Class Day Reports included and an update of the Multi-Class page.
07/28/02 More team news! Plus the site now has the Club Class Day Reports on line...
06/19/02 Added 2002 US Team e-survey - Take the US Team e-survey!
04/25/02 Added 2001 US Team Financial report to Funding page.
04/25/02 Revised header on each class page to be more understandable.
04/24/02 Revised layout of team news page making it an all in one news page.
04/23/02 Team e-news announcement added to pages.
03/26/02 The 2002 Club Class teams page updated along with the news page.
02/16/02 Added World Class Pre-Worlds Report from Matamata, New Zealand By Bill Snead. See News
02/12/02 Added the US Team Task Force page.
02/12/02 Removed 2001 Club Class Team and added 2002 Club Class Team
02/12/02 Reworked US Team Web Site and updated for 2002.
12/18/01 Reworked Day Reports page for one page per day report.
12/10/01 Reports from the US soaring team in South Africa are posted in the Day Reports.
12/01/01 Calendar update for US National contestants in 2003 and several international events.
11/28/01 Reports from the US soaring team in South Africa will be posted starting December 10. See Day Reports.
11/25/01 Rearranged the side bar navigation to emphasis the Day Reports page. This page will have daily bulletins from U.S. Teams while the respective world championships are underway.
11/25/01 Morphed the Patch Gallery into the Team Archive. In addition to the patches used by past U.S. Soaring Teams many original articles from Soaring Magazine are now available in Adobe PDF format. More to come...
10/23/01 The annual Sailplane Racing Association pilots poll results are in. See what the respondents thought regarding U.S. World Teams. Go to News and look under US Team Management. See the entire pole on the SRA site here...
10/01/01 Ken Sorenson replaces Aland Adams as the US Contest Committee Chairman. Ken is a highly experienced competition pilot, representing the United States at the 1993 World Championships in Sweden and has been active on the U.S. Rules committee. See U.S. Team News under organization.
10/01/01 Team News update - pilots, sailplanes and money. 
09/25/01 Team news update with link to South African Nationals now underway. 
09/10/01 The US Team Selection page has been revised and updated. 
08/27/01 Final update on the US Junior Team Reports & Results supplied by team manager John Campbell. Special thanks to Frank Whiteley for updating the site with Junior Team Day Reports. 
08/23/01
 
Moved all Junior Team Day Notes to the Reports and Results page. Updated Junior Team News page. 
08/23/01 The Reports and Results page now has both the daily team reports while World Gliding Championships are underway and the final result links to the organizers web pages. 
08/23/01 Updated World Champions Page. 
08/23/01 Updated the US Team Links page with link to the recently concluded 1st World Women Gliding Championships held in Pociunai, Lithuania. This excellent site is worth a look
08/05/01 Junior Team arrives in Europe. New WJGC website links added. 
07/18/01 Update on Standard Class page to reflect Mike Opitz decision to forgo participation in the 27th World Gliding Championships due to high personal cost and lack of team funding. 
07/16/01 Update on World Champions page.
07/16/01 Announcement of Junior Team Prize Drawing
06/30/01 Updates on US Team History page. 
06/30/01 Completion of World Air Games 2001. Updates on News  
06/18/01 Updated links page. 

06/13/01

Updated the US Team News for all latest on US Soaring Teams in Spain. Updated the 18-Meter and World US Team pages. 
06/05/01 Junior Captain's Corner update.
04/17/01 New US 18-Meter pilot photo. 
04/16/01 New 2003 World Class WGC web site link on links page.
04/06/01 World Air Games allows two 18-meter pilots. Bill Bartell makes the team for Spain. 
04/06/01 Updated Funding page with the exciting new programs now available including a glider for a month! 
03/24/01 Added US National 2002 dates to calendar
03/04/01 Junior Team announced and up on US Team site
03/04/01 More US Team Supporters added to growing list
02/15/01 US Team news from the SSA Convention added to Team News under Organization
02/14/01 Added several new team patches to Patch Gallery
02/14/01 Added Team Managers to US Team History list
02/14/01 Added US Team Merchandise catalog and order form
02/13/01 Listing of US Team Supporters added
02/13/01 Started Recent Updates page 
10/26/00 US Team Web Site First Published


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