http://chgpa.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5729
Flew twice from the Smithsburg training hill today. Conditions
were ideal, albeit cold - light snow, mid 30s, 10 to 15 mph straight in at
launch. Decided to land on my wheels on the second flight due to the textured
air during the flight. My approach was like any other wheel landing that... mehr

http://www.xcmag.com/2013/03/red-bull-x-alps-2013-new-route-is-longest-yet-at-1000-km-long/
The Red Bull X-Alps 2013 is to be the biggest yet, with organisers
announcing that the route is now more than 1,000km long as the crow flies. At
1,031 km long the course is almost 20% – 167km – longer than the 2011 race,
which was 864km as... mehr

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While we live in the real world, that world is also full of
illusions. I'm sure that you can think of many. These illusions make it
difficult to think clearly about the facts of the matter. One illusion is the
seeming constant value of money.
Now, of course, we are all aware of the fact of inflation (or if we live in
Japan, deflation). And... mehr

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Davide F.C. writes:
I have written some guidelines to help pilots to recognize and
understand how to manage a flight from Lijak (Slovenia) when the main wind
around the area is the Bora wind, from north east. I wrote this because there
are a lot of pilots that comes to fly here from all over Europe and very often
they don't know the... mehr

Chris Santacroce writes:
It's been a wild week for lovers of free flight - nationwide. One
of the crown jewels of US free flying is under attack by bulldozers. When it
comes to bad news and bad situations, I am pretty solid. Basically, it takes a
few days for anything heavy to sink in. It's been a few days and I am now, I am
down right... mehr

A few days out and even as late as this morning it looked like a
very good day in Florida for a nice ride to the north:The wind speeds are in knots. Combine that with a good look forecast for lift:
Add in clouds with the likelihood of cloud streets and convergence up the middle
of the state and it looked like a boomer.It was clear why this was... mehr

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Focus, focus, focus.http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/05/opinion/global/roger-cohen-adderall-the-academic-competition-drug.html?src=recg
The real epidemic involves so-called smart drugs, particularly
Adderall, an amphetamine prescribed for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
(A.D.H.D.) but so freely available as to be the pill to take... mehr

http://www.race2goal.net/
The basic premise for this initiative is that there is something
severely broken in the paragliding XC comps scene at the moment. I have worked
on trying to repair it from within for almost two years, and yet it seems to be
only getting worse.We have a lot of emphasis on "lean" here - we don't want the... mehr

http://www.climatecentral.org/news/u.s.-drought-intensifies-in-texas-and-florida-15708
Drought expanded in two key areas of the country last week –
Florida and West Texas – where several weeks of low rainfall have allowed
already dry conditions to intensify, according to an update to the U.S. Drought
Monitor released Thursday.... mehr

http://flytecraceandrally.wordpress.com/2013/03/10/race-of-champions/
Anyone that has been around since the good ole’ days of the Flytec
Championship at Quest Air will remember our first Race of Champions in 2007.
Back then we invited the top 30 pilots from the Flytec Championship to compete
in a 3-day elimination race. Day 1 we... mehr

The
petition and the other
petition.
http://www.facebook.com/SaveThePOTM
http://savethepotm.org/
Geneva Rock owns much of the hill at the North Side along with
other significant portions of the Point, and has been incredibly generous in
helping to preserve parts of the land they purchased. Unfortunately, Geneva has
decided to start removing... mehr

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Two months ago, the popular political blogger Andrew Sullivan left the
comfortable world of big media and struck out on his own. His bold new plan: Ask
readers to pay $19.99 a year or more to subscribe to his... mehr

Larry Bunner <<LBunner>>
has created a replacement for the skid plate for the Wills Wing Covert harness:
The existing carbon fiber skid pad with Goop on it:

Replacement:



They cost $50. Contact Larry. mehr

http://www.jetwhine.com/2013/03/adventure-dominates-memorable-records/
Flying a straight-line distance of 474 miles seems unremarkable,
unless you do it like Dustin Martin did, with a Wills Wing T2C hang glider, in
11 hours. What most don’t know is that Martin was competing with another pilot,
Jonny Durand, on what was essentially a... mehr

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http://willswing.com/pdf/manuals/om_T2_5th_edition_September_2012_with_assembly_diagrams.pdf
http://ozreport.com/17.47#1
Steven Pearson <<Steve>>
writes:
There is a transposition error in the latest manual and the 4th
edition, June 2009 is correct (showing T2 sprogs with higher settings than
T2C's).
The minimum angles should be:... mehr

http://www.mountainviewperformancecoaching.com/pats-blog/bid/270192/Visualization-Techniques-for-Pilots
Winding your way up the switchbacks of the Austrian Alps.
Butterflies build in your stomach as you think about the day ahead. You’re
friends will not be flying until you land, most of them on standby in the event
of disaster. The... mehr