Glen writes:
88km task from Mount Tamborine via two turn points, goal at the
model air field.
BTW, why can't you have leading points and arrival time points
(like they tried a few years ago at Canungra until they realized what a screw up
this is)? Well, as I wrote earlier, arrival time points are not what their name
seems to indicate. If you... mehr

Jerry sends:http://chgc.asn.au.143us.blankserver.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=JC5aFDrE0Rk%3d&tabid=261&portalid=0&mid=1298



#
Name
Glider
Time
Time
Points

Arr.
Time
Points

Total



1
Steve Blenkinsop
Moyes LiteSpeed RX3.5
01:21:00
420.5
140.2
984


2... mehr

Glen McFarland sends:
Beechmont launch, Day1 70km dog leg to Mogerah dam. Blinky 1st,
Atilla 2nd, me 3rd.
Half the field make goal, about twenty pilots. mehr

http://www.npr.org/2015/10/02/444877155/whats-at-the-edge-of-a-cloud
They focused on the clouds' edges — where dry air is mixing in.
You might think all the droplets at the edge of a cloud would evaporate a little
bit and that they would all shrink. But that's not what happens.Shaw says dry air seems to creep in and evaporate some... mehr

NY Times
article:
By early 2013, the European model had nearly 10 times the raw
computing capacity of the Global Forecast System, or G.F.S., which is run by the
National Weather Service. There were other problems, too, and the cumulative
effect was obvious and irrefutable: The G.F.S. was doing worse than it rivals,
and it played out in... mehr

Task 4:



#
name
glider
time
total



1
primoz gricar
combat 13,5
01:45:53
914


2
jun ki jung
icaro
01:59:59
817


3
jaesun moon
icaro
02:02:30
803


4
roy sadewo
aeros comb bt13,5
02:24:56
732


Cumulative:


1
primoz gricar
3415


2
chisato nojiri
3089


3... mehr

USHPA ranking:
http://www.ushpa.aero/competition/ntss1/index.php



Pos
Name
Points




1
Zac Majors
2479



2
Bruce Barmakian
1982



3
Davis Straub
1958



4
James Stinnet
1908



5
Larry Bunner
1863



6
Dustin Martin
1738



7
Robin Hamilton
1607... mehr

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Thanks to Fred Wilson. mehr

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=3135
mehr

Primoz GricarTask 3:



#
Name
Glider
ES
Dist.
Total



1
CHISATO NOJIRI
COMBAT 12,8
14:02:25
53,66
1000


2
GRANT HEANEY
MOYES RX 3
14:02:53
53,66
968


3
PRIMOZ GRICAR
COMBAT 13,5
14:05:05
53,66
931


4
SUZUKI HIROSHI
TOPLESS 13,5
14:21:08
53,66
829


5
JUN... mehr

Green Swamp Sport Klassic and Quest Air Open National
Championship
Beth Van
Eaton writes:
We received both of your applications and they look fine. The
Competition Committee will review them at the BOD meeting in a couple of weeks.Our program manager Julie posts the pending comps manually to the calendar on
the Sanctioned Event page. I know... mehr

Terry <<terryreynolds2>>
writes:
https://vimeo.com/140703700

We have applied for sanction for the dates June 26 - July 2, 2016. Dinosaur 2016
is 90% organized. Rocky Mountain Glider Company, LLC has the BLM's strong
support and the permits for four more years. Local governments are determined to
"bring back the hang gliders" and... mehr

Bill Arras <<billarras>>
writes:
On a recent flight in my EGO Trike, flying under a 2007 ATOS VR
with air brakes, on approach to landing the air brakes did not function. Upon
inspection after landing, what I discovered on my left wing was the fish cam on
the same rib the air brake mechanism is attached to had released in the air.... mehr

https://airtribune.com/hp2016/info mehr

Tove Heaney <<tove>>
writes:
Grant Hannah and I are back at Telomoyo Cup 2015. Grant is flying
and I’m “Air Boss” again. (Hannah is “Mini Air boss”)
Scores are to be found at:
http://highcloud.net/xc/comp_result.php?comPk=170 and
http://highcloud.net/xc/comp_result.php?comPk=171.
The Telomoyo Cup 2015 is... mehr

Tove Heaney <<tove>>
writes:
Day 3
First start gate 12.45. Floater 22.6km task. Open 64.9 km. Cloudbase was about
8000ft. Great mix of great looking clouds and convergence.
Pilots were reporting leaving lift as it was too strong. Great day flying in
Java, Indonesia. Chisato Nojiri looks like she will be winning her second day in... mehr

http://www.paraglidingforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=p472595#p472595
There was another pilot who crashed and sustained serious injuries
the day before Badger crashed. Jason Ely a Colorado pilot.A link has been set up for donations to aid Jason Ely and his family during his
rehabilitation.... mehr

Pretty much the only way that the hang gliding community, whether
it grows, shrinks or stays the same in numbers, is going to have new hang glider
pilots is through pilots learning to hang gliding at hang gliding schools,
whatever size they may be. You can find hang gliding schools in the US (and
around the world) here, for example:... mehr

Klaus Burkhard <<klaus.burkhard>>
writes:
http://ul-segelflug.de/f-a-e/505-schneewittchen-erwacht-langsam-zum-leben.html


English translation:
http://ul-segelflug.de/f-a-e/507-snow-white-slowly-comes-alive.html mehr

Bill Arras <<billarras>>
writes:
Last week, a storm dropped a foot of snow in the mountains. The
forecast called for clearing skies with calm winds after the storm passed. These
conditions were perfect for flying to and around the mountains, so I flew twice
each day for two days in a row, spending a total of 9 hours in the air on... mehr