It has been brought to my attention once again that there are
people out there who do not share the values of those of us who have long long
ago adopted the values of the world wide web. That information is shared (and
linked to). That there is a connection between reader and writer and
photographer. That the sharing is the key to the... mehr

https://www.facebook.com/ExtremeAirNZ/posts/534862086672408
John Smith, one of our main instructors, just broke the New
Zealand hang gliding cross country record on Christmas day. 202kmhttp://www.paraglidingforum.com/leonardo/flight/1314630http://www.doarama.com/view/607962 mehr

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https://wunderground.atavist.com/el-nino-forecast
The weekly sea surface temperature reading, taken within the Niño
3.4 region near the equator, has again dropped slightly, now at 2.7°C above
average. This is down from the 3.1°C peak in late November 2015, which was the
highest weekly value observed during any El Niño... mehr

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Results will be here:
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
Forecast issued at 5:15 am EDT on Tuesday 5 January 2016. Forecast
for the rest of TuesdaySummary Max 25 Showers. Possible storm. Chance of any rain: 80%Central West Slopes and Plains areaCloudy. High (80%) chance of showers, becoming less likely this evening. The
chance of a... mehr

January 23rd and 24th.

Apparently lots of people have the week off between Christmas and New Years as
we are experiencing the busiest week since the Spring for individual pilots and
still lots of tandems.
Upcoming this month is the kick off of the new year's flying season:

A live band
Beer and Food
Spot landing
Duration
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Mark Forbes writes:
We're up to almost $419,000 as of the December 31 report! That's
over half way!Don't forget the http://hanggliding.org challenge, either! Donate $1000 and send me a PM, and
I'll match it with $100 of my own. What's more, Alan, Robert, Jon and Scott have
joined the challenge, so your $1000 becomes $1500.You guys haven't... mehr

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Results will be here:
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html

Thanks to Moyes Delta Gliders.
Track it:
http://www.flytrace.com/tracker/map.aspx?group=280
Moyes Delta Glider writes:
Rain at launch, pilots packing up.

Glen sends:
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Results here:
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html



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Name
Glider
SS
ES
Time
Total



1
Jonny Durand
Moyes RX 3.5
13:33:45
15:30:36
01:56:51
1000


2
Michael Jackson
Moyes RX 5
13:37:46
15:39:09
02:01:23
909


3
Simon Braithwaite
Moyes RX 3.5
14:14:33
16:16:23... mehr

Results will be here:
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html

Photo by Hadewych Van Kempen.
Fly Moyes writes:
Day turned out better than expected most the field away in time.
News of the first gaggle in goal.
At goal
1 flocky
2 rigg
3 gerolf
4 glenn
5 malc b
6 guy h
7 jonny.

Tulio at goal:
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Jody and I started off our new year at 5600 feet flying above the
clouds in sunny Florida today! mehr

Results will be here:
http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html


Slow towing in overcast skies lots of pilots coming back.
Thanks to Moyes Delta Gliders
SPOT tracking:
http://www.flytrace.com/tracker/map.aspx?group=280

She, pictured above, writes:
Had zero beep as a wind dummy but competitors stayed up. Starting
to rain now.



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Tom Weissenberger sends:
Special Xmas flight and a maiden HG flight on Lanzarote - again!
Just 28 km out-and-return along the SE-cliffs but always between 40 to 140 m
above sea level and not many landing options. An unique coastal flight with the
seagulls of Lanzarote island.... mehr

Alex Brieba <<alex.brieba>>
writes:
Nice weather here in France, after a month in Lanzarote perhaps
the last flight of the year at home. The link for a little video:
https://youtu.be/HspV5R00ixQ


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