Dave May reporting
here.Jonny says:
Manilla Day 5 cancelled due to strong winds and the weather is
looking bad for the rest of the comp. mehr

I compare the use of Arrival time points Vs the use of "Leading"
point and Arrival position points for the six idealized cases:The number 1 case refers to the flights illustrated in Case 1b in an earlier
issue of the Oz Report. I score the flights using leading points and arrival
position points and then arrival time points (OzGAP... mehr

Pilots list:
http://flytecraceandrally.wordpress.com/pilot-list/It ain't the Race and Rally. mehr

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Created to make it easier for pilots to think about getting on
with the race

http://www.hgfa.asn.au/Competition/gps/OzGap2005.htm
OzGap 2005 is simply a time based Arrival Points system that
constitutes ¼ of the available speed points, that means that if the maximum
Distance Points available is 600 points, 300 will be available to speed... mehr

Dave May reporting
here.
After three days:



#
Name
Glider
Total



1
Jon Durand Jnr
moyes litespeed rx 3.5
2811


2
Jonas Lobitz
moyes litespeed rx 3.5
2663


3
Rohan Taylor
moyes litespeed rs 4
2258


4
Conrad Loten
moyes litespeed rx 3.5
2224


5
Bruce Wynne
moyes litespeed rs 4... mehr

Dave May reporting
here.Third day, only four on the west launch. Pilots on all launches it appears.After two days:



#
Name
Glider
Total



1
Jon Durand Jnr
moyes litespeed rx 3.5
1835


2
Conrad Loten
moyes litespeed rx 3.5
1734


3
Jonas Lobitz
moyes litespeed rx 3.5
1686


4
John Smith... mehr

Isn't that war over? I mean didn't we all think that GAP 2002 was
a big improvement over GAP 2000? I use my cases to examine if much changed when
we went from departure to leading points. Let's start off with a chart and then
I'll explain it:Now, obviously there is not enough information about this chart to understand it at
first, so let me... mehr

Wesley Hill <<wesleyianhill>>
writes:
Birchip, Victoria.
Hang glider pilots are invited to the 21st Flatter than the Flatlands cross
country towing competition. The event will be conducted over the four day Easter
long weekend. Entry fee is $80 and includes map, daily prizes, presentation BBQ,
scoring, goal beers and lots of fun.... mehr

Bob Grant <<caskydog>>
writes:
I just finished a video from January in Florida with four pilots
taking my GoPro on their flights and some pilot interviews. Check out - "KISS
THE SKY" http://youtu.be/z2ODlLL52DM.
mehr

http://youtu.be/0_ElKtQVpWA
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What happens if we have a twenty minute time interval between
start clock opening times?Case 1b.The first pilot gets 1000 points, as before. The second pilot flies just as fast
getting the same distance and speed points, but loses 68 of the possible 112
leading points and 54 of the arrival position points receiving a total of 879
points... mehr

Ed Ewing, xcmag <<editor>>
writes:
We have updated SkyAds, the classified advertising website for
free fliers. SkyAds.aero is the new site. SkyAds.co.uk and SkyAds.eu now
redirect to SkyAds.aero.
The new site is cleaner, simpler and generally better. You can post photos,
message the advertisers, see where they are in Google Maps... mehr

Here mehr

If you expect to set tasks at about 200 km, what should you set
the Nominal Distance at?

Given the Dmax = 200 km, Dmin = 5 km, Gnom = 20 the line above gives the
relationship between the meet director's choice of nominal distance and the
average distance required for full validity.
Given the Dmax = 200 km, Dmin = 5 km, Dnom = 120 km, the... mehr

Ed Horton <<hortoned>>
writes:
Including the May 1931 towed aloft 8 hour flight of the Lippisch
model 272 glider of 240 miles
http://glider-pilot.co.uk/Wings of  Wasserkuppe/Wings of 
Wasserkuppe.htm mehr

Ed Ewing, xcmag <<editor>>
writes:
The new edition of Thermal Flying by Burkhard Martens has been
released and is available to trade and retail through Xcshop.com. The new
edition is the second English-language edition and is actually the English
version of the third German-language edition, so it's the newest version
possible.... mehr

The competition starts on Sunday. Dave May is there and he'll report
here.
http://nswst.williamolive.com/

On the day before the competition.
Jonny writes:
About fifteen pilots made the challenging 100km task with many
pilots landing just after the turnpoint. I will win the day ahead of Wolfi.
Dave May writes:
Task 1 was a 100km dog leg task... mehr

What is the minimum average distance flown needed for full
distance validity?
By setting the Distance Validity to 1 we can see how far pilots have to fly to
make for full distance validity for different values of nominal distance.Distance Validity Ratio := 2 * Nflyover * (AVGover - Dmin)/(Nfly*((1 + Gnom/100)
* (Dnom-Dmin) + (Gnom/100 *... mehr

Vicki Cain <<vicki>>
writes:
Our Conar Parachutes are now in stock and available for immediate
delivery. We have the models PG and HG 16 and the HG 18 ready and tested. Our
website has been updated with a new page with specifications and videos of the
tests carried out.... mehr