Windy with limited visibility. So no task. mehr

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https://airtribune.com/2020-world-championships/pilots
With eight ATOS pilots registered for the World Championship from four
countries, we have met the minimum qualifications to have a valid World
Championship for Class 5 gliders at the World Championships in April.
We have already met the requirements for a valid Women's Worlds, and have the... mehr

https://xcmag.com/magazine-articles/paraglider-reviews/naviter-blade-review
Luke Nicol writes:
Development of flight instruments for hang gliding has slowed in
recent years. One of the reasons was the formidable Flytec 6030 (also branded as
the Bräuniger IQ Compeo+) – in competitions almost every pilot had one. It was
the first... mehr

Regina Glas writes:
On Saturday, January 18th,  2020, the Thermik fair will take
place in Stuttgart as part of the CMT. You can see the news in paragliding
sport, flight instruments and accessories. But also in the hang gliding area
there are highlights such as the  flight simulator with 3 D glasses and the
lecture "silent... mehr

Vicki Cain writes:
We’re getting ready for task 3 today launch starts a little early
at 12:45 you can watch the action live at Flymaster. The Open Class are coming
back to the airfield so we will all be at goal with bells and whistles and cold
beer and watermelon.

Live Tracking: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=3171

Attila, the day... mehr

Evgeniya Laritskaya writes:
The task committee set a 144 km long zigzag task to Bogan Gate,
with the launch opening at 1 pm. There were some concerns about the wind at
first, but by 1 pm the weather at the paddock looked really good (the heat and
dust devils are included into the “good” when you are in Forbes).
It was a really fun... mehr

It appears as though we are going to have a lot of competitors at
the upcoming Spring competitions at Wilotree Park in Florida.Thirty pilots have registered for the Paradise Airsports Nationals held the week
before the World... mehr

Elena Filonova, CIVL Administrator & Competition Coordinator,
writes:
21st FAI European Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship will take
place in Sigillo, Monte Cucco, Italy on July 5-18, 2020. It is organised by Aero
Club Lega Piloti in collaboration with VOLO LIBERO MONTE CUCCO ASD on behalf of
Aero Club d’Italia.Pilots'... mehr

Ben Saltzman <<marketing>>
writes:
In December, we had the opportunity to make history by flying the
1902 Wright glider and 1895 Liliental glider replicas on the dunes of the Outer
Banks.
Short video: https://youtu.be/lVXdHiA3iUo


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Alexandra Serebrennikova‎ writes:
Maybe this calendar will be helpful for those who wants to see all
the competition dates in one place. I made a calendar collecting all events 2020
I came across so far (about 50+). It gives a better overview when planning the
next season:
http://sashaz.com/hgcalendar

The main pros of this calendar... mehr

Evgeniya Laritskaya writes:
Strong winds everywhere around.

http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/forecasts/parkes.shtml
Hot. Partly cloudy. Areas of smoke haze. Medium (40%) chance of
showers on the slopes, slight (20%) chance elsewhere. The chance of a
thunderstorm this afternoon and evening. Winds east to northeasterly 25 to 40
km/h tending northwest... mehr

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/118579684/nz-paraglider-achieves-record-197km-flight-across-the-south-island
National paragliding champion Louis Tapper has set a national
distance record after flying 197km across the South Island.
Tapper said he was delighted but "could've gone further" after completing the
eight-hour run on... mehr

Tiki Mashy writes:
Valle Day 4: This day was all about SkyGod, Read Bixby, our new
H2, first mountain flight, first foot launch specking out with the paragliders
to over Launch than over the Penon than over the Wall in a 195 WW Falcon 4.

He hit his personal best of 1:30hr.  It was another amazing day.
Fly Mexico guys are great - they... mehr

Vicki writes:
The first day of the Forbes Flatlands 2020 has been cancelled due
to extreme weather conditions with strong winds and temperatures in the mid
40's. We were able to get some late practice day flights in yesterday when the
winds eased late afternoon about 30 pilots braved the heat and flew.
We finalized registration last night... mehr

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https://www.dhv.de/piloteninfos/wettbewerb-sport/drachen-szene/live-berichte/german-open-2020/
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Tiki Mashy writes:
All the hang 2's got their personal bests. Casey, Aaron, Ellen and 
Read soaring an hour and getting above launch altitude. Thanks to Jeff at
FlyMexico for radio assisting our fledgling to help them soar. At one point Jeff
juggled all four in the air at the same time and they all stayed up.
Today was another... mehr