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James Gibson <<gibson.gds>>
writes:
On July 26 three hang glider pilots launched from the Green Point
(Frankfort, Michigan) ramp into buoyant and smooth 15 mph westerly winds. The
sky in front of launch was partly blue but five miles to the north there were
signs of strong instability over the water.
Thirty minutes later, while... mehr

So why isn't the winner of the competition in the middle?
The CIVL or USHPA rules require that we bring up the top ten pilots in each
class. We line them up right to left tenth through first. Pictures are taken and
then the pilots asked for just the top three. We don't have an actual physical
podium. Sorry if there was any confusion. mehr

http://www.forbesflatlands.com/

Forbes Flatlands Hang Gliding Championships 2019
Saturday 29th December 2018 - Saturday 5th January 2019
Registration at HQ from 10.00am - 12.00pm & 4.00pm - 6.00pm - 28th December 2018
Welcome night: Friday 28th December 2018
Practice flying: Thursday 27th and Friday 28th December 2018
1st competition day:... mehr

Gary Osoba <<osobagary>>
writes:
Once I was flying the prototype Carbon Dragon for Straight
Distance World Records out of Hobbs, New Mexico. On one flight I was north of
Tucumcari, New Mexico when an approaching front was accelerating toward me from
the west. Due to the typically good visibility over the New Mexican desert, I... mehr

XC Tracer <<info>>
writes:
New firmware is available for XC Tracer II (R06) and XC Tracer
Mini II GPS (R02). You can download the new firmware from
https://www.xctracer.com/en/downloads/?oid=1855&lang=en. It is recommended
for all users to update to the new releases. There was a buffer overflow in rare
cases, creating... mehr

https://www.gofundme.com/holy-fire-victim-robert-ewing

My friend Bob, aka Wild Eagle, 72 years old, lost his home in Lake
Elsinore (El Cariso) and all his belongings on August 9, 2018 in the Holy Fire.
The fire swept through the Cleveland National Forest quickly on that day, and he
was unable to grab anything except for his vehicle, 11... mehr

https://www.facebook.com/Whitwell.SVS.justfly/?hc_location=ufihttps://www.facebook.com/justflySVS/?hc_location=ufiI am unaware of how these entities mesh with the Tennessee Tree Toppers:
https://tttmember.org/ mehr

https://airtribune.com/hang-gliding-russian-cup-2018/blog__day_7



#
Name
Glider
Time
Distance
Total



1
Konstantin Lukyanov
Moyes Litespeed rx
01:55:01
63.39
176


2
Sasha Serebrennikova
Moyes Litespeed RX3 Pro

19.27
78


3
Roman Otdelkin
Aeros Combat L

13.12
65


Google... mehr

https://www.vololiberomontecucco.it/vlmc/index.php/it/competitions/classifiche-results



#
Name
Glider
T 1
T 2
Total



1
Alex Ploner
Icaro 2000 Laminar
969
965
1934


2
Thomas Weissenberger
Icaro 2000 Laminar
928
977
1905


3
Karl Reichegger
Icaro Laminar
864
886
1750


4
Marco... mehr

Photo by John Simon.
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2018 Hang Gliding Russian Cup
2018-08-04 to... mehr

Draw a 40 kilometer cylinder around the start point, go any
direction, come back
Larry Bunner <<lbunner>>
writes:
The last two days of the 2018 Big Spring Nationals were quite
difficult to predict weather wise for me. Even Gary Osoba was reluctant to offer
his insights on the last day. I am still convinced that an out and return... mehr

https://valleycentral.com/news/texas/landspout-spotted-near-big-springhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landspout
Landspouts are a type of tornado which forms during the growth
stage of a cumulus congestus cloud by stretching boundary layer vorticity upward
and into the cumulus congestus's updraft. They generally are smaller and weaker
than... mehr

The task committee wouldn't call a task given the forecast of a
50% chance of rain, radar images showing approaching storms, and what happened
the day before.
It looked later like we might have been able to get a smaller task in launching
around 2:00 PM.
Attila has won the Big Spring Nationals once again. He's come to fly at Big
Spring four... mehr

Belinda took this shot at about 7:40 PM on Saturday:
mehr

The task committee came up with a plan to take us around or away
from the storm, but the storms would not have it.

Big Spring after very little rain if any since December has suddenly received
quite a bit of it.
We all went south down the taxi way to the launch area and setup (or hauled out
gliders down from the hangars).
The cu-nimbs were... mehr

J.D. Guillemette relays the word. mehr

Wednesday task was setup to avoid going to the north where there
was a forecast of thunderstorms. They would in fact show up later down south in
Big Spring so it was good that we did not fly to northeast o Lubbock as
originally planned.
Bobby Bailey pulled me up with his 583 2-stroke powered Dragonfly and because it
is under powered he turns... mehr

On this day (Tuesday, the second task day) I was not quite as
fortunate as I was on the first task. I had been at 9,400' waiting for the start
window to open but was lower at 8,300' but 4 km from the edge of the start
cylinder at the first start time. I decided to wait for the second start as only
one pilot had headed out. By the time the... mehr