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Frigate birds are ocean hunters that can't get wet, yet they
overcome this handicap to catch their prey - flying fish... mehr

André Wolf writes:
Yesterday was a special day in my life. Taking off from Tacima in
Paraíba and landing in Poranga in Ceará with my friend Glauco Pinto, we beat
together the world record for declared goal with 607 kilometers and the South
American distance record with 612 kilometers.
Took off at 7:15 AM and I landed at 5:35... mehr

This is the current shared world record:
http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=17704 and
http://www.fai.org/fai-record-file/?recordId=17706
514 km.
Here are the tracks of the latest flights:
http://www.wherearethepilots.com/php/ShowPilots.php?CC=zero&ShowAll

564 kilometers for the three paraglider pilots. 350 miles.... mehr

October 14 - 16Friday: Nice onshore soarable conditions all afternoon.Saturday: Morning low clouds will burn by 11am or noon allowing for another
flyable day.Sunday: The morning clouds return and are a bit more persistent than Saturday,
however a burn is probable by early to mid-afternoon. Perhaps a 40% chance of no
burn.Have a great weekend. mehr

NPR story
here.

The CORONA satellites orbited 100 miles above Earth with the objective of taking
spy photographs of the Soviet Union and China.Spy photos were flooding in — but the pictures were blurry. That's what the
concrete X's were for. That grid out in the Arizona desert was used to calibrate
the cameras on board the... mehr

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Jonathan Dietch <<res007jc>>
writes:http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=50038
The Wills Wing drag chute is from the same manufacturer I am
currently working with. In limited applications it works fine but outside very
limited parameters becomes unpredictable.I don't know whether or not Woody Valley is still using the... mehr

Jim Rooney from his hospital bed also posted pictures of the snow
storm
Ian Clark <<Ian>>
writes:
A new Wills Wing Falcon 4 tandem going for a check flight after an
unexpected snow fall the night before. Coronet Peak, Queenstown. mehr

Of course, a wedge-tail eagle:
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/32876540/bird-strike-forces-glider-emergency/#page1

A glider pilot was forced to make an emergency landing at
Quairading Airport today after his aircraft hit a wedge-tailed eagle.
“The bird came in through the canopy and landed on his lap,” he said. “He was... mehr

Revo <<Surfair>>
sends:
https://youtu.be/MUUEouVqclE


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https://www.facebook.com/roger.irby.3/videos/vb.1641787095/10209864656166691/?type=2&theater

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Apparently the good old days:
https://youtu.be/PEs00Azji0U


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https://www.facebook.com/hombrespajarocolombia/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED&fref=nf
Colombia in January.We are announcing the Hombres Pajaro Colombia 2017 meet in Colombia, for the
21st till the 28th of January 2017.It will be held at the same launch we used last year “Piedechinche” which is in
the same valley as the now famous Roldanillo... mehr

https://youtu.be/BFRQvS0OY9c


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Link
here. mehr

You might want to know where it is that you are going to land before you take
off:
https://youtu.be/Gd9KUqo4S2c


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October 7 - 9Friday: North winds all day making for no flying here.Saturday: Morning north winds will switch about noon to allow for a flyable
afternoon and lift to 6K with sunny skies.Sunday: Upslope all day with lift to 6K. Late afternoon some high clouds might
move into the area.Is this your card? Have a great weekend. mehr

https://www.ventusky.com/?p=29.03;-80.80;6&l=gust&t=20161007/12&w=0xIAb9A9AFriday 4 AM.Thanks to Gerry P. mehr

12th of December 2016 till 27th of January 2017, each week Monday
till Saturday.
Thomas Weissenberger <<thomas.weissenberger01>>
sends:The brochure
here.
Come and fly sunny Lanzarote Island, one of the most unique and
consistent flying sites in southern Europe!Two Moyes gliders ready to testfly: RX3.5 and RX4 full carbon perfectly... mehr

http://ryanvoight.com/comparing-the-2016-t2c-with-my-2011/
This season I sold my 2011 T2C for a brand new all-options 2016
T2C.It’s a very different machine!Compared to my 2011, my 2016 is noticeably lighter weight. ODL04 sail cloth and
the carbon front leading edges are expensive, but they do reduce the weight a
tad.In flight, I would... mehr