Gary Osoba <<wosoba>>
writes:

The 2013 WRE is nearly upon us. We have a couple of openings for pilots to fly
for their personal best distances, or swing for the fence and the World Record
500 mile mark. We set up this Friday, start flying Saturday, and go through
month end. Pilots can come for the first week, the second, all of... mehr

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Valerio Canestrelli sends:
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Jim Rooney <<jim>>
writes about the sea breeze that we flew into on the first day of the 2013 East
Coast Chanpionship:
The answer seems to be, well, it's a cold front. We know that
though.
I think the part that threw me off is due to the fact that we don't normally fly
the fronts. We fly pre-frontal and post-frontal. Flying the... mehr

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Date
Time
Temp High
Surface Wind knts & Direction
TOL Wind & Direction
Top Of Lift
CU Height
Climb rate fpm
B/S Ratio
FSL Sounding
NAM/RAP


7/8/2013
1500
96F
15 SSE
12 SSE
11K
11K
1200
10
10K SSE 10
NAM


7/9/2013
1500
98F
12... mehr

The Georgetown forecast
here.My world record encampment here in Georgetown, Texas, started of with difficult
to believe startlingly good record setting weather that lasted for a little over
a week. Then the brakes were put on for two weeks before another good day
presented itself. Now it looks like we'll have an almost two week break before... mehr

Barbara Flynn<<barbaraf>>
writes:
She touched a lot of people's lives in the flying community. Lynn
had a massive stroke on Monday. Her Memorial service is Monday in Naples at
Fuller Funeral home on Tamiami Trail at 5:30.
Thanks to Nancy Smith mehr

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http://www.voanews.com/media/video/1700049.html
Airplanes are about as close as most of us get to actual flight.
For purists who want to see the world like Mother Nature’s flying family,
though, there may only be one way to go. For VOA, Arash Arabasadi reports from... mehr

Gary Osoba <<wosoba>>
writes:
WRE 2013 ~ What's Happening & What's Not
The 2013 WRE's happening. Big time. The weather is shaping up beautifully- in
fact at least one day this week looked very much like Dustin and Johnny's record
days last year, and superb flying weather every day. According to Charlie
Avaritt, Zapata County... mehr

Martin Palmaz <<martin>>
writes:
Jeff and Robin both resigned from USHPA last month. With this
occurring in close proximity to each other, we’ve decided to combine the
positions.
The Communications and Program Manager will report directly to the Executive
Director and will be responsible for engaging the community through... mehr

Blay flies for eight hours. 371 km.http://xc.dhv.de/xc/modules/leonardo/index.php?name=leonardo&lng=english mehr

Dean Funk writes:
Lookout under water, worst season ever.
He appears to be in a funk. mehr

Valerio Canestrelli writes:
I love too much this new glider's handling and look! mehr

The post
here.
After I retired from UAL as a Standards Captain on the –400, I got
a job as a simulator instructor working for Alteon (a Boeing subsidiary) at
Asiana. When I first got there, I was shocked and surprised by the lack of basic
piloting skills shown by most of the pilots. It is not a normal situation with
normal progression... mehr