http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1K1rM2rRbY
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CIVL <<civl-info-l>>
sends:
Type of record : Straight distance
Course/location : Zapata, TX (USA)
Performance : 764 km (474.7276 miles)
Pilot : Dustin B. Martin (USA)
Hang Glider : Wills Wing T2C 144
Date : 07.04.2012
Previous record : 700.6 km (07.17.2001 - Manfred Ruhmer, Austria) mehr

What does the
GAP 98 document
say?
GAP scoring was developed for FAI by Gerolf Heinrichs, Angelo
Crapanzano and Paul Mollison. The idea was to get a fair scoring system that was
easily adaptable to any competition everywhere in the world, both for hang
gliding and paragliding, with a philosophy easy to understand for the pilot,
regardless... mehr

Dennis Pagen reports on the sprog measuring fun that he had in
Forbes
here.
This year we set a policy of teaching the pilots and team leaders
how to measure their own sprogs. The idea is that they would adjust to the
proper settings and we (the CIVL) would measure some pilots at goal as a
control. We held two five hour sessions at Forbes,... mehr

If you don't like what happens to the scoring when tasks are
stopped
Proposals for scoring stopped tasks
here and lots more proposed scoring software changes.
Does it matter? Let's do a little comparison.

http://www.forbesflatlands.com/results.html
Top twenty all days counting:


#
Name
Nat
Glider
Total


1
Manfred Ruhmer
AUT
Icaro Laminar Z9... mehr

CIVL is usually very conservative and doesn't do things until
they've been proven successful at Category 2 competitions. I don't recall a
Category 2 hang gliding event outside of Europe that has used Live Tracking. But
this proposal (and it is only a proposal) is on the agenda:
Proposal: Add a rule in S7a (suggested 2.17.) and S7b (suggested... mehr

This caught my attention as I had been out riding and I knew that it was getting
pretty warm. The forecast was for 72 and it was already 74 by 10:53 AM. The wind forecasts are usually more accurate than the temperature forecasts.The weather history today:


Time
Temp


05 Feb 1:53 pm PST
77


05 Feb 12:53 pm PST
77


05 Feb... mehr

Søren Ladegaard writes:
For the 2013 season Seedwings Europe offer wheels for the
following base bars:- Round 28 mm
- Seedwings / Bautek airfoil (haven't seen those anywhere before)
- Wills Wing Litestream
- Wills Wing carbon
- Aeros carbonCheck them out here:
http://www.seedwings.at/en/accessories/wheels/wheels.html
Or in the US
here. mehr

The scores are dropped here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/46jmkz4uosyoc6x/6RPS6x6I2mLaunch above Roldanillo.Who won exactly? mehr

http://vimeo.com/58588574

My inter-island-flight from Lanzarote to Fuerteventura, Canary
Islands, Spain.
The video is first showing a best-of-collection flying at Famara, Cuchillo,
Tenesar, Macher and a speed run along the spine of Mirador. Then the real fun
starts with the island highlights from the seagull's view: crater of Monte
Corona,... mehr

http://youtu.be/7-OmFUcqz2w

The Floating Baron <<non_sleeper>>
writes:
Instinct Windsports in Kitchener-Waterloo-Guelph and surrounding
areas, have a large stationary winch capable of step towing, and at least one if
not two scooter winches for training also.
http://instinct.pro/ mehr

Andres Riera <<andres.riera>>
writes:
http://youtu.be/l2Kp5eJv8DU

My friends Andrés Camarán and Carlo Olarte went flying on December 2012 at
National Park Platillón, in the state of Guarico, Venezuela. We flew separate
ways, heading west, in constant radio contact. Conditions were a bit difficult,
given that cloud... mehr

http://vimeo.com/58818078
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVdaZ-Y0vYU
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Paul Tjaden writes on Facebook: We will post more about the
accident on the Quest FB page in the coming days. For now I will say that it
appears to have been a fluke accident. Weather conditions were very benign with
light winds and blue skies and the glider was in good airworthy condition. We
are all sick about this untimely loss of our... mehr

Into the snow.Video and story
here.
Chris Santacroce was paragliding Thursday in Draper near Lone Peak
when his iPhone slipped out of his pocket and fell some 2000 feet to the ground.He didn't even know it. "I land and I'm checking my pockets. It's not there," he
said.He knew iPhones have a tracking feature, though, so he drove home... mehr

The scores are dropped here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/46jmkz4uosyoc6x/6RPS6x6I2m
Day 5:


1
Dustin Martin
WWT2C
02:30:16
1000


2
Daniel Velez
Wills Wing T2C 144
02:38:53
905


3
Mike Glennon
WWT2C
03:11:31
722


4
Raul Guerra
MOYES LITESPEED RS 3,5
03:11:39
714


5
Hector Alonso Corrales... mehr

Cloudsuck on the Kindle can be found
here.
David Crawford writes:
You hooked me Davis! I can't wait to go flying. Great info! If you
have any interest in any form of gliding, this book is a great starting point.
You can look inside the book by clicking
here.
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Iván Molina Piédrola <<ghost_aladelta>>
writes:
In the middle of the winter we have days like this, with thermals
+4m/s (787 fpm).
http://youtu.be/dPpnUL45pX8
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