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A five-minute day dream into to the green, blue, and white sky
paradise. Filmed during the 2013 Paragliding World Cup Superfinal, in Governador
Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
Despite all the controversy surrounding the event, we got to race paragliders
with our friends, through a magnificent sky. Two weeks, 50... mehr

Kris Grzyb  sends this:http://ozreport.com/18.28#2 mehr

The NY Times piece
here.
Normal winters here in Fresno, in the heart of California’s
Central Valley, bring average highs in the 50s, steady periods of rain and
drizzle, and the dense, bone-chilling Tule fog that can blanket the valley for
days and even weeks on end.But not this year. Instead, early 2014 gave us cloudless skies and midday... mehr

The NY Times piece
here.
Others thought it more likely that climate change was a culprit
for the exceptional weather. Julia Slingo, chief scientist of the Met Office,
Britain’s national weather service, said all the evidence pointed to a link.For the 8.2 million people living in London, what was once a somewhat distant
news event has... mehr

Multiple competitions determine the Brazilian National Champion
and the National team

http://www.abvl.net/resultados-brasileiro-de-asa-gv-2014/Andre Wolfe is in first place after two tasks.Again the results are published in PDF, which means that I don't reformat then
and publish them here.No one made the goal on the second task. Andre was... mehr

Dick Heckman writes:
Below you'll find the FAA rule that we're operating under and that
presently will continue as is in the rules to go into effect in 2020. This is an
aircraft rule and we are air vehicles but we're assuming that if they can fly,
so can we. The FAA could easily change it at any time if we abuse it. When we
see something... mehr

One of the many articles
here.
A British Columbia hang-glider pilot whose failure to hook in his
passenger caused a dramatic mid-air struggle, which ended with the woman falling
300 metres to her death, pleaded guilty Friday to criminal negligence.
The probe also found Orders did not perform a pre-launch safety check, even
though he had taken... mehr

http://www.goflyinstruments.com/store/gofly-project-v4/
This is new project based on very popular and known 5" Eink reader
running XCsoar 6.7.x software. mehr

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raul guerra <<dr.raulguerra>>
writes:
With my new one handed nurse, Wolfi, we can finish dental work of
USA Champion Zac. We have great time with these guys at Ecuador, and we are
ready for more pilots come for teeth work and to fly.

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Annet Vieregges sends:
This year we will be presenting the seminar at Annecy, France from
7th of July to the 13th. The course consists of talks and actual flying practice
under the guidance of instructors. It is intended for pilots of intermediate and
better skills. Student pilots should at least know the basics of thermal
soaring. We will... mehr

Jonathan writes:
It's funny how many pilots think that air flows down the pitot
tube. The fact of the matter is that it's a static pressure sensor inlet tube
and that all that happens is air pressure builds up and it transmitted down the
tube but is essentially a static column of air not unlike a spring. The problem
with inlets is that is... mehr

Red Bull took plenty of pictures and video on the sunny days, but frankly the
flying conditions were not good on those days. The records were set on a day
with thick clouds, just what you would expect from a southeast day with a front
coming through and the wind coming off the ocean. Of course, the thick clouds
made for flat light and gray... mehr

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Thanks to William Wood. mehr

The petition (in German)
here.Thanks to Krzysztof Grzyb. mehr

http://nswrasp.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/blipmap.htmhttp://ozreport.com/ozweather.php mehr

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australiahttp://twistedsifter.com/2013/08/maps-that-will-help-you-make-sense-of-the-world/ mehr

David Whittle <<david.whittle>>
writes:
The Florida XC seaon is off and running, Saturday's forecast was
5-10 SSE, Cloudbase around 4000ft, cloud cover 30%, 10% chance of rain. Perfect
conditions to give it a go. The task was set at Avon park, 100KM away. The
morning started off with fog until late, with high cloud blocking some... mehr

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Gala Warren loading up the glider after the flight:
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