https://www.naviter.com/2019/12/designing-fai-triangles

When you design your task, the FAI Areas will only show when you need them and
will fade away when you don’t. Seamlessly. No settings or buttons needed.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-19/riding-waves-of-clouds-to-get-the-perfect-photo/11806012


"We flew 100 miles away from Burketown riding the wave and then
turned around and flew part the way back still on the wave," Mr Zupanc told ABC
Radio Brisbane's Rebecca Levingston.
Although rare, the clouds are consistently seen across the... mehr

Thanks to Kip Stone. mehr

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/12/18/australia-has-its-hottest-day-record-sydney-residents-brace-heat-fires-smoke/

Australia had its hottest day on record Dec. 17, with a nationally
averaged temperature of 105.6 degrees (40.9), according to the country’s Bureau
of Meteorology. This beats the old record of 104.5 degrees... mehr

https://www.fai.org/news/civl-plenary-2020-agenda-published-website?type=node&id=24473https://www.fai.org/page/civl-meetingsLink to the Agenda and Annexes folder: https://www.fai.org/document-compression/183444
I went through it. Not much of interest to hang glider pilots who
are also not meet organizers.One thing has changed, pilots... mehr

John Simon and Greg Dinauer went for it in light conditions with a
5 - 10 mph south southeast winds on December 16th.
XCSkies HRRR- 3km model forecasted a 7 mph surface tail wind (10
mph at 2000') and lift conditions at 400 - 500 fpm (climb rates of 200 - 300
fpm, with cloud base at 3,000' - 4,000' at 2 PM. The forecasted cloud base
(cumulus... mehr

There were only 31 sport class pilots at the last Worlds in 2014
in France
The Sport Class World Championships are already a great success
with enthusiasm very high for the April competition. We already have way more
sport class pilots sign up to fly in their World Champion than flew in the 1st
Sport Class World Championship in 2014. Maybe... mehr

It has been cold here in Northern Virginia this fall, but
yesterday we had a great day. It was around 52°F and sunny, with NW wind around
15-20 mph.
Some of our local pilots in the http://www.chgpa.org went to the training hill, up in Smithsburg, Maryland,
for some training flights.
Great training hill. mehr

We've already had 69 pilots sign up for the 2020 World
Championships being held in April and that means it's going to be a successful
competition with this number of pilots. We say the maximum that we can handle is
125, but we've never expected that many to show up. Pilots need to sign up by
January 19th (you don't have to be on a National... mehr

Photo by Connie Bailet.
Two of the seven Sandhill Cranes that hung around on Sunday.
Six tandems and lots of other flights today, a day with a high of 75 degrees.
Tomorrow looks like it may reach 82 degrees, 83 on Tuesday is the forecast. A
bit cooler later in the week. Monday looks like a cross country day with
southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.... mehr

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https://fai.org/news/hg-worlds-2020-florida-usa-local-rules-are-approved-registration-going?type=node&id=24473
2nd FAI World Hang Gliding Championships Sport Class, 14th FAI
Women’s World Hang Gliding Championships, 9th FAI World Hang Gliding
Championships Class 5, and 21st FAI World Hang Gliding Championships Class 2
will be held... mehr

https://www.cloudbasemayhem.com/episode-107-larry-bunner-the-x-flight-and-flying-in-the-moment
https://media.blubrry.com/cloudbase_mayhem_podcast/p/content.blubrry.com/cloudbase_mayhem_podcast/107_X-FLIGHT_FINAL_001.mp3

We’ve had a LOT of amazing talks on the Mayhem over the past bunch
of years but this one is in a category of its own.... mehr