Plenty of tows this morning at Quest Air in the light morning
winds down low. I'm sure that there is plenty of activity down at the Wills Wing
Demo Days. I'm ready for the landing clinic. mehr

The front has passed through and fluffy cu's are now filling the
sky. The winds are out of the west and a bit too strong for aerotowing, but
maybe some landing practice is taking place to our south. It could continue to
be too windy for flight today and the same may be true tomorrow.It lightened up enough for a tandem flight before a very... mehr

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http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30057
I've finally gotten around and started a project to develop a
flying module for hang gliding and paragliding. Basically the primary goal is to
have it sync up with Flytec 6030 via Bluetooth and display the primary
information to you.
It's here. I got to see it today... mehr

A number of different mechanisms are used for releasing the
V-bridle on a two or three point aerotow system. Two of them are pictured here.
http://estore.hanglide.com/Aerotow_Primary_Release_p/14-9004.htm


http://ozreport.com/16.019#1


Mark Dowsett has been here with his students and he uses Joe's "Get Off"
release. The duct tape and zip... mehr

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http://instinct.pro/Boom
Mark Dowsett was here with his camera mounts that have a range of useful
features:

This one clamps to an aluminum base tube. I'll have to work with him to squeeze
it down to fit snuggly around a carbon fiber base tube (the aluminum is soft and
it was easy to bend it with channel locks... mehr

David Whittle <<david.whittle>>
writes:
Mine for Saturday:
http://www.paraglidingforum.com/leonardo/flight/732577
Jonathan's for Sunday:
http://paraglidingforum.com/leonardo/flight/732454
This is the write up with photos for Sunday's flight by Jonathan.
http://zerosink.wordpress.com
The day was looking as was predicted by XC Skies... mehr

The article
here
A new
report confirms that the extreme heat waves, floods, droughts and wildfires
that have wracked Australia over the past decade have been exacerbated by
climate change. The report, commissioned by the Australian government’s
Climate
Commission, makes clear that these weather events will only get worse in the
coming... mehr

http://sandiaclassic.org/
So the Sandia Classic is unlikely to happen.The last straw was the current drought indications the forest is almost certain
to be closed a month before the event days. We will open registration if the
forest will be open.Advance apologies to those that wanted to join us this year. If the forest is
open we’ll do... mehr

All morning it has been overcast and warm at 70 degrees. Mark
Dowsett and his students got in some flights with the light winds. I got in a
very nice bike ride in mild conditions.But right now the Wills Wing Demo Days are happening without any demoing as the
rains have started after 1 PM. Looks like we are in for more tomorrow. mehr

Charles Baughman <<big-bird>>
writes:
Here is a shot of a local Eagle. Goldie is off her nest long
enough to get a short flight before she returns to her incubation chore.
Sometimes the male gives her a break and takes over the nest sitting.
mehr

http://ozreport.com/9.187#2Dr. Tracy Tillman <<Cloud9SA>>
writes:
I am uncomfortable about the use of carbon fiber base tubes with
wheels, so do not produce wheels for that application.My Wills Wing "Real Wheel" conversion is available:1. Send your WW brackets to me. (I don't keep those in stock.)... mehr

http://www.gfbyars.com/winscore/
Winscore is a robust and easy to use Windows based scoring program
for soaring contests in the US. The scoring program is used at soaring contests
to calculate contestant speeds, distances, scores, and to generate score sheets.
The scoring program also can generate .zip files which contains the GPS flight... mehr

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http://2013bigspring.blogspot.com/August 4th through the 10th. mehr

http://www.nhgc.asn.au/node/1823
It brings me great sadness to inform you that my much loved Aeros
Combat L13 had its last flight on 29/3/13. We were having a great little fly
around Mt Borrah (Manila NSW) with about 150 Paragliders also! The wind was
about 5-10kts with mild but noticeable turbulence that was only a little uneasy
at times,... mehr

With high overcast coming from the storm as it approaches us there
was still lift under the plentiful cu's. The rain waited until almost 6 PM.The storm caused damage in Mobile, Alabama earlier today.http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57577813/worker-missing-after-cruise-ship-breaks-loose-from-dock/ mehr

It looks like wind and rain coming from the northwest for later
today or maybe tomorrow.
This afternoon: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Southeast wind around 10 mph.Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly
a thunderstorm after 8pm. Mostly cloudy,... mehr

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Wesley Hill <<wesleyianhill>>
writes:
Results here.
Over the last 21 years, Birchip has given us some great flying, even though it
is approaching the end of our flying season. We've had 73 tasks out of the 86
days of competition. This year was 4 out of 4 with plenty of gliders at goal
every day.
Day 1: 72.8km to Nyah West.
There... mehr

So last Friday I went around Quest Air and did a pictorial survey
to see what percentage of gliders setup on on their control bars were equipped
with wheels. Here's what I saw:Click on the collage above for a bigger version. Lots of wheels and lots of
different wheels. I didn't take pictures of the tandem gliders. Now, wheels are
probably a... mehr