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It is hard to get a meet organizer to put on a Worlds for Women
only (There aren't enough of them in hang gliding competition.). So when rigids
came along they got tacked on to the Women's Worlds to build up the number of
contestants. Then Swifts got tacked on. And this year it is Sport Class.But not enough pilots have attended Sport Class... mehr

Klaus Burkhard <<klaus.burkhard>>
writes:
Jill McCaw, editor and publisher of Soaring New Zealand, has first
time ever published a 4-page article about the Ultralight-Soaring scene in
Germany. I wrote the article referring to hang gliders like the Swift-light and
Archaeopteryx too.
The article of course is written in English and... mehr

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Flying over Newcastle and its sites.
Hill height max 88 meters asl. Most of what's going on is way below hill height.
Dixon Park landing area is 25 meters ASL, no room for error. Have to get it
right and yes, I, we, are enjoying what we do immensely!. Some say these
maneuvers are performed way too low. It's all we... mehr

Curt writes:
We just rolled into Dalby. Steve McCarthy has recently landed,
flying Bill's dragonfly (that makes four I can see) from Gulgong. Soggy ground
but BeAuTiFuL sky. We hope to see lots of pilots next week for the Dalby Big Air
Comp!Our only "dry" landing options today were the roads, and even that wasn't a sure
thing...... mehr

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/31/with-the-thrills-come-extreme-risks/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
At the recent annual meeting of the American Association of
Orthopedic Surgeons, Dr. Sabesan reported that more than 40,000 such injuries
occur annually among participants in seven extreme sports, including
skateboarding,... mehr

Dean Funk captures the pull in on final glide to keep up the speed well below
tree level (actually that's the launch).And as he is at the side of the landing you get a very good look at how high the
hands are and where the bar is. mehr

Shmuel (Sam) Korb <<chairman>>
writes:
It it is with great sadness that I am writing to let the
international hang gliding community know of the passing of Amir Shalom.
Amir took his own life over the last weekend, and he was laid to rest on Monday
in Petach Tikvah, outside of Tel Aviv. His funeral was attended by hundreds of... mehr

That's the point of the Oz Report, to report on hang gliding
around the world. To cast aside provincial views and to see what is happening in
Europe, Australia, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, etc.Thanks to those of you who sent in checks including: Jay Scovill, Perry Jones,
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Stephan Mentler <<stephmet>>
sends:
Good evening. Just wanted to send along the results of the raffle
drawing that took place this evening at Quest. Each entry was assigned a number.
Numbers were placed in a box and twenty five numbers corresponding to the number of
prizes were drawn at random by Zac Majors. The names of the... mehr

Designed and built as a partnership between Steve Pearson and
Dustin Martin
Wills Wing will be taking up from where Jeff Shapiro left off,
designing and creating a new competition harness that will in the not too
distance future be available from them. I have published pictures of the
prototypes previously. This is what the prototype looks... mehr

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It was the summer of 1989 and I had just flown my second cross
country flight ever. I had purchased a used Wills Wing Euro Sport and flown
twenty nine miles from Chelan Butte past Mansfield. (My previous cross country
flight was on a Pacific Airwaves Vision 20, twelve miles north from Chelan, a
year earlier.)I headed south with my driver to... mehr

http://dca.ffvl.fr/hg2014/index.php/en/Stephane Malbos writes:
We are two days from the end of the registration for the
multi-class Hang Gliding Worlds in Annecy, France, next June. The allocation
round will take part on April the 5th. So far, 111 pilots have registered
themselves, but only forty one have been confirmed by their NAC.... mehr

The local NPR station kept saying that it was sunny, when it
clearly wasn't.
On Monday and Tuesday we had two enjoyable days here at Quest Air
with dozens of pilots and lots of flying in very light winds. Both days were
forecast to be sunny but Monday had high clouds like this all day:The sun was filtered all day and while there were lots of... mehr

Mark Dowsett flew the new Wills Wing training glider (after aerotowing it), the
Alpha 180, for the new world record distance for this class of glider 23 km
south along highway 33 almost to Dean Still Road. He'll try again for Wallaby
Ranch on Wednesday.Maybe we should turn this into CIVL and make sure that they have an Alpha class.Mark... mehr

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Northern hemisphere Spring is here and the hang glider pilots
have sprung.
The Oz Report reports year round (it's northern and southern
hemispheric), and things heat up when Spring comes, whether it's northern and
southern Spring.Yes, the begging period has extended into April a bit because I got started late
after consulting in Mexico on... mehr