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http://ozreport.com/2016QuestAirOpen.phpGiven further discussion we have gone back to a full seven day competition for
the Quest Air Open starting on May 7th. There are two competitions in a row. So
there is the chance for pilots to get tired. Here are my current thoughts on how
to run the Quest Air Open:
1) If a 68 year old competition... mehr

http://www.telecomtv.com/articles/broadband/chattanooga-throws-down-the-affordable-gigabit-gauntlet-again-12919/
Five years ago, EPB launched its 1Gbit/s broadband users to homes
and business in the Tennessee city – making it the first Gigabit City in the US,
long before Google Fiber and any of the telcos rolled out their somewhat... mehr

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Californians have been ripping up their lawns in record numbers and many are
planting native, drought-tolerant plants instead -- including milkweed species
native to California that can thrive in arid conditions.The female monarch butterfly will only lay her eggs on... mehr

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Daniel Velez sends:
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Larry Bunner <<lbunner>>
writes:
I communicated with Christian Ciech today regarding his eye and
here is what he had to say. "Today I had the first check after surgery and the
result was good. In the last two days I started to see something better. To
reach the final result it will take some time yet, but I guess next week I... mehr

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The USHPA competition committee acting on a suggestion from Zac
Majors has sanctioned two six days competitions in May. The Quest Air Open
National Championship will take place from May 8th to 13th and the Flytec
Americus Cup will start three days later giving pilots a chance to rest up
before heading up to Americus where the meet will start... mehr

http://www.gingliders.com/home/frank-brown-on-the-new-world-distance-record-513km-in-brazil/
There must have been some difficult moments in the flight...Many—the start was very hard. At 7:45am and heavily loaded due to the 40 km/h
wind, we were sometimes flying backwards. It was so hard that Rafael Saladini
had to land at 8:00am. The... mehr

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/videos/2015-16-winter-outlookThanks to Rich. mehr

Watch today. The rain is coming.http://www.redbull.com/us/en/bike/events/1331727281292/red-bull-rampage-2015 mehr

Jim Rooney <<jim>>
writes:
I finally got all the ducks lined up and got my Oculus Rift
working with a hang gliding simulator. I've used Ilan's simulators for years, so
I was pretty excited to hear that he added Oculus support:
http://www.qualitysimulations.com/vsf/
I've mounted an "Airstick" to the control frame. It's a tilt... mehr

Peter Ebeling <<peter.ebeling>>
sends:
http://wow.asn.au/comps/?q=node/69

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You can get an idea of just how close to others and how close to the terrain
that you had to be to get the fastest time. mehr

Saint-André-les-Alpes, France
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Raymond Caux writes:
At last the safety network in its new edition
http://www.fai.org/civl-our-sport/safety/article/457-civl/civl-safety/37939-safety-network
is now on.The CIVL safety pages
http://www.fai.org/civl-our-sport/safety have been updated. The network is
intended to keep all this system alive, gathering and spreading worldwide as... mehr

Dustin writes:
I will be totally stoked if Tom shows up flying any glider at all.
Unfortunately Christian isn't coming anymore, and the stories of Manfred,
Attila, and other Moyes and Icaro secret weapons appear to be fantasies. Or are
they?? I hope not!This race is a pure test of glider and harness performance, where even 1/4 of 1%... mehr