August 19 - 21Friday: Hot summery day. Breezy upslope with lift to mid 6K's.Saturday: Maybe a bit cooler than Friday. Same winds and lift.Sunday: More of the same. What's not to like?Before flying, please check the TFR status for the fire in the Cajon Pass. Our
flying site could shut down at any time due to expansion of the TFR, or the TFR... mehr

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/19/sports/this-rio-phenom-would-be-a-lock-for-a-gold-if-there-was-one-for-slacklining.html


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Vicki Cain <<Vicki>>
writes:
Congratulations to Balazs Ujhelyi for winning the Italian
Nationals in a mighty strong field! The scores show him flying an RS4 but he was
actually flying his new RX4!
Balazs wrote to me:
Glider was super also on this comp, I enjoy the Rx feeling a lot and how it hooks into the thermal.
When I asked... mehr

http://www.fai.org/civl-news/41822-event9729-krushevo-paragliding-euro-midway-through
Sunny weather but sometimes weak conditions does not make this
European championship a piece of cake. Five tasks have been flown and four
maximum are still to come, weather permitting.By voting a specific rule during its last Plenary, CIVL allowed to... mehr

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Thanks to Brad Kushner mehr

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Almost one million views and 5000 shares. mehr

Mikkel Krogh <<mikkelkrogh74>>
writes:
I have been testing the G4S Gimbal from Feiyu Tech. Besides the
remote control, the three different modes for controlling the stabilization and
360 degree in all direction. I really like that is can also supply the GoPro
with power. That way I can just turn it on and fly for hours without... mehr

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottlob_Espenlaub
Gottlob Espenlaub (25 October 1900 – 9 January 1972[1]), nicknamed
Espe, was an inventor who specialized in early types of aircraft, specifically
gliders and rocket propulsion systems designed for them. He invented a number of
different aircraft, focusing on tailless designs. Espenlaub... mehr

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/15/five-die-in-french-alps-in-series-of-extreme-sports-accidents
A deadly weekend for extreme sports in the French Alps has claimed
the lives of two climbers, a paraglider, a hang glider and a wingsuit jumper.On Sunday afternoon, rescuers found a paraglider’s body on rocks in the Haute-Savoie... mehr

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canberra-life/science-in-actions-daleks-planes-and-virtual-hang-glider-impress-20160810-gqpjmt.html
Oskar Rug, 10, was one of those transported from the third annual
Science in Action event to the skies above Stanwell Park Beach on NSW's
Illawarra coast thanks to the world's first virtual reality hang... mehr

The meet organizers run the competitions and are the only ones
responsible for their web pages

https://www.facebook.com/jamie.shelden/posts/10208898142904572?comment_id=10208899423256580&notif_t=feed_comment_reply&notif_id=1471268754681826Jamie Shelden writes in response to this:... mehr

Each year the pilots who fly at the Big Spring Nationals
contribute to the Rainbow Room which provides tiny beds, car seats, school
supplies, and clothes to foster children and children under the care of Child
Services. This year we are buying car seats which are required to take children,
even from the hospital after their birth. Very small... mehr

No task. After the front came through and stalled to the south, the
winds were up to an average of 20 mph gusting to 28 mph. Our limit is 25 mph. The
winds were also northeast and we might have tried a south launch if that
strength of winds were out of the south. But northeast is a problematic
direction for launching, 45 degrees to the taxi... mehr

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https://airtribune.com/openager2016/results
https://airtribune.com/openager2016/results
Task 7:



#
Name
Glider
Total



1
Pedro L. Garcia Morelli
Wills Wing T2C 154
955


2
Alvaro Idigoras Molina... mehr

Kevin Carter <<xckevinc>>
writes:
Cory was pretty far off course line but used this sweet
convergence to get back up and charge to goal.

Cory writes:
Day 5 of the competition is in the bag. I had my second longest
flight ever. 193 kilometers or 120 miles. I was last into goal (by the time I
hour there everyone else was packed up... mehr

https://airtribune.com/2016-big-spring-nationals/blog__day_5The task committee wisely sent us to the northeast to avoid the trough and dry
line coming from the west. Our goal was Guthrie, which you can see from above
was all in the clear the whole way.Unfortunately I went down early when I didn't stay with Larry in weak lift (that
was... mehr