This week we're headed to 2009 and a look at how the hang gliding
exhibit came to be at John Wayne Airport in California. mehr

http://youtu.be/4aPaeuzWtD4

Here is a film from the Moyes archives about the early days of the
delta-wing hang gliding competitions mehr

The new 2013 US Nationals web site:
http://ozreport.com/2013USNationals.phpPilot list
here.Mitch was a member of the 2012 US National team and winner of the 2013 East
Coast Championship.More news soon. mehr

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/25/nyregion/heres-the-apartment-now-lets-go-hang-gliding.html?hp
When Dan Critchett, a real estate agent, meets a buyer at an open
house, a potential client he hopes to woo, he shakes the buyer’s hand and offers
two business cards. The first is fairly standard, a red rectangle that
identifies him as an... mehr

Andy Torrington <<bruce>>
writes:
Fresh off a great weekend at Morningside Flight Park in NH, Steve
Pearson will be stopping in at Kitty Hawk Kites this weekend with a load of demo
gliders. He will have all glider models including the new Alpha. A new model
designed to go from the training hill to the top of the stack.Mitch... mehr

http://youtu.be/4j-75JL90IQ

Hang gliding pilot and outdoor athlete Jeff Shapiro completes a
trifecta with a wingsuit base jump followed by a difficult climb and completed
with a little flying all in one epic day in his hometown of Montana. mehr

Knowing what the future will bring is not all that easy.On Tuesday, the sky was dark with over running (cumulus) clouds soon after
sunrise. By 8 AM they had mostly dried up and while there were still cu's around
it looked like they would all dry up. I sent Mike Degtoff an SMS to cancel the
towing for the day.Soon after that the cu's started... mehr

Mitch Shipley <<elektratow>>
sends:





Weekend Hang Gliding Grad
School

 Sponsored by Kitty Hawk Kites with
instruction by Mitch Shipley, Ph.D.
Overview: 
In conjunction with Wills Wing Demo days (Fri-Sun 28-30 June 2013),
Kitty Hawk Kites is sponsoring a “Weekend Hang Gliding Grad... mehr

Zac tells me he is working on getting other Bay Area pilots to
join him in Big Spring.
The new 2013 US Nationals web site:
http://ozreport.com/2013USNationals.phpPilot list
here.Zac was a member of the 2012 US National team.I have arranged for up to four tugs and tug pilots in Big Spring. Russell and
Lori will take full responsibility for... mehr

Mick Howard <<MHoward1>>
writes:
We headed to Luling and stayed at the Riverbend RV Park on Friday
evening. I had two flights on Saturday and was planning to fly an out and return
and but I didn’t manage to connect with thermals and stay up so just enjoyed the
evening and the good company after landing on my second flight... mehr

We've known for a long time (at least a decade) that the soaring
models and weather forecasts have number of problems which directly impact our
ability to set world records. For example, they generally do not predict the
morning over running, the early morning cumulus clouds. They admittedly are poor
with predicting cirrus and midlevel... mehr

http://gingliders.com/home/412km-on-the-gin-tribe/
On 20/06/2013, Ukrainian pilot Mike Goncharov-Goryanskiy flew
412km on the GIN Tribe. This is the longest ever flight in
Europe—congratulations, Mike!On his previous best flight of 325km in 2011, Mike dreamed of catching a glimpse
of the sea of Azov. But it was not visible through the... mehr

http://www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:mdadam/7.06.2013/19:21We've driven this route many times and this is an amazing flight. mehr

I was on my own as Chris had work to do. Ben was back at the wood shop in Canyon
Lake. Ricker had had enough of the tows and turbulence. The over running was
thick and the streets well formed.I was apprehensive considering that I would be towing in the strong winds soon.
The Falcon 4 195 is a bit of a handful on the ground in these winds. At... mehr

The new 2013 US Nationals web site:
http://ozreport.com/2013USNationals.phpPilot list
here.Robin was a member of the 2012 US National Team.More news soon. mehr

Carl Wallbank <<carlwallbank>>
sends:
If you free fly whether that be on a hang glider or paraglider
please read this, think about it carefully and try to understand that your
actions and attitude now and in the future can make a big difference to the
safety of fellow free flyers and friends. I've kept quiet up until now but as... mehr

http://youtu.be/HEVha84VWKM

A short video illustrating aerotowing, landing and circling north of Austin,
Texas.
Chris Zimmerman landing video
here by Ben Dunn (on Sunday). mehr

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Gregg Ludwig <<GreggLudwig>>
reports:
Kevin O'Brien had a fatal crash Sunday, landing out, near the
Columbus, Texas airport.
H2 with good skills. Learned towing skills easily. He handled wind well but was
fearless of the wind as well. He was an accomplished sailor. He failed to make
it back to the airport landing a quarter mile... mehr

Ben Dunn's here and Ricker Goldsborough. Apparently they are here
because here is where it is happening. They could be down in Luling with Joel
Froehlch, but they want to be where the action is.Looking at the cumulus cloud forecast I decided that Monday was a better day to
try for the record, so just went over to Chris Zimmerman's to help... mehr