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The bust has happened.NY Times article
here.
MIDLAND, Tex. — With oil prices plummeting by more than 50 percent
since June, the gleeful mood of recent years has turned glum here in West Texas
as the frenzy of shale oil drilling has come to a screeching halt.Every day, oil companies are decommissioning rigs and announcing layoffs. Small... mehr

Jamie Shelden <<naughtylawyer>>
writes:
Flytec USA, Jamie Shelden, Davis Straub and Belinda Boulter are
looking to raise a bit of money for our US National Team which is  headed
to the World Championships in Valle de Bravo next month. We will be conducting a
silent auction for one entry fee into each of the Flytec Race and... mehr

Urs Kellenberger sent me his new Icaro pricing on Friday so I
thought I would go back and do a little price comparison against the American
standard candles, the Wills Wing T2 and T2C with all the options (that I am
aware of).
Euro = $1.16
http://willswing.com/prod2.asp?theClass=hg&theModel=T2
Wills Wing T2 standard package: $6975.... mehr

https://airtribune.com/worlds2015/blog__day_5
Pilots were not allowed to free fly or fly down. We then all filed
down to the waiting buses in an orderly fashion and queued like choirboys going
into church while waiting to be granted a seat on a bus. mehr

74 degrees, light winds, Saturday the 17th at 1:30 PM. mehr

Europe is drowning in its own dysfunction as Germany promotes
austerity, which is exactly the wrong medicine for what ails the continent. It
just may be the case that the Greeks find their way to the exit door. And it is
this prospect that has brought us to the place where gliders from Italy are
affordable, if purchased from their US... mehr

Rudy <<rudygotes>>
writes:
We are back!
The 3rd edition of the "Classic Race" at El Peñón is definitely happening the
weekend before the Worlds. It will be an "express" edition due to the vicinity
of the major comp; however, for the Sport Class, we are offering two training
days with top pilots, just before the... mehr

The other day Krzysztof Grzyb sent the Oz Report $50 after he sold
his Moyes RS (with Code Zero inlay material) on the Oz Report classified ads
section. Lots of pilots use our
free
Classifieds ad section to sell their gliders, harnesses, varios. It is a
service that we provide our readers and many find it useful.
It has been a long time... mehr

Results:
https://airtribune.com/worlds2015/results/task2/day/overall



 
Name
Nat
Glider
Time
Total



1
Stephan Morgenthaler
SUI
Gin Boomerang 10 M
03:37:39
997


2
Christian Maurer
SUI
Gin Boomerang 10 M
03:38:05
980


3
Luca Donini
ITA
Ozone Enzo 2 M
03:38:31
976


3... mehr

Dustin is hard at work at the Wills Wing factory: mehr

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Results:
https://airtribune.com/worlds2015/results/task1/day/overall
U.S. Paragliding Team <<info>>
writes:
Well, the time is finally here. The 2015 World Paragliding
Championships have begun in Roldanillo, Colombia. Today is the first day of the
competition and it will continue until Saturday, January 24th. The team had a
great... mehr

http://youtu.be/F-unLDA9Y7w


1st flight = first attempt at unsupervised aerotow including takeoff
2nd flight = last completely unsupervised aerotow takeoff and flight
3rd flight = first solo on school glider with undercarriage
4th flight = conversion to own kit and trolley take off landing after first solo flight mehr

http://youtu.be/aPRqaBZMZOY

Obviously hasn't figured out how easy it is to land in Monkey position.

Thanks to Bob Grant. mehr

Ollie Gregory <<olliettt1955>>
writes:
Many of you know I have been helping organize the Tennessee Tree
Toppers Team Challenge mentoring competition for many years now. The Team
Challenge is held in the beautiful Sequatchie Valley near Chattanooga,
Tennessee. We organize a week of a team format, educational competition with... mehr

Mikkel Krogh <<mikkelkrogh74>>
writes:
The Danish Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association's Hang Gliding
Competitions Panel are pleased to announce the arrangements of the Nordic Hang
Gliding Championship 2015.

The championship will be held in Fasterholt, Denmark from the 23rd - 31st May
2015 and serve as an open Cat 2 event... mehr

http://www.fai.org/about-fai/fai-sporting-licences
Welcome to the FAI Sporting Licenses validity check page!
From this page you can search for currently valid Sporting Licences. This
tool is to be considered as advisory only. The paper copy of the licence is
the official document.
Enter at least three letters of either the family name or the... mehr

The first deadline is only a month away.http://ozreport.com/2015GreenSwampSportKlassic.php mehr

http://www.ul-segelflug.de/blog/423-ulf-1-also-in-australia,-england,-russia-and-usa-under-construction.html

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