http://youtu.be/A7biqSV_QyA
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David Glover showed up on the practice day for the welcome dinner and the first
competition day. All the Big Spring folks in addition to the pilots were glad to
see him. He ran the Big Spring Nationals for 11 years. We just took it over for
him last year.David was attending the annual ALEC convention (actually spying on it) in Dallas
and... mehr

Weren't some Moyes pilots bad mouthing tips just a few months
ago?
Robin Hamilton's tips:Rudy Gotes' tips: mehr

What a great service to the hang gliding and paragliding
communities
I've been interested and involved in live tracking for
competitions for fifteen years. For example, David Glover and I started out
attempting to make APRS (2 meter radio tracking) work with competitions in
Florida. See here: http://ozreport.com/3.19#0 and here:... mehr

Francois Isoard <<isoard.vol>>
sends:
Here is the link of one of my photo galleries. It is a selection
of some aerial pictures taken during the Hang Gliding World championship in
Annecy. Thank you again to Sebastien Harre (Altitude Parapente) for being my
pilot during a week.
http://www.francoisisoard.com/galleryhanggliding/
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Video
here.

http://santacruzflatsrace.blogspot.com/ mehr

Richard Hunt <<richard.hunt>>
writes:
Just a minor update, and one that will only affect you if you land
or fly at or below sea level.
I have just observed and fixed a bug where the program would freeze when it
processed a GPS track with negative height. Download at the usual place
http://mycloudbase.com/google/.
Groups and... mehr

Landing video
here.


Pool video
here.
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2014 British and French Hang Gliding Nationals and Chabre Open
Class 1
http://bhgcresults.wikidot.com/2014-nationals:resultsParty the last two days and no flying likely again today.http://naughtylawyertravels.blogspot.fr/2014/08/party-night.html mehr

The video of the race between Alex and Pedro:
http://youtu.be/qeqaRRL1zuc

Thanks to Gary Osoba. mehr

Stef Malbos <<stefmalbos>> writes:
The clock is ticking and it’s already time for NACs and
federations to think about deadlines for Category 1 events bidding, proposals to
the 2015 Plenary.
World Hang Gliding Cross Country (Class 1) Championships in 2017 mehr

Timothy Ettridge writes:
Dolores tried to make a new friend on the airport here at Quest
but, given the choice, he/she seemed to really prefer being back underground.
Considering the summer heat here, I'd make the same choice if available. mehr

Larry Bunner <<lbunner>>
writes:
Have five newly made Covert boot skids for sale. I also made a
Moyes Matrix prototype for Kris Grzyb so may be making them soon. Franco Rinaldi
bought another 5 skids for his new harness (I suspect anyway).

This is my boot skid plate from Larry after a year of abuse. Very
minor scratches. mehr

Larry found this at Walmart and there are plenty of this one way
valve compression bags available to use to make your gear smaller when you pack
it into your harness:The ones he used can also be found on-line
here.Larry Bunner <<lbunner>> writes:
They don't have the vacuum nozzle, they are hand rolled and work
great. Unfortunately... mehr

Damion Mitchell <<dzmitchell>> writes:
September is fast approaching and it's time to get a head count
for who will be joining us in this amazing place in the Italian Alps. This tour
was very successful last year and anyone interested needs to contact me for
further details. Space and time is limited for the 8-18th of September. mehr

http://bhgcresults.wikidot.com/2014-nationals:results
Windy? Bike race?
Video
here.

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http://youtu.be/GkwHYMAM_3E

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2014 British and French Hang Gliding Nationals and Chabre Open
Class 1
http://bhgcresults.wikidot.com/2014-nationals:resultsMonday:



#
Name
Nat
Glider
Time
Total



1
Mario Alonzi
FRA
Aeros Combat GT
02:35:21
803


2
Grant Crossingham
GBR
Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5
02:45:01
764


3
Antoine... mehr

Dieter Meyer <<dietermero>>
writes:
Davis and Belinda first I want to apologize for not making it to
the 2014 Big Spring Nationals. I tried with all the airlines that could’ve taken
me there and none would take my glider. That made me worried and wondering, so I
put my worries in writing and send them to you, maybe you have... mehr

http://ozreport.com/2014BigSpringNationals.php
First, the City of Big Spring:

This includes the Big Spring Convention and Visitors Bureau which provided the
welcome dinner for all the pilots, drivers, and quests as well as the welcome
baskets. The city is our major sponsor and makes all the local support possible.
The city owned... mehr