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Larry Bunner writes:

The Midwest 2017 was a big success in part due to our sponsors. Greg, Kris and I
would like to thank the following for their support:Flytec/Naviter
Frawley Oil Co.
Bagmakers
Composite Raked Tips
GK Graphics
Wills Wing
Moyes
Joe Yobbka/Enjoy Field
Stephan Mentler
Patrick Halfhill
Paul Olson
Danny's Drag N Fly
QuestAir
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Pete writes:
What follows below are my own log book entries for the just
concluded Mid West Championship held at Twin Oaks airport in Whitewater, a
pretty little college town in southern Wisconsin. If you'd like to see more
detail of who did what in the comp, I commend to you the Air Tribune site where
you can see individual as well as... mehr

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We loved being and flying in Wisconsin. It was a wonderful week of
competition flying. Eastern Wisconsin is so beautiful and there are landing
areas everywhere so you are completely comfortable flying anywhere.Flying started out a week before the competition on a very weak Saturday after a
strong rain storm the previous day. I sure was hoping... mehr

Alexandra Serebrennikova writes:
The Day 2 of Vuleta Iberica brings us to the Northern side of
Central Massiff. Strong SE wind and inverted air didn't make it easy in the
beginning of the challenge, so I was nearly last leaving the field after a
re-tow, but at the same time was very motivated to cross one of the highest
chains of Spain... mehr

Gilles Normandeau writes:
Today's task was a straight line east to an unnamed waypoint 86 km
away. Ross Hunter and Timmy Middlemiss both tagged the exit cylinder and Timmy
won the day. Doug Keller was just 700 meters short of goal.
Unofficial Results: Ross Hunter won the overall meet. Felix Cantesanu came in
second and Doug Keller was third.
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Greg Dinauer <<gdinauer>>
writes:
Organizing a major sanctioned hang gliding competition is
something that Larry, Kris and I have always talked about and, indeed have
attempted in the past. Plagued by low turnouts, and of course, the always
dubious weather up here in the Midwest, we just lost interest.
This year we finally... mehr

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The forecast was correct (we knew three days in advance):
NWS forecast: Sunny, with a high near 89. Windy, with a southwest wind 10 to 15
mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40
mph.
Hourly shows southwest surface winds at 21 mph... mehr

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With Saturday predicted to be too windy it looks like Friday is
the last competition day.
Niki on launch:

Photo by Mike Degtoff.
https://airtribune.com/midwest-2017/results
Task 5:



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Name
Glider
Time
Total



1
John Simon
Aeros Combat C 12.7
01:16:23
956


2
Bruce Barmakian
Icaro Laminar 13.2
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Gilles Normandeau writes:
With the winds blowing 29 kph from the SSE; today's task was set
for Cut Knife, Sk., 166 km away, just West of North Battleford. The task was up
on Airtribune at
https://airtribune.com/canadian/blog__day_5. No specific launch window was
set, so pilots could leave anytime.
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Photo by Mike Degtoff.
The forecast for the day:
NWS forecast: Increasing clouds, with a high near 79. Light west
wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Hourly forecast is for a 9 mph west southwest wind
There is a front to our west.
NAM 3 forecast:
1 PM:
Lift: 600 fpm
TOL: 6,000’
Cloudbase: No cu’s
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http://www.fai.org/civl-news/43110-brasilia-womens-hang-gliding-world-championship-cancelled
Unfortunately, due to a non-sufficient number of women
participants, the 14th FAI Women’s World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship in
Brasilia (Brazil) that was to take part from August 6 to 19, 2017, is cancelled.As per the event local... mehr