Joerg Ewald <<joerg.ewald>>
writes:
I am really sorry about the cylinder size mishap in the first
version 4. I fixed it right after I found it, but unfortunately, word didn’t go
out fast enough, and some pilots were hit by it in competitions. Since then I
have flown numerous tasks with my 6030, without any problems. I really... mehr

Jeff Shapiro writes:

Tough day for me today. Dustin Martin and I hiked for 4 hours to a
beautiful spot to launch from in good position to make use of a good forecast.
We launched under forming clouds and I got to share climbs with vultures before
heading toward turn point 3.
With cloud base just below peak height, I kept finding myself a... mehr

Alexandra Serebrennikova writes:
I have an official Russian National Record which is 900 meters
(408.1 km) longer than the World record (407.2 km). mehr

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They started from the beach at 6 AM on Sunday. 26 km hike before
they could fly.http://www.x-pyr.com/en/blog/Live tracking:
http://www.x-pyr.com/LiveTracking/Live2D.htmlJeff writes:
Had to land twice high and relaunch to continue progress after our
initial flight from turn point 1 (after our morning 26k run with our kits). On
my second ridge... mehr

https://issuu.com/us_hang_gliding_paragliding/docs/ushpapilot1804_issuu
Page 36.

Currently there are two sizes of the Wills Wing Sport 3—135 & 155
square feet. I’ll attempt to summarize the qualities of the glider I flew for
six hours in five flights on three consecutive days at two sites in a variety of
frequently encountered... mehr

http://www.digiflyusa.com/
Digifly's CIVL Rules Compliance
As many of you may already know, the CIVL recently published its official and
finalized document on the model that will be used for distance calculation
during FAI Cat. 1 (World and Continental Championships): the FAI SPHERE.
This is not necessarily the rule for Cat.2s, where... mehr

https://b2b.naviter.com/product/flytec-6030-software-for-wgs84-distance-calculation/
Joerg Ewald writes:
Get your Flytec 6030 / Bräuniger Compeo+ ready for 2018 and beyond.
There is a new firmware available for the 6030/Compeo+:
V5.00b's main addition is the capability to switch between FAI sphere and WGS84
ellipsoid for distance... mehr

FAI Records <<record>>
sends:
Category : Female
Type of record : Straight distance
Course/location : Forbes, NSW (Australia)
Performance : 408.1 km
Pilot : Alexandra Serebrennikova (Russia)
Aircraft : Litespeed RX 3 / Moyes Delta Gliders
Date : 02.01.2018
Current record : 407.2 km (05.11.2017 - Corinna Schwiegerhausen, Germany)... mehr

https://vimeo.com/276397300


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I purchase and play around with different flight computers
(varios+) in order to write articles about them in the Oz Report. Perhaps you
will find some interesting tidbits from my experiences with them.
I have an Oudie 4. I haven't flown with it much. When I test out a new flight
computer I put it on the right side and have my Flytec 6030 in... mehr

https://www.facebook.com/beto.schmitz/videos/1838526532834206/


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https://www.facebook.com/steve.baran.18/videos/1720273711423859/


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Elena Filonova, CIVL Administrator and Competition Coordinator,
writes:
New FS releases were made in order to keep to CIVL Plenary 2018
decisions and to reduce turnpoint radius tolerances forcing all pilots in a
competition to fly the same distance.
In FAI Category 1 events (world- and continental championships), only one earth
model will be... mehr

https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/human-catapult-video-careem-dubai-man-goes-flying-through-air-342311-2016-09-21

Thanks to Glen Volk who tracked this down. mehr

Knut Ryerson <<krryerson>>
writes:
https://youtu.be/PEy5_pup-cs


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https://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=6526662
118 KM without circling. 115 KM without circling. 80 KM without circling.
197.2 km/h

Gary writes:
Flew more than 1000km in under 5 hours, returning to takeoff
(cancels out wind factors). mehr