http://youtu.be/L-D824LHti4

http://www.metrolyrics.com/levelland-lyrics-james-mcmurtry.html
Flatter than a table top
Makes you wonder why they stopped here
Wagon must have lost a wheel
Or they lacked ambition one
In the great migration west
Separated from the rest
Though they might have tried their best
They never caught the sun
So they sunk... mehr

Brian Patrick writes:

Last year at this time I had not had a single cross country flight in a hang
glider. Flying with much better pilots and competing has helped me learn more
and fly more than I could imagine! Tennessee Treetoppers Team Challenge is
coming up and if you are a new hang 3 or close to it, then attending is a must!
Here is... mehr

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



#
Name
Nat
Glider
Time
Total



1
Mario Alonzi
FRA
Aeros Combat GT
01:54:51
985


2
Antoine Boisselier
FRA
Icaro laminar
01:54:52
978


3
Gordon Rigg... mehr

http://www.xcmag.com/2014/08/almond-pastes-it-for-a-new-uk-hang-gliding-record/


Riled by the record-breaking paragliding feats of Mark Watts and Al Wilson the
weekend before, when both pilots broke both the UK’s paragliding and hang
gliding open distance record, hang glider pilot Neville Almond set himself the
task of getting the... mehr

http://ozreport.com/2014BigSpringNationals.php
http://soaringspot.com/2014bsn/
http://airtribune.com/bigspring2014/blog#!day_7
Replay: http://airtribune.com/play/279/2d
With the scores very tight after six days of flying the task committee had to
call a real and difficult task while still making the retrieves reasonably quick
to get us back in... mehr

http://cliff-euro.blogspot.com/2014/08/two-disclocated-vertebrae-in-my-neck.html

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Finals:http://www.abvl.com.br/compes/competicao-2/RESULTADOS/


#
Name
Nat
Glider
Total



1
Tom Weisenberger
AUT
Moyes RX 3.5 Tecnorama
4597


2
Jonny Durand
AUS
Moyes LS RX 3.5 Technorama
4477


3
Rafael Strohschoen do Mello
BRA
Moyes RX
4249


4
Glauco Pinto
BRA
Icaro 2000 Laminar... mehr

Website : VoloLiberoMonteCucco.it
Result on : http://goo.gl/I8foKj
Finals:



#
Name
Nat
Glider
Total



1
ALEX PLONER
ITA
ICARO LAMINAR
4475


2
CHRISTIAN CIECH
ITA
ICARO LAMINAR
4311


3
SUAN SELENATI
ITA
WILLS WING T2C
3891


4
VALENTINO BAU
ITA
ICARO LAMINAR 14.1
3658


5... mehr

http://ozreport.com/2014BigSpringNationals.phphttp://soaringspot.com/2014bsn/http://airtribune.com/bigspring2014/blog#!day_4Replay: http://airtribune.com/play/276/2dThe clouds came but back at their regular time around 1 PM as the inversion
broke. The tasks for both the sport and open class were long with the same goal
at Brownfield with the... mehr

http://tennesseetreetoppers.com/
Oliver Gregory <<olliettt1955>>
writes:
Steve Kroop will be coming by to help us with the awesome Flytec
instruments. Mitch Shipley and Linda Salamone are going to help us with seminars
and hopefully will be flying in the comp. I hope Linda will help lead one of the
teams. Mike Barber is back... mehr

http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20140708X20307
On July 7, 2014, about 2020 Pacific daylight time, an ultralight
Bailey-Moyes Microlights Dragonfly B, N7008Z, impacted trees after the pilot
activated the onboard parachute near Flying H Ranch Airport, Buckley,
Washington. Private individuals owned and operated the ultralight... mehr

Three sport class pilots made their goal then flew to the open
class goal on the first day. David Williams, Jeff Bohl, and Cory Barnwell. Cory
wrote:
Epic day today! Made the sport class goal and then kept going and
made the open class goal too! Over 70 miles! Took me six and a half hours. New
personal bests for distance, duration, and... mehr

Results Day 1:
http://www.abvl.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/OPEN-2014-08-03.html
http://www.abvl.net/resultados-brasileiro-de-asa-brasilia-2a-etapa/



#
Name
Nat
Glider
Time
Total



1
TOM WEISENBERGER
AUT
MOYES RX 3,5 TECNORAMA
01:47:54
1000


2
EDUARDO JACINTTO OLIVEIRA
BRA
WW T2-C
01:54:21
895... mehr

http://www.ultralight-glider.fr/category/communication/ mehr

http://www.wired.com/2014/08/oculus-rift-birdly-fly/


Yesterday, I flew over downtown San Francisco. I swooped past the
Transamerica Pyramid, taking care not to get speared, and winged it out towards
the water. A heavy fog covered the bay, as usual, so I decided to head back into
the city. I dove sharply, and the wind started whipping... mehr

Tonino Tarsi writes:
Italian Open at Monte Cucco will start Monday 4th and end on
Saturday 9th of August.
Website : www.VoloLiberoMonteCucco.it
Pilot list on : http://goo.gl/YLc8Uw
Result on : http://goo.gl/I8foKj
Jamie Sheldon's picture of launch:http://naughtylawyertravels.blogspot.it/2014/08/italian-nationals-monte-cucco-day-1.html mehr

Despite the fact that the sky was fully covered with low clouds
and there was a slight amount of sprinkles, pilots had great lift and lots of
flying launching between 3 and 5 PM.The forecast looks good. mehr

Thanks to Mike Bilyk mehr

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