https://airtribune.com/2016-quest-air-open-national-championships/result

With light winds, cu's and a hint of convergence possibility in the center of
the state the task committee called a task north to the Turnpike south to Deen
Still road and back to Quest, 102 kilometers. The sport class task was just a
half sized version of the same... mehr

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FAI sends:
Type of record : Speed over a triangular course of 200 km
Course/location : Koessen - Gerlos - Lend - Koessen (Austria)
Performance : 40,85 km/h
Pilot : Matthias Kurzthaler (Austria)
Hang Glider : T2C / Wills Wing
Date :07.05.2016
Current record : no record set yet mehr

https://airtribune.com/2016-quest-air-open-national-championships/resultsTask 4:



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Name
Glider
Time
Total



1
Robin Hamilton
Moyes RX 3.5
03:03:55
1000


2
Jonny Durand
Moyes RX 3.5
03:34:36
829


3
Tullio Gervasoni
Wills Wing T2C 144
03:35:04
824


4
Zac Majors
Wills Wing T2C... mehr

NY Times article
here.
“The way I felt when I first saw it was: Armageddon,” Jane Wiggins
said. Wiggins was a paralegal, working in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in June
2006, when she looked out her office window and saw an impenetrable shroud of
dark clouds looming over town. Everyone in the office stood up, Wiggins told me,
and... mehr

The orthopedist used his phone to translate Japanese. Yoko will be in
surgery this morning for three breaks in her pelvis. She feels such shame for
her incident. mehr

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James D Yeomans <<dennisyeomans>>
writes:
This motorcycle tour company is in Ecuador I have recently been on
two of their off-road tours high in the Andes and they are two of the most
exciting, fun and worthwhile trips I have ever taken. I can’t speak highly
enough of the two guys running the operation out of Quito. They are... mehr

She is in the Orlando hospital where they life flight all the
trauma cases. Belinda Boulter, the meet director, is with her.
Yoko called Larry and I on the radio saying (we thought) that she needed help.
She speaks very little English and her voice is barely audible on the radio so
we could not make out whether she was hurt or just her... mehr

Gregg Ludwig <<GreggLudwig>>
writes:
Another perfect day at the lake as instructor Mark Moore
demonstrates proper technique for landing with floats. Lake Conroe AirSports, a
USHPA chapter, Texas: mehr

https://www.yahoo.com/news/airbus-backs-glider-setting-sights-stratosphere-230504224.html?nhp=1https://www.yahoo.com/news/perlan-2-glider-airbus-claims-mantle-space-pioneer-195042208.html?nhp=1
The glider, with a wing span of 90 feet and a weight of only 1,800
pounds (815 kilograms), is designed to ride updrafts to an altitude of up to
90,000... mehr

At the pool at the pilot meeting in our Panama hats (from
Ecuador)

Thanks John Armstrong. mehr

Raul Guerra <<dr.raulguerra>>
writes:
Under the concept "the four worlds" Ecuador offers to the
international tourism its four privileged regions. Only in Ecuador you can find
some enchanted islands, some spectacular beaches where whales come to mate from
the Arctic, some Andes mountains, with erupting volcanoes and an... mehr

At goal. mehr

http://www.dhv.de/web/piloteninfos/wettbewerb-sport/drachen-szene/live-berichte/german-open-2016/news-of-the-day/Task 3:



#
Name
Glider
Time
Total



1
Gricar, Primoz
Aeros Combat 13,5 09 GT
01:29:28
1000


2
Bader, Lukas
Moyes Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5
01:39:07
852


3
Wöhrle, Roland... mehr

https://airtribune.com/2016-quest-air-open-national-championships/blog__day_1The pilot meeting.The task committee called big task to the south on a day with no cu's and a
strong north northwest wind. The lift was forecasted to be good with a top of
the lift at 6,000'. Larry wanted to start early, launch opening at 12:30 for the
open launch... mehr

Niki and Makbule Baldik. mehr

http://www.dhv.de/web/piloteninfos/wettbewerb-sport/drachen-szene/live-berichte/german-open-2016/news-of-the-day/Task 1:



#
Name
Glider
Time
Total



1
Gricar, Primoz
Aeros Combat 13,5 09 GT
01:46:47
1000


2
Selenati, Suan
Wills Wing T2C 144
02:06:30
866


3
Kaiser, Raimund
Icaro Laminar... mehr

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/getout/features/story/2016/may/01/under-one-sky/362039/
Morris, a hang-gliding instructor, and Radloff, a paraglider
pilot, had a less conventional approach to enriching the women's lives: They
planned to take them flying. This was but one component of One Sky Project, a
yearlong African venture founded by... mehr

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