There is a small competition of small sailplanes going on this
week just six miles south of us at the Seminole Lake Glider Port. All five
competitors were overhead a couple of days ago.

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http://corinnaflies.blogspot.it/2013/03/bassano-day-1-cancelled-at-1230pm.html
Looks like there were still about 33 pilots desperate and faithful
enough to drive to Bassano. The forecast had changed to the better two days ago,
there was a possibility of some sun, and in fact we saw it this morning. Not for
too long - when I finished setting... mehr

Mitchell Shipley <<elektratow>>
writes:
That's next Thursday through Sunday in parallel with Wills Wing
Demo Days here in Florida. We are looking for who might be interested and on
what days. Best to have groups of three to five pilots. Keeps cost and fatigue
down! Message your interest here or give us a call! mehr

Mark Frutiger writes:
Nobody flew the open or sport tasks. Too cold. Too blue. The 13MPH
North wind also made it unlikely anyone would make the last upwind legs with
only the 4k feet we were getting. That said, lots of flying was had with 1 to 2
hour soaring flights. Olav, leading our international contingent, was off first.
He soared for an... mehr

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We will be flying up and down the beautiful Invermere valley. When
we can, we will fly back to our base camp/meet head quarters, at Muller Flight
Park.
Mount 7 is the site for this years Canadian National Hang Gliding Championship.
It's a super site with over 3800 vertical feet, two wheel... mehr

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http://www.marcfink.com/R10/
Any site within Region Ten (Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee). Flights that are
made during officially-sanctioned meets and competitions (USHPA, FAI etc.) that
accrue ranking points for national/international rankings within
CIVL/FAI-recognized categories DO NOT... mehr

http://www.flyingmag.com/pilots-places/pilots-adventures-more/Wr3Q7xhCMiSHxMOQ.99
In a startling announcement a few days ago, Jane's All the World's
Aircraft has named an August 1901 flight by Connecticut aviation pioneer Gustave
Whitehead as the first successful powered flight in history, beating the Wright
Brothers by more than two years.... mehr

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Paragliding, Hang Gliding, Paramotor and Microlight School
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France.
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Just after the local water board announced this month that its
farmers would get only one-tenth of their normal water allotment this year,
Ronnie Walterscheid, 53, stood up and called on his elected representatives to
declare a water war on... mehr

The Solar Impulse:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/03/27/175371800/solar-powered-plane-uses-its-lightness-to-fly-in-the-dark

Next month, a very odd looking plane will take off from Moffett
Field in Mountain View, Calif., and head east to New York. The Solar Impulse —
the world's first solar-powered plane — is... mehr

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http://thecloudbasefoundation.org/site/the-cbf-and-keen-partner-for-education-in-nepal/
CBF Members Jeff O'Brien, Jeff Shapiro and Nick Greece will be in
Pokhara Nepal this week to check in on the Cloudbase Foundation's Nepal Project
with Keen Footware as the partner. Jeff and Jeff will be flying Hang Gliders, a
rare site in Nepal. Read... mehr

Oggy <<oggy>> writes:
Bulgaria Open, 2013, 27 July - 04 August. Here is the official
site for the 27 july - 04 august.
http://bulgariaopen.wix.com/nhgb
This competition will be flown from the ramp start at Okolchitza - 2200 feet
over the landing and valley floor. E and NE direction. Pastrina launch will be
used with W/NW wind -... mehr

Dimitar Halachev writes:
I'm writing to you concerning the post of Oggy (Oggy Ougrinov)
about the Balkans Hang Gliding Open Cup 2013 and about some famous flying sites
in Bulgaria.
http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=31520 and
http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=31536 and
http://ozreport.com/1364215110.
My name is Dimitar Halachev... mehr

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Steve Bellerby writes an email to the cops.
He was walking along Anderson (the south most road in Groveland just to our
north) when a pit bull jump easily over a chain link fence on the other side of
the street and ran for him. Steve, backed up again a barb wire fence, attacked
back keeping the dog at bay for the next five minutes as first he... mehr