One of our favorite routes:Counter clockwise.Just before we launch:Must have been twenty pilots here today plus a load of tandems. The place was
jumping.I was off first and there was a big thermal right at the south end of the
runway. The tug just kept going up and up. I pinned off at 1,500' and just kept
climbing to cloud base at 4,200'. The... mehr

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A task has been called.

http://wow.asn.au/comps/Jonny Durand is not at the competition. Shane Duncan is.Results:
http://highcloud.net/xc/comp_result.php?comPk=183http://highcloud.net/xc/task_result.php?comPk=183&tasPk=842 mehr

That's what Tom Weissenberger says.https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153963022589549&set=p.10153963022589549&type=3&theater mehr

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February 19 - 21Friday: Looks like a great day for flying with moderate upslope winds, and we
might even see a couple of cu's over Marshall.Saturday: A jump ball on flying. There is an increasing threat of building... mehr

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Rudy Gotes <<rudy>>
writes:
This year competition was very important for Sport class, Every
day we had some how good flying, the best day was the first day, from there on
the weather was getting more high pressure and blue days, no cumulus clouds, and
because of this we had to do a bit smaller tasks but at the end it was more... mehr

http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/para/flightinfo.html?dsId=4841821https://www.facebook.com/cory.barnwell/posts/10100652912375688https://airtribune.com/3733/tracks__25042https://airtribune.com/davisstraub/tracks__25043/liveWith a couple of days notice using NAM on XCSkies we planned a task to the south
west to Venice Beach (178 km) with a... mehr

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Young, dumb and poor - Two Aussie's European hang gliding road
trip. A video journal of our hang gliding trip through... mehr

Larry Bunner and Greg Dinauer and I will be mentoring Sport Class
pilots
This is the only Sport Class only competition in the US and is
sanctioned by the USHPA for the National Championship series and by CIVL for
Sport Class World ranking. You can earn the right to be the US Sport Class
National Champion and ranked number 1 in the World. You... mehr

http://awr.aeros.com.ua/index.php/en/registration03/15/2016 – 03/20/2016In Slovenia.http://awr.aeros.com.ua/index.php/en/news/54-one-month-to-the-comp
There is only one month left to the start of the Aeros Winter Race
2016. It seems that everybody is getting ready; flying on warmer parts of the
world, flying in Vipava valley (Matjaz... mehr

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No FAI comp has ever completed a 214km task, and we needed to fly
that in less than six and a half hours. We don't... mehr

Open to the public:
https://www.ushpa.org/legacy/safety/Fatality Report 2015 Jan-Aug.pdfHere: https://www.ushpa.org/page/safetyThe short summary of fatality reports from January through August of 2015.USHPA Members will find an overview report from Mitch Shipley of these
fatalities here: http://old.ushpa.aero/safety.aspThe Accident Reporting... mehr

Patrick O'Donnell got away with a poor launch at Lookout:
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Ollie Gregory <<olliettt1955>>
writes:
Hope it's warm and sunny where you are! The Tennessee Tree Toppers
are moving along with preparation for the Biwingual Team Challenge set for April
17-23. Spring brings phenomenal soaring to the Sequatchie valley. The cool
nights and warm afternoons generate the kind of thermals that dreams... mehr

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Congratulations to Kate Griffin who soloed the Dragonfly for the
first time this evening! She's been at Quest for hang gliding and Dragonfly
instruction and looking forward to returning to Wisconsin as a fully qualified
tug pilot. mehr

David Whittle <<david.whittle>>
writes:
Saturday 13th of Feb 2016, the first real cross country day of
2016 at the Florida Ridge. The wind was about 10mph out of the North, North
West. Initial plans for a cross wind out and return to Labelle for an easy
retrieve vanished when the cloud streets were developing to the South East... mehr

Gijs Wanders <<gijswanders>>
sends:
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Mike Berge <mike> writes:
As you know I have taken over as general manager of High Energy
Sports Inc. Betty sends that she has become “unemployed” since she does not like
to use the “R” word (retirement). We have tried to continue building hang
gliding harnesses but our chief harness maker, not Betty, left before the... mehr

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We wanted to give everyone an update on Highland’s current
situation. We’re currently still searching for a tug pilot for the 2016 season.
In the event that we cannot find someone to tow for us, we will be unable to
operate. We will continue... mehr