Belinda Boulter <<belinda>>
writes:
On our practice and check-in day, Saturday, August 1,
representatives from the Red Bull Air Race will be in the Big Spring airport
terminal with an Oculus Rift setup and a simulation of the Air Race (based on a
recent race in Ascot, England). It's an intense, amazing experience and you'll
want... mehr

Theresa Hahn <<potioncommotion>>
writes:
Duke Energy is proposing to build high tension power lines at
Glassy Mountain.
http://www.wyff4.com/news/Duke-to-seize-properties-to-install-40-miles-of-new-transmission-lines/34201088
Section 4 of the proposed lines would place high tension lines between the
launch and landing zone. The... mehr

They couldn't be bothered with us standing right next to them as they loved this
flower (and no other) in the garden. Photo by Jan Johns.Bumble Bees do fly of course:
http://www.snopes.com/science/bumblebees.asphttp://www.livescience.com/33075-how-bees-fly.htmlDo you know the flower? mehr

https://airtribune.com/cowboyupflyingclub/blog
Cowboy Up has set up an Airtribune Event for cross country flying
at Wharton. Now folks can watch the cross country Wednesday pilots all on one
page. Just like in the comps. All their tracks will be featured on one page.Tune into “Cowboy Up Flying Club” on the Airtribune.com webpage. No... mehr

https://youtu.be/NdL1fnXQQsk
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Elena Filonova (Airtribune) <<elena>>
writes:
We have sent our iPhone app for Appstore approval eight days ago.
Still no answer from them. They are terribly slow.
Not like Android when you send app and after three hours everyone can use it.
I do not know why they are like that. mehr

Where is his helmet? mehr

Oliver Gregory <<olliettt1955>>
writes:
There are twenty hang gliders and 15 paragliders signed up so far!
We are having a lot of nice flights this summer! Same basic format this year
with advanced pilots mentoring up and coming into cross country pilots. We'll
have lots of seminars, lots of video clinics of launch and landings... mehr

http://www.bigspringherald.com/content/hang-gliding-return-big-spring mehr

https://airtribune.com/4946/tracks__8509His landing area:Tiki Mashy writes:
Mick (aka The Mickster) flew 223km today (Saturday) from Wharton -
pictured here is his resort LZ. Gee Mick did they bring you an umbrella drink
too. Excellent flying kiddo , it was nail-biting watching/tracking Mick on
Airtribune.Later he said he wasn't even planning... mehr

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Welcome to the summer gypsies! In this video we are experimenting
with cutting edge new equipment and mounts,... mehr

https://airtribune.com/2015-big-spring-nationals/pilotsZippy, Wolfi, Gibson, Zimmerman, Stinnett, Bunner, Barmakian, Robin, Bostik,
just a few of the pilots coming to Big Spring.http://ozreport.com/2015BigSpringNationals.php mehr

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Concerned Guys <<ridgeliftguys1>>
writes:
This was sent yesterday to USHPA and blind copied most of the BOD
and candidates.
The USHPA BOD Has a Big Opportunity to Improve Our Representation
In about a month BOD nominations will be over and at the fall BOD meeting one of
the new board’s actions will be to appoint at large... mehr

Terry <<terryreynolds2>>
writes:
The entry fee for Dinosaur 2015 (
http://rockymountainglider.com ) goes up to $425 August 1.
As anyone who has been part of organizing a hang gliding comp could tell you, it
would be much easier and better for all concerned if competitors were able to
plan ahead and pay the earlier, lower prices... mehr

Chrigel Maurer on the final final glide winning the Redbull
X-Alps:

http://www.redbullxalps.com mehr

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I just publish this picture because my 2014 Wills Wing T2C 144 is
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http://www.mycloudbase.com/google/igc2kml.htm
It's been a while, but IGC2KML has just had a minor update from
v3.6 to v3.61.
This fixes a problem I have just noticed with the output precision. The
positional accuracy was being reduced when the kml / kmz files were being
generated. It's been like this for ten years.
Groups and converts IGC... mehr