http://www.scnews.com/theme_pages/senior_scene/image_941f0636-94a7-11e6-842d-cb22dacdb454.html
Melissa Kmetz pretends to drive a boat owned by Rod Brown while
Brown demonstrates how his equipment can work like a cross between hang gliding
and parasailing. Brown lives on Camano Island and wants to set up a business
offering this adventure... mehr

October 21 - 23Friday: Morning north winds switching upslope for a nice flyable and hot
afternoon.Saturday: Upslope and flyable. Slightly cooler than the last few days.Sunday: A flyable day. Some mid and upper clouds blocking some sun and even
cooler than Saturday.Enjoy your weekend. mehr

Peter Adams <<peternadams>>
sent:
http://contest.techbriefs.com/2016/entries/aerospace-and-defense/7082
"The key to the innovation use of a bell-shaped spanload rather
than the conventional elliptical spanload. To achieve the bell spanload,
designers used a twisted and sharply tapered wing, with 11 percent less wing
area than the... mehr

http://imageevent.com/aero92/xbarlubeJonathan Dietch writes:
I've started lubricating my keels with Star brite® Snap and Zipper
Lubricant:
http://www.starbrite.com/item/snap-zipper-lubricant-with-ptef. So far, the
results have been very encouraging. I've also been using it on zippers with
excellent results.I recently acquired a 100-hour... mehr

Adam Palmer <<apalmer>>
writes:

http://www.techly.com.au/2015/02/26/finally-know-airplanes-can-fly-hurricanes-thunderstorms/1. Hurricane wind is horizontal is good. Not great, but it’s ok.2. Thunderstorm wind is up and down is bad. Very bad.As redditors have pointed out, simply fly sideways and the problem of flying
through... mehr

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Alejandro Isaza <<alejoisaza>>
writes:
It's been raining a lot this past week around here (Medellin,
Colombia) and a landslide on a major road blocked us from reaching two of our
closest flying sites. So I started to look for another site close by (with the
help of Google Earth) and after two trips on my motorcycle I found a good... mehr

http://www.wvgazettemail.com/outdoors/20161014/canaan-valley-targets-paragliders-with-mountaintop-launch-site-https://www.facebook.com/ushpafreeflight/posts/1415908838422588
A group of pilots in West Virginia recently opened a new site at
Canaan Valley State Park due to the amazing park superintendent Stan Beafore,
who sought out USHPA member... mehr

Hugo Pronto <<hpronto>>
writes:
https://vimeo.com/187419864


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Luke writes:
USHPA should stop charging for the 30-day membership.Paul says this is to cover the cost of the liability insurance for the student:1. The student on a tandem flight is exposed to very little liability since the
instructor will likely be held accountable in a tandem accident.2. The student is not required to have liability... mehr

Steve Rodrigues <<steve>>,
who is in charge of the USHPA SOP's, writes:
A USHPA Tandem Instructor's responsibilities to insure the student
is a USHPA member only applies to tandems done by other USHPA certified tandem
instructors. In other words, if the tandem is being done by a USHPA tandem
instructor, then yes, another USHPA... mehr

http://ozreport.com/20.201#0New option: RX gliders + guide + car transport + retrieve: 400 € per week. mehr

NY Times article on the NWS
here.
Hurricanes like Matthew have laid bare the dirty secret of the
National Weather Service: its technologies and methods are woefully behind the
times.At 11 o’clock on the night of Sept. 29, the National Hurricane Center in Miami
posted an updated prediction for Hurricane Matthew. Using the latest data from... mehr

Paul writes:
As I understand it, there are requirements to perform tandems as a
USHPA tandem instructor. Those SOPs are 12-02.02 and 12-03.03. These SOPs fall
under the general statement (12-01.01): “The purpose of this SOP is to outline
operational procedures for pilots participating in the Tandem Program.”
It is not indicating... mehr

Records <<record>>
writes:
FAI has received the following Class O (Hang Gliding and
Paragliding) World record  claims:
================================================
Claim number : 18027
Sub-class : O-3 / Paragliders
Category : General
Group : Not applicable
Type of record : Straight distance
Course/location : Tacima... mehr

Paul Murdock writes:
Our SOPs state the following in 12-12.02 and 12-12.03:
2.c. Tandem passengers must have in their possession a current USHPA membership
card.
2.d. When present at a flying site, a Tandem Instructor pilot shall personally
ensure that all tandem flying requirements and the site requirements are being
strictly followed. The... mehr

I asked Paul Murdock, USHPA president, about the decision to pull
the use of the tandem exemption at Torrey Pines
The original email from the USHPA:
http://ozreport.com/20.196#0
I ask: When did the USHPA Regional Director first receive a complaint? Or did
that in fact happen?
Paul writes: There was no complaint. USHPA became aware of a
number... mehr

Tandem instructors are required by USHPA rules to report their
accidents. Their ratings can be revoked if they do not. These are individual
instructors, not the ACA, but employees of ACA.
Not all sites require USHPA site insurance. Many commercial operations do not
require any liability insurance, especially if they are owned by the... mehr

https://www.ushpa.org/page/ntss-class-1



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