Harry Martin <<harry>>
sends:
Wyoming is experimenting with visual detection of birds entering
wind farms in an effort to reduce the high eagle kill rate.
“An eagle’s average horizontal flight speed ranges from 14 to 19 metres per
second. For a rotating turbine taking 30 seconds to stop, the turbine must be
alerted to... mehr

Evgeniya Laritskaya <<laritskaya.evgeniya>>
writes:
Each month of the 2017 calendar is represented by four photos made
by Russian, Kazakhstan and Ukrainian pilots in the same month of last year.
Every month during 2016 we held a photo contest where our Russian-speaking hang
gliding community voted for the four best photos of the... mehr

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http://www.hgoutlanders.com/
Based on considerable grumbling amongst the drivers and even many
of the pilots, it seems most of the field was pretty exhausted by the last day
of very typical long Forbes tasks. Many expected a shortish task on the final
day… many were disappointed. The task committee called a 227 km task out to the
west... mehr

January 6 - 8Friday: A partly cloudy day with upslope winds and flyable conditions.Saturday: Mostly cloudy with a 50-50 chance that we could see some light
sprinkles at some point during the day. Fair chance of some flying between the
wet periods.Sunday: Sunny Sunday! Perhaps the best day for flying this weekend.Have a great weekend! mehr

https://airtribune.com/forbes/blog
Presentation is now on Saturday morning


To Hilliston, northeast of Hay. mehr

Robert Joynes <<rajoynes>>
writes:
Following is a link to last Friday's edition of our local
newspaper, the Eastern Shore Post. There is an article starting on page two
which details how a local hang gliding operation is affecting my family and our
neighborhood, with the reckless behavior of the owner and one of the tandem... mehr

https://airtribune.com/forbes/blog

http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
Task 5:



#
Name
Glider
Time
Total



1
Jonny Durand
Moyes RX 3.5 Pro
02:49:33
1000


2
Trent Brown
Moyes RX 3.5
02:53:46
923


3
Andre Wolf
Moyes RX 3.5 Pro
02:55:42
902


4
Filippo Oppici
Wills Wing T2C 144... mehr

mehr

https://airtribune.com/forbes/blog

http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
Task 4:



#
Name
Glider
Time
Total



1
Jonny Durand
Moyes RX 3.5 Pro
03:54:15
1000


2
Gerolf Heinrichs
Moyes RX 3.5 Pro
03:55:24
973


3
Kato Minoru
Moyes RX 3.5 Pro
04:08:19
854


4
Attila Bertok
Moyes RX 5... mehr

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https://www.facebook.com/PascalPurin/videos/464376280353845 mehr

https://dinosaur17.com/
mehr

http://www.cloudbasemayhem.com/unscrambling-insurance-are-you-covered/

Travel Abroad. Very few health insurance companies cover
repatriation (ie you get hurt in a foreign company and want to get to a hospital
on your own home turf) if you are injured. More concerning, most will definitely
not cover you if you are hurt participating in human... mehr

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/12/23/2016-30910/transponder-requirement-for-gliders-withdrawalhttps://www.facebook.com/ushpafreeflight/posts/1506592226020915
While most of us were holiday shopping last month, the FAA
withdrew a proposed rule to require gliders to carry transponders. This is good
news for free flight pilots,... mehr

David Whittle <<david.whittle>>
writes:
The first cross country flight of 2017 from the Florida Ridge
Thursday and Friday on XCSkies indicated Sunday to be the best day of the
weekend. Saturday had a change with stronger winds forecast and slightly lower
chance of a cross country flight. Sunday morning's forecast reiterated this... mehr

https://airtribune.com/forbes/blog

http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
Task 3:



#
Name
Glider
Time
Total



1
Attila Bertok
Moyes RX 5 Pro
02:48:08
1000


2
Jonny Durand
Moyes RX 3.5 Pro
02:49:03
973


3
Andre Wolf
Moyes RX 3.5 Pro
02:49:28
965


4
Glen Mcfarlane
Wills Wing T2C... mehr

https://airtribune.com/forbes/blog

Again no leading or arrival position points.
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html mehr

Steven Pearson <<Steve>>
writes:
Urs writes, "The Euro is at its lowest point in 15 years. That
means Icaro gliders are less than their competitors."
Despite highly unfavorable foreign currency exchange rates, Wills Wing gliders
are still (by far) the best value in the marketplace. Obviously, the comparison
would be even more... mehr

Roger Hoyt writes:
While flying the coast in nanolight trikes yesterday, one of our
group of three pilots suffered an engine-out and landed safely on a nice stretch
of beach, which unfortunately happened to actually be an island! Today he
retrieved his trike in a rather unusual way. Those balloon tires come in handy.
The island:
The retrieve: mehr