Steven Pearson <<Steve>>
writes:
I was just reading the Alpha thread on the OzReport forum and I
thought you might be interested in the conversations that motivated me to start
development and why I think products in this category are long overdue.
If we could reduce the training time to become proficient enough for a first
high... mehr

http://www.swing.de/article/items/erwin-auer-sets-german-record-for-swing.html#nav_path_wrapper
On June 18, Swing Team pilot Erwin Auer managed a flight from
Hohen Bogen in the Bavarian Forest to the area of Bad Saulgau. With a distance
of 304.2 km it is the longest free flight ever that was launched and flown in
Germany. In the following... mehr

Rob Hibberd <<RobH>> writes:
We have based a nano, a two seater trike and a Gyro at the airport
and will start to do flights for customers from there soon. We are working on a
way to get the factory located there as well. First we have to deal with council
and see what their legal advice on our legal advice (world gone mad) say's.... mehr

Matt Gardner writes:
A Prince Albert man has become the first Saskatchewan resident
ever to win the Canadian Hang Gliding National Championship.

An avid hang glider since 1980, John Theoret placed first in the open class
competition at the 2014 national championship, which took place from July 13- 19
in Golden, B.C. Back in his hometown on... mehr

Mark or Kim writes:
After weeks of preparation, countless man hours of work, wonderful
people who volunteered their time, muscle and expertise selflessly through the
wee hours and rain, the first of the Quest Trailer Convoy heads to Big Spring!
Most pilots have no idea of the hours of work that goes into the behind-the-scenes
effort to make... mehr

Results, Live Tracking, SPOT, Team Scoring, List of Pilots, Daily
Weather all found here:
http://ozreport.com/2014BigSpringNationals.php mehr

Jason Turner <<jasonflys>>
writes:
Craig Collings, ex Australian Paragliding Champion (09,08,07,06,05
etc) from Bright Victoria who has recently crossed over to Gliding (much to the
relief of the Oz Paragliding comp pilots as he was always pretty damn hard to
beat) is also doing well slightly ahead of Oleg.
Craig's report from... mehr

http://youtu.be/c3tkRErNBXU
mehr

Hikkaduwa <<alex.brieba>>
sends:
Our friend Christian Pollet flying at home over "la dune du Pyla"
and "le banc d'Arguin".
http://youtu.be/NGVdAWnUtSw
mehr

http://www.paraglidingforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=p424019&highlight=#p424019
It's crazy right? I've flown all over, always make friends and
love to share stories, etc. But Torrey Pines is just a disaster due to bad
management and bad employees. It's sad too, because it's one of the best coastal
ridge soaring spots in CA. I've always... mehr

Josef Bostik <<raceww>>
writes:
I am looking for two gliders to rent for the Santa Cruz Flats
Race. Peter Tucek and Jiri Gut from Czech Republic want to attend. They are both
excellent and experienced competition pilots. T2C144's are preferable, or one
144 and one 154 will suffice. mehr

http://www.soaringspot.com/leszno2014
Oleg in 34th after the first day:
http://www.soaringspot.com/leszno2014/results/15-meter/daily/day1.html
http://wgc2014.fi/ mehr

Gijs Wanders <<gijswanders>>
writes:
I made a little movie of the few (free) flights we got to make
during the Belgian Hang Gliding Competition in Laragne.
https://vimeo.com/101870884
mehr

http://thefusejoplin.com/2014/06/gopro-hero-4-vs-hero-3-plus-specs-features-and-price-comparison/
New Chip in GoPro Hero 4
The GoPro Hero 3+ packs in quite a punch with the Ambarella A7 chip. However, it
is expected that the new GoPro Hero 4 should push the limits much more with the
new Ambarella A0 SoC chip. If it makes use of this new chip,... mehr

http://willswing.com/prod2.asp?theClass=hg&theModel=alpha
The Alpha is a new model that looks and flies like a lower aspect
ratio Falcon (less wing span, more area), and is intended for flight schools and
for pilots who value light weight, convenience, slow flying and easy take-off
and landing above other performance attributes. The... mehr

http://belgiannationals.blogspot.be/

The waiting continued and by 3 o'clock, it looked like a launchable breeze was
going to develop. A task was set and we briefed the pilots. At the same time,
the safety committee received a report of heavy rain at Sisteron and the task
was canceled. It turned out that this was a little early, as many... mehr

http://2haycraft.blogspot.fr/2014/07/un-vol-deux-records-never-give-up.html#more
It's 21h05 and I've flown 291 km FAI triangle in 8h40mn : this is
also the biggest FAI triangle flown by a hang glider in France beating also
Gil's record of 286 km.For the last 3 years since I've had my ATOS, I've been motivated to beat the
Laragne site record... mehr

http://thecloudbasefoundation.org/site/the-rainbow-room/
The Rainbow Room is an emergency resource center available to
Child Protective Services caseworkers to help them meet the critical needs of
abused and neglected children.Last year, $4,200 was raised! Donations from the Cloudbase Foundation from last
year were immediately spent on much... mehr

Here is a preliminary list of the teams and their members:


Michael
Bilyk
Open
1


Olav
Olsen
Open
1


JD
Guillemette
Open
1


Larry
Bunner
Open
1


Robert
Fisher
Rigid
1


Jonathan
Boarini
Open
1


Alfredo
Grey
Sport
1

 
 
 
 



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From 27th of July to 2nd of August — Masterclass in Laragne, France mehr